AGP Executive Report
Last update: 26 minutes agoCourtroom Focus: The trial of Algerian man Riad Bouchaker in Dublin hears harrowing accounts from a mother of one of the children stabbed at Parnell Square in 2023, with the girl now in a wheelchair and non-verbal. Disability & Services: In Cavan, parents protest long waits for speech and language therapy, saying “seven years on a waiting list is not early intervention” as costs push families toward private care. Community & Faith: In Bawnboy, St Mogue’s Church is rededicated with a new altar on Corpus Christi, while in Athlone a teacher stages a comedy fundraiser for an Uganda school and hospice. Culture & Media: Netflix has renewed Irish drama House of Guinness for a second season. Local Life: Monaghan council adopts a new litter plan after spending €1.32m on clean-ups, and St Bricin’s College in Cavan wins Water Schools of the Year for student-led water conservation. Remembering: Tributes follow the death of mother-and-baby home campaigner Mags McKinney, and Holocaust educator Tom Reichental dies aged 90.
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