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The Irish Times - News

18 February 2020

• Graham Dwyer phone data appeal ruling due next week
  Appeal could assist Dwyer to overturn his conviction for murder of Elaine O’Hara
• Murder accused protrayed as ‘a moron’ and ‘Machiavelli himself’
  Counsel says Kieran Greene persuaded to take blame for Patricia O’Connor’s murder
• ‘A great day for rural Ireland’ - turf cutting prosecution collapses
  Four men faced charges for working on EU-protected bogs in Co Galway in 2012
• Number of people with dementia to more than double by 2050
  Alzheimer society claims rise will lead to ‘full-blown public health crisis’
• Woman sues over alleged failure of Breastcheck clinic to diagnose cancer
  Siobhán Freeney claims 2015 mammogram read incorrectly and she was told scan clear
• Lack of process for homeless people seeking Jobseekers Allowance ‘unlawful’
  Court of Appeal finds in favour of woman and others with ‘transient accommodation arrangements’
• Former Irish Times board member Gerry Burns dies age 85
  Prominent public figure was caught up in 1987 Enniskillen IRA bombing
• Man spared jail for assaulting and threatening garda
  Fearghal Ó Snodaigh (24) spat at garda during drink-fuelled incident in Ballymun