Aimee Foley: a name we must never forget. This brave, courageous, inspiring young woman speaks openly to Claire Byrne, Prime Time, about the level of sexual abuse her father imposed upon her over her formative teenage years. He plied her with cannabis, alcohol, he manipulated her and groomed her; he then abused and worst of all he raped her. O’Donoghue, from Ennistymon, did not contest but shockingly the sentence given by the Judge means that this trauma will be revisited on this young woman when he is released from prison in three years time. The DPP must be seen to administer fair justice and this sentence must be over-turned and extended to what is merited for the violation of the purity of a young child who was abused sexually by her father.

Jump directly to the content ‘SO HARD’ Claire Byrne Live viewers ‘heartbroken’ for rape survivor as attacker only gets five

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Freedom Day and 2 years of near COVID-19 suppression; it seemed to disappear and we all crawled out of sleepy hollows but WHO warns us to keep our guard up; there can be new variants and the protocols/mitigation techniques count. If you are vulnerable, you should not feel embarassed to wear your mask. There is a new potential dominant called the ‘Stealth Omicron’ BA.2 (now dominant in Denmark) and this article gives a reminder to us to keep alert. Any unvaccinated out there, it is time to think about coming forward and getting your vaccines. We do not know as yet when the boosters wane or if they do. We need to be prepared for this coronavirus which they say we will have to live with, as we do with flu. Source: Dublin Live

Covid-19: New ‘stealth Omicron’ subvariant detected in Ireland BA.2 – also known as “stealth Omicron” – was first detected earlier

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Too Freeze to Death: No, this cannot be happening but yes it is. The country is war-torn Syria and two babies die from exposure to the cold. Idlib is home to two million Syrian who are displaced. Russia targets the Ukraine but it also has an ally in Assad. ““She was born here a week ago without any complications,” Hallak told Al Jazeera. “But she, unfortunately, died because of the freezing cold in recent days.”” Source: Al Jazeera

Skip links Skip to Content Live News|Humanitarian Crises Two babies freeze to death in IDP camps in Syria’s Idlib Freezing

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