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Claim about Adams in BBC programme ‘probably’ not rules breach – media expert

A court was told that the programme was not ‘unfair or unjust’.

Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

Satchwell replied ‘guilty or not guilty, guilty’ when charged with wife’s murder

Richard Satchwell was arrested for the murder of his wife Tina in October 2023 after her body was found in a shallow clandestine grave.

Evening Standard · May 19, 2025

Garda killed at checkpoint left no stone unturned in duty of care, funeral told

The requiem mass for Garda Kevin Flatley was held in Balbriggin in Co Dublin.

Evening Standard · May 16, 2025

Murder accused cut dressing gown belt so he could hold dead wife, court hears

Richard Satchwell told detectives investigating the murder of his wife, Tina Satchwell, that he wanted her arms around him after she died.

Evening Standard · May 14, 2025

Body of Tina Satchwell was found wrapped in plastic under stairs, court hears

Richard Satchwell, 58, of Grattan Street in Youghal, is accused of murdering his wife between March 19 and 20 2017.

Evening Standard · May 12, 2025

Body of missing woman was found after police spotted different cement under stairs, court hears

The jury heard how a forensic archaeologist exposed a hand as they dug under the stairs of the home

The Independent UK · May 12, 2025

Attorney General ‘raised no issue’ with services ban with Israeli settlements

Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman accused the Government of ‘kicking the can down the road’.

Evening Standard · May 11, 2025

Protesters call for RTE and BBC boycott of Eurovision

Demonstrators in Dublin, some wearing keffiyehs, waved Palestinian flags.

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

Murder trial jury shown photos of ‘gravesite’ in Satchwell home

A Garda photographer described photographing the site in Tina Satchwell’s home where her remains were found.

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

Murder accused claimed he hid in attic after he was attacked by wife

Richard Satchwell, 58, is accused of murdering his wife Tina Satchwell at their home in 2017.

The Independent UK · May 8, 2025