Derek Mangan News Today

Telecoms company Eir has been ordered to give a 65-year-old worker forced into retirement earlier this year his job back and pay him for the time he was gone after losing an age discrimination claim.

WRC heard worker had been told he must retire as soon as he hit his 65th birthday

A 38-year-old man accused of money laundering following the seizure of a large quantity of cash has been sent forward for trial.

WATCH: Cult character Tommy Shlug live streams from Tullamore Reporter: );  ); TULLAMORE had a visit this week from the talented Tommy Shlug who did a live stream from the town as he walked around looking at the shops and talking to locals. Tommy Shlug is the alter ego of Chris Tordoff who has a range of personas and can appear as a number of different characters on YouTube, including The Viper and Francis Higgins. WATCH HIM IN TULLAMORE BELOW: He also performs sketches for the Russia Today c...

WATCH: Cult character Tommy Shlug live streams from Tullamore Reporter: );  ); TULLAMORE had a visit yesterday from the talented Tommy Shlug who did a live stream from the town as he walked around looking at the shops and talking to locals. Tommy Shlug is the alter ego of Chris Tordoff who has a range of personas and can appear as a number of different characters on YouTube, including The Viper and Francis Higgins. WATCH HIM IN TULLAMORE BELOW: He also performs sketches for the Russia Today c...

No smoke alarms in almost 40% of fatal house fires Half of deaths over 65 years of age and two-thirds men – fire brigade data Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 01:00 Some 90% of people say they have a fire alarm, says Seán Hogan of the National Directorate of Fire and Emergency management team. However, they have to be put in the right places. Photograph: iStock Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly.   Nearly 40 per ...