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Constitutional convention recommends Dáil voting changes

The Convention on the Constitution has recommended that it should focus on amendments to the existing Dáil electoral system.

 

 

Campaigners call for reopening of memorial park in Dublin

Campaigners have demanded the reopening of a memorial park to Irish patriots which was closed just a year after tens of thousands of euro in public money was poured into upgrading it.

 




Police arrest British man on suspicion of slitting kids' throats

The British Foreign Office is "urgently" investigating reports that a British man has been arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children in France.

 




'Sixteen killed' in Syria offensive

The Syrian military today launched an offensive to retake a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, a government official said, as activists reported that regime airstrikes and shelling of the town have killed at least 16 people, including opposition fighters.

 




Court bids to 'detain' fire factory owner

The High Court in Bangladesh's capital today asked authorities to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country, a lawyer said.