By Sarah Gill
23rd Jun 2023
23rd Jun 2023
Your speedy summary of today's must-read stories.
Nursing home abuse
It has emerged that a convicted sex offender who was admitted to a nursing home from prison ended up abusing other residents. The man’s background was not made known to the operators of the nursing home due to data protection rules.
Tubridy payments
Members of the National Union of Journalists working at RTÉ are holding an emergency meeting to discuss revelations that the station paid Ryan Tubridy hundreds of thousands of euro more over a period of several years than it declared to the public and the Oireachtas. RTÉ revealed that between 2017 and 2022, Mr Tubridy received a series of payments totalling €345,000 above his annual published salary.
Titan submersible
Five of the Titan submersible’s passengers have died following a “catastrophic implosion”, which means the search and rescue mission has become an investigation and salvage operation. A probe into what happened is already underway and continues in the area around the shipwreck where debris from the sub was found. Rear Admiral John Mauger said he understood there will be a lot of questions around the incident, but that it is a “complex case”. He also said the prospect of finding the victims’ remains was unknown.
Australian standoff
A mysterious Russian diplomat has sparked a national security standoff between Australia and the Kremlin, defying his host country’s efforts to kick him off a messy building site near parliament. Australia has blocked Russia from building a new embassy on a scruffy parcel of land a stone’s throw from Parliament House, after intelligence officials warned that Moscow would use the site as a base to spy on lawmakers.
Stardust
The floor manager of the Stardust nightclub has told an inquest that he thought the fire that killed 48 people was started deliberately to distract the bartenders, so certain people could “rob the bars”. Yestersay, Phelim Kinahan gave evidence remotely to the Dublin Coroner’s Court accompanied by a legal advisor, and during a recess on Wednesday, his microphone was still switched on and a disagreement was overheard between him and someone not visible on screen. It is alleged that the person off camera said the doors in the nightclub were locked on the night of the 1981 fire, to which Mr Kinahan allegedly replied: “It’s nothing to do with me, so I’m not saying that.”
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