By Sarah Gill
10th Nov 2023
10th Nov 2023
Your speedy summary of today's must-read stories.
Jozef Puska found guilty of murder of Ashling Murphy
The family of Ashling Murphy have said she was subject to “incomprehensible violence” and it is “imperative this vicious monster can never harm another woman again”. Speaking on the steps of the Criminal Courts of Justice, where Jozef Puska was found guilty of her murder less than two hours earlier, they said Ashling was the epitome of a perfect role model for every little girl to look up to and strive to be. The jury in the trial of Puska was earlier told they have ensured that “quite literally, nobody got away with murder.” Judge Hunt also told the jury that he was glad they did not “waste any more of your valuable time with Puska’s nonsense”.
Remains discovered in Clare home
There is a deep sense of bewilderment and sadness in the Kilnaboy-Corofin area at the ‘heartbreaking news’ of the discovery of two bodies at a family home in Kilnaboy on Thursday afternoon. The body of a man, aged in his 50s, was found outside the property in Killinaboy two miles north of Corofin, while the body of a woman, also in her 50s, was discovered inside the house. The couple are understood to have two adult children who were not at the property Thursday afternoon. Gardaí in Clare are appealing to anyone who may have information to contact them.
Gaza officials say air strikes hit hospitals
Iran has warned that the scale of civilian suffering caused by Israel’s war on Hamas would inevitably lead to an expansion of the conflict, as officials in Gaza reported Israeli air strikes on or near several hospitals in the Palestinian territory. The comments from Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian could ramp up concerns over whether Washington’s diplomatic efforts and deployment of US naval forces to the eastern Mediterranean will be able to keep the conflict from further destabilising the Middle East.
Ozempic death
A woman in Australia who took prescribed Ozempic to lose weight ahead of her daughter’s wedding has died, with her grieving husband saying the drugs were “not worth it.” Ozempic is a drug typically used to treat type 2 diabetes, yet some have also been given FDA approval for chronic weight management. It works by mimicking the natural hormone GLP-1 by sending signals to your brain that you feel full or satisfied, even if you are not. Roy Webster, Trish’s husband, said that his wife saw the drug on TV, prompting her to allegedly get a prescription from a doctor.
Stardust survivor tells court fire was ‘a monster coming after you’
A Stardust survivor has told an inquest how the fatal fire was like “a monster, a living thing that was coming after you”, as she recounted how, after battling to escape, she thought she was going to die as she lay on the floor with one of the victims. “To this day, I don’t know why I didn’t bring Sandra with me,” Deborah Osbourne on Thursday told the Dublin District Coroner’s Court, referring to Sandra Lawless, one of the 48 young people who lost their lives when the flames consumed the Stardust nightclub in the early hours of February 14th 1981.
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