A proposed new scheme offering one-to-one mental health counselling for primary pupils must be integrated with the health system, Children’s Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon said today. r Muldoon was referring to the €5m pilot project to provide in-school therapeutic support for children recently announced by Education Minister Norma Foley. He told the Oireachtas education committee,…

Killer who stamped on victim’s head ‘behaved like a beast’, says judge A man killed in his own home had his head stamped on by a 35-year-old Waterford man to such an extent that a State pathologist described the injuries as being akin to a traffic accident, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Jail for…

Sligo Rovers have announced the signing of Danny Lafferty from Derry City. he full-back has signed a deal keeping him at the Showgrounds until the end of 2023, and joins having won the FAI Cup with Derry earlier this month. The 33-year-old struggled for minutes in the second half of 2022, starting just one of…

Malta’s government has introduced proposed legislation to ease the European Union’s strictest anti-abortion law and allow the procedure in cases where the mother’s life or health is at risk. he move comes after a headline-grabbing case involving an American tourist who miscarried and was airlifted off the Mediterranean island to get treatment. The overwhelmingly Roman…

Caoimhín Kelleher 6 nother Ireland appearance where the Liverpool ’keeper had little to do and it therefore makes it difficult to really assess his performance. Séamus Coleman 6 Recalled to the side and was solid as you would expect in a position that is reasonably unfamiliar to him, but a conservative Malta team weren’t asking…

Jamie McGrath reflected on the ups and downs of football after he made his Ireland return following a strange year in his club career. cGrath was a big player for Kenny in the second half of 2021 but a disastrous move from St Mirren to Wigan halted his Irish momentum. He made his first international…