A round-up of other home news in brief
Woman injured in two-car crash in Donegal
A woman was brought to hospital yesterday following a two-car collision in the Inishowen Peninsula area in Donegal.
The crash occurred at Claggan outside Moville on the Inishowen Peninsula at about 10.20am.
A woman in her late 50s was brought to Letterkenny General Hospital, where her condition is not thought to be life-threatening.
Garda Supt Kevin English said additional resources would be requested following the crash in which eight men were killed three weeks ago. Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey had reiterated his commitment to the continued deployment of necessary Garda resources to make roads safer.
Supt English said that a meeting of the Donegal Road Safety Working Group, which includes Garda representatives and members of Donegal County Council, took place last week.
The meeting discussed the recent fatal crash with a view to improving existing road safety strategies in the area.
Any road safety initiatives would be concentrated on young drivers.
“Obviously we have to look at that age group in relation to initiatives and education, Supt English said.
Fifty-six people under the age of 27 have died on Donegal’s roads in the past five years.
Man seeks release from solitary
Leroy Dumbrell, the younger brother of Warren and Jeffrey Dumbrell, who last month were granted a re-hearing of their murder trial, is to ask a High Court judge to release him from solitary confinement in Castlerea Prison.
Leroy(24), of Emmett Road, Inchicore, Dublin, is serving an eight-year term for an assault on Nigel Reid.
Barrister Iseult O'Malley, SC, counsel for Dumbrell, told Mr Justice Michael Peart in the High Court yesterday that Dumbrell had been detained in solitary confinement for the past five months. Ms O'Malley said she would be seeking leave to judicially review the decision of the Castlerea Prison governor to keep Dumbrell in solitary confinement. She told the court she would also be making an application under Article 40 of the Constitution seeking Dumbrell's release from prison on the grounds of his continuing solitary confinement.
Reme Farrell, counsel for the governor, told the judge there was a possibility the issue regarding the judicial review matter may be capable of resolution. With regard to the Article 40 issue, he was seeking a short adjournment for the preparation of an affidavit by the prison governor. The judge adjourned both applications until Friday next.
Irish music trio to perform for pope
Irish music group The Priests will perform for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to the UK next month.
The trio, consisting of brothers Fr Eugene and Fr Martin O'Hagan and Fr David Delargy will appear at an open-air prayer vigil in London's Hyde Park on September 18th.
They are also expected to take part in the beatification Mass for Cardinal John Henry Newman in Crofton Park, Birmingham, on the following day which will be the highlight of the pope's four-day visit to the UK.
The priests, who all have parishes in the North, are on holidays at the moment after doing a series of charity concerts in Germany.
The group released their eponymous debut album in 2008. Both it and the second album
Harmonyhave gone multiple platinum across Europe.