Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Kearney jailed for life for wife's murder
18:25 Brian Kearney was jailed for life this afternoon after he was found guilty of murdering his wife Siobhan in their south Dublin home in 2006. Kearney, a 51-year-old electrical contractor, denied strangling his wife to death with the flex of a vacuum cleaner and staging the scene to look like a suicide. However, a jury of eight women and four men reached the verdict by a majority of 11 to 1 today after deliberating for only five and a half hours. Kearney had pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife.
- Siobhan has got justice, says family

Clinton heralds 'turning point' in campaign
19:29 Hilary Clinton said today her victories in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island yesterday marked a "turning point" in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
- Bush endorses McCain in presidential race
Report finds 'avoidable' delays in cancer tests
18:40 A series of reports into how nine women were mistakenly given the all clear for breast cancer has found "significant and avoidable" delays in diagnoses as well as mismanagement that "heightened anxiety and uncertainty" for the women affected.
- Cancer failures will not recur - Harney
Report reveals 'near miss' for two passenger planes
11:33 A mid-air crash between two passenger aircraft carrying more than 350 people over the south coast of Ireland was narrowly averted after an error by air traffic controllers, a report published today reveals.