Jimmy Fitzpatrick spent more than three and a half months in hospital with third degree burns to his body

Here are the stories making headlines this Saturday.

Gardaí were alerted to a suspicious device in the Clontarf area of Dublin 3 this afternoon, Friday 17th of November.

Hundreds of criminal barristers across Northern Ireland went on strike over “long overdue payments”.

This will bring the total number of Irish citizens and dependants who have left Gaza in recent days to 51.

The jury has been told that the accused was 25 at the time of the killing while Mr Olohan was 35.

The jury has heard that Ms French Kilroy died from strangulation with a ligature as well as blunt force trauma to the head and a stab wound to the neck.

One farmer from the floor said they were “not the villains in the climate change crisis”, to which Minister Ryan nodded in agreement and said he had never accused farmers of being the bad guys.

The DUP leader said the gaps remain around legislation.

In 2022, almost €11 million was stolen from companies based in Ireland with a decrease of 23 per cent to date in 2023.

On Friday, former Permanent TSB commercial lending manager, John O'Brien, gave evidence in relation to an allegation that Mr Lynn stole €3.7 million from the institution in 2007.

Peter McDonagh pleaded guilty to threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour and failing to comply with a garda’s direction under the Public Order Act.

Ryan Casey told the court that it doesn't make sense to him that someone "so insignificant, the lowest of the low, a burden to society, can completely destroy so many lives by taking a person who is the complete opposite."

A party for Emily Hand was held at St Stephen’s Green in Dublin.

The man is currently held at a west Dublin Garda Station under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007.

Ahmet Semizer a Turkish national pleaded guilty to Air Navigation and Transport Act offences for engaging in behaviour that could endanger himself and others on a Ryanair flight on September 27th. 

Micheál Martin has expressed confidence that the majority of Irish passport holders will have left the enclave in the coming days

Met Éireann said rain with heavy falls at times combined with already saturated ground.

The move comes just a few days after Irish citizens began to leave Gaza via the Rafah Crossing into Egypt.

Actor James Nesbitt said it was ‘heartbreaking’ for the family to be without closure 50 years on from the disappearance of Columba McVeigh.