Gardai arrest man over grisly Limerick gangland murder of crime boss Kieran Keane in 2003
Updated: 22 Dec 2020, 21:45
GARDAI have arrested a man over a notorious 2003 gangland murder.
The suspect, who was already in custody over a separate matter, was detained on foot of a warrant issued by a District Court judge over the slaying of crime boss Kieran Keane and the attempted murder of his nephew Owen Treacy.
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Gardai are expected to charge the man following his arrest today
The pair were abducted by members of the McCarthy-Dundon gang and brought to a lonely rural road outside Limerick where Keane was shot in the head and Treacy was stabbed 17 times, but miraculously survived after playing dead.
Updated: 21 Dec 2020, 14:56
THE European Medicines Agency has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine.
The announcement comes weeks after the UK and US got the go ahead to start vaccinations.
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Head of the European Medicines Agency, Emer Cooke Credit: AP:Associated Press
The EU drug regulator said it was recommending the shot be licensed for use in people over 16 years of age, with some exceptions.
Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, EMA chief Emer Cooke said: I am delighted to announce that the EMA scientific committee met today and recommended a conditional marketing authorisation in the EU for the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
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UK Covid cases see biggest ever daily rise with 36,804 infections and 691 deaths as positive tests double in a week
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Updated: 22 Dec 2020, 17:46
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CORONAVIRUS cases in the UK have seen their biggest ever daily rise after 36,804 new positive tests and 691 deaths were announced today.
The latest daily figures show Covid cases have nearly doubled rise since the 18,450 infections recorded this time last week.
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London has been placed into Tier 4 over fears about the spread of a new mutant Covid strainCredit: KM / BEEM
The 691 deaths is the second-highest figure since May and only five short of the 696 deaths posted on November 25, shortly after the second national lockdown was announced.