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  Irish firefighter found guilty of raping woman in Boston hotel, sentenced to 7-9 years in prison
Local News Terence Crosbie, 39, answers questions in his rape retrial on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2025. Claire Thornton/The Boston Globe By Molly Farrar October 30, 2025 3 minutes to read Share Close Send this article to your social connections. Share...
 
    
  The changing landscape of Irish farming
Farming in Ireland is experiencing a period of profound change. Historically, Irish farms have been celebrated for their efficiency, commitment to animal welfare, and focus on sustainability. These strengths remain central, but increased scrutiny...
 
    
  The luck of the Irish is finally running out
For the past twenty years, Ireland has been Europe’s improbable overachiever. A small island nation on the fringe of Europe managed to turn EU membership, American corporate investment and allegedly shrewd strategic diplomacy into an economic...
 
    
  Victim of Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie says 'life has been changed forever' following rape
04:00, 31 Oct 2025 Terence Crosbie The victim of Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie told the judge yesterday that her life has been “changed forever” by the attack in March 2024. The 39-year-old Dublin man was sentenced to a minimum of seven and a...
 
    
  New Findings Reported from Esi Coro and Co-Authors Describe Advances in Psychosis (Is treatment during a first hospitalization for an acute psychotic episode and after discharge associated with race or ethnicity?): Mental Health Diseases and Conditions…
2025 OCT 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at TB & Outbreaks Daily News -- Current study results on Mental Health Diseases and Conditions - Psychosis have been published. According to news reporting out of Cambridge,...
 
    
  Bright seaside living in Shankill, the most southerly point of Dublin
This detached home with a light and spacious interior theme is close to a variety of beaches in Shankill, Bray and Killiney Asking price: €835,000 Agent: Hunters Estate Agent (01) 275 1640 Shankill is about as far south as you can go in Dublin...
 
    
  Letters: Forty years of writing to the ‘Irish Independent’, with no let up in sight
Would one be overly optimistic, though, to look forward to the next 40? Tom Gilsenan, Beaumont, Dublin 9 If there’s no faith in society rules being enforced, why bother respecting them? It is striking that a school has been granted additional...
 
    
  Don’t Kill My Vibe – the Dublin school friends who opened a salon together in Boland’s Mills
But fast forward several years later, a pandemic, a few closed doors, and two years of relentless emails and calls later, and their dream has finally taken shape at Boland’s Mills, the newly redeveloped cultural hub in the Docklands'. Their salon,...
 
    
  Irish firefighter who raped woman ahead of Boston St Patrick's Day parade then tried to flee US gets letter of support from his WIFE at sentencing
An Irish firefighter who was convicted last week of raping a woman ahead of his appearance in the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade received some support from his wife and two daughters as he pleaded with a judge to allow him to return home. Terence...
 
    
  Irish Olympic hopefuls selected to share €298k funding
Eight individual Irish athletes, Ireland's men's hockey team and the women's 3x3 basketball team will share $345,000 (€298,000) in Los Angeles 2028 Olympic 'scholarship' funding announced today. The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) today...
 
    
  Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie jailed over Boston St Patrick's Day rape
20:42, 30 Oct 2025Updated 20:48, 30 Oct 2025 Terence Crosbie(Image: @X) Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie has been sentenced to no less than 7 years and no more than 9 years in prison after he was found guilty of rape. The 39-year-old Dublin man...
 
    
  Dublin community projects to benefit as government allocates funds redirected from proceeds of crime
Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan TD (Image: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos) A number of Dublin community safety projects are among those nationwide that will benefit from the allocation of funds redirected from the proceeds of crime seized by...
 
    
  Dublin Physician Bindlish Receives Medical Award
Dr. Shagun Bindlish, medical director at One Medical in Dublin, has received the annual Compassionate Service Award presented by the California Medical Association (CMA). CMA said the award recognizes extraordinary dedication to community and...
 
    
  Colin Sheridan: Power enables atrocity in Sudan — and Ireland must call it out
In the crowded ledger of global humanitarian disasters, the crisis in Sudan has quietly crept to the top. For the Irish reader accustomed to hearing of genocide in Gaza or war in Ukraine, this disaster may feel even more remote. But its scale, and...
 
    
  Irish Firefighter Sentenced to Prison for Raping Boston Woman
Charlie McKenna masslive.com (TNS) A member of the Dublin fire brigade who was convicted last week of raping a woman in a hotel room while visiting Boston during St. Patrick’s Day was sentenced to 7 to 9 years in prison on Thursday, court records...
Dublin firefighter given jail term of seven to nine years for rape at Boston hotel
A DUBLIN FIREFIGHTER has been sentenced to between seven and nine years in prison after being found guilty of raping a woman during a trip to Boston for St Patrick’s Day last year. Terence Crosbie, 39, was convicted on Friday in his second trial...
 
    
  Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie jailed for up to 9 years over sickening Boston St Patrick's Day rape
10:16 ET, 30 Oct 2025Updated 12:17 ET, 30 Oct 2025 The Dublin fireman was sentenced at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston today(Image: @X) Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie has been sentenced to no less than 7 years and no more than 9 years in...
 
    
  Irish firefighter references 'wonderful wife' after being jailed for Boston St Patrick's Day rape
14:08 ET, 30 Oct 2025Updated 14:08 ET, 30 Oct 2025 Crosbie asked the judge to consider the impact his sentence will have on his family(Image: NBC 10 Boston) Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie pleaded his case for a lighter sentence today before...
 
    
  Noughties band cancel Radio 1 gig due to singer’s 'mystery' health condition
Noughties boyband Busted have cancelled their upcoming BBC Radio 1 concert due to James Bourne’s health battle. It’s still unclear what is ailing the singer after weeks of no-shows on the main stage. Last month, the musician quit the historic...
 
    
  Photos: Irish College of Ophthalmologists – Eye Care in Focus 2025
The Gibson Hotel, Dublin 1 / October 1, 2025 / Photos: Photocall Ireland Pictured at the Irish College of Ophthalmologists ‘Eye Care in Focus’ Conference at The Gibson Hotel, Wednesday, October 1 were guest speakers at the Myopia Clinical Session...