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Head of public inquiry into handling of Covid in Scotland stepping down

The judge appointed to chair the independent public inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic in Scotland is resigning from the role. Lady Poole gave notice on Friday of her intention to step down from the key post for personal reasons. It ...

03 Oct 2022 at 17:15

Sheku Bayoh inquiry chair seeking undertakings for ‘full and frank’ evidence

The former judge heading the public inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh in police custody is seeking undertakings from both Police Scotland and the Crown in a bid to ensure it hears “full and frank” evidence from the officers involved. Lord ...

01 Mar 2022 at 14:25

Sheku Bayoh’s family ‘bitterly disappointed’ at inquiry evidence requests

The family of a man who died in police custody have said they are “bitterly disappointed” at undertakings the man heading the public inquiry into his death is seeking in relation to evidence by certain police witnesses. Relatives of Sheku ...

01 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Local News

Public Inquiry call for defective concerete blocks scandal

There have been renewed calls for a public inquiry into defective concrete and defective concrete blocks manufactured in the Republic of Ireland and sold into the Northern Ireland market. An online petition demanding a public inquiry was ...

17 Nov 2022 at 14:33

Local News

Public Inquiry call for defective concerete blocks scandal

17 Nov 2022 at 14:33

Grenfell ‘a tragedy in three acts’ as told by survivor who predicted the blaze

A Grenfell Tower survivor who predicted the blaze in a blog has said the Government should be ashamed that families are still feeling “abandoned” five years later. On the anniversary of the fire, Ed Daffarn, who escaped through ...

13 Jun 2022 at 07:40

Edinburgh tram scheme had ‘litany of avoidable failures’, inquiry finds

The delayed and over-budget Edinburgh tram project had a “litany of avoidable failures”, the chairman of an inquiry has said as its long-awaited report into the transport system was released. The inquiry was set up in 2014 to ...

19 Sept 2023 at 13:54

Scotland

TV drama on Eljamel could make ministers sit up and listen, campaigner suggests

A woman who fought to win a public inquiry into disgraced neurosurgeon Professor Sam Eljamel has said a TV drama could be made of their campaign similar to the hit programme about the Post Office Horizon scandal. Jules Rose ...

18 Jan 2024 at 11:04

Public inquiry to be held into disgraced surgeon Eljamel

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has announced the formation of a public inquiry into rogue neurosurgeon Professor Sam Eljamel. Prof Eljamel worked at NHS Tayside from 1995 until he was suspended in 2013 for what Mr ...

07 Sept 2023 at 17:37

Kilkenny City

Opinion: Mistakes at the maternity unit at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny need to be examined

When it comes to women’s health in Ireland we have a shameful record. In the past women were locked up and their babies stolen from them and the women were left to grieve and carry their loss in silence. I am in my ...

18 May 2023 at 10:33

Scotland

Chairman of inquiry into rogue surgeon Sam Eljamel appointed

The chairman of the inquiry into rogue NHS Tayside surgeon Sam Eljamel has been appointed. Health Secretary Neil Gray told MSPs on Thursday Lord Robert Weir will head up the probe. Lord Weir was appointed a judge ...

29 Feb 2024 at 15:49

Bereaved criticise axing of free testing as UK Covid death toll passes 200,000

A man who lost his grandmother to coronavirus has said free testing and other measures should never have been axed, as he reflected on the “absolutely heart-rending and tragic” milestone of 200,000 deaths of ...

13 Jul 2022 at 18:49

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