central-mental-hospital

Fresh legal challenge to almost 1,000 new homes at former Central Mental Hospital Dundrum – The Irish Times

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The development of almost 1,000 homes on the site of the former Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, south Dublin, first planned five years ago, has been hit with a fresh legal challenge. Developer Mark Leonard has initiated judicial review proceedings against An Coimisiún Pleanála and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in relation to the decision last … Read more

Psychiatrists clash over man’s fitness to be tried over attempted murder of three children – The Irish Times

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Expert psychiatric witnesses have disagreed before the Central Criminal Court whether a man charged with assaulting a care worker and attempting to murder three children on Parnell Square in Dublin in late 2023 is fit to stand trial. Riad Bouchaker (52), a native of Algeria of no fixed abode, is charged with the attempted murder … Read more