Call for increased opening hours and public transport to reform nighttime economy
Sunil Sharpe, spokesperson for Give Us The Night, discusses his group's report on the Irish nightclub sector.
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Call for increased opening hours and public transport to reform nighttime economy
Sunil Sharpe, spokesperson for Give Us The Night, discusses his group's report on the Irish nightclub sector.
The Irish Sun
8 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
I was viciously beaten by ex-soldier in the street – but same unsettling question plagued me after he was finally jailed
ASSAULT victim Natasha O'Brien says she never intended her attacker to be so vilified, telling us: 'That wasn't fair.' The Advertisement 5 Natasha O'Brien says she never intended for her attacker to be so vilified Credit: AYESHA AHMAD/RTE 5 The Limerick woman was viciously beaten by former soldier Cathal Crotty Credit: Collect 5 Brave Natasha admits Crotty's jailing left her conflicted He was The DPP But Natasha admits Crotty's jailing left her very conflicted. She told The Irish Sun: 'A year ago I never felt listened to. My physical and mental scars were not considered by the court and handing him a suspended sentence completely compounded everything for me. Advertisement Read more in News 'Then the DPP appealed it and for the first time in an Irish court I felt listened to and the court decided to send him to jail. But I took no pleasure in seeing a young man being led away to prison. In fact, I found the experience quite unsettling. 'He made a mistake. Yes, it was a very bad mistake but he's not the only person who's done something like this and so many others don't get punished at all. 'He was so vilified and became this poster boy for gender-based violence and that wasn't fair because he's not the only one. 'And who knows what effect all of this has had Advertisement Most read in Irish News Exclusive She added: 'If the courts had done its job in the first place then maybe he wouldn't have been so vilified in its aftermath or become this poster boy for the whole movement. 'So I think in many ways he became a second victim of this very flawed justice system.' Natasha O'Brien bravely opens up on horror attack by Defence Forces soldier Cathal Crotty Natasha was attacked after finishing a shift at a Limerick pub. She had asked Crotty to stop using homophobic language. He grabbed her by the hair and pushed her to the ground, before punching her in the face until she lost consciousness. Advertisement Vile Crotty later boasted on Natasha was attacked just months after 'COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT' And ahead of a documentary on Natasha airing on 'And it came so soon after Ashling Murphy died so it made me very aware that things could have been very different. Advertisement 'But 'If one small thing came from my case, it's that maybe it has helped others to be able to speak out or come forward. And if that has happened then everything has been so worth it.' 5 Natasha said: 'I had to be a voice for so many others who didn't have one' Credit: Liam Burke/Press 22 5 A documentary on Natasha is airing on RTE 1 Credit: AYESHA AHMAD/RTE Advertisement
Irish Independent
8 hours ago
- Irish Independent
Fairer approach required from Sky Ireland to accommodate ordinary people and small publicans
Corkman Today at 02:00 Calls have been made for a 'fairer' approach from major broadcasters like Sky Ireland amid rising concerns over affordability, particularly for small publicans and struggling households. Cork TD Michael Collins who is the leader of Independent Ireland said Sky's constant price hikes are making sport unaffordable for ordinary people and small pubs that are struggling to stay afloat. 'Sky has been raising its prices year after year and people are struggling. The cost of simply showing sport in a small pub is heading towards €1,000 per month and over €2,000 for larger venues. That's simply unsustainable for many rural and family-run pubs.' 'There has to be give and take,' said the Cork South West TD. 'Pubs rely on live sport – soccer, GAA, horse racing – to survive. These events bring people in the door, help communities to stay connected, and support local employment. The burden of broadcasting fees, on top of insurance, staffing, electricity and carbon taxes, is pushing too many to the brink.' Deputy Collins added that the wider public is also struggling under the weight of rising fuel, heating, food, and housing costs. 'People have fewer and fewer small comforts. Watching a match with a neighbour or friends is one of the last ones left. We would hope that in the current climate of sky-high prices across the board, Sky and other providers might sit down and engage with both the licensed trade and ordinary viewers to find solutions.' 'If sport is priced out of reach for the very people who support it – the customers, the publicans, the communities – then everybody loses,' he added. Separately Sky Ireland has warned 400,000 dodgy-box users of 'consequences' if caught streaming sport or films using the illegal devices. The warning comes as the broadcaster, along with other industry bodies, appeared in the High Court after an injunction and search order was issued against a suspected operator of a dodgy-box streaming service in Wexford. The alleged operation includes piracy of Sky, Premier Sports, GAA+, LOITV and Clubber, among others, accessed by thousands of Irish dodgy-box owners and multiple resellers. Sky Ireland is also set to use private investigators to monitor WhatsApp chats to detect who is buying dodgy boxes. In a significant escalation, the broadcaster is now considering civil action against individual users for the first time. However, the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) will meet the broadcaster to discuss whether such methods are legal according to GDPR privacy law. About one in five Irish households use a dodgy box, according to a ¬recent Sunday Independent poll. ADVERTISEMENT The streaming services are commonly sold through WhatsApp groups and other online discussion forums, where details of local dealers are provided. In Ireland, using a dodgy box to stream pirated content is an offence under the Copyright Act, punishable by up to five years in prison or a fine of up to €127,000. However, gardaí have consistently declined to pursue individual consumers of dodgy boxes, reserving action instead for commercial operators and distributors of the services.
