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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Seasoned defense attorney dies after medical emergency in Miami federal court: report
A veteran South Florida attorney died after suffering a medical crisis while waiting in a federal courtroom Friday morning, a report says. Around 10:40 a.m., Miami Fire Rescue rushed to a medical call at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse, MFR Lt. Pete Sanchez said. A man was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital suffering a medical emergency. According to a blog that covers South Florida's federal court system, the man was Paul Donnelly, who was awaiting a sentencing hearing before District Judge Jacqueline Becerra. U.S. Marshals Service agents and co-counsel were aiding him during his medical crisis before Miami Fire Rescue arrived. Donnelly, whose law career spanned more than 30 years, was 57. 'What an absolute tragedy,' the post read. 'Paul Donnelly, a really good guy and great lawyer, died this morning. ... He died pursuing justice.' Recently, Donnelly represented the first defendant to plead guilty in the murder-for-hire case involving big-time Miami-Dade developer Sergio Pino, who killed himself on July 16 before being charged for allegedly directing a plot to murder his 55-year-old wife, Tatiana. READ MORE: Two men hired in Pino's murder-for-hire plot plead guilty — the first to admit to the crime On the federal court blog, several of Donnelly's friends and colleagues shared their condolences. Senior Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. spoke to the Miami Herald and remembered Donnelly as a hard-working, caring attorney. When Scola became a judge in the mid-1990s, Donnelly was one of the first assistant public defenders assigned to his courtroom — and quickly became an attorney he respected, Scola said. 'He was a great young lawyer. He fought hard for his clients, but was a gentleman,' said Scola, who remarked that the news of Donnelly's passing was shocking. 'It is such a shame that someone that young was taken from us.' Attorney Eddie Pereira remembered Donnelly as 'one of the nicest and funniest attorneys I have ever had the pleasure to work with and call my friend,' he wrote on the blog. The pair worked together on Pereira's first federal trial, which happened to be before Scola. 'Paul made all of us laugh at every sidebar, including Judge Scola,' Pereira wrote in recalling the trial. 'I will miss him very much.' Attorney Christian Dunham also wrote on the blog, 'Donnelly was really smart, an excellent trial lawyer, funny as hell and was always willing to take younger lawyers under his wing.' 'He loved our work, he loved to talk basketball and he loved to talk all things Boston!!! Rest in Peace to the big guy from Fall River,' Dunham continued.
Belfast Telegraph
22-04-2025
- Business
- Belfast Telegraph
Architecture firm behind Grand Central Station appoints associate directors
RPP Architects, a firm founded over 50 years ago which has offices in Belfast and Londonderry, has appointed five new associate directors to their team. The business has worked on some of the highest-profile new building projects in Northern Ireland in recent years. Their work includes the new transport hub in Belfast, the City Quays 3 development in Belfast Harbour and Grand Central Hotel in Belfast, along with work on the maternity unit in Antrim Area Hospital and the acute mental health inpatient centre at Belfast City Hospital. Paul Donnelly has been made an associate director in housing, having worked with RPP for over a decade as an associate architect. Paul Toner has been with RPP for more than 30 years, beginning as an architectural technician and Macintosh IT Manager, before recently serving as a building information management and modelling (BIM) and IT manager. He has become an associate director in building information management, and will manage BIM coordination and lead BIM technical development for major projects. Andrew Hair has been appointed an associate director in commercial, with a focus on 'retail clients and energy-efficient design.' He has worked for RPP for eight years, having been an associate before being promoted earlier this year. Jonathan McDonald has become an associate director after working with the firm for 11 years. He has experience leading teams on transport and infrastructure projects. Infrastructure Minister John O'Dowd opens Belfast Grand Central Station Philip Murray has been appointed associate director, and is described as being a 'design leader' who has 'in-technical expertise in healthcare and technology projects'. RPP said it was 'delighted to be able to have made these appointments'. "We feel the experience and professionalism of these individuals will be essential for the ongoing development of the business.'
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Eccles cakes and almond tarts dumped on roadside
Mystery surrounds why someone keeps dumping individually-wrapped cakes by a main road in north Wales. People living in Dolwyddelan, Conwy county, have been finding almond tarts, lemon tarts and Eccles cakes on verges by the A470 - still in their plastic wrapping. The cakes have been appearing for several months, and though some have started to decay, others are still in date. Residents have jokingly referred to a "phantom iced tart flinger", but also say it's frustrating because it is littering the Eryri National Park. Japanese UK ambassador samples Welsh cake Woman's mission to bake birthday cakes for homeless People living north of the village started noticing the cakes towards the end of last year on a stretch of the A470 north of Dolwyddelan. One resident, Paul Donnelly has spotted them regularly and picked them up while out walking his dogs. "It's been going on for a few months now", he said, "though this week, we've had quite a major dumping". "There were three earlier this week, and another two on Friday," he added. "I didn't really notice them at first, but when the packaging started to get familiar, I noticed a pattern. "The strangest thing is that they're still sealed in their packaging, and some are still in date – if someone's bought them, then why just throw them away?" People have been discussing the cakes around the village of Dolwyddelan, and concluded they've almost certainly been thrown from a passing vehicle. One person suggested the cakes may be the work of a "phantom iced tart flinger." Another wondered if it was someone trying to get rid of stock past its sell-by-date, or about to go out of date. The cakes are all from the same manufacturer, a brand called Margaret's Country Kitchen, based in Warwick. Paul Donnelly added: "It doesn't feel like a publicity stunt for a brand of cakes, because some of them have been in an advanced state of decay when we've found them. "But that's the more important point - however they got here, they're littering the countryside and making the verges look a mess. "The village has a group of people - Doli in Bloom - who do regular litter picks, but roadside litter like this doesn't help. "The plastic wrapping is bad news for the environment, as it won't decay. I just wish whoever is doing this would stop." Margaret's Country Kitchen has been asked for comment.
