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Irish Times
30-07-2025
- Irish Times
‘Fights start at lunchtime and they just keep going': Capel Street workers share concerns after garda stabbing
As the shutters of Capel Street's shops start to rise on Wednesday morning, there is a noticeable Garda presence. Gardaí patrol the street where a fellow officer suffered multiple stab wounds the evening before. A police van is parked halfway up the street. Some passersby stop and point at the spot where the struggle ensued between a man armed with a knife and two gardaí – a moment now widely circulated on social media. Capel Street business owners have expressed safety concerns and a perception of a 'deterioration' in the area, after the attack. Paul Fitzpatrick, the manager on duty at Lenehans hardware store on Wednesday morning, says customers have told him 'they're afraid to come in because of the undesirable element on the street'. READ MORE 'When Capel Street is at its best it's absolutely buzzing; it's a great area,' says Fitzpatrick. 'It's like Temple Bar on the north side and if they can just control that it'd be a much better experience for everyone. 'The council has provided a lovely street and it's being ruined by the drug addicts and the drunks who are here from early in the morning,' he adds. 'That's the only problem with the street ... fights start at lunchtime and they just keep going.' [ Garda stabbed multiple times in 'unprovoked' Dublin city-centre attack Opens in new window ] Louis Copeland, the tailor and retailer, who is in his shop on Capel Street, says, however, 'security has improved' in recent months. 'I think since Jim O'Callaghan, the new Minister for Justice, has come in, I don't know whether he instigated, but certainly there's a better presence of Garda on the street,' says Copeland. Tailor and retailer Louis Copeland outside his shop on Capel Street. Photograph: Ella Sloane He believes the incident on Tuesday is 'an isolated case and Capel Street is safe'. 'It's a coincidence that the new Garda Commissioner was announced yesterday. Hopefully it might put more of a presence in the street,' he adds. Dublin City Council pedestrianised Capel Street in May 2022, creating a traffic-free stretch with new outdoor seating put in place. In the same year, the street was named by Time Out magazine as one of the coolest in the world , outranking the likes of Temple Bar and Grafton Street. Then came the Dublin riots. Cliff Nolan was one of the business owners affected by the night of public disorder in November 2023, when his bike shop on Capel Street was targeted by looters . Gardaí on Capel Street following the incident on Tuesday night in which a garda was stabbed. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins In a matter of minutes, Bike Stop was turned inside out with more than 10 expensive bikes stolen and other stock left badly damaged. Nolan believes the riots marked a shift in Dublin city centre. 'I think over the last few years the city does feel a little bit more ... not as safe as I felt before. 'Around when the riots happened, I think there was a shift. Or maybe it was post pandemic.' He said the stabbing on Tuesday evening was 'a shock to everyone' and 'could have been anywhere in the city'. He has observed an uptick in antisocial behaviour on Capel Street, 'particularly since they [Dublin City Council] made it traffic free and put benches down'. Nolan says 'gardaí doing regular patrols throughout the day' has helped. The garda stabbed on Tuesday evening had been conducting a routine patrol in the city when he and his colleague responded to reports of a man armed with a large blade. Another Capel Street business owner, who did not want to be named, said she was in her shop when the incident occurred just a few metres away. 'Capel Street has got such a bad name lately,' said the retailer, who fears her business 'definitely won't last' under the circumstances. 'I'm here 15 years and I've seen the deterioration in the area. 'There's a lot of this nonsense happening lately. A lot of people standing around the street drinking, and since they pedestrianised the street it has just got worse.' The business owner is one of a number on the street who have opted to lock their doors during trading hours and put a bell system in place. She worries this heightened security further deters customers who may already be hesitant to approach. 'I feel in danger, to be honest,' she says. 'I can't have my front door open to welcome people in. It's a deterrent when a customer walks up to the door and it's locked and they have to ring a bell.'
Belfast Telegraph
17-06-2025
- Politics
- Belfast Telegraph
‘We are a safe place,' declares Ballymena school named by DUP Minister in debate over absenteeism after riots
St Patrick's College, a Catholic maintained post-primary, was mentioned alongside Harryville Primary School by Education Minister Paul Givan when addressing the impact of the racially motivated riots in the town. St Patrick's is on the opposite side of the town from where the rioting happened. 'It is outrageous that, over the past week, we have been dealing with children who have come into school traumatised, showing all the signs of trauma as a result of what has happened on our streets,' the minister told MLAs. 'Alarmingly, we have also been dealing with children who engaged in the rioting and attacked the houses of children who are in their class. 'It is an appalling and complicated situation that requires intervention. My team has engaged with a number of schools as a result of the picture that we have had to deal with. We have engaged the Education Authority's emotional health and well-being unit and its intercultural education service to try to provide support for those schools. 'Last week, at a number of schools, including Harryville and St Patrick's Primary Schools (sic) in Ballymena, attendance has been less than half of the school. That is a clear problem, complicated by the fact that we are dealing with children in both schools who were engaged in the trouble and children in both schools who were the victims of it. It requires a concerted effort. My team and I are very much engaged in trying to provide that support.' PSNI say Portadown riots had 'more co-ordination' as mutual aid to be deployed this weekend The minister later added: 'There is a recording of absenteeism that occurred as a result of what happened last week. I have the precise figures for the schools in the Ballymena area. 'For example, 84 newcomer children in Harryville Primary School have not been at school. 'The figures for St Patrick's College show that attendance levels are sitting at around 65%. 'We therefore have that information. It will drive the interventions that we feel are necessary in order to provide support to those schools. We have that information about not only Ballymena but other areas. We will certainly use it to inform the approaches that need to be taken to provide support to schools.' A statement from the principal Paul Fitzpatrick and governors at St Patrick's College said: 'St Patrick's College, Ballymena would like to reassure all of our pupils and parents/guardians that this school will continue to be a safe place for them to learn in and in which they can develop as young people. 'As always, our staff will continue to work hard for the education and pastoral support of all of our young people.' Mr Givan said his department is engaging with schools in the area. 'There are only a couple of weeks left in this academic year, and it has been flagged up that that support will be available in September when the schools return after the summer break,' he said. PSNI chief warns rioters 'we will arrest you' Meanwhile, the principal of a south Belfast primary school has said at least three families who had children attending her school have now left Northern Ireland. Hilary Cunningham, principal at Fane Street PS, which has one of the most diverse cohorts of pupils in Northern Ireland, said schools are too often left to pick up the pieces after violence and intimidation. 'Last year, we had a family whose front door was burnt, we also had another family who has been intimidated quite recently,' she told BBC News NI. 'Young lads standing outside the front door waiting for them when they come back in, and this is a woman on her own with two children, two young girls. 'We've actually got three families that have gone to other countries because they are so frightened to stay, and another little child from nursery who wouldn't come into school because the family were afraid to travel to school,' she said. 'It is very difficult to deal with but we just support them as much as we can.'
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Solace Announces Paul Fitzpatrick as Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer
OTTAWA, ON, June 12, 2025 /CNW/ -- Solace, the leader in powering real-time, event-driven integration for the agentic age, announced today that Paul Fitzpatrick has joined the company as its new Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer. Fitzpatrick brings deep experience in enterprise software go-to-market, having held senior leadership roles with IBM, Cognos and Halogen Software. His resume also includes a prior stint at Solace where he led partnerships, global customer education, field enablement and performance management. Fitzpatrick joins Solace from Shopify, where he led the development of the company's enterprise partner ecosystem, and evolution of global partner programs and education. "Paul brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of building strong brands and driving growth in the technology sector," said Denis King, President and CEO, Solace. "His strategic vision and leadership will be instrumental as we continue to expand our global presence and help more organizations capitalize on the transformative potential of data and AI through an event-driven integration strategy." "Enterprises worldwide are embracing AI into their everyday workflows and processes, and with that comes the critical need to move data in real-time. As a product-led company with a proven reputation in event-driven integration, Solace is uniquely positioned to help companies turn their AI ambitions into reality," said Fitzpatrick. "I'm looking forward to helping further establish Solace as the digital nervous system for the real-time, event-driven agentic world." Over the past two decades, Solace has helped many of the world's leading companies realize the potential of real-time data, or events, to grow revenue, improve operational efficiencies and deliver optimal customer experiences. Solace is a core technology for leading organizations including global investment banks, retailers, telcos, and manufacturers. About Solace: Solace helps enterprises adopt AI by enabling real-time, event-driven data movement across their entire business. Built on a modern event-driven architecture, Solace Platform connects systems, applications, and AI agents with the data they need — securely, seamlessly, and at scale. Established enterprises worldwide – including RBC Capital Markets, Heineken, PSA Singapore and Schwarz Group – trust Solace to enable time-sensitive applications and processes; modernize their application and integration landscape; and create seamless digital experiences for their customers, partners and employees. Learn more at Press Contacts Europe & Americas UK APAC IBA International Positive Rice Communications Jamie Kightley Daniel Brown Neil Mirano Jkightley@ dbrown@ +44 (0) 1572 757932 +44 7480 924144 +65 3157 5685 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Solace Corporation View original content to download multimedia:
Cision Canada
12-06-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
Solace Announces Paul Fitzpatrick as Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer
OTTAWA, ON, June 12, 2025 /CNW/ -- Solace, the leader in powering real-time, event-driven integration for the agentic age, announced today that Paul Fitzpatrick has joined the company as its new Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer. Fitzpatrick brings deep experience in enterprise software go-to-market, having held senior leadership roles with IBM, Cognos and Halogen Software. His resume also includes a prior stint at Solace where he led partnerships, global customer education, field enablement and performance management. Fitzpatrick joins Solace from Shopify, where he led the development of the company's enterprise partner ecosystem, and evolution of global partner programs and education. "Paul brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of building strong brands and driving growth in the technology sector," said Denis King, President and CEO, Solace. "His strategic vision and leadership will be instrumental as we continue to expand our global presence and help more organizations capitalize on the transformative potential of data and AI through an event-driven integration strategy." "Enterprises worldwide are embracing AI into their everyday workflows and processes, and with that comes the critical need to move data in real-time. As a product-led company with a proven reputation in event-driven integration, Solace is uniquely positioned to help companies turn their AI ambitions into reality," said Fitzpatrick. "I'm looking forward to helping further establish Solace as the digital nervous system for the real-time, event-driven agentic world." Over the past two decades, Solace has helped many of the world's leading companies realize the potential of real-time data, or events, to grow revenue, improve operational efficiencies and deliver optimal customer experiences. Solace is a core technology for leading organizations including global investment banks, retailers, telcos, and manufacturers. Solace helps enterprises adopt AI by enabling real-time, event-driven data movement across their entire business. Built on a modern event-driven architecture, Solace Platform connects systems, applications, and AI agents with the data they need — securely, seamlessly, and at scale. Established enterprises worldwide – including RBC Capital Markets, Heineken, PSA Singapore and Schwarz Group – trust Solace to enable time-sensitive applications and processes; modernize their application and integration landscape; and create seamless digital experiences for their customers, partners and employees. Learn more at
Irish Times
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Cavan and Spurs enjoy feeling of defying the odds and ending a drought
It's not often, perhaps, that you'd link Spurs and Cavan's sporting fortunes, but in the space of four days, they both found a different way to slay a badger to bring to an end lengthy droughts. Until Wednesday night in Bilbao, it had been 17 years since Spurs got their paws on silverware , and on Sunday in Castlebar, it had been 77 years since Cavan beat Mayo in the championship. Yes, admittedly, the links are tenuous, but a sporting drought is a sporting drought. And there's no little joy when they end. Not that Paul Fitzpatrick, the sports editor of the Anglo-Celt newspaper, had time to celebrate on his way home to Cavan on Sunday. ' I had reports to write of discarded pitchforks and slain badgers and famous wins and generations of the same family, 77 years apart, in the same colours, fighting the same fight. That's the beauty of it and that's why, despite it all, we love it.' For quite a while, Limerick's hurlers and Dublin's footballers had no trouble slaying badgers at all , but they'd lost their killer instinct of late. Last weekend? 'An old lion is still a lion,' writes Ciarán Murphy after seeing them prove there's life in the old dogs yet, just to add another creature to the mix. 'Watching Limerick and Dublin, with 14 All-Ireland titles between them in the last 15 years, was a case study in greatness,' he says. Dublin's hurlers are hoping for a memorable day themselves when they play Galway on Sunday, the meeting 'effectively a playoff to meet Kilkenny in the provincial decider' . Gordon Manning talks to Dublin's Seán Currie ahead of the game, and he also previews this evening's Special Congress vote on the skorts issue , detailing all you need to know about the event. READ MORE And after Uefa attempted to confirm the qualification process for Euro 2028 on Wednesday, David Gorman brings you a Q&A to explain the convoluted business. Put it this way: the Republic of Ireland, co-hosts for the tournament, might automatically qualify - and, well, might not. In cricket, Nathan Johns reports on a mighty fine day for Ireland at Castle Avenue where they beat the West Indies by a chunky 124 runs in the first of their three-match ODI series, Andrew Balbirnie helping himself to a century. In rugby, John O'Sullivan hails the impact of the IRFU's much under-reported 'A' Interprovincial Championship , which Leinster won last weekend. And in his America at Large column, Dave Hannigan writes about the oft beleaguered New York Knicks faithful having the 'time of their lives' this weather. Granted, they lost the opening game of their NBA Eastern Conference best-of-seven series against The Indiana Pacers last night, but after knocking out the reigning champion Boston Celtics last Friday, 'this team has the city believing anything is possible'. TV Watch: Scottie Scheffler's US PGA Championship celebrations didn't last long, he's back in action at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas today (Sky Sports Golf, 5pm) - and he's aiming for his third Tour victory in a row, having won the CJ Cup Byron Nelson before his trip to Quail Hollow.
