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Irish Times
5 days ago
- Business
- Irish Times
Vodafone to shift headquarters to St Stephen's Green
Vodafone Ireland is to move its headquarters to the city centre next year, leaving the Sandyford location it has occupied for more than two decades. The company said it would relocate to 70 St Stephen's Green as the building's sole occupant from April next year. The lease on its Mountainview building in Central Park, Sandyford, was due to expire or renew in 2026. 'As we mark 25 years in Ireland, we are pleased to move to a new location where we will be much closer to our customers including many businesses and State bodies,' Vodafone Ireland's HR director Noelle Burke said. READ MORE 'Mountainview in Central Park and the Sandyford district has been a wonderful home to Vodafone Ireland for a long time, and we are pleased that we will continue to have a smaller presence there.' Vodafone announced the move to Mountainview in May 2002. More than 2,000 people work with Vodafone in Ireland, and almost half are currently based at its headquarters, with the company operating a hybrid policy that has staff in the office between eight and 10 days a month. The new location will also advance the company's net zero commitment by 2028, halving carbon emissions for its headquarters by facilitating a shift to public transport alongside a significantly more energy efficient building. 'Our climate goals are important to us, and this decision is aligned to our commitment to reducing carbon emissions,' Ms Burke said. 'This was a key driver in our decision-making process, to ensure we can provide a central location for our employees and customers, helping to reduce our impact on the environment.'
BreakingNews.ie
26-05-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Woman who falsely accused man of sexual assault lied again under oath, judge hears
A woman who has already spent months behind bars for falsely accusing a man of sexual assault lied again under oath in court on Monday in a claim for damages for personal injury, a judge was told in the Circuit Civil Court. Throwing out riding instructor Denise Cribbin's €60,000 claim for injuries she allegedly suffered in a rear-ending traffic accident, Judge Terence O'Sullivan told her she just could not be trusted to tell the truth. Advertisement Defence barrister Shane English told Cribbin she had persistently lied under oath about a minimal impact accident on the M50 in 2018 and had failed to tell the judge about a previous accident in 2016 after which she had falsely accused a man, who had claimed damages against her, of causing the accident by sexually assaulting her. Cribbin spent six months of a 12-month sentence in prison. 'Her evidence has been absolutely filleted by Mr English in the course of his cross-examination and is not reliable,' Judge O'Sullivan said when dismissing her case and awarding costs against her in relation to the 2018 collision. Cribbin was described as the manager of a leisure horse riding business at The Paddocks, Ballyedmonduff Road, Woodside, Sandyford, Dublin 18 and of Stepaside, Co Wicklow. In March 2022 Cribbin, now aged 48, was jailed for a year by the Court of Appeal after the Director of Public Prosecutions had successfully claimed an earlier two-year wholly suspended sentence following her admission of having made a false sexual assault allegation against a passenger in her car was too light. Advertisement At the time, Mr Justice George Birmingham described how the offence had arisen out of events surrounding a single-car crash in July 2016 in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow. Both Cribben and the injured party had been occupants of the car, which belonged to her and which she had been driving. She had claimed in a statement to gardaí that the injured party, who successfully sued her for €35,000 damages, had caused the accident by sexually assaulting her in her car, an allegation gardaí later found to be false and to which Cribbin pleaded guilty when charged. In Monday's case, Cribbin had sued motorist Sharon McConnell, of Old Connell Weir, Co Kildare, and her insurers Allianz for €60,000 damages arising out of what was described as a minimal impact between their cars in traffic on the M50. Cribbin claimed she had injured her left knee in the accident and had chipped two of her teeth when her face had struck the steering wheel. Advertisement Mr English, who appeared with Patrick Brady of Newman Solicitors, told Cribbin she had lied, and lied and lied to the court about the accident and had failed to produce any evidence of treatments for her alleged injuries. Ireland Two teenagers jailed for murder of Tristan Sherry Read More Judge O'Sullivan said Ms Cribbin was not trustworthy and had not come before the court with a trustworthy reputation. 'I do not find it credible that the impact was such as to smash her face into the steering wheel and chip two of her teeth,' the judge said. 'Mr English rightly has given out that there is not a shred of medical evidence that she damaged her teeth.' He said there had been no evidence of damage to either car, and he was very unhappy with the case. The plaintiff had come before the court, having failed to inform the defendant of her criminal prosecution. 'I find her as someone who just cannot be trusted in terms of credibility,' Judge O'Sullivan said.
Irish Times
26-05-2025
- Irish Times
Woman with conviction for falsely alleging sexual assault has personal injuries case thrown out of court
A woman who has already spent six months in jail for falsely accusing a man of sexual assault, has had a personal injuries claim rejected by the Circuit Civil Court after the judge said her evidence had again been found to be unreliable. Throwing out riding instructor Denise Cribbin's €60,000 claim for injuries she allegedly suffered in a rear-ending traffic accident, Judge Terence O'Sullivan told her she just could not be trusted to tell the truth. Defence barrister Shane English told Cribbin she had persistently lied under oath about a minimal impact accident on the M50 in 2018 and had failed to tell the judge about a previous accident in 2016 after which she had falsely accused a man, who had claimed damages against her, of causing the accident by sexually assaulting her. Cribbin served six months of a 12 month sentence in prison. READ MORE 'Her evidence has been absolutely filleted by Mr English in the course of his cross-examination and is not reliable,' Judge O'Sullivan said when dismissing her case and awarding costs against her in relation to the 2018 collision. Cribbin was described as the manager of a leisure horse riding business at The Paddocks, Ballyedmonduff Road, Woodside, Sandyford, Dublin 18 and of Stepaside, Co Wicklow. In March 2022 Cribbin, now aged 48, was jailed for a year by the Court of Appeal after the Director of Public Prosecutions had successfully claimed an earlier two-year wholly suspended sentence following her admission of having made a false sexual assault allegation against a passenger in her car was too light. Both Cribben and the injured party had been occupants of the car which belonged to her and which she had been driving. She had claimed in a statement to gardaí that the injured party, who successfully sued her for €35,000 damages, had caused the accident by sexually assaulting her in her car, an allegation gardaí later found to be false and to which Cribbin pleaded guilty when charged. In today's case Cribbin had sued motorist Sharon McConnell, of Old Connell Weir, Co Kildare, and her insurers Allianz for €60,000 damages arising out of what was described as a minimal impact between their cars in traffic on the M50. Cribbin claimed she had injured her left knee in the accident and had chipped two of her teeth when her face had struck the steering wheel. Mr English, who appeared with Patrick Brady of Newman Solicitors, told Cribbin she had lied to the court about the accident and failed to produce any evidence of treatments for her alleged injuries. Judge O'Sullivan said Ms Cribbin was not trustworthy and had not come before the court with a trustworthy reputation. 'I do not find it credible that the impact was such as to smash her face into the steering wheel and chip two of her teeth,' the judge said. He said there had been no evidence of damage to either car and he was very unhappy with the case.
Irish Times
19-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Sale of €4m Sandyford office building held up in dispute
A couple have claimed in the Commercial Court that the €4 million sale of an office building they own in Sandyford Business Park in Dublin is being held up by a company which obtained approval to use it for emergency international protection applicants but which never went ahead. Andrew Mullins and his wife Juliet, of Maple Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin, own the 18,500 sq ft detached three-storey Heron House office block on a high profile corner site at Corrig Road/Blackthorn Road. In August last year, discussions were held with Stepcore Property Ltd and an entity the Mullins were given to understand was called SBD Property Ltd about proposals to lease the building for international protection applicants, the Mullins claim. Heads of terms were entered into on a 'subject to contract/contract denied' basis. It subsequently transpired that SBD was not a legal entity and had not been registered in the Companies Office, it is claimed. READ MORE This in turn led to the incorporation of Stepcore Property last September after which it (Stepcore) was the entity dealing with taking the lease. Stepcore ultimately obtained confirmation from the local authority that the use for international protection was exempt development. However, the Mullins claim discussions between them and Stepcore never progressed beyond the exchange of draft agreements and the property was put back on the market last February. The Mullins subsequently agreed to sell it to a third party for €4 million. However, a legal warning known as a 'lis pendens' was registered over the property by Stepcore which has held up the sale. Stepcore is claiming a proprietary interest in the property. The Mullins deny that claim. They are seeking an order that the lis pendens be vacated as it is not being prosecuted in a bona fide way and/or that there has been unreasonable delay by Stepcore. The case was entered into the Commercial Court on Monday on the application of Andrew Fitzpatrick SC, for the Mullins. Stepcore was neutral on the application. Mr Justice Mark Sanfey adjourned it for hearing in July.
Irish Times
15-05-2025
- Health
- Irish Times
Beacon Hospital to develop new €30 million brain centre
The Beacon Hospital is set to invest €30 million into developing a new neuroscience centre to be named the Beacon Brain Institute. The South Dublin hospital, previously 80 per cent owned by businessman Denis O'Brien, was sold last year to the asset management arm of Australian financial services giant Macquarie in a deal thought to be worth €400 million. The new project will build upon the €75 million capital investment programme already under way at the Sandyford-based medical campus, which is set to add 70 beds, a new emergency department and to improve its cancer care facilities. The consultant neurosurgeon leading the Beacon Brain Institute, Professor Mohsen Javadpour, said that opening a dedicated facility would 'dramatically increase the number of patients that can be treated and result in better outcomes.' READ MORE [ Beacon Hospital reports big uptick in earnings as demand for care increases Opens in new window ] While the Beacon Hospital already offers complex brain surgery, chief executive Michael Cullen said the new facility 'will set new benchmark for the delivery of neuroscience services in the country and support the ever-growing demand for these types of services'. Over a two-year period, the hospital plans to install new facilities to develop its diagnostic capacity and expand its ability to treat blood vessel abnormalities in the brain such as aneurysms, as well as strokes. The hospital will also develop a dedicated neurosurgical theatre with enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that enables surgeons to take detailed images of the brain during procedures. It expects the development to improve patient outcomes by allowing more precise removal of tumours and a reduction in the need for surgery. The investment will upgrade its wide range of neuroscience services.
