Police arrest three over Waterford petrol bomb murders
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Three people were arrested in connection with the firebombing of a family home in Waterford, an attack that killed members of a family. Separately, details emerged following a fatal shooting in Mallow of a local man with a decades-long criminal history who had reportedly fallen apart in the days before his death.
The Taoiseach used a Dáil debate to accuse Sinn Féin of historical support for Nazis, while the Justice Minister faced criticism for suggesting solicitors are specifically targeting rape cases. Government ministers may find the public mood increasingly difficult to shift; the public expresses significant skepticism over plans to grant the state access to private messages.
A €1.5 million project to install breathalyser terminals in pubs and hotels has been scrapped before it could begin. Elsewhere, a Ukrainian family in Co Laois says the government has abandoned them after four years of hosting, and the new National Maternity Hospital is now expected to be finished in 2033, six years after construction starts.