The court of Appeal has said it intends to refer Conor McGregor’s application to withdraw “fresh evidence” that he had sought to introduce as part of his civil case appeal to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). 

Lawyers for Hand had asked the court to make the referral after seeking to introduce material related to the matter to the court today.

The three-judge court confirmed this afternoon that it intended to refer the matter to the DPP.

In November last year, McGregor was deemed liable for sexually assaulting Hand in the Beacon Hotel on 9 December 2018 following a three-week civil trial at the High Court, with the jury in the case awarding Hand over €248,000 in damages.

Legal Affairs Correspondent at The Irish Independent, Shane Phelan, spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.

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A portrait of President Michael D Higgins was removed from display in Belfast City Hall and placed in storage at the request of DUP Lord Mayor Tracy Kelly, Belfast City Council has said.

It emerged at a council meeting on Tuesday evening that the picture of the President, which used to hang alongside a similar portrait of

King Charles in the Lord Mayor’s parlour, was no longer there.

In a statement, Belfast City Council said the “decoration of the parlour is a matter for each individual Lord Mayor throughout their term in

office”.

Peter McVerry from U105 in Belfast is on the line with us now to talk to us some more about this.

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The Chair of the Meath on Track group, Peadar Tóibín TD, has asked members of the public to lobby government TDs in the comg days and weeks to ensure that the funding allocations under the National Development Plan review prioritise a Navan-Dublin rail line. 

In response to a Parliamentary Question from Deputy Tóibín, the Minister for Public Expenditure has said that in allocating funding under the NDP, "Government will be

required to make decisions on strategic project selection and prioritisation, to align with national priorities and make the maximum use of State resources". 

Deputy Toibin spoke to us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more. 

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There was a 23% increase in the cost of settling motor insurance claims during the first half of last year compared to the second half of 2023, according to latest figures from the Central Bank's National Claims Information Database (NCID).

It shows the cost of motorclaims settled between January and June 2024 was €414 million, with the Central Bank attributing the higher cost to an increase in damage claims.

Commenting on the NCID figures, the Alliance for Insurance Reform said they "make clear the Government’s looming increasing personal injury awards couldn’t come at a time for policyholders".

Brian Hanley, CEO of the Alliance for Insurance Reform, spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.

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