{"id":1162296,"date":"2026-08-22T02:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1162296\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T02:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:41:25","slug":"evening-briefing-teacher-trainees-threaten-legal-challenge-over-bursary-scheme-and-former-dublin-boss-pat-gilroy-at-croke-park-barricade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1162296\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening briefing: Teacher trainees threaten legal challenge over bursary scheme and former Dublin boss Pat Gilroy at Croke Park barricade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>Northern Ireland teacher trainees threaten legal challenge over bursary scheme<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/northern-ireland-teacher-trainees-threaten-legal-challenge-over-bursary-scheme-Y2COY5RQRVF3ND3CDRWZMCV5IE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/northern-ireland-teacher-trainees-threaten-legal-challenge-over-bursary-scheme-Y2COY5RQRVF3ND3CDRWZMCV5IE\/\">More than 100 students have been left with \u201cno realistic option\u201d but to pursue a judicial review against a teacher training initiative they feel is exclusionary<\/a>, their solicitor has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Phoenix Law said it had served \u201cpre-action correspondence\u201d to the Department for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/education\/\">Education<\/a> in relation to the eligibility criteria of the Initial Teacher Education Bursary Scheme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>Jimmy Cricket\u2019s Catholic priest son jokes at funeral it\u2019s \u2018not the first time I\u2019ve see him die\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/arrest-warrant-issued-after-pair-charged-over-8600-shoplifting-spree-fail-to-turn-up-at-court-QUKPZL4EQREEXADRTBPK4CZIMU\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Arrest warrant issued after pair charged over &#xA3;8,600 shoplifting spree fail to turn up at court\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787366484_496_4C7YOSJPGZMMZBXFBH5RBAJD74.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/road-closures-in-place-ahead-of-belfast-mela-carnival-parade-LPGP4GQQWBEFXK5RVXO4F6QYPM\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Road closures in place ahead of Belfast Mela Carnival Parade \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/F67UDKBVUVHCNMPCKO4KFH5MHM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/not-the-first-time-ive-see-him-die-jimmy-crickets-son-jokes-at-funeral-VXUFMS4PZ5HTLOOJ5SS4LUVSZA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/not-the-first-time-ive-see-him-die-jimmy-crickets-son-jokes-at-funeral-VXUFMS4PZ5HTLOOJ5SS4LUVSZA\/\">Jimmy Cricket\u2019s son has joked it \u201cisn\u2019t the first time I\u2019ve seen him die\u201d as he led his funeral service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The joke came as his funeral requiem mass began at Salford Cathedral on Friday, following the Northern Irish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/comedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/comedy\/\">comic<\/a>, born James Mulgrew\u2019s death on August 3 at the age of 80 following his battle with a short illness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The ceremony was attended by comedy veterans such as Syd Little, Tommy Cannon and Roy Walker and led by Cricket\u2019s youngest son Father Frankie Mulgrew, who once worked as his road manager but is now a Catholic priest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>Belfast based Phoenix Law holds jailhouse talks with alleged drugs cartel boss Daniel Kinahan <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Belfast based<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/belfast-based-phoenix-law-holds-jailhouse-talks-with-alleged-drugs-cartel-boss-daniel-kinahan-NN47A2UFHNBOTDMJDTEJYUUX6M\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/belfast-based-phoenix-law-holds-jailhouse-talks-with-alleged-drugs-cartel-boss-daniel-kinahan-NN47A2UFHNBOTDMJDTEJYUUX6M\/\"> Phoenix Law has held a behind bars talks with alleged international drugs cartel boss Daniel Kinahan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It is understood high profile solicitor Darragh Mackin met with the suspected drugs baron in Portlaoise Prison, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/republic-of-ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/republic-of-ireland\/\">Co Laois<\/a>, on Wednesday, at the request of Kinahan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>Former Moldovan police officer to be deported after pleading guilty to \u2018people smuggling\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/former-moldovan-police-officer-to-be-deported-after-pleading-guilty-to-people-smuggling-WSOSVIVINRDUPMOKP57TE3M52E\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/former-moldovan-police-officer-to-be-deported-after-pleading-guilty-to-people-smuggling-WSOSVIVINRDUPMOKP57TE3M52E\/\">former Moldovan police officer is to be deported from Northern Ireland after pleading guilty on Friday to \u2018people smuggling\u2019 into the United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ion Bilea (40), with an address at Belfast Road in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/bangor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/bangor\/\">Bangor<\/a>, Co Down, had previously denied a single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/crime\/\">charge<\/a> of assisting unlawful immigration to the UK of a non-UK national on May 18, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>Petrol bomb attack at north Belfast home<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Damage has been caused to a house in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/north-belfast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/north-belfast\/\">north Belfast<\/a> f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/petrol-bomb-attack-at-north-belfast-home-Q35HEXOZPNAEPHBUDG3J776YWU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/petrol-bomb-attack-at-north-belfast-home-Q35HEXOZPNAEPHBUDG3J776YWU\/\">ollowing a petrol bomb attack on Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The incident was reported to police at around 10:30pm, that a home in the York Road area was on fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>Co Antrim man who called 999 threatening to kill his girlfriend jailed &#8211; but could be released immediately<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A county Antrim man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/co-antrim-man-who-called-999-threatening-to-kill-his-girlfriend-jailed-but-could-be-released-immediately-LCDO7UGB7RGVFBTWB2DNOCCE34\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/co-antrim-man-who-called-999-threatening-to-kill-his-girlfriend-jailed-but-could-be-released-immediately-LCDO7UGB7RGVFBTWB2DNOCCE34\/\">who made a 999 call threatening to kill his girlfriend and claiming to be armed with a zombie knife has been jailed for nine months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Glen Fenton, 29, also warned that any police sent to the couple\u2019s home should wear stab vests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was detained after armed response officers were dispatched to the property earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sport<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>\u2018I certainly don\u2019t feel I belong in there any more\u2019: Former Dublin boss Pat Gilroy at Croke Park barricade<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/gaa\/gaelic-football\/i-certainly-dont-feel-i-belong-in-there-any-more-former-dublin-boss-pat-gilroy-at-croke-park-barricade-NG3PCYOP2RGIXDXKDXKROD446E\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/gaa\/gaelic-football\/i-certainly-dont-feel-i-belong-in-there-any-more-former-dublin-boss-pat-gilroy-at-croke-park-barricade-NG3PCYOP2RGIXDXKDXKROD446E\/\">Former Dublin football manager Pat Gilroy has called on the GAA to let himself or other campaigners address its Ethics and Integrity Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The man who helped the Dubs end their 16-year Sam Maguire Cup drought in 2011 was among many All-Ireland winners barricaded out of Croke Park on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>Michael Hegney named Director of Football for Cliftonville<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/cliftonville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/cliftonville\/\">Cliftonville<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/soccer\/michael-hegney-named-director-of-football-for-cliftonville-D3KXQDGNOBGMVJEIQSPVFDINRY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/soccer\/michael-hegney-named-director-of-football-for-cliftonville-D3KXQDGNOBGMVJEIQSPVFDINRY\/\">named Michael Hegney as Director of Football as they enter a period of transition at Solitude<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hegney, who has served as a Director at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/north-belfast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/north-belfast\/\">North Belfast<\/a> club since August 2023, moves into the role to assist chairman Kevin Crossan after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/soccer\/multi-million-investment-in-cliftonville-given-green-light-UD7YMZUZFRD4LLIJV2G3QJGG2E\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/soccer\/multi-million-investment-in-cliftonville-given-green-light-UD7YMZUZFRD4LLIJV2G3QJGG2E\/\">the Toronto Investment Group\u2019s takeover of the club was approved.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Northern Ireland teacher trainees threaten legal challenge over bursary scheme More than 100 students have been 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