Garda Lorcan Murphy was sentenced to a year in prison for an assault in which a teenager's skull was fractured. He pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault causing harm.
I have decided to step down from my position as Secretary General of CAF to devote myself to more personal projects. Now that I have been able to dispel the suspicions that some people have gone to great lengths to cast on me, I can retire with peace of mind and without constraint, leaving the CAF more prosperous than ever.
Professor Summers has announced that he will retire from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of this academic year and will remain on leave until that time. Summers, who has been on leave since November and whose name appeared hundreds of times in newly released Epstein files, will leave at the end of the school year, according to a statement from Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton.
The head of the sports division of the Italian public broadcaster Rai has resigned after his gaffe-strewn commentary of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony provoked protests among its journalists. Paolo Petrecca, appointed director of Rai Sport last year, handed in his notice on Thursday after a board meeting, a source within Rai confirmed. The controversy has been seized upon by members of the Italian opposition, who called his appointment an example
Tony Clark plans to resign as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan and Don Van Natta Jr. Clark's resignation comes in the wake of the Eastern District of New York's investigation into alleged financial improprieties at the union. Clark also is stepping down as the union and MLB are preparing to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. MLB's current CBA expires on Dec. 1.
The top lawyer at Goldman Sachs, Kathy Ruemmler, has announced that she will resign following revelations of her links to the late financier and sex offender. Ruemmler's resignation comes after the United States Department of Justice's latest release of investigative files about Epstein showed that she had received gifts from Epstein, offered him advice on managing his reputation, and likened him to an older brother.
Mrinank Sharma announced his resignation from Anthropic in an open letter to his colleagues on Monday. Sharma, who has served on the company's technical staff since 2023, first noted that he "achieved what I wanted to here" and is "especially proud of my recent efforts to help us live our values via internal transparency mechanisms; and also my final project on understanding how AI assistants could make us less human or distort our humanity."
"Throughout my time here, I've repeatedly seen how hard it is to truly let our values govern our actions," Sharma said, claiming that employees "constantly face pressures to set aside what matters most."
Morgan McSweeney has dramatically quit as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff, after mounting scrutiny over his role in Lord Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US. The PM's adviser had been coming under pressure after pushing for the former minister to be given the job, despite the peer's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein being publicly known about at the time.
Jim Gavin has stood down as chairperson of the North East Inner City Taskforce (NEIC) following months of speculation over whether the Fianna Fáil presidential candidate would return to the role. In an email to Dublin City Councillors today, local representatives were informed the former Dublin Gaelic football manager was no longer serving as the chair of the initiative, which was set up in 2016 in the wake of major gangland violence.
Taking centre stage is Josh Paul, former director of congressional and public affairs at the US Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. In 2023, Paul resigned in protest over the US's role in enabling Israel's war on Gaza. Since then, he has co-founded A New Policy, a political organisation pushing for change in US policy towards Palestine and Israel.
After 13 years leading the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India, the artist and curator Bose Krishnamachari will step down from his roles as president of the Kochi Biennale Foundation and member of its board of trustees. In a statement, Krishnamachari cited "pressing family reasons" for his decision. His departure is not expected to impact the sixth edition of the biennial, For the Time Being, which opened last month and will run as scheduled until 31 March.
I cannot be party to silencing writers, so with a heavy heart I am resigning from my role as the director of the AWW. Writers and writing matters, even when they are presenting ideas that discomfort and challenge us. We need writers now more than ever, as our media closes up, as our politicians grow daily more cowed by real power, as Australia grows more unjust and unequal.
A co-worker, "Erin," has been allowed to work from home since the COVID-19 pandemic, while the rest of us came back to the office. We function alongside each other much like a small family. We have no drama, no office politics and an overall great atmosphere. Erin's absence has caused a strain on our team and has fueled resentment. Many feel it's unfair, although these feelings have not been shared with Erin.
Sustained online abuse, threatening and derogatory behaviour directed towards both myself and my family, and libellous comments made in writing and online, have now crossed an unacceptable line. What began as criticism relating to football matters has escalated into behaviour that is impacting my personal life, family, household, and business interests. This situation is no longer tolerable, and I cannot allow my continued association with the club to negatively and distressfully affect myself and those closest to me.
