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Irish Independent
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Irish Independent
Limerick councillor breaks glass ceiling as first woman elected to lead council
The historic election took place in the Council Chamber this Monday. Speaking with the Irish Independent after her election, Cllr Slattery said: 'Well, in the lead up to it, I was a little bit nervous but when I actually got into the chamber, the nerves left me,' she said. 'I knew that, you know, this day was going to go down in history, really, because I was going to be the first woman Príomh Chomhairleoir elected.' Ms Slattery, a Fianna Fáil councillor, was first elected in 2019 and her rise to the role of Príomh Chomhairleoir has been swift but hard-earned. 'Little did I think in 2019 when I was elected as a councillor that I would go on to be the Príomh Chomhairleoir,' she said. 'It is one of the best honours in my political career so far.' A breakthrough in gender representation in Limerick politics, Cllr Slattery noted: 'It leads the way for other women as well.' 'Since being elected, some women have reached out to me that wouldn't have before, this paves the way for other young girls who might decide to go into politics,' she beamed. The chamber was filled with support for Slattery on the day, with colleagues from across the political spectrum showing their backing. 'My colleagues were fantastic and not just my own party colleagues, but my other colleagues in the chamber and the Mayor and the Director General of the Council,' she said. Alongside her on the day were her extended family 'My daughter, my two grandchildren, my mother, father, sisters, my partner and some of my canvassing team. It was great to have them all there to witness something they wouldn't have witnessed before,' she stated. Cllr Slattery's tenure on the council has been down to her strict support for youth, the elderly and her communities. ADVERTISEMENT 'You have to put in the hours, you have to make yourself available to people and communities,' she said. 'But I love it. To me, it doesn't feel like a job.' Among her key priorities for the year ahead are youth and community services, tackling anti-social behavior, and supporting the elderly. 'Indoor and outdoor sports facilities and community facilities are important,' she said, but added that anti-social behaviour in Limerick city is at an all-time high. 'We need extra Garda patrols on the streets,' she stated. In terms of community engagement, Cllr Slattery enjoys visiting the elderly at St Camillus Hospital. 'We hand out Easter eggs, selection boxes and that kind of this. It's important because they were once our age and they need their voices to be heard now.' Housing remains another major concern for the Fianna Fáil councillor. 'We need more affordable homes. We need more cost rental and more social houses,' she said. 'The youth of Limerick are going to leave Limerick because they just can't purchase houses here at the moment.' As a woman in politics, she acknowledged the challenges which brought her to the position she has today. 'There's no training, nothing like that, so you either sink or swim. And I suppose I swam but didn't have much of a choice!' she chuckled. In thanks to the people of Limerick for their votes, she said: 'Since I was elected Monday, people have been ringing me, texting me, leaving messages on social media to congratulate me. 'Limerick is a fantastic place and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.'
West Australian
26-06-2025
- General
- West Australian
LGSHA 2025: Quick code swap as Slattery to strike twice as Manypeaks and Mt Barker share the spoils
LGSHA 2025: Quick code swap as Slattery to strike twice as Manypeaks and Mt Barker share the spoils
Irish Independent
24-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
See inside the Kildare mansion once home to Michael Collins confidant ‘The One-Handed Assassin'
Constructed in 1924, Glendaars House was first inhabited by a man who had a hand to play in creating the Ireland we live in today. The house was first home to Colonel James (Jim) Slattery who was one of Michael Collins' close confidants in the Free State Army. Colonel Slattery, whose alias was the 'One-Handed Assassin' having lost his hand in military action, was a member of The Squad. Also known as the Twelve Apostles, The Squad was set up by Michael Collins, the head of IRA intelligence, during the Irish War of Independence in July of 1919. The job of The Squad was to assassinate British intelligence agents. Colonel Slattery served in the 1916 Rising in St Stephen's Green and Jacobs before becoming one of the founding members of The Squad. On Bloody Sunday, November 21, 1920, The Squad, which included Colonel Slattery, shot and killed 14 British military and intelligence officers at locations across Dublin City. Later that same day, at a Gaelic football game in Croke Park, British forces fired into a crowd of spectators killing 14 people. Now Glendaars House is on the hunt for new owners looking to write its next chapter in history. On the market for €1.95m, Glendaars House is a five-bedroom, five-bathroom mansion, complete with a separate one-bedroom one-bathroom guest apartment and stables. Through the front door of the house is a generous reception hall with a chequered tile floor and a cast iron fireplace with an open fire. ADVERTISEMENT The reception hall leads to a family room with exposed timber beams and a large timber fireplace with another open fire. The family room and the drawing room were added to the house by Ann Smurfit who was also a previous owner of the property. Into the study next where there's an open fireplace and double French doors leading to outside and linking to the kitchen. The dining room also boasts a timber fireplace with an open fire and leads to a large games or party room. The games room has an open fire, exposed beamed ceiling and three bay windows with large double French doors leading to a garden terrace. Upstairs, there is a master bedroom suite with a en-suite bathroom with a fitted bath, separate shower, generous walk-in closet and eaves store. The second bedroom suite has an open fireplace, a dressing room and en-suite shower room, while bedroom suites three and four each have en-suite shower rooms. The fifth bedroom is nearby to the family bathroom. Outside, Glendaars House is set on approximately 4.6 acres of land comprising of gardens and paddocks. In addition to the original stables that date back to 1924, the property also boasts a barn stabling complex with a turn-out area, a post and railed arena for exercising horses and paddock grazing. Elsewhere on the property, there is an outdoor children's play area.
West Australian
16-06-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Slattery's haul earns third for Lower Great Southern in the CBH Group Women's Country Championships in Perth
Slattery's haul earns third for Lower Great Southern in the CBH Group Women's Country Championships in Perth
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
True crime: A killer looking for women's hormones slays baby-sitter, mother of two
This story is part of a true crime series by The Palm Beach Post. Victims: Karen Slattery, 14, and Georgianna Worden, 38 Killer: Duane Owen Where: Slattery in Delray Beach, Worden in Boca Raton Dates: March 24, 1984 (Slattery); May 29, 1984 (Worden) Karen Slattery's and Georgianna Worden's killings in 1984 is part of a new True Crime series by The Palm Beach Post. Karen Slattery, 14, loved being a babysitter and was much in demand. The Pope John Paul High freshman was also a diving star, scheduled to try out for the U.S. team. She'd just had her braces off in March 1984 when her life ended in horrendous fashion. More: Duane Owen execution: Did Karen Slattery's younger sister find a rainbow in killer's death? . Duane Owen cut through a bedroom screen at a home where the teen was watching a 7-year-old and 3-year-old and confronted her in the kitchen. She had called her mom at 10 p.m. but was dead by 12:30 when the children's parents found her. Owen had stabbed the girl 18 times then raped her. The children were unharmed. About two months later, Georgianna Worden, 38, an executive secretary and mother of two children who was separated from her husband, was sleeping when she awoke to a hammer coming down on her head. Owen struck her four more times on the head and face. He also raped her after he got into the Boca Raton home in May 1984. Court documents say she may have been alive up to an hour after the first blow. Her 13-year-old daughter found Worden, posed, the next morning before she went to school. Both were not Owens' only victims. Two Boca Raton women were hit in their homes with blunt objects ‒ a plumber's wrench and a clothing iron – but they survived. In Worden's murder, police found a fingerprint on a copy of Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz, which was lying on her bedside table. Owen's court journey lasted decades after he was initially convicted and sentenced to death in 1985 for Slattery's killing. Representing him were famed defense attorneys Michael Salnick and Barry Krischer, who went on to become Palm Beach County state attorney for 16 years. Owen got the same sentence in 1986 for killing Worden. More: 3 former South Florida journalists covered executions. What they saw, in their own words. Then the appeals began. Owen said police officers improperly "Mirandized" him. He got a new trial in 1999 in Slattery's death where he claimed he was insane, looking for hormones that night so he could become a woman. The jury didn't buy it and sentenced him again to death. Owen appealed the verdict in the 1999 trial, saying his lawyer failed to enter into evidence the tale of his childhood with an alcoholic mother who died when he was 11, a father who killed himself when Owen was 13 and his own drinking and drugging since he was 9. Childhood friends described Owen's alcoholic parents. "It was the only house I know to have beer delivered by a beer truck," said a neighborhood friend. As recently as 2017, Owen appealed the Slattery verdict again after a Florida Supreme Court ruling frowning on death sentences that didn't arise from an unanimous jury recommendation. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Glenn Kelley in 2018 denied him a new trial. In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court agreed. Owen was executed in 2023. Her refused to say anything before he died, but afterward one of his victim's families sure did. Slattery's younger sister, who was 10 at the time of her murder, said the state of Florida took far too long to carry out Owen's sentence. "Thirty-nine in this process is finally over," Debbi Johnson, now a deputy sheriff in Monroe County, read from a statement. "March 24, 1984, Owen attempted to write the final chapter in Karen's book or so he thought. Karen lives on in her community, her friends, her family and, most importantly, her legacy." Holly Baltz is the investigations at The Palm Beach Post. You can reach her at hbaltz@ Support local investigative journalism. Subscribe today. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: True crime: Florida man seeks hormones, kills baby-sitter, mother of 2
