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RTE star Doireann Garrihy has told how she was almost “outed” before announcing her pregnancy.

The 2FM host revealed she was expecting her first child with husband Mark Mehigan back in April – but the star has now admitted the news was close to being leaked before she had the chance to share it herself.

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Doireann Garrihy told how a fan messaged her online[/caption]

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Doireann was worried the fan had seen her getting a baby scan[/caption]

On a recent episode of her hit podcast, Doireann & Friends, the radio star and her sister, Ailbhe Garrihy discussed their experience with pregnancy.

Ailbhe then asked Doireann to share some of the “crazy” stories she’d never told her—before revealing that she was pregnant.

The Dancing With The Stars host explained: “When I hadn’t announced I was pregnant, one person kept writing to me on Instagram saying ‘I think you have news for your followers’.”

Ailbhe sighed and said: “Ugh that is so annoying.”

Doireann continued: “So when I got that message my brain went into overdrive and I just thought, ‘I’ve been seen in the hospital, I look pregnant, who have a I said it to that has maybe said to someone else?’.

“And this wasn’t like a faceless account, it was a totally normal woman in her 40s.”

Ailbhe remarked: “I just don’t know what goes through people’s minds to send that.”

The TV star agreed: “Exactly, this is the thing. You’ve had experiences like this before too, when people have been like, ‘Oh yeah I knew’, and you have no idea how they knew or found out.

“Surely women need to understand to just say nothing.”

Ailbhe added: “But even if you were spotted in the hospital, you could have been in there for multiple reasons.”

Doireann responded: “That is what I don’t get, there are many reasons why a woman might find themselves in a maternity hospital, it doesn’t automatically mean you are expecting.”

The popular presenter admitted that she had always tried to be “so aware” of the fact that she might bump into someone she knows while getting a scan.

She said: “You just have to act like you don’t see them and if you do see them just say, ‘How’s it going, how are you?’, but never ask why they are there.

“It should be a part of girl code.”

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The popular presenter went on to suggest that waiting rooms in maternity hospitals should have signs warning people that it is a “confidential place”.

Doireann uploaded a clip of her chat with Ailbhe to Instagram and wrote in her caption: “Since this week’s episode, so many have shared stories about being “outed” by someone who spotted them in a maternity hospital.

“I think it is so wrong and wonder if some sort of etiquette should be formally introduced.”

Fans all agreed with the star’s statement in the comment section.

Aoife wrote: “I really think people should have a bit more cop on.”

Mandy said: “I 100 percent agree. You never really know another woman’s story.”

Julie remarked: “Surely it’s an unwritten rule or common decency??!!”

And Eva added: “I thought it was just general kindness and common sense.”

KYLIAN MBAPPE has accused former club PSG of “moral harassment” as the legal battle took a fresh turn.

France and Real Madrid ace Mbappe is already claiming the French champions owe him £55m from his final year before his free transfer move to Spain.

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Kylian Mbappe has accused PSG of ‘moral harassment’[/caption]

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Mbappe spent seven years with PSG before joining Real Madrid last summer[/caption]

But in a separate development, Mbappe, 26, is also arguing PSG ownership attempted to strong arm him into signing a new deal rather than letting his contract run down.

And it means the damaging dispute between the two sides will play out even further.

In the latest twist, Mbappe filed an official complaint with the French courts against PSG last month, with two examining magistrates now appointed to investigate the claims.

Mbappe alleges that the incidents took place in the summer of 2023, ahead of his final year at PSG, when he was excluded from the first-team squad and placed in the club’s “loft” of unwanted players.

His lawyers allege that the move to isolate Mbappe was PSG attempting to coerce him into signing a new deal, with the claim saying that it added up to “psychological pressure” and the “attempted extortion of a signature.”

The new move comes with the wages claim also set to be played out in the courts.

Mbappe claims PSG owe him his final three months’ salary and bonuses from that last season in Paris, with the club insisting he waived the payments as a condition of his release.

Meanwhile, Mbappe is ruled out of Madrid’s final group game in the Club World Cup against Salzburg tonight as he recovers from the bout of gastroenteritis that saw him briefly hospitalised for tests last week.

The France striker has not featured in the tournament so far but will be available for Madrid’s last-16 game on Tuesday.

Mbappe returned to the gym this week in a bid to get back to full fitness before the next round.

Reports in Spain have claimed that he lost between four and five kilograms due to the virus.

It is believed that he may have contracted the illness back in Madrid before flying to the US earlier this month.

The Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GCG) has approved what it described as a “major revamp” in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) that will address “long-standing issues” hounding the state-run health insurer. GCG Chair Marius Corpus said the commission approved the restructuring plan on June 25 and gave the state health insurer

A STALKER of former BBC presenter Emily Maitlis will serve extra prison time after writing her letters from jail. 

Edward Vines, 55, wrote to Ms Maitlis and her family while locked up for harassing her. 

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Former Newsnight host Emily Maitlis has said her fear of Vines’ behaviour is ‘like a chronic illness’[/caption]

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Twenty letters were sent over ten months to February 2024 — but were intercepted by staff at HMP Lowdham Grange. 

Former Newsnight host Maitlis has said her fear of Vines’ behaviour is “like a chronic illness”. 

Nottingham crown court heard she ended their friendship at university in 1990 — after he told her he loved her. 

Vines was jailed for eight years in 2022, but was sentenced to a further five years for breaching and attempting to breach a restraining order. 

In a short victim personal statement read to the court by prosecutor Fergus Malone, Mailtis wrote: “For over 30 years I have been living with the consequences of the persistent and unwanted attention of this individual. 

“I feel especially vulnerable and worried when the matter comes to trial.

“The idea that he might be bailed is deeply worrying and I would be very concerned for my safety and the safety of my family.” 

She also described her husband finding Vines on their doorstep, her children needing to be escorted to the school bus, and “upsetting interactions” with her 92-year-old mother. 

Judge Mark Watson said: “His imprisonment is the only thing stopping him from contacting the Maitlis family directly.” 

THIS is the dramatic moment a £50,000 electric vehicle explodes into a huge fireball – destroying both cars next to it.

The shocking footage shows the Mercedes EQA going up in flames in a matter of seconds while parked up in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

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The explosion was caused by a suspected faulty battery[/caption]

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Flames rising from the from Mercedes[/caption]

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The catastrophic explosion even damaged two other cars[/caption]

It can be seen smoking for a few seconds before it spontaneously explodes in the quiet residential street.

The explosion – which set a nearby shed ablaze and damaged part of the road – is believed to have been caused by a faulty battery.

The blaze also destroyed two other nearby cars.

James Musonda, who owns the courtesy car, was woken up by the loud bang, mistakenly thinking a tree had fallen on his house.

The 33-year-old pensioner consultant told MailOnline that he was “hysterical” when he eventually realised it was his car and has vowed to steer clear of EVs.

He said: “When I realised it was my car I was screaming and hysterical.

“All I could see was flames when I opened the door. We couldn’t get out the house because of the flames.

“My daughter was in the house. I could have died if I was in that car.”

Mr Musonda continued to explain that the fire brigade managed to get them out, but it kept making little explosions.

They were left very shaken up, and left keen to keep their distance from electric cars.

Fire crews attended the scene until noon the following day,

The Mercedes was recalled to the factory for “safety work” by the German manufacturer in October 2024.

The father-of-one explained that Mercedes had the car until mid-January this year.

The incident occurred six weeks after he got his car back.

Mercedes told MailOnline that it was sorry to learn of the incident that took place in March.

A spokesperson explained that the customer services team have been in contact with Mr Musonda and have kept him mobile in a courtesy car.

In October last year, a similar incident occurred in Northamptonshire, when CCTV captured the terrifying moment an electric Mercedes went up in flames.

The owner of the vehicle, Scott Bayliss said: “The pace and ferocity at which the fire took hold and engulfed the entire car and pretty much the entire front of our house was scary beyond belief.

He also explained that the initial investigator concluded that the vehicle was in such a bad state that it was difficult to establish what the fault was.

A Mercedes spokesperson said the company could not comment while the investigation was ongoing, but did stress that the company had reached out to the family.

A 70,000 Alfa Romeo was also caught bursting into flames in a Birmingham shopping centre carpark last December.

The terrifying moment saw emergency crews rush to the fourth floor of Selfridges Moor Street to put out the blaze, which managed to destroy one other car.

In an update, a fire service spokesman reported: “Faulty engine from a petrol powered car caused this fire.

An incident recently occurred in Bournemouth too, which saw a 27-year-old woman narrowly escape the flames.

The vehicle suddenly erupted into flames while the driver was dropping off her fiance.

The driver who was inside the car told the news site “it just started smoking and I got out of the car, then it caught fire”.

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Flames erypted from the vehicle within seconds[/caption]

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The footage shows the car smoking moments before the blast[/caption]

A NEIGHBOUR scammed a husband by taking £1,500 to pay for a hitman to kill his wife which he splashed on jetting off to Benidorm, a court heard.

Paul Lewis, 54, is accused of paying the money to his neighbour to arrange the killing of his estranged wife after the pair split two years earlier.

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Paul Lewis, 54, allegedly paid his neighbour £1,500 to find a hitman to kill his wife[/caption]

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Saunders, 35, allegedly claimed the hit had been carried out[/caption]

Dominique Saunders, 35, allegedly told Lewis that the job was done and said there were photos and GoPro footage of the killing to prove it.

But Lewis, a former steelworker from Swansea, was stunned to find his ex, Joanne Atkinson-Lewis, “still breathing” at a nearby beach.

Saunders, known locally as “Dippy Dom”, was allegedly stringing Lewis along before splashing the cash on a Benidorm holiday.

Lewis’ barrister, John Hipkin KC, told the court the grandfather was “vulnerable” due to his poor mental health and had been scammed by his neighbour.

Mr Hipkin said Saunders had “simply pushed off to Benidorm with the money”.

Saunders’ own barrister John Harrison KC said Saunders never had any intention for Joanne to be harmed.

All he did was “make some internet searches and go on holiday to Benidorm”, he said.

Prosecutor William Hughes KC said cops launched an investigation after Lewis confessed he had “put a hit” on his ex to his son, Kieran.

Mr Hughes said: “During a conversation Mr Lewis accepted that he entered into an agreement with Mr Saunders to arrange for his ex-wife to be killed.

“Kieran Lewis asked his father: ‘Have you put a hit out on Joanne?’

“Mr Lewis apparently broke down crying and nodded at his son acknowledging that he had made such an agreement.”

Lewis’ son Kieran called the police on his dad who uncovered the alleged hitman plot in messages between the two men, who lived in the same block of flats in Swansea.

Hughes said the messages revealed that: “Mr Lewis entered into an agreement in which he paid Mr Saunders £1,500 which the prosecution say was a fee to arrange for the killing of Joanne Atkinson-Lewis.”

Hughes added that financial information showed Lewis withdrew £1,500 from his bank in Swansea and on the same day Saunders deposited a sum of £1,300 into his own account.

Messages between the two men in the following days showed Lewis repeatedly saying he had given Saunders £1,500 “in good faith” and demanded to “see the Go Pro“.

One message from Saunders read: “Death becomes her.”

The jury was told that Lewis later messaged Saunders to say he had “seen Joanne on Aberavon Prom and she was ok.”

Saunders replied: “Are you 99 per cent sure?”

Lewis confirmed: “I am 100 per cent sure.”

A day later Lewis messaged his neighbour again saying: “I want her out.”

The two later fell out after Lewis believed he had been scammed from his money.

One message from Saunders said: “You mad or what? How have I scammed you?

“The bloke got your money to do work, I ain’t got a thing so tell me how I scammed you.”

Lewis replied: “She is still breathing.

“Your story keeps changing. You said there were pictures on your phone, then it was on the GoPro.

“I’ve not even seen the pictures, you’re a liar.”

Prosecutor Hughes said: “Those series of messages clearly demonstrate Mr Lewis and Mr Saunders entered into a criminal agreement where Mr Lewis agreed to pay and did pay Mr Saunders £1,500 to facilitate the murder of Joanne Atkinson-Lewis.

“A reasonable interpretation is that Mr Saunders led Mr Lewis to believe he had paid a hitman to carry out the act and he had photographs on his phone or on his GoPro device.

“However once Paul Lewis saw his ex-wife was still alive and breathing on Aberavon Beach he realised the criminal agreement he made with Dominque Saunders hadn’t been carried out.”

The two men from Swansea both deny conspiracy to commit murder and one cannot be found guilty without the other.

Neither chose to give evidence in their defence.

The trial before judge Mr Justice Nicklin will continue at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.

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Paul Lewis split from his wife two years previously[/caption]

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Lewis fell out with Saunders after he felt he had been scammed of his money[/caption]

Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday agreed with Senate President Francis Escudero that the senators, acting as impeachment court judges, could vote to dismiss the case against Vice President Sara Duterte without looking at the evidence against her, but he cautioned against taking such a hasty move without waiting for the Supreme Court to rule

GARDAI have launched an urgent appeal for a missing teenager who was last seen on Friday – as they are “concerned for his well-being”.

Omar Khalil, 16, was reported missing from Dalkey, Co. Dublin on June 20.

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Cops are “concerned for his well-being” and asking for the public’s help in locating the missing teen. 

Omar is described as being around six feet in height, has a strong build, with brown hair and brown eyes.

He was wearing a black and blue jacket, black trousers and black trainers when last seen. 

Cops are asking anyone with information on the teen’s whereabouts to make contact with them. 

A garda spokesperson said: “Gardai are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 16-year-old Omar Khalil who is reported missing from Dalkey, Co. Dublin since Friday 20th June 2025.

“Omar is described as being approximately 6 foot in height, has a strong build, with brown hair and brown eyes.

“When last seen, Omar was wearing a black and blue jacket, black trousers and black trainers.

“Gardai are concerned for his well-being.

“Anyone with any information on Omar ‘s whereabouts is asked to contact Dún Laoghaire Garda station on (01) 666 5000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.”

Separately, gardai are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of a 14-year-old Dublin teen. 

Nathan Hunt-McDonagh was reported missing from Naul, Co. Dublin, since Monday.

He was last seen boarding a bus in Naul village going to Swords on the evening of Monday June 23 at around 5.30pm.

Nathan is described as being 5 foot 9 inches in height with a slim build. He has fair hair and blue eyes.

When last seen, Nathan was wearing a grey jacket.

Cops confirmed Nathan is known to frequent the Dublin City Centre area. 

They are asking anyone with information on Nathan’s whereabouts to make contact with them. 

A garda spokesperson said: “Anyone with any information on Nathan’s whereabouts is asked to contact Balbriggan Garda Station on (01) 666 4500, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.”

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Reelected Bohol Rep. Kristine Alexie Tutor on Thursday vowed to refile in the 20th Congress 27 bills on civil service and professional regulation passed on third reading by the House but which failed to gain traction in the Senate. These include a bill extending to five from three years the validity of the Professional Regulation

The more than 1.1 million drivers and operators of public utility vehicles (PUVs), tricycles and delivery rides will need to wait longer to receive their fuel subsidy despite the recent increase in the prices of gasoline and diesel. At a Palace briefing on Thursday, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Vince Dizon said the P2.5-billion fuel