Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Qualifications for AI jobs ‘in short supply’ study reveals
Whoriskey in court over brutal death of toddler, 3
VITAL qualifications needed to fill artificial intelligence jobs will be “under-supplied” in the coming years, it has been warned.
Computer science, engineering and maths are among the top subjects sought by employers as part of an anticipated fourth industrial revolution in which technology replaces humans.
The specialisms were under-represented among job applicants, research for the Department for the Economy has suggested.
The report said: “AI is expected to have a significant impact on not just the future labour market but also society and daily life.
“It will present challenges, particularly for those with lower skills who perform routine tasks as part of their jobs – but also many opportunities.
“Northern Ireland has an opportunity to be a global leader in developing and supporting AI.
“However, to realise this, the country must supply people with the required qualifications and skills needed for AI jobs.” A MAN appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of a three-year-old boy.
Liam Whoriskey, 24, is charged with the murder of Kayden Mcguinness in his family home at Colmcille Court in Derry between September 15 and 17, 2017.
Before the case was heard Deputy District Judge Philip Mateer warned the packed courtroom “all proceedings will be conducted with dignity” and advised everyone to keep that in mind.
The defendant, a waiter from Glenabbey Gardens in the city, is further charged with twice wilfully assaulting the infant on August 15, 2017, and between September 6 and 16 in the same year.
It is additionally charged that between September 15 and 18, 2017, as a result of an unlawful act of a person who was a member of the same household as Kayden and who had frequent contact with the child, Whoriskey either caused the death of Kayden by his own unlawful act or failed to take steps to protect him from the risk the defendant foresaw or ought to have foreseen. Members of the child’s family as well as relatives of the defendant were in court yesterday for the preliminary enquiry hearing before Deputy District Judge Philip Mateer.
There were also additional police officers both inside and outside Courtroom 2.
A solicitor for the Public Prosecution Service then told him she believed, based on the papers before the court, the defendant had a prima facie case to answer.
Defence solicitor Suzanne Moran accepted the defendant had a prima facie case to answer.
Judge Mateer said there was a substantial body of papers and having read the statement of the pathologist he was satisfied there was a prima facie case.
At a previous sitting last June a detective involved in the investigation said Kayden died from one of 13 blows received to the head in a blunt force attack.
The strike resulted in subdural haematoma bleeding leading to swelling of the brain and the infant’s death.
The detective said at the time Whoriskey was charged with murder one month after an autopsy report had been received by the PSNI.
A police witness stated in the same hearing Kayden suffered multiple head and scalp injuries and survived for only half an hour after the fatal blow was inflicted.
He also said since the incident a threat had been made against the defendant from a republican paramilitary organisation.
Judge Mateer yesterday remanded the defendant in continuing custody until his arraignment on the charges before the city’s Crown Court on January 29.
After Whoriskey was taken from the dock some friends and family of the deceased began shouting abuse across the courtroom towards members of the defendant’s family.
DERRY YESTERDAY