No need to make a meal of lunchtime
A SURVEY of Irish parents revealed the majority make the effort to prepare school lunches from scratch.
Some 68% make their child’s meal themselves with just 25% choosing convenience items, mainly due to a lack of time.
Three-quarters said their youngster asks for certain things to be included but that they always try to make sure there is a balance.
An impressive 93% add a piece of fruit to the lunchbox, with sandwiches the most popular item.
Aldi’s Finbar Mccarthy said: “Start the day with healthy breakfast options and snacks to power them through until lunch.” A MAN accused of stabbing his father to death told gardai: “He was my dad and I love him very much.”
Gerard Fortune, a care worker at St James’s Hospital in Dublin, died after being attacked at his home on Sunday night.
Gardai and emergency services were called to the property in Rutland Grove, Crumlin, shortly after 8pm.
The 63-year-old was taken to St James’s by ambulance but was pronounced dead a short time later.
His son, David Fortune, also known as David O’leary and with the same address, was charged with his murder.
The 31-year-old was remanded in custody at Dublin District Court yesterday.
Following the attack, gardai had launched a public appeal for information and had issued the description of a car.
Fortune was detained on Sunday under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Crumlin Garda station.
Gda Sgt Brendan O’halloran told Judge Mary Dorgan he arrested the accused for the offence of the murder of Gerard Fortune on August 19 at Rutland Grove, Crumlin.
He cautioned him at 12.52pm on Monday and told him anything he said would be taken down and used in evidence. Fortune made no reply.
The officer said he was charged at 1.55pm and given a copy of the charge sheet. At this point Fortune said: “I never meant to harm anyone.
“He was my dad and I love him very much and would have done anything for him.”
The accused was visibly upset as he sat on the defendants’ bench while the details of his arrest were read out.
The district court cannot adjudicate on bail in murder cases.
Judge Dorgan agreed to remand him in custody to appear at Cloverhill District Court on August 28.
Fortune, dressed in a red Adidas T-shirt, grey tracksuit bottoms and black runners, gestured to distraught relatives in the public gallery as he was led away.
The judge agreed to defence solicitor Brian Coveney’s application to grant legal aid to the accused, noting there was no Garda objection.
Mr Coveney said his client was unemployed and furnished the court with a statement of his means.
WHEN CHARGED By GARDAI
I never meant to harm anyone.. I’d have done anything for him
DAVID FORTUNE