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A woman who accused Conor McGregor of raping her has said "justice has been served" after she won her civil case against the Irish mixed martial arts fighter.Nikita Hand has been awarded €248,603 (£206,000) in damages after a jury at Dublin's High Court found McGregor assaulted her in a Dublin hotel in 2018.McGregor, 36, made no comment as he swiftly left court following the decision on Friday evening.He later said in a statement that he had instructed his legal team to appeal the civil court's decision, adding he was "disappointed that the jury did not hear all the evidence that the director of public prosecutions reviewed".He ended the statement saying: "I am with my family, focused on my future."McGregor had previously told the court he had consensual sex with Ms Hand in a penthouse at ...

Cillian Murphy and his wife Yvonne McGuinness have bought a cinema the Oscar-winning actor used to visit as a child.The couple will refurbish The Phoenix Cinema in Dingle, County Kerry, south-west Ireland, next year. The venue, which had previously been used as a dance hall, had been in operation for more than 100 years, and on the market for three before Murphy and McGuinness bought the building.Oppenheimer and Peaky Blinders star Murphy, from Cork, said: "I've been going to see films at The Phoenix since I was a young boy on summer holidays."My dad saw movies there when he was a young man before me, and we've watched many films at The Phoenix with our own kids. We recognise what the cinema means to Dingle." McGuinness added: "We want to open the doors again, expand the creative potential...

NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks on Tuesday after Vladimir Putin said Russia will ramp up the production of a new, hypersonic ballistic missile.Ukraine's parliament cancelled a session as security was tightened following a Russian strike on Thursday on a military facility in Dnipro, a central city with a population of around one million. No fatalities were reported. In a nationally-televised speech, Mr Putin said the attack - carried out with an intermediate-range Oreshnik missile - was in retaliation for Ukraine's use of US and British missiles capable of striking deeper into Russian territory. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:03 ...