Treasurer who stole €10,000 from Leinster Senior club avoids jail
Byrne was acting as treasurer of the GAA club when he stole €10,000A Dublin financial trader who stole from a Leinster Senior League football club while acting as its treasurer has been given a two and...
View ArticlePolice make direct appeal to mother of newborn recovered from river
The days-old infant was discovered in the River Taff in Cardiff yesterday eveningPolice have made a direct appeal to the mother whose baby was found dead in a river.The infant was discovered in the...
View Article"I heard a shot and Big Eddie said to me: ‘He’s after shooting me’”
Shot: Edward O'ConnorThe widow of a man shot dead by his nephew said her husband came home from the pub ‘very upset and frightened’ the week before the killing, after the accused had ‘threatened...
View ArticleMan and woman arrested after HUGE amount of cannabis seized in Dublin
Approximately 85 kilos of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €1.7 million was seized by customs officialsGardai have arrested two individuals in connection with the seizure of an enormous...
View ArticleStunning images of the Northern Lights captured over Ireland
The Aurora Borealis over O'Brien's Castle on Inis Oírr, Aran Islands (Cormac Coyne)It's rare for the Northern Lights to be seen in Ireland. Rarer in June. Rarer still as far south as Galway.Yet that's...
View Article'I intend to honour those who died by living the happiest and most fulfilling...
Positive: Clodagh CogleyOne of the surviving victims of the Berkeley balcony collapse has posted a poignant message to her friends to say she intends to honour those who died by living a happy and...
View ArticleBoston Bomber apologises to victims as he is formally sentenced to death
Apology: Dzhokhar TsarnaevBoston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologised for the deadly attack for the first time today, just before a judge formally sentenced him to death."I am sorry for the...
View ArticleIrish players say Messi $10,000 bonus story is 'absolute nonsense'
Kilbane said "nothing whatsoever" occurred in the lead up to the gameIrish international footballers have rubbished claims made in a newspaper that they were given a cash bonus to avoid injuring Lionel...
View ArticleIBRC employee stole over €2,000 from clients in mortgage arears
Shane O'BrienA Westmeath resident who alerted his employers to the fact that he had stolen over €2,000 from clients who were in mortgage arrears has avoided a jail term.Shane O'Brien (29) was working...
View ArticleBoy (8) the 4th person to be bitten by shark in North Carolina in the past...
The serious shark attack which occurred two weeks ago in North CarolinaAn eight-year-old boy suffered minor injuries after being bitten by a shark while swimming in Surf City, North Carolina.The...
View ArticleWe’ve invented a way to make the world unbearable
THE INTERNET: A great source of information, education, communication… and vile pornography, anonymous bullying, terrorism...I KNOW that, when people look around today, they will say the world is a...
View ArticleBobbi Kristina Brown's boyfriend accused of beating her
Bobbi Kristina Brown and Nick GordonBobbi Kristina Brown’s boyfriend Nick Gordon has been accused of abusing herThe 22-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston was moved into hospice care on...
View ArticlePolice fear serial killer at large as six women disappear in one town
Wanda Lemons, one of six women who disappeared from a small town in OhioThe FBI are investigating the possibility that a serial killer is responsible for the disappearance of six women in a small town...
View ArticleWoman on trial accused of suffocating eight of her babies
Dominique Cottrez in court this morningA French woman has gone on trial accused of suffocating eight of her newborn babies after she told investigators she feared they were children of an incestuous...
View ArticleSandy row bonfire set on fire early
The Sandy Row bonfire was set on fire this morningThe Sandy Row bonfire has been set alight 16 days ahead of schedule.Kids have been collecting wood for the bonfire, which was due to be lit during...
View ArticleJury in child minder trial fail to reach a verdict
Sandra HigginsA jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a child-minder accused of causing serious harm to a ten-month-old baby.Update: 13.39: Registered child-minder Sandra Higgins (34) of...
View ArticleHuman remains found in search for one of 'Disappeared' in Co Meath
Joe LynskeyContractors searching for the remains of one of The Disappeared, Joe Lynskey, have found human remains in County Meath.The discovery was made today by contractors working on behalf of the...
View ArticleUDA child abuser escapes jail following suspended sentence
Allister CousinsA UDA terror boss convicted of child abuse walked free from court with, “just a slap on the wrist”, his victim has claimed.Sneaky sex attacker Allister Cousins was handed a 12 month...
View ArticleIrish Ferries fined €125,000 after crane worker was crushed to death
Pain: The wife of Stephen Bayfield leaving court todayIrish Ferries has been fined €125,000 for failing to have designated pedestrian walkways at a Dublin Port cargo area where a crane driver was...
View ArticleShamed former cleric says the church's response to sexual abuse was inadequate
The response to child sex allegations was totally inadequate, the former cardinal saidThe response to child sex abuse allegations was totally inadequate and ineffective, the former head of the Catholic...
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