Plane headed for Turkey diverted after bomb threat
File photo of a Turkish Airlines planePolice using dogs trained to sniff out explosives are searching a Turkish Airlines plane that was diverted from New York City to Canada following a bomb...
View ArticleVideo: Shocking footage of officers being attacked at Mountjoy
The prisoners take apart the brush to use the handle as a weaponOn Monday night's episode of The Joy on TV3, footage of Mountjoy prison officers being assaulted will be broadcast.The clip, which you...
View ArticleJohn Hume's wife speaks emotionally about his struggles with dementia
Pat Hume with Miriam O'Calllaghan at RTE (Pic via RTE 1 Radio Facebook page)John Hume's wife has spoken powerfully about how one of the architects of the Peace Process is now battling a form of...
View ArticleJohn Leslie questioned by police over 'sex assault' claim
John LeslieFormer Blue Peter host John Leslie has been suspended from his job on Radio Forth while police investigate claims he sexually assaulted a 22-year-old woman.Edinburgh Police were seen...
View ArticleGardai appeal for help after hit-and-run leaves woman seriously injured
Gardai are looking for witnesses to the hit and runGardai are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Galway last night which left a woman seriously injured in hospital.The woman, aged in her 30s, is...
View ArticleBody of a man found by member of the public
Dunluce Road (image via Google Maps)The PSNI have confirmed that a man's body has been discovered in the Dunluce Road area of Portrush.UPDATE: 15.41: The PSNI have released an updated statement: The...
View ArticleChild snatcher told ex he'd be 'out before people realise'
Michael MartinConvicted sex-offender Michael Martin boasted to a former girlfriend that he would be out “before people realised” following his conviction for attempting to abduct an 11-year-old girl.In...
View ArticlePics: Gardai seize burglary-related tools in Dublin
A 'signal device' used by criminal gangs (Pic via An Garda Siochana)A 'signal device' used by criminal gangs (Pic via An Garda Siochana)The Gardai have released images of 'signal devices' that could be...
View ArticleFBI investigating alleged threat by ISIS to WWE Survivor Series
Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, two of the wrestlers due to star at Survivor Series tonightOne of the WWE's flagship events has reportedly been threatened by ISIS.Tonight, Survivor Series is due to take...
View ArticlePolice investigating reports of gunfire outside Wolfe Tones gig
The Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow (Image via Google Maps)Police are investigating reports of gunshots outside a concert hall during a performance by the well-known Irish band.Loud bangs, believed to...
View ArticleParis fugitive Salah Abdeslam remains at large
Salah AbdeslamPolice in Belgium have detained 16 people in 22 raids, but Paris fugitive Salah Abdeslam remains on the run, prosecutors have said.Federal prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt said "no firearms...
View ArticleElderly Irish woman lay dead in her home for months before being discovered
The woman's Wexford homeAn elderly woman who lay dead for two months in her home before she was discovered had made it clear to neighbours and family that she valued her privacy.The badly decomposed...
View ArticleStoned motorists face bans as gardai take delivery of drug driving kits
Gardai will soon be taking delivery of 150 drug testing machines which will allow them to test motorists for drug driving at the roadside.The roadside test will involve gardaí taking a swab of saliva...
View ArticleWoman (60) killed and man in serious condition following knife attack
A 60-year-old woman has died and her 68-year-old husband is in a serious condition in hospital following this morning’s knife attack.A man in his 20s, who is believed to be known to the couple, is in...
View ArticleCork priest had ‘premonition’ about dinner date with killer cannibal
Fr Patrick O'Donoghue (Pic: Flicker)A priest who was due to join killer cannibal Saverio Bellante and his victim Tom O’Gorman for dinner says he cancelled because of a ‘premonition’.Father Pat...
View ArticleCrime boss hunted by Real IRA secures passport despite travel ban
Alan RyanA crime boss who is being hunted by ‘The Real IRA’ managed to fool a civil servant into giving him a passport, even though he’s barred from leaving the country.The gangster, whose passport is...
View ArticleOnline trolls who are slut shaming innocent people need to get a grip
Ariel WintersTwo things happened this week which angered me enormously and made me put fingers to keyboardwant and write about body shaming or slut shaming – or whatever name you want to give it.The...
View ArticleHatton Garden raid was 'biggest burglary in English history' UK court hears
The Hatton Garden raid which saw jewellery and valuables worth an estimated £14 million stolen was the "largest burglary in English legal history", a court has heard.A gang of thieves carried out the...
View ArticleGovernment is ignoring ISIS recruitment in Ireland says top Muslim cleric
Shaykh Dr Muhammad Umar Al-QadriTop Muslim cleric and head of the Irish Peace and Integration council, Shaykh Dr Muhammad Umar Al-Qadri has hit out at the Irish Government for ignoring the fight to...
View ArticleDublin man allegedly headbutted and spat on heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend
A DUBLIN man has been accused of headbutting and injuring his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend during a visit to her home.Andrew Lee (25) is also alleged to have spat in her face in the incident. The...
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