Masked thugs lock family up during Christmas raid
A family with two young daughters were threatened and locked in a room during a burglary in their home last night.During the incident a 14-year-old girl was threatened by men who were carrying...
View ArticleBREAKING: Reports of active shooter in US mall
A SHOPPING mall in the US is being evacuated amid reports of an active shooter.Local media is reporting that shots have been fired inside the North lake Mall in Charlotte in the US state of North...
View ArticleMan critical following motorbike collision during late night incident
Pic: Independent.ieA man is in a critical condition following a motorbike collision in Dublin's north inner city overnight.The incident occurred at the junction of Sean McDermott Street and Buckingham...
View ArticleTeen dead in Christmas morning tragedy
A teenager has died following a collision between two motorbikes in West Dublin this morning.The crash occurred shortly before 8am in Ballyfermot. The teenage boy was seriously injured when two...
View ArticleMet Eireann issue rainfall warning
Up to 40mm of rain is expected to fall in the Leinster and Munster areas for the next 18 hours.Met Eireann have issued a Status Yellow Rainfall Warning. It came into effect at midday today, and will...
View ArticleThugs threatened to rip out 14-year-old girl's teeth with pliers during...
A teenage girl and her family were terrorised by two masked men who burst into their home during an horrific Christmas robbery.During the shocking ordeal, the intruders gripped a 14-year-old girl's...
View ArticlePedestrian struck and killed by vehicle on Christmas night
FILE PHOTOGardaí are investigating a fatal road traffic collision which occurred in Carlow on Christmas nightThe fatal incident took place in Gorteengrone, Co Carlow (R448) last night at approximately...
View ArticleTributes flood in for teen killed in Christmas morning bike crash
Warren KennyTributes have been paid to a teenager who was killed in a horror motorbike crash on Christmas morning.Warren Kenny (16), from Cherry Orchard Avenue in Ballyfermot, Dublin, sustained fatal...
View ArticleRainfall warning issued by Met Eireann for Munster and Leinster
More rain and misery on the wayYet more heavy rainfall is on the way for a number of counties that have already been deluged in recent days.Met Eireann issued a fresh Yellow Warning today for counties...
View ArticleTeenage driver killed in three-vehicle crash this morning
An 18-year-old male has died following a car crash in CavanGardaí in Cavan are investigating a three vehicle fatal road traffic collision that occurred at Kilcogy Co Cavan at approximately 7.30am this...
View ArticleWorld's fattest man dies of a heart attack on Christmas Day aged 38
Andres Moreno (Image via USA NEWS TODAY/YouTube)Andres Moreno, who was dubbed the world's heaviest man when he tipped the scales at 70 stone, has died of a heart attack in Mexico aged just 38.Moreno...
View ArticleDublin taxi driver denies role in gun attack on ex wife
Catherine Delaney McCormackA Dublin taxi driver and father of nine has turned to the media to rubbish accusations that he had any role in a gun attack on his ex-wife in 2008.John Delaney, who has no...
View ArticleVideo: Shocking footage of wild driving in area where motorcyclist was...
Madness: A car performing a handbrake turn on the public road in the inner cityShocking video footage has been posted online of handbrake turns and high-speed driving on the same streets - on the same...
View Article'She was the best Mam anyone could ever ask for' Heartbreaking funeral of...
The coffins of Geraldine and Louise Clancy are carried from the churchThrongs of mourners turned out in the rain yesterday to say their final goodbye to the mother and daughter who tragically died in a...
View ArticleThief stole sat nav from ambulance on Christmas Day while crew dealt with...
The theft has been reported to the policeA satellite navigation system was stolen from an ambulance on Christmas Day while the crew were looking after a patient.East Midlands Ambulance Service said the...
View ArticleCruel gangster's body found dismembered in woodland
Martin Hamilton (Image via Police Scotland)An evil gangster who was one of Scotland's most wanted men has been found dismembered in woodland.Martin Hamilton, known as the 'Blackhill Butcher', was...
View ArticleYoung mum of twins killed in car crash
FILE PHOTOGardaí in New Ross, Co Wexford are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision that happened yesterday afternoon.The only occupant, a woman in her 20s, was killed when the car...
View ArticleSeven-year-old boy killed in three-car crash
The crash happened at 6.30pm last nightA seven-year-old boy has been killed following a three-vehicle crash in Newtonabbey, Co Antrim.The child, named by the BBC as Jackson Turner, was in a car that...
View ArticleIreland's most dangerous lag is back in Portlaoise Prison
Leon WrightNotorious inmate Leon Wright is back in Portlaoise Prison after a short spell at WheatfieldWright, who was given a six-year sentence in 2013 for a knife rampage of Dublin's Grafton Street,...
View ArticleBouncer attacked by men with a machete after refusing entry to club
Police are on the hunt for the group of menPolice are hunting a group of men who violently attacked a doorman in the early hours of Christmas Day after refusing them entry to a club.West Midlands...
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