Oscar Pistorius to be freed next week - after just 10 months in prison
Freed: Pistorius will be released on August 21Oscar Pistorius is set to be released from prison just 10 months after being convicted of the killing of his girlfriend, model Reeva SteenkampThe...
View ArticleIreland to build and launch its very first spacecraft
An image of the Perseid meteor showerIreland is to make history by building and launching its very own spacecraft.The design and construction of the craft will be carried out here but Russia is...
View ArticleYoung man (19) crushed to death in industrial accident named
Sad: O'Reilly was killed in a farmyard close to Carrickmacross in Co MonaghanThe farming community was last night united in grief after a young man was crushed to death in a workplace accident.The...
View ArticleSenator and cancer specialist calls for €3 increase on cigarettes
Crown: "Five of every six smokers began as an underage child"Professor John Crown, a Senator and cancer specialist, has called on the government to consider a new tax of at least €3 on packets of...
View ArticleGardai searching for armed raider who threatened staff
The raid occurred at the Ulster Bank outlet in BlackpoolGardai are investigating an armed raid at a bank in Cork which occurred this morning. The raid, which happened at the Ulster Bank outlet in...
View ArticleTourists shocked as hotel staff stage fake terror attack
The pool at the five-star Grand Yazici Mares hotel in Icmeler, TurkeyA holiday firm has apologised after hotel staff in Turkey staged an apparent mock terrorist "attack" to entertain guests.The joke...
View ArticleRyan Turbidy and Ray D'Arcy pals at RTE Autumn launch but no sign of Brendan...
Brendan O'Connor and Ryan TubridyRYAN Turbidy and Ray D'Arcy were chirpy and pally at the launch of the new RTE Autumn schedule today, but there was no sign of Brendan O'Connor despite confirmation he...
View ArticleTeen charged with false imprisonment of a youth
Preston StA 15-YEAR-OLD boy charged with false imprisonment of a youth who was allegedly held against his will and robbed in a Dublin city-centre alley has been remanded in custody.The boy is the...
View ArticleFive-year-old girl killed after getting head stuck in lift
Police in Dorset are investigatingA five-year-old girl has died after her head became trapped in a lift in a house, police said.Dorset Police were called at 11.58am after the girl became stuck at an...
View ArticleTeen remanded in custody over joyride rampage
A DUBLIN youth is to face trial over an alleged motor theft and dangerous driving rampage.The 17-year-old boy was remanded in custody yesterday when he appeared at the Dublin Children's Court charged...
View ArticleCouncil worker in Sligo killed while cutting hedge
Gardai are on the sceneA county council worker has died in a road traffic collision in Co SligoA second worker has been airlifted to Sligo General Hospital with serious injuries. He is a man in his 50s...
View ArticleBoxer slices his lawyer’s penis off and flushes it down the toilet
Ikki KodukaiA 24-year-old boxer brutally beat a lawyer before slicing man’s penis off with a pruning shears and flushing the detached member down the toilet.Local media reports that Ikki Kodukai burst...
View Article11-year-old denied abortion gives birth in Paraguay
Gilberto Benitez Zarate is accused of raping the girlAn 11-year-old girl who was denied an abortion has given birth in Paraguay.Elizabeth Torales, lawyer for the girl's mother, says the minor gave...
View ArticleGardai appeal for assistance locating 55-year-old man
Gardai in Ashbourne wish to seek the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 55 year old Michael Burke who is missing from Dunboyne since the 9th of August 2015. Gardai have serious concerns...
View ArticleChild killed in brewery accident
Hilden Brewery near Belfast (Photo: Belfast Telegraph)A four-year-old boy killed in an accident at a brewery in Northern Ireland was a "little blond wonder", a family friend said.Oliver Scullion died...
View ArticleTeen girl airlifted to hospital following surfing incident
A 13-year-old girl has been airlifted to Sligo Regional Hospital following a surfing incident earlier today.The teen had been surfing with four others when she was cut off by the tide at 1pm today. The...
View ArticleWoman jailed for sexually assaulting dementia patients
Christina Sethi (Pic: BBC)A 25-year-old woman who sexually assaulted dementia patients when she was working in a care home in Devon, UK has been jailed.Christina Sethi targeted dementia sufferers, the...
View ArticleRape victim (11) still in hospital after giving birth
Arrest: Gilberto Benitez Zarate faces 15 years in prison if convicted of rapeAn 11-year-old girl who was denied an abortion after being raped gave birth Thursday, the culmination of a case that put a...
View ArticleSecurity dye foils armed bank raider
Gardai are still searching the raider who robbed the Ulster Bank in BlackpoolA special security dye foiled an armed raid at an Ulster Bank during which staff were threatened.The raid, which happened at...
View Article"He just kept beating and beating me", says grandmother attacked in home...
Terrified: Doreen O'Shea with her dog Charlie (Credit: Herald)A terrified grandmother has told of how an intruder savagely attacked her in her home, breaking both her arms and leaving her with head...
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