Script dedicate song to the Berkeley victims at sellout Croker gig
The Script hours before their sold-out gig at Croke ParkTennent's Vital headliners The Script swept into Croke Park last night taking over the huge 80,000 venue in a sea of green.Flashing strobes,...
View ArticleWell-liked Limerick biker shot dead named as Andrew ‘Odd’ O’Donoghue
Andrew 'Odd' O'Donoghue was shot dead yesterday in LimerickThe man who was shot dead in Limerick yesterday has been named as Andrew ‘Odd’ O’Donoghue.Three men, two in their late 40s and one in his 20s,...
View ArticleTwo motorbikes collide in accident on way to Kells Road Races
Gardai Tweeted this picture of the accidentTwo motorcyclists were involved in a road collision in Meath today.The bikers were on their way to the Kells Road Races when the accident happened. Gardai...
View ArticleMan charged after forcing transatlantic flight to land in Belfast
A 42-year-old man has been charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft after a transatlantic flight was forced to divert to Northern Ireland.The United Airlines plane was en route from Rome to...
View ArticleHome at last: Sad final journey of four of the Berkeley tragedy students
Gardai escort the hearses from Dublin AirportThe saddest journey of all took place today as the remains of four of the six Irish students who tragically died in the Berkeley balcony collapse arrived...
View ArticleFrenchman's death sentence appeal rejected by Indonesian court
Serge AtlaouiAn Indonesian court has rejected the final appeal of a Frenchman facing execution for drug offences.The administrative court in Jakarta said it would not overturn a presidential rejection...
View ArticleUS 'plan B' to deport plane bomber
Mohammed RashedThe US government is exploring a "Plan B" to deport a man who placed a bomb on a Hawaii-bound plane in 1982 and has been in immigration custody since being released from prison two years...
View ArticleMassive blaze at Dublin shopping centre
A large fire broke out last night at the Ballymun Shopping Centre in north Dublin.25-units of Dublin fire brigade responded to the fire which started in an empty unit located adjacent to the Towers...
View ArticleStar Wars actor in high speed chase
Jake LloydA former child actor who starred in one of the Star Wars movie sequels faces charges after leading South Carolina police on a high-speed chase.Colleton County sheriff's deputies arrested a...
View ArticleMissing Irish woman found submerged in water
A YOUNG woman has been dramatically rescued after she was reported missing and later discovered in a lake in Limerick.The woman, in her early 20s, was found at around 6am after Gardai tracked her...
View ArticleIt will be €10 for cheapest bottle of wine in Ireland under new guidelines
DEAR, OH DEAR: Wine could be a minimum of a tenner a bottle soonThe Oireachtas Health Committee is to consider a report which suggests a new minimum price for alcohol should be introduced.The report...
View ArticleJ1 was summer of my life, I partied hard but worked six days a week’
Vogue WilliamsThe most terrible tragedy occurred last Tuesday in the student town of Berkeley, California.Six Irish students were killed. Another seven remain in hospital with serious injuries. The...
View ArticleGraham Dwyer furious as prison bosses ban his new girlfriend
Graham Dwyer and Victoria AndreenkovaTwisted killer Graham Dwyer has pleaded with prison authorities to let him see his new girlfriend in jail after she was barred from visiting him by jail...
View ArticleBerkeley victim Olivia Burke makes her final journey home
Olivia BurkeThe body of 21-year-old Olivia Burke, who died tragically in the Berkeley balcony disaster, has arrived home to Ireland.The Aer Lingus flight carrying Ms Burke and her family members...
View ArticleBREAKING: Fourth man arrested following biker gang shotgun murder
Andrew 'Odd' O'DonoghueGardaí investigating the fatal shooting of biker Andrew ‘Odd’ O’Donoghue, have arrested a fourth man in connection with the killing.The man, who is in his late 40s, was arrested...
View ArticleMan went on 45-minute rampage and beheaded elderly woman and two cats
Palmira Silva was beheaded by Nicholas SalvadorAn elderly woman and two cats were beheaded by a man who went on a 45-minute rampage through a neighbourhood, a court has heard.Palmira Silva, 82, was in...
View ArticleCost of transatlantic diversion to Belfast may be around €475,000
The United Airlines plane was en route to Chicago when the captain made the decision to touch down at Belfast International AirportThe cost of diverting a transatlantic flight due to the alleged...
View ArticleNotorious paedophile priest may have abused over 200 children
Sick: Brendan SmythConcerns were raised about the activities of a notorious paedophile priest before he was ordained, an inquiry has heard.There was suspicion that Fr Brendan Smyth, who went on to...
View ArticleSex offender followed Dublin woman into her home and demanded her underwear
Jailed: Padraig HopkinsA convicted sex offender who harassed his neighbour by following her into her apartment and ordering her to give him her underwear has been jailed for 18 months.Padraig Hopkins...
View ArticleDublin father jailed for leading Gardai on dangerous high-speed chase in the...
Jailed: Green led Gardai on a high-speed chase around the northside of the cityA Dublin man has been jailed for three years for dangerous driving and endangering life when he led gardai on a high speed...
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