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Gardai await postmortem results after man found dead in his home
14+ hour, 14+ min ago (248+ words) Castlebar Garda Station, where officers are investigating the death of a man in the town on Thursday. (Image: Google) Gardai are awaiting postmortem results after a man was found dead at his home in Co Mayo. The man, who was…...
Drug addict burglar broke into house while 80 year-old slept
16+ hour, 52+ min ago (948+ words) The Criminal Courts of Justice, Dublin. A judge has warned a young man that if he "emerges from prison and keeps offending, the sentences will keep increasing" after he jailed him for four years for breaking into the home of…...
Man banned from yoga studio over Christmas comments loses discrimination claim
18+ hour, 19+ min ago (406+ words) Lansdowne House, the offices of the Workplace Relations Commission in Ballsbridge, Dublin. (Image: Colin Keegan, Collins Agency, Dublin) A yoga enthusiast who was slapped with a lifetime ban from a studio after describing the celebration of Christmas as "hocus-pocus" and…...
Teen lookout jailed over "savage attack" at Dublin petrol station
16+ hour, 40+ min ago (793+ words) A teenager who acted as a lookout during a "savage attack" in a petrol station has been jailed for three years. Clayton Mc Loughlin (19) of Gateway Mews, Ballymun, Dublin 11 pleaded guilty to assault causing harm at the Applegreen Service Station,…...
Wicklow man, 26, who sexually assaulted 6 year-old given suspended sentence
14+ hour ago (509+ words) The judge said there was no evidence of premeditation or planning A Wicklow man, convicted of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl, has been handed a suspended sentence. Ethan Lacey (26) of Saint Brigids Terrace, Lower Dargle Road, Bray, Co Wicklow was…...
Gardai seize "140k worth of drugs after raiding premises in Monaghan
11+ hour, 46+ min ago (81+ words) Gardai seized "140, 000 worth of drugs after raiding a premises in Monaghan. Cops found the drugs as part of an operation targeting the sale and supply of narcotics in Carrickmacross. A man, who is aged in his 30s, was arrested and detained…...
Horror as baby dies following 'terrifying' incident in Greater Manchester as medic seen 'running with infant"
17+ hour, 36+ min ago (249+ words) Tragedy has struck a region in Manchester today (Thursday) after reports a baby has sadly died after an incident inside a property. Neighbours who witnessed paramedics race to the scene on Platt Lane in Fallowfield, south Manchester, say the incident…...
Carlow rape trial jury discharged after some jurors did research online
19+ hour, 56+ min ago (634+ words) A High Court judge has discharged the jury in a Carlow rape trial after it emerged some jurors had carried out their own research on the internet about the case. Mr Justice Micheal " Higgins told the jury of four men…...
'Parent's worst nightmare' - sex offender has a staggering 152 victims
20+ hour, 18+ min ago (757+ words) A judge has labelled a predatory sex offender from Derby "every parent's worst nightmare" following a series of horrific crimes against more than 150 young victims. Sentencing convicted rapist Siah Riley, Judge Shaun Smith KC remarked that he had not encountered…...
Mum dropped kids off then vanished for 11 years before 'coming back from dead"
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (798+ words) Brenda Heist had dropped her children off at school in February of 2002 and then mysteriously disappeared; when she returned, there was a tragic reason as to why A devoted mum vanished after dropping her children off at school - 11 years latern…...