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Garda’s gangland team being drafted in to catch scrambler users in Finglas, Dublin
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (501+ words) A Garda operation is being put in place in Finglas, Dublin, to tackle the illegal use of scramblers and e-scooters following the killing last month of Grace Lynch (16) by a man on a scrambler. The Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT),…...
Recruit who lost 10.5 stone to pass fitness tests achieves ‘big ambition’ of becoming garda
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (488+ words) One of the newest members of An Garda S'och'na, Conor Finan, lost 10.5 stone before his efforts to join the force were successful. The 38-year-old Co Wicklow man said he had applied on numerous occasions over the past 18 years. During most…...
Man jailed for 6½ years after hijacking car at service station while woman hoovered it
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (387+ words) A 45-year-old man who has spent more than half his life in prison has been jailed for a further 6" years for hijacking a car while the owner was cleaning it. Joseph Rafferty, who was identified from the port-wine birthmark on…...
'Nothing is off the table': Gardai look to new technologies to tackle illegal use of scrambler bikes
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (226+ words) Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly has said that "nothing is off the table" as the force try to tackle the illegal use of scramblers. Video: Enda O'Dowd After losing 10.5 stone and on his fifth attempt Conor Finan is now one of…...
Man deported before sentencing for swinging screwdriver at Lidl security guard
8+ hour, 52+ min ago (253+ words) A man who was charged after swinging a screwdriver at a security guard in a Dublin supermarket has been deported, Dublin District Court has heard. Mohamed Kaness (38), formerly of Gardiner Street, Dublin 1, was charged after footage of the incident was…...
One-month suspension from register for principal convicted of stealing from school
9+ hour, 23+ min ago (573+ words) A former principal convicted of stealing a substantial sum of money from a Munster primary school has been suspended from the register for one month by a fitness-to-practise committee. Clodagh O'Hara, chairperson of the committee, said on Thursday that the…...
Damage to the sea wall between Monkstown and Seapoint
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (226+ words) Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly has said that "nothing is off the table" as the force try to tackle the illegal use of scramblers. Video: Enda O'Dowd After losing 10.5 stone and on his fifth attempt Conor Finan is now one of…...
Kickboxer who killed his mother with fractures to head guilty of manslaughter
10+ hour, 23+ min ago (639+ words) An amateur kickboxer who said he "lost all control" and stomped on his 62-year-old mother's skull after she threatened to kill him has been found not guilty of her murder but guilty of manslaughter by a Central Criminal Court jury....
Man allegedly drank up to 12 beers before reversing car over three children, court hears
22+ hour, 29+ min ago (461+ words) A motorist drank up to 12 cans of beer before he allegedly drove over three children in a west Belfast neighbourhood, the city's High Court has heard. Thomas Maughan (37) fled the scene after the two girls and a boy were trapped…...
Prisoners’ in-cell alarm systems apparently muted by staff at Cloverhill, report finds
22+ hour, 30+ min ago (356+ words) An official investigation has uncovered "extensive evidence" of staff interfering with in-cell alarm systems at Cloverhill Prison to automatically mute emergency calls from inmates. Inspections found that tape and pieces of card had been used to hold down mute buttons…...