An Athlone man who carried out a “savage” golf club assault on his ex-partner has been jailed for five years and three months, reports Breaking News. The severe beating caused the frightened woman to leave …
A delivery driver who hit a woman as she crossed the road because of what was described as “a momentary lapse in attention” has received a 12-month suspended prison sentence. Ann Watters never regained consciousness …
A drug addict warned a Brinks cash handler “don’t be a hero, I’ll fucking kill you” during a robbery at a Luas stop, a court has heard, reports Breaking News. Gary Quinn (32) was on …
Gardaí probing the alleged serious sexual assault of a child by several other children in Dublin last year have questioned five teenage boys. The teenagers were arrested last Tuesday as part of an ongoing garda …
All 15 Cabinet members and 23 junior ministers will take part in overseas St Patrick’s Day visits this year on behalf of the Government, reports RTE. Altogether, Government figures and other State representatives are set …
The Cabinet is set to sign off on proposals to dismantle the triple lock governing the overseas deployment of Irish troops. At present, this mechanism requires approval from the Government, the Dáil and the UN …
An Albanian man who said he escaped a deadly “blood feud” involving his family has been denied refugee status after the State identified “inconsistencies” in his account, the High Court has decided. The 24-year-old brought …
A woman in her 60s has tragically died after being struck by a truck in Swords, Co. Dublin. The fatal collision happened at around 12:30pm on Tuesday, at the junction of Church Road and Bridge …
The US citizen fatally shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a nearby veterans’ hospital who, according to his family, “wanted to make a difference in this world”. Alex …
A man in his late teens is due to appear before a court following a scrambler bike collision in north Dublin in which a teenage girl lost her life. 16-yr-old Grace Lynch died after the …
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