Brave little girl (9) battling rare cancer is refused Medical Card
Little hero Lucy O’Connor is just 9 years old and is fighting a rare form of Lymphoma. Her mother Angela has had to give up work to care for her cancer stricken daughter full time. …
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Member of the Gardai put under arrest in relation to drug activity
Official sources confirm that a female garda has been arrested in Sligo in relation to drugs-related activities. She is reportedly in her early 30s and based in Dublin. A man, also in his 30s, …
Car insurance premiums set for substantial increase this year
Motorists across the country are in line for a shock, as vehicle insurance premiums are reportedly set to increase anywhere between 8-15% this year. The expected hikes come on top of a 12% increase …
Bomb Disposal Unit called out to Ballymun in North Dublin
The Army Bomb Disposal team was called to a situation in Ballymun, North Dublin, last night. Gardai reported finding an improvised explosive device (IED) at a building site in Poppintree, Ballymun. A number of …
Dublin councillor calls for review of fire brigade callout charges
A Dublin councillor has today made calls to review the call-out charges for the city’s fire service. According to him, the charges are “too high, confusing and unnecessary”. Fianna Fáil’s Jim O’Callaghan is asking for …
Suspect jihadist detained at Dublin airport
The man, reportedly a French-Algerian national, was travelling on a false French passport when he was detained by gardai this morning. He is being held at Ballymun Garda Station, where he is under questioning about …
Temperatures set to plunge to minus seven in places this weekend
Wrap up warm this coming weekend folks, cause it is set to be a freezing one. Though the weather will be much more settled than in recent days, daytime temperatures probably won’t rise much above …
Almost €500,000 in Social Welfare fraud -man faces sentence
A 39-year-old father of four who used multiple ID cards to fraudulently claim almost half a million euro in social welfare payments over a lengthy period of time is due be sentenced today. David …
Elderly man killed in road crash in Co. Monaghan
A 70-year-old man sadly lost his life in a road crash in Co. Monaghan yesterday evening. The accident happened near Castleblaney, on the Ballybay to Carrickmacross road, about six miles from Ballybay, just before 6pm. …
Brian Lenihan wanted Anglo to be nationalised before the Bank Guarantee, but he was overruled
The now infamous Bank Guarantee blithely put Ireland on the hook to the tune of €40bn, for the sake of safeguarding the riches of a few. During his time in front of the Banking …
