In a very commendable gesture, French building materials supplier, Saint Gobain, has donated €100,000 to the Peter McVerry Trust today. The monies will go towards providing accommodation to some homeless families. The funds will be …
Former solicitor Michael Lynn will be extradited from Brazil back to Ireland. He had fled the country in 2007, leaving behind debts of over €80m. The decision to extradite him was approved by Brazil’s Supreme …
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has this evening performed an act of political contrition by withdrawing some comments he made about the shredding of certain documents relating to the controversial Bank Guarantee. He had suggested that some …
The PSNI have confirmed that a 17-year-old youth has been viciously attacked and beaten with a hammer in Belfast city centre last night. Detective Inspector Michelle Griffin made a statement regarding the horrific attack saying: …
Gardai have arrested a man in his 40s after a large amount of cash was found at a premises near Castlebaney, Co. Monaghan, yesterday. Members of the Criminal Assets Bureau also took part in the …
Threshold, the national housing charity, is today calling for reform of the rent supplement scheme, and also for ‘rent certainty”. According to the organization, current legislation contains loopholes, meaning some families living in rental properties …
Four men and a woman are scheduled to appear before Mallow District Court this morning after gardai were pelted with stones in East Cork last night. It is believed that two gardai on duty stopped …
Gardai in Co Kildare have arrested three men in connection with an aggravated burglary at a hotel within the town yesterday morning. It is understood that four masked raiders entered the hotel at around 5am …
Incredibly, it has been revealed that two L-plate drivers were jailed this year for driving on their own with no full licence holder with them. In 2013, no one was imprisoned for the same offence, …
It is understood that Revenue’s Customs Service officers, along with gardaí, have seized cigarettes, spirits, beer, vehicles and cash thought to be worth in the region of €300,000. It is believed that the retail value …
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