A TEENAGE spectator has died following an incident at a rally event in Co. Donegal on Saturday. The boy, who gardaí said was in his mid-teens, passed away at Letterkenny University Hospital following the incident at Trentagh, near Kilmacrennan during the Donegal International Rally. Two other spectators sustained injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. Offering … [Read more...] about ‘A parent’s worst nightmare’: Teenage spectator dies following incident at Co. Donegal rally event
Appeal after explosive device found outside Co. Cork house
GARDAÍ have appealed for information after an explosive device was discovered outside a house in Co. Cork. Residents were evacuated following the discovery of the device in Bandon on Thursday before it was removed by the Defence Forces' Explosive Ordnance Disposal team. No injuries were reported and gardaí have since conducted a technical examination of the scene. "Anyone who … [Read more...] about Appeal after explosive device found outside Co. Cork house
Police name man who died in Co. Tyrone tractor collision
POLICE have named a man who died in a collision involving a tractor in Co. Tyrone as 77-year-old Dessie Sheridan from Tattyreagh. The great-grandfather died following the single-vehicle collision in the Fintona area outside Omagh on Friday evening. "We were advised around 6pm on Friday of a collision involving a red Massey Ferguson 185 tractor in the Tullycunny Road area," said … [Read more...] about Police name man who died in Co. Tyrone tractor collision
Manslaughter charge after man dies in hospital following Belfast assault
POLICE investigating the death of a man following an assault in Belfast have charged a 20-year-old man with manslaughter. Carl Holland, 30, passed away in hospital on Thursday having been in a critical condition following the assault at around 9pm on Friday, June 12. Mr Holland was assaulted outside a licensed premises in the Suffolk Road area. Police previously said a man … [Read more...] about Manslaughter charge after man dies in hospital following Belfast assault
Northern Ireland’s unfinished business
NORTHERN Ireland remains a horrifically divided society almost thirty years after the power sharing agreement on Good Friday 1998. Then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who drove that agreement forward and preserved it against stresses afterwards, once provided a simple analysis of the problem at the heart of that division. There were two communities in Northern Ireland, one … [Read more...] about Northern Ireland’s unfinished business