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Cocaine dealers who ran drugs empire from skip yard jailed for 40 years

March 18, 2025 by

MEMBERS of a drugs gang in northern England who dealt cocaine from a skip hire business have been jailed for more than 40 years collectively, Four men appeared at Bolton Crown Court on March 14 for sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine. The court heard that Christopher Dean, Paul Connelly, Cristopher Boylan and Cameron Ruddy were part of a … [Read more...] about Cocaine dealers who ran drugs empire from skip yard jailed for 40 years

Thatcher ordered MI5 probe into Russia’s links with Provisional IRA

March 18, 2025 by

MARGARET Thatcher ordered MI5 to investigate links between Moscow and the Provisional IRA in the early 1980s, amid fears the Soviets were supplying the organisation with weapons and financial aid, it’s been revealed. Thatcher’s concerns of possible co-operation between Russia and the PIRA were roused by the Soviet leadership’s expression of support for the 1981 hunger strike of … [Read more...] about Thatcher ordered MI5 probe into Russia’s links with Provisional IRA

Police hunt man who robbed sandwich shop while threatening staff with scissors

March 18, 2025 by

POLICE are investigating after a man robbed a sandwich shop in Belfast while threatening staff with a pair of scissors. PSNI officers were called to reports of an aggravated burglary in the south of the city on Sunday night, March 16. The incident happened at a sandwich shop in Botanic Avenue, Belfast “Around 10.45pm, a man entered a sandwich shop on Botanic Avenue,” the police … [Read more...] about Police hunt man who robbed sandwich shop while threatening staff with scissors

Last veteran of the Battle of Britain passes away

March 18, 2025 by

THE only remaining survivor of the Battle of Britain – an aerial conflict which took place between the RAF and the German Luftwaffe during World War 2 – has died at the age of 105. John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, who was originally from Dublin, joined the fight against the Nazis as a teenager in 1938. By the time Mr. Hemingway was 21, he was a pilot for the RAF, and his services were … [Read more...] about Last veteran of the Battle of Britain passes away

Life sentence for murderer who shouted ‘die, die, die’ during brutal stabbing attack

March 18, 2025 by

A MAN has been jailed for life for brutally murdering a man in broad daylight. Dellan Charles will serve at least 23 years behind bars for the murder of Sean O’Neill, whom he chased and attacked in a quiet residential street nearly two years ago. Mr O'Neil, a 30-year-old construction worker who lived in Hayes, Middlesex, was found with stab injuries in the Reynolds Road area of … [Read more...] about Life sentence for murderer who shouted ‘die, die, die’ during brutal stabbing attack

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October 21, 1904

Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh was born in Co. Monaghan on this day in 1904. Kavanagh is perhaps most famous for his epic poem “The Great Hunger” which chronicles the desires of peasant farmer Patrick Maguire. Kavanagh is also well known for his poem “Raglan Road” which was eventually made into a song and set to the music “The Dawning of the Day” by Luke Kelly and The Dubliners. Poet Seamus Heaney has acknowledge that Kavanagh had a great influence on his own poems.

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