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A WOMAN from Dublin has been charged with drugs offences after almost £1m worth of cannabis was seized at Belfast City Airport this week. Stella Doyle-Daly, 18, from Hanover Street in the Irish capital, was arrested by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers after she was stopped at the airport on Tuesday. After she travelled from Thailand via Doha and Heathrow Airport, a search … [Read more...] about Dublin woman, 18, charged after almost £1m worth of cannabis seized at Belfast airport

TRIBUTES have been paid to two teenagers who died in a two-vehicle collision in Co. Mayo. A third teenager was injured in the collision involving a car and a tractor on the N83 at Levallyroe at around 8pm on Friday. The deceased have been named locally as 13-year-old James Daniels and 19-year-old Harry Fagan. The injured youth was transferred to Mayo University Hospital where … [Read more...] about ‘Shock, numbness and disbelief’: Tributes paid after two teenagers die in Co. Mayo collision

SINN FÉIN leader Mary Lou McDonald has proposed a unity referendum within the next 10 years and said her party can achieve a united Ireland. Ms McDonald was speaking at the party's ard fheis in Co. Westmeath on Saturday, where she also expressed her solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon. In her keynote speech, Ms McDonald proposed a domestic policy that puts workers and … [Read more...] about ‘We can unify Ireland’: Mary Lou McDonald proposes unity referendum at Sinn Féin ard fheis

A man from Co. Derry has been jailed for five counts of cruelty to children. The 55-year-old was sentenced at Newry Crown Court on Friday and will serve four years in prison and four years on licence. The man, described by police as 'a cruel and dangerous individual', cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the victims. "This offender is a cruel and dangerous … [Read more...] about Man from Co. Derry jailed over ‘horrendous’ child cruelty offences

A woman has died following a two-vehicle collision in Co. Antrim on Friday afternoon. Avril Seeds, 61, died at the scene of the incident in Newtownabbey on the outskirts of Belfast. Police have now appealed for information as they investigate the circumstances surrounding the collision. "Police received a report at approximately 2.55pm of a collision involving two cars on the … [Read more...] about Woman in her 60s dies following Co. Antrim collision