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TWELVE people were arrested at an anti-immigration protest in Dublin yesterday. Tensions erupted in Coolock in the north of the city at a site which was due to to be made available to house asylum seekers. Emergency services were called to the scene yesterday afternoon, where anti-immigration protestors were demonstrating outside the former Crown Paints factory on the Malahide … [Read more...] about Twelve people arrested during anti-immigration protest in Dublin

A MAN has been sentenced to life in prison after strangling his estranged wife to death with a bootlace. Michael McDaid, 60, murdered his 53-year-old former partner Rachel at her Nottinghamshire home in July this year. He later coldly warned one of his sons not to enter the property, saying: "You can't go in the house because I've killed her." "Michael McDaid arrived at the … [Read more...] about Man sentenced to life after strangling estranged wife to death with bootlace

A FORMER deputy headteacher has been sentenced after admitting a series of child sex offences against a pupil at a school where he had worked. Paul Cleary, 58, of Plumpton Gardens, Doncaster, previously pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual communication with a child and three counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 17. At Sheffield Crown Court on Thursday, he was given … [Read more...] about Former deputy headteacher who used position to ‘target and groom’ girl is sentenced for child sex offences

A SUSPICIOUS object that sparked a security alert in West Belfast this morning has been declared a hoax by police. A section of the lower Springfield Road was cordoned off and a number of residents were evacuated during the incident. A controlled explosion was carried out at the scene and the object has since been removed for examination. Police have now appealed for … [Read more...] about West Belfast security alert ends after suspicious object declared a hoax

POLICE have appealed for information following a report of a hijacking in West Belfast. The incident occurred just before 8pm on Saturday in the Ross Road area of the city. A van driver was reportedly threatened by a man with a knife, who subsequently took the vehicle. "We received a report shortly before 8pm that the driver of a Renault Traffic Van had been approached by a man … [Read more...] about Appeal after man threatened at knifepoint during Belfast hijacking