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AER LINGUS passengers face cancelled flights this month as pilots prepare to strike next week. The Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (IALPA) has issued seven days’ notice to the airline’s management informing them that their pilots will begin industrial action at a minute past midnight on Wednesday, June 26. The work to rule action will last "indefinitely", the IALPA have … [Read more...] about Aer Lingus passengers face cancelled flights due to pilot strike

A MAN will appear in court today charged with intimidation after a number of shotgun cartridges were left outside homes in Co. Down. In recent months, police have received several reports of the gun cartridges being left outside houses at a new property development in Weavers Grange, Newtownards. The PSNI’s Detective Inspector Corrigan said: “I want to reassure the community … [Read more...] about Man due to appear in court on intimidation charges after shotgun cartridges left outside homes

DETECTIVES have been granted more time to question a man charged with the murder of a pensioner in Co. Armagh. Michael McConville, 74, was found dead in a house in the Annaghmare Road area of Crossmaglen on Saturday, June 15. Police say he was found in a bathroom with serious head injuries believed to have been caused by a weapon. A 67-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of … [Read more...] about Detectives given more time to question man charged with murder of Co. Armagh pensioner

A MAN from Belfast has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment following a 'savage assault' on two men. Mark McKechnie punched one of his victims and hit him with a hatchet before threatening to cut his toes off. At Downpatrick Crown Court today, he was sentenced for grievous bodily harm, common assault and false imprisonment. The 28-year-old was convicted following an … [Read more...] about Belfast man jailed for ‘savage assault’ in which he threatened to cut victim’s toes off

TWO people have been arrested after activists from Just Stop Oil targeted Stonehenge with orange powder paint. The incident unfolded at around 12pm at the 5,000-year-old monument in Wiltshire, England as a man and woman sprayed several stones on the eve of tomorrow's summer solstice. In a statement, Just Stop Oil said the protest was aimed at getting the next British government … [Read more...] about Two arrested after Just Stop Oil activists target Stonehenge with orange powder paint