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A MAN who launched a brutal and unprovoked one-punch assault that left his victim needing life-saving brain surgery has been jailed for more than two years. Liam McConnell, 29, lashed out after the victim attempted to get into a taxi that McConnell had exited in Whitehaven, Cumbria in April this year. McConnell, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 27 months in prison at … [Read more...] about Man jailed over one-punch assault that left victim requiring life-saving brain surgery

A YOUNG man has died following a road traffic collision in Co. Donegal in the early hours of Sunday. At around 1.30am, emergency services responded to a collision involving a car and a pedestrian at Ballynally, near Moville. The pedestrian, a man in his 20s, was pronounced deceased at the scene. His body was taken to the mortuary at Letterkenny Hospital, where a post-mortem … [Read more...] about Pedestrian dies following collision in Co. Donegal

A MAN with a string of criminal convictions, including several sexual offences, has been deported from Ireland. Chico Makamda was deported to Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday by gardaí from the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) with the assistance of the Department of Justice. He had been serving a custodial sentence in the Midlands Prison for failing to notify … [Read more...] about Convicted sex offender is deported from Ireland

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a serious assault in Co. Down. At around 10.55pm on Friday, police responded to a report of an assault in the Fort Road area of Bangor. Officers attended and a man in his 40s was found lying on a road unconscious with a significant head injury. "Initial medical treatment was provided at the scene and the victim … [Read more...] about Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following Co. Down assault

TWO people are in a critical condition in hospital following separate collisions in Northern Ireland. An 18-year-old male was taken to hospital following a collision in Co. Fermanagh on Friday evening, while a 20-year-old woman was injured in the early hours of Saturday in Co. Derry. In the first incident, a silver Peugeot 207 Sport HDI was involved in a collision with a blue … [Read more...] about Two people in critical condition following separate collisions in Fermanagh and Derry