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THREE men have been sentenced over a kidnapping which saw a man taken from his home, driven across the Irish border and attacked with a crossbow in a five-hour ordeal. On October 3, 2020 PSNI officers received a call from Gardai that a man had been abducted in Donegal, bundled into a vehicle and driven across the border. Officers located the vehicle outside a property in the … [Read more...] about Three men sentenced over ‘horrific’ cross-border kidnapping ordeal

A FARMER has avoided an immediate spell behind bars after his cattle trampled a man to death and left his wife paralysed. Martin Howard Mitchell was given a six-month custodial sentence, which was suspended for 12 months following the incident on a farm in Netherton, Wakefield. Michael Holmes, 57, had been walking on a public footpath with his wife Teresa and their dogs on … [Read more...] about Farmer avoids jail after man killed and wife paralysed in trampling attack by cattle

DRUGS with an estimated street value of £100k were seized in a joint operation by the PSNI and the UK Border Force. Detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Unit, working in partnership with Border Force officers, seized the suspected Class A and Class B drugs and made an arrest this week. “The drugs, detected during an initial seizure carried out in conjunction with our … [Read more...] about Cocaine, MDMA and ketamine worth £100k seized in joint operation in Belfast

IRISH author Marian Keyes is “overjoyed” that Netflix will adapt her hit book Grown Ups for the small screen. The online streaming service has announced the title among the “stellar new series” it will be launching this year. “Based on three couples - Nell and Liam, Cara and Ed, Jessie and Rory, like most families, the Caseys are a complicated bunch,” Netflix … [Read more...] about Marian Keyes calls for ‘no bad Irish accents’ as Netflix announces television adaption of hit novel

A NEW law comes into effect this weekend which requires all drivers who have been involved in serious crashes on Irish roads to be drugs tested. Jack Chambers, Ireland’s Minister of State for Transport, signed the amendment to the Road Traffic Act 2024 into law today and it will become effective from midnight on May 31, 2024. “The signing of the ‘mandatory drug testing’ … [Read more...] about Drivers involved in serious collisions will face mandatory drugs tests