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‘DISGUSTING’ graffiti which appeared on a school in Northern Ireland has left local community members ‘shocked and horrified’. The grafitti – which depicts nazi symbols and uses aggressive racist language - appeared on a number of buildings in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone including a school. PSNI officers investgating the incident confirmed “it has been noted in several areas, … [Read more...] about Community condemns ‘disgusting’ racist graffiti found on school

TWO men have been charged after €2.1m worth of cannabis was seized in Dublin on Friday. Around 105kg of herbal cannabis was seized following a joint operation by Revenue's Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB). The men, both in their 30s, were arrested by An Garda Síochána and detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug … [Read more...] about Pair charged after €2.1m with of cannabis seized in Dublin

FOLLOWING an investigation by Thames Valley Police, a man has been charged with rape in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Conor Fitzpatrick, 31, of West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe was charged on Wednesday, May 22 with five counts of rape. He was also charged with one count of possession of a controlled drug of class B, namely cannabis. The charge relates to incidents in Abingdon between … [Read more...] about Man charged with five counts of rape

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 17-year-old boy who died in a single-vehicle collision in Co. Down. Jack Morrow died at the scene of the incident on the Banbridge Road in Rathfriland at around 2.30am on Saturday. A 19-year-old who was also in the vehicle was taken to hospital with serious injuries. In a separate incident, a man in his 60s died in a two-vehicle collision on the … [Read more...] about ‘Loveliest boy’: Tributes paid after 17-year-old dies in Co. Down collision

POLICE in west Belfast have launched an investigation after school pupils received inappropriate texts messages from a number outside of Britain and Ireland. Officers are now encouraging parents and guardians to have conversations with children in their care about who they are speaking to via text message or online. "We would encourage parents to have regular and open … [Read more...] about Police investigate ‘inappropriate’ text messages sent to Belfast school pupils