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A THIRD person has died on Northern Ireland’s roads this weekend following a single-vehicle collision on Saturday night. A man in his 60s died in a collision in Co. Armagh on Friday evening before 17-year-old Jack Morrow passed away following a collision in Co. Down in the early hours of Saturday. In the latest incident, a man died in a collision in the Ballyrobert Road area of … [Read more...] about Third person dies on Northern Ireland’s roads this weekend

A NEW sitcom filmed and set in Northern Ireland has been commissioned by the BBC. Funboys, which has been developed from a 2023 BBC iPlayer short comedy film, is described as being 'weird, wonderful, charming, and always funny', Story writer Simon Mayhew-Archer also bizarrely promises there will be 'a decent amount of live pig action'. 'High hopes' Made by Mayhay Studios, … [Read more...] about BBC commission ‘weird, wonderful, charming’ sitcom set in Northern Ireland

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