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NANCY PELOSI paid tribute to the ‘emerald thread in American history’ while on a trip to Ireland this week. The former speaker of the US House of Representatives received several awards and took time to meet with President Higgins during her brief visit to the Emerald Isle this week. Former US speaker Nancy Pelosi receives the Fulbright Ireland Public Service Award On Sunday, … [Read more...] about Nancy Pelosi celebrates ‘emerald thread in American history’ during visit to Ireland

MORE than 300 alleged stalkers have been arrested in Northern Ireland over the past two years, according to new figures. The statistics have been released as part of National Stalking Awareness Week, which runs until April 26. New legislation which criminalised stalking for the first time was introduced to the North in April 2022. Since then, the PSNI has arrested 312 alleged … [Read more...] about ‘Stalking can take many forms’ police warns as 300 arrests made in two years

A ‘CLEAR LINK’ has been found between homelessness and human trafficking in Ireland. Research, commissioned by London-based homeless charity The Passage, reveals that homelessness organisations in Dublin are “coming into contact with potential victims of trafficking” similar to that being experienced in England. In 2017, The Passage was commissioned by the UK’s first … [Read more...] about ‘Clear link’ between human trafficking and homelessness in Ireland

POLICE officers have urged members of the public to report acts of graffiti in public spaces after a number of trains were defaced across Northern Ireland. A 20-year-old man was arrested yesterday following “multiple reports of graffiti of a number of trains across Northern Ireland” the PSNI confirmed. “Following extensive work conducted by officers in relation to reports … [Read more...] about Public urged to report graffitists as man arrested over defaced trains

AN Irish bakery which specialises in baking muffins and scones has won a multi-million-Euro contract with Marks and Spencer. Based in Dublin, the family owned Milish Bakery will supply the British chain with Irish muffins for sale in M&S stores across Ireland and the UK. Announcing the deal from their bakery in in Citywest, Co. Dublin, the firm confirmed it would be … [Read more...] about Irish bakery scoops lucrative contract to supply muffins to Marks and Spencer