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REVENUE officers have seized marked mineral oil worth €34,800 in a raid on a haulafge yard in Tipperary. Some 40,500 litres of the illegal fuel – which has an estimated retail value of over €66,200 – were seized on April 2. “The illicit fuel was discovered during the search of a haulage yard and represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of approximately €34,800,” a Revenue … [Read more...] about Marked mineral oil worth €66k seized in raid on haulage yard in Tipperary

A MAN has been charged with the murder of Sarah McNally who was attacked while working at a bar in New York. Marcin Pieciak, 36, with an address in Queens, has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, a spokesperson for the New York Police Department’s Deputy Commissioner for Public Information (DCPI) has confirmed. He is reported to have been in a … [Read more...] about Boyfriend of Irish woman stabbed in New York bar charged with murder

A BODY has been found by police officers searching for missing Northern Irish woman Paula Elliott. The 52-year-old was last seen on March 5 near the Lagan Towpath in Lisburn, Co. Antrim. Officers searching for Ms Elliott, who was deemed a high-risk missing person, issued several public appeals over the past month in their bid to locate her. They have confirmed that the body of … [Read more...] about Search for missing Paula Elliott stood down as officers find body in River Lagan

A MAN who was attacked in Dublin over the bank holiday weekend has died in hospital. Aged in his 30s, the man was seriously assaulted outside a house in Clondalkin at around 10.15pm on Saturday, March 30. He was critically injured in the attack in the Grange View Way area and was receiving treatment for his injuries at Tallaght Hospital where he died yesterday afternoon, the … [Read more...] about Man attacked in Dublin over the bank holiday weekend dies in hospital

THE funeral of a mother and her two daughters who were killed in a collision in Co. Mayo last week is underway today. Una Bowden, 47, Ciara Bowden, 14, and nine-year-old Saoirse Bowden were killed when their car was involved in a collision with a lorry on the N17 in Castlegar, outside Claremorris. Una Bowden, left, with her daughters Saoirse, 9, and Ciara, 14 Mrs Bowden's … [Read more...] about ‘TERRIBLE TRAGEDY’: Funeral of mother and two daughters killed in horror collision takes place