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AN investigation has been launched after a parade in Co. Derry erupted into violence and disorder yesterday afternoon. The march, organised by the Derry 1916 Commemoration Committee, started in the Central Drive area of Creggan before making its way to the City Cemetery. However, the PSNI claim the organisers did not notify the Parades Commission of this element of their event, … [Read more...] about Investigation after petrol bombs thrown and van torched during Easter Monday parade

TRIBUTES have been paid to an Irish woman who was stabbed while working in a bar in New York. Longford native Sarah McNally was attacked at the Ceili House Bar in Maspath, Queens on Saturday, March 30. The 41-year-old, who hailed from Longford Town, was taken to hospital where she later died from her injuries the New York Police Department (NYPD) have confirmed. It is reported … [Read more...] about ‘We are heartbroken’: Tributes following death of Irish woman attacked in New York bar

SPECIALIST officers are continuing to hunt those responsible for the death of Daniel Burke in Ukraine. The 36-year-old went missing from South Manchester on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Family members, who had not heard from him, believed he had travelled to Ukraine. The following month a body was found by Ukrainian authorities and DNA tests confirmed it to be Mr Burke. Since … [Read more...] about Officers determined to get justice over ‘tragic’ death of Daniel Burke in Ukraine

DETECTIVES have appealed to the public to come forward with information after a house was set alight in Co. Derry on Easter Sunday. PSNI officers were called to a property which was set on fire in the Laburnam Place area of Coleraine at around 8.30pm on Sunday, March 31. Firefighters from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service were able to extinguish the blaze, which … [Read more...] about Appeal for information after house set alight in Easter Sunday arson attack

POPE FRANCIS has used his Easter message to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to conflict around the world. After celebrating Mass, the Pontiff delivered his traditional Easter Urbi et Orbi message from the central loggia of St Peter's Basilica to a gathering of around 60,000 faithful. Pope Francis was speaking days after the International Court of Justice … [Read more...] about Pope Francis calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza in Easter Urbi et Orbi message from the Vatican