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A MAN has been jailed for 25 years after being found guilty of a string of sexual offences, including sexual activity with a child. Stephen Gallagher, 59, of Normandy Avenue, Colchester, Essex, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday. An indefinite restraining order has also been issued for all of his victims. Gallagher was previously found guilty of 10 offences … [Read more...] about Man jailed for 25 years after being found guilty of string of sexual offences

A MAN has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of another pub-goer following an unprovoked one-punch attack earlier this year. Tyrone Busch, 41, struck father-of-two Michael O'Dwyer as the pair sat drinking together outside the Red Lion pub in Dereham, Norfolk on Saturday, July 20. Following the assault, Busch calmly sat down to finish his drink before leaving the pub as his … [Read more...] about Man pleads guilty to manslaughter of Michael O’Dwyer in unprovoked one-punch pub attack

A RESIDENT was assaulted after two men armed with a hammer and a wrench forced their way into the bedroom of a property in Dunmurry. The incident occurred in the town on the outskirts of Belfast in the early hours of this morning. Police have now appealed for information as they investigate  the 'terrifying' aggravated burglary. "It was reported that the occupants of a … [Read more...] about Resident assaulted by armed pair during ‘terrifying’ aggravated burglary on outskirts of Belfast

COMEDIAN Jimmy Cricket was born James Mulgrew in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone and brought up in Belfast. He first rose to fame in the 1970s after winning a TV talent show. Jimmy was subsequently given his own television series on a show called And There's More produced by Central Television. Jimmy Cricket What are you up to? In between writing Christmas cards, I’m promoting my new … [Read more...] about Ten minutes with…Jimmy Cricket

NOSTALGIA for Ireland among exiles perhaps conjures occasionally unrealistic images of a distant past in which we are all living in quaint thatched cottages, kneeling in a circle in the living room to say the rosary together each evening. And that Ireland is not so far in the past that some older people cannot recall it. There may indeed be a thatched cottage somewhere on the … [Read more...] about Ireland’s beauty faces environmental challenges