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A SEASIDE holiday home linked to the South East Antrim UDA and believed to have been purchased with the proceeds of fraud and money laundering has been seized by the National Crime Agency (NCA). Officers in the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) obtained a recovery order by consent in Belfast High Court over the static home, located in Ballyhalbert, Co. Down. The order was … [Read more...] about NCA seizes seaside holiday home linked to South East Antrim UDA

A MAN from Dublin who attempted to arrange to meet a six-year-old girl to sexually abuse her has been jailed. Adrian O'Reilly, 49, flew to London believing he was meeting a contact he had been communicating with online, who would then take him to meet the child. However, the child was fictitious and the person O'Reilly had been communicating with was an undercover police … [Read more...] about Dublin man jailed for child sex offence after being snared by online police sting

A MAN who repeatedly exposed himself to girls has been jailed for more than three years. Patrick Connors, 22, approached five different girls across south Cambridgeshire between June 13-17, 2023. He drove next to them and asked for them directions before indecently exposing himself. Connors, of Carshalton Road, Banstead, Surrey, was arrested on June 19 and made no comment in … [Read more...] about Man who repeatedly exposed himself to girls is jailed more than three years

WHEN the House of Commons is sitting members of parliament from across Britain get busy representing their constituents. Theirs is the business of policy making, law-guiding and debating the societal rules that govern us all. They raise the issues that affect those living in their constituencies, a role some of them have held for many years. Away from their day job, however, … [Read more...] about Shamrock, Tayto and a trip to the Irish centre: MPs share their most memorable St Patrick’s Day

A MAN is in a critical condition in hospital following a serious assault in Co. Cork. The incident occurred on the Newtown Road in Cobh on Friday evening. According to RTÉ, the assault was carried out with a bladed weapon in a shop car park. "Gardaí attended the scene of an incident that occurred at approximately 8pm last night, Friday, March 15, 2024, on the Newtown Road in … [Read more...] about Man in critical condition after assault in Co. Cork