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A MAN who poured fuel through the letterbox of a house while people were sleeping inside has been jailed. Kevin Hughes, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, was armed with a jerry can filled with fuel when he approached the property in Garratt Avenue, Mansfield at 4am on July 6, 2023. The arsonist poured the accelerant through the house’s letterbox and onto the doormat, before … [Read more...] about Man who poured fuel through letterbox in early-morning arson attack jailed

LATE LATE SHOW host Patrick Kielty will be the Grand Marshal for this year’s St Patrick’s Parade in Dublin. And the London-based presenter, who hails from Co. Down, claims he “couldn’t be more excited” about it. "It’s such a honour to be asked and I was genuinely gobsmacked when the call came in,” Kielty, who took up the Late Late Show position last September, said today. "When … [Read more...] about ‘I couldn’t be more excited’: Patrick Kielty revealed as Grand Marshal for Dublin St Patrick’s Parade

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has praised the “tremendous and selfless courage” of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell a year to the day that he was shot while off duty. DCI Caldwell was shot multiple times in front of his son on the evening of Wednesday, February 22, 2023 in Omagh as he packed up after coaching a youth football team. The senior police officer, who was … [Read more...] about PSNI chief praises John Caldwell’s ‘selfless courage’ on anniversary of attempted murder

TRIBUTES have been paid to two students who were killed when the car they were travelling in hit a wall in Co. Limerick. Named locally as 20-year-old Darragh Dullea from Cork, and 19-year-old Cillian Kirwan from Kilkenny, the pair were students at Salesian Agricultural College, who were undertaking a machinery course run jointly with the Technological University Shannon. They … [Read more...] about Tributes as two students killed in tragic collision in Limerick named locally

IRELAND’S health minister has confirmed a funding pot of €1.6m has been allocated to improve organ donation and transplant services across the country. The announcement comes as the Human Tissue Bill completed its passage through the Oireachtas yesterday, and awaits signing into law by President Michael D Higgins. Expressing his gratitude to “all those who contributed to the … [Read more...] about Ireland commits €1.6m funding to improve organ donation and transplant services