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STAFF at a Belfast off licence were left shaken after being threatened with a knife during a robbery last night. The shop, in the Oldpark Road area of north Belfast, was targeted by the masked robber at around 8.35pm yesterday evening (January 22). Armed with a knife, the man entered the shop and threatened staff before taking money from the tills and running off, the PSNI … [Read more...] about Staff threatened with knife during armed robbery at off licence in Belfast

THE Irish Government is urging firms which export goods to Britain to ‘get ready’ ahead of new Brexit rules around border controls which take effect this month. From January 31, a new Border Target Operating Model on import controls will take effect in the UK. This will mean any organisation that imports agri-foods to or through Britain will be subject to new import controls at … [Read more...] about Irish firms exporting to Britain urged to ‘get ready’ as new Brexit rules take effect this month

A PENSIONER was hit in the face with a telephone as he tried to call for help when burglars entered his house in the early hours of the morning. The man, aged in his 70s, was upstairs when a group of men broke into his home in Ballynahinch, Co. Down at around 3am yesterday morning. When he came downstairs to find his house being ransacked he reached for the landline telephone … [Read more...] about Pensioner hit in face with telephone as burglars ransacked his home

A YOUNG woman who was killed when the van she was travelling in collided with a tree has been named as Kate Keenan. The family of the 25-year-old, from Knockbridge in Co. Louth, have confirmed she died yesterday morning (January 22) “as a result of a tragedy on the roads”. Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of the incident at Carnalogue in Co. Louth at around … [Read more...] about Tributes paid as young woman killed when van collided with tree named

IRISH actor Cillian Murphy has been nominated for an Oscar for his role in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The Cork native, who stars as Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led America's development of the atomic bomb in the 2023 blockbuster, goes up against Bradley Cooper, Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright in the Actor in a Leading Role category. Murphy, who … [Read more...] about ‘Brilliant’: Ireland applauds as Cillian Murphy gets Oscar nomination for Oppenheimer role