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A MAN has been arrested after police seized almost half-a-million pounds worth of drugs from addresses across Belfast. Class C controlled drugs and medication with a potential street value of £450,000 was discovered during searches of four addresses in North and East Belfast on Thursday. Police suspect the drugs, which are labelled as Pregabalin, are counterfeit, adding that … [Read more...] about Man arrested after substantial drugs seizure at addresses across Belfast

Irish basketball player CJ Fulton may be making a big impression on the US college basketball scene but it was his pals who stole the limelight after a recent game. The 21-year-old Charleston Cougars guard from Belfast contributed six points and four assists in his team's 80-62 victory over Elon Phoenix on Friday. However, it was the former St Malachy's College student's … [Read more...] about ‘We taught him everything he knows’: Rising Irish basketball star’s pals steal show as they crash US press conference

A MAN in his 80s has died following a house fire in Co. Waterford this morning. Emergency services responded to reports of a fire at a house in the Davis Mews area of Dungarvan shortly after 9am. The fire was extinguished by local fire services, however, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was removed to University Hospital Waterford, where a post-mortem is due … [Read more...] about Elderly man dies following house fire in Co. Waterford

MET ÉIREANN has issued a series of weather warnings as Ireland prepares for an Arctic blast over the coming days. The meteorological service issued an advisory for the whole country warning that Arctic air will bring a series of winter hazards over the coming week. The advisory, which began this morning and is in place until midday on Friday, has predicted severe frosts and icy … [Read more...] about Weather warnings issued by Met Éireann as Ireland braced for Arctic blast

A MAN who conned a pensioner out of more than £400,000 by pretending to be a court-ordered debt collector has been jailed for four years. Wayne Mark McCreery, 50, targeted the Yorkshire pensioner over a period of three years as well as scamming other victims across Britain and Northern Ireland. McCreery, of St Andrews Road, Stretford, Manchester, was sentenced at Bradford Crown … [Read more...] about ‘Cruel and calculated’ fraudster jailed for conning pensioner out of more than £400,000