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AN investigation has been launched after a man was shot in the arm while playing a soccer match in Co. Tipperary. The incident happened at around 9pm on January 6, in Rearcross, during the second half of a match between Ballymackey Football Club and Rearcross Football Club. The 32-year-old was treated at the scene before being brought by ambulance to University Hospital … [Read more...] about Gardaí appeal to local hunters after man shot in arm during soccer match

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward after two men robbed a shop in Belfast at knifepoint. The men targeted the shop in the Ardoyne Road area of north Belfast last night (January 8) at around 7.25pm. One man stood at the entrance of the store while the other threatened staff with a kitchen knife, the PSNI confirmed this morning. "We received a report that two men, … [Read more...] about Staff left shaken after masked men rob shop at knifepoint

LOCAL community members have helped police in Northern Ireland locate a suspected cannabis factory at a property in Armagh. Officers from the Slieve Gullion Neighbourhood Policing Team conducted a search under warrant at a house on Concession Road, in the Culloville area of Crossmaglen, South Armagh yesterday. There they found 120 cannabis plants in various states of growth and … [Read more...] about Public helps police locate suspected cannabis factory at house in Armagh

A MAN who believed he was communicating with two teenage girls online has been jailed for more than two-and-a-half years for sexual communication offences. Daryl Connolly, 34, from Handley's Close, Coventry, was unwittingly communicating with two decoys, one operated by police and another by a separate organisation. He admitted two counts of attempting to engage in sexual … [Read more...] about Man jailed for attempted sexual communication with children

A MAN who stabbed a fellow pub-goer in the neck in an unprovoked attack has been jailed for eight years. Ian Magee, 61, used a pocketknife to inflict a 'potentially fatal stab wound' on his victim at the Standing Order pub in Derby in April last year. He pleaded not guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm but was found guilty by a jury in October last year … [Read more...] about ‘Utterly appalling attack’: Man, 61, jailed for eight years over unprovoked pub stabbing