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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

GARDAÍ are investigating after a man was shot while playing soccer in Co. Tipperary. The incident occurred shortly after 9pm during a match under floodlights at a sports venue in Rear Cross. The man sustained a gunshot wound to his arm and was treated at the scene by emergency services personnel. He was subsequently brought by ambulance to University Hospital Limerick, although … [Read more...] about Investigation after man shot while playing soccer in Co. Tipperary

IRISH singer Imelda May has paid an emotional tribute to her father after he passed away in hospital. The singer's dad, Tony Clabby, was admitted to hospital late last year, with May previously revealing how he had been in good spirits following his admission. However, in a social media post in the early hours of Sunday, she wrote that he had told her he would soon be reunited … [Read more...] about ‘He was pure love’: Imelda May pays emotional tribute after her father passes away

POLICE have seized around £250,000 in cash and suspected cocaine valued at more than £100,000 during a vehicle stop in Co. Down. The discovery was made after detectives from the PSNI's Organised Crime Branch stopped and searched the car on the A1 on Saturday morning. A man and woman arrested at the scene remain in custody. "Shortly after 8.35am, officers stopped and searched a … [Read more...] about £250,000 in cash and suspected cocaine seized during vehicle stop in Co. Down

IRISH teenager Muireann Bradley has seen her debut album climb into the British Album Download Chart Top-10 following her stunning TV appearance on Jools Holland. The 17-year-old from Ballybofey wowed viewers with her rendition of ragtime classic Candy Man on the presenter's Annual Hootenanny show on BBC Two on New Year's Eve. Following the performance, the fingerpicking … [Read more...] about Irish teen enters British Album Downloads Chart Top-10 after Jools Holland appearance