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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

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