A MAN from Merseyside has been sentenced to almost 30 years in prison for a string of historical sexual offences against children. Stephen Finnigan, 63, of Longfield Road, Litherland was found guilty of 29 offences against five children, including multiple counts of indecent assault and gross indecency. On Friday, the former Army Cadets instructor was sentenced to 29 years and … [Read more...] about Man jailed for almost 30 years for historical sexual offences against children
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Police launch attempted murder investigation after shots fired at house in Co. Derry
POLICE have launched an attempted murder investigation after shots were fired at a house in Co. Derry. The incident occurred in the Ardkill Road area of Ardmore at around 9.15pm on Saturday. Four people were in the property at the time of the shooting. Police have now appealed for witnesses or anyone with information in relation to the shooting to contact them. "Police received … [Read more...] about Police launch attempted murder investigation after shots fired at house in Co. Derry
Man jailed for attempted sexual communication with children
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
RIP Joe Leary
By Michael Quinlin
IA Newsletter September 23, 2023
IA Newsletter September 23, 2023
Joseph F. Leary, a leader in Boston's Irish-American community since the 1980s, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on September 18, at age 90. Preceded in death by his wife, Eileen (Sullivan) Leary in 1981, Joe is survived by his two children, Joseph of South Boston and Eileen and her husband Thomas Johnson of Boston and Harwich Port. Prior to … [Read more...] about RIP Joe Leary
Ireland: A Quilt of Many Patches and Colors
By Kelly Candaele
IA Newsletter August 26, 2023
IA Newsletter August 26, 2023
It is somehow fitting that the Good Friday Peace Agreement of 1998 has become inseparable from Irish poetry. If, for a moment, “hope and history rhymed” or those involved in resolving the conflict “walked on air against their better judgment,” politicians and other speechifiers have poet Seamus Heaney to thank for their grab-bag of metaphorical phrases. In an earlier era of … [Read more...] about Ireland: A Quilt of Many Patches and Colors