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Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to come forward after a man was attacked in broad daylight in a street in Co. Kildare. The victim, aged on his early 20s, was assaulted shortly before 12noon on Monday, November 18 close to a housing estate in Naas. “The incident occurred shortly before 12 noon on Newbridge Road, near the Ardconagh Housing Estate,” gardaí said in a … [Read more...] about Witness appeal after man seriously assaulted in afternoon attack

GARDÍ investigating the disappearance and murder of a man and woman from Co. Meath have stood down the latest search for the couple. William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavane were last seen on April 14, 2015, with the case upgraded to a murder investigation following a review in September 2016. Last Friday, gardaí began a search of open lands at Ring Commons, Balrothery East in … [Read more...] about Latest search for couple missing from Co. Meath since 2015 is stood down

DENISE GOUGH will open the Seamus Heaney Lecture 2024 at the Institute of Irish Studies in Liverpool next week. The Wexford-born actor has been back on the boards in London of late as she reprised her Olivier Award-winning role as Emma in Duncan Macmillan’s play People, Places and Things. Gough, who was joined by Sinéad Cusack in the production at the Trafalgar Theatre over … [Read more...] about Denise Gough to recite Heaney poem at annual Irish event in Liverpool

THE future of a vast lake in Northern Ireland which has been plagued by blue-green algae has been raised in Westminster. Lough Neagh is the largest lough in Ireland and the UK, but it is heavily polluted and concerns for its future were first raised last summer with the appearance of toxic blue-green algae in the water. The blooms, which pose a risk to humans and animals, … [Read more...] about Algae issues and the future of Lough Neagh raised in Westminster

A DRUG dealer in Derry has been jailed for 12 months after pleading guilty to drugs offences. Lesley Ann Dunn was found in possession of Class A and B drugs and a large quantity of cash when PSNI officers raided her home in Coleraine in November last year. “On Wednesday,  November 29, 2023, police searched a property in the Gransden Court area of Coleraine,” the PSNI’s … [Read more...] about Drug-dealing Derry woman jailed after being caught with cocaine and cannabis