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A MAN and woman have been arrested in Dublin as part of an investigation into an alleged 'large-scale' money laundering operation. The pair, both aged in their 30s, were arrested after a search warrant was executed at an address in Blackrock. They are currently being detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007 at a garda station in Dublin. The search was carried … [Read more...] about Man and woman arrested in Dublin as part of investigation into ‘large-scale’ money laundering operation

A MAN has been arrested following the death of another man following a fatal assault at a hotel in Co. Laois. Gardaí were called to the hotel in the north of the county at around 8pm on Tuesday, where a man in his 60s was found deceased. A man in his 30s was arrested and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a garda station in the Eastern … [Read more...] about Arrest over death of man following fatal assault at Co. Laois hotel

SIR IAN MCKELLAN, Bob Geldof, Eimear McBride and Niall Buggy are among those who will be paying tribute this month to the memory of Edna O’Brien who died earlier this year. Country Girl: A Tribute to Edna O’Brien takes place at the British Library on Sunday, November 24 as part of The Irish Writers’ Weekend Festival at the library. Edna O’Brien was one of the greatest Irish … [Read more...] about Edna O’Brien to be honoured at special London event

A MAN has been arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of Josephine ‘Jo Jo’ Dullard. The 21-year-old went missing after hitch-hiking home to Co. Kilkenny from Dublin on the night of November 9, 1995. The case has since been classified a murder investigation. Jo Jo Dullard disappeared on November 9, 1995 As the 29th anniversary of her disappearance fell over the … [Read more...] about Man arrested in connection with murder of Jo Jo Dullard as police search open ground site

THE PSNI have apologised to the family of murdered showjumper Katie Simpson for ‘failing’ them in their investigation into her death. A report by the Police Ombudsman has found the initial police investigation was ‘flawed’ and ‘failed the Simpson family’. Ms Simpson died on August 10, 2020, six days after being assaulted at her home near Derry. She had been driven part-way to … [Read more...] about PSNI apologises as Ombudsman finds family of murdered Katie Simpson were ‘failed’ by ‘flawed’ investigation