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A MAN has been charged with murder after a pensioner was found with serious injuries which led to his death last month. Metropolitan Police officers have named the victim as 74-year-old James O’Neill, known to his family as ‘Jim’. Officers were called to Odhams Walk in Covent Garden at 11.56pm on Sunday, October 6, where they found Mr O’Neill with serious injuries. Murder … [Read more...] about Covent Garden murder suspect charged as victim named

THE Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland is investigating an incident involving two police officers at the Mater Hospital in Belfast. “We are appealing for witnesses to an incident that occurred in the Accident and Emergency Department of the Mater Hospital between 9:15pm and 10pm on Wednesday, September 4, 2024” the organisation said in a statement. “The incident involved a … [Read more...] about Police Ombudsman investigating after two police officers involved in ‘physical altercation’ at hospital

THE Irish Government has launched a public consultation period regarding plans for the nation’s first marine national park. In April the state announced the designation of Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí, which will be Ireland’s largest National Park, covering more than 70,000 acres of land and sea. The Conor Pass in Dingle falls within the newly designated marine national … [Read more...] about Public consultation opens on Ireland’s first marine national park

A MAN has been jailed for 11 years after being convicted of rape. Thomas Carr, 35, was sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court after being found guilty by a jury of one rape and one attempted rape. The court heard that Carr and the victim in the case had agreed to meet prior to the attack. He arrived at her home where she made a coffee before going to her bedroom to get ready to go … [Read more...] about Rapist jailed following ‘horrendous’ attack

A BIRMINGHAM man has died after being involved in a collision in Co. Armagh. Anthony Atkins, also known as ‘Cookie’, died following the incident in Crossmaglen at around midnight on Friday, October 1. The 36-year-old, who hailed from Birmingham in the west Midlands, had been living in Crossmaglen, where he had family, for a number of years. Anthony Atkins has died following a … [Read more...] about Birmingham man killed in Armagh collision