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A CONVICTED child sex offender has been sent back to jail after being caught attempting to meet and abuse a child. Max Coughlin was jailed for six years at Guildford Crown Court yesterday after being found guilty of breaching a sexual harm prevention order. Following a trial in February, the 29-year-old, from Redhill, was found guilty of facilitating the commission of a child … [Read more...] about Convicted sex offender jailed for planning to meet and abuse child

A PENSIONER who was involved in a collision in in Co. Tyrone earlier this month has since died of his injuries. Brendan Conlan was involved in a two-vehicle incident on the Tamlaght Road just outside of Coagh at around 4.30pm on October 20. “A grey coloured Peugeot 208, which was driven by Brendan, was involved in a collision with a red coloured Volkswagen Caddy,” Inspector … [Read more...] about Funeral details confirmed for pensioner who died following Co. Tyrone collision

POLICE are hunting a man who sexually assaulted a woman in what has been described as a 'terrifying ordeal' in Derry. The woman, aged in her 50s, was dragged into an alleyway and attacked in the early hours of Sunday, October 27. “This assault occurred at approximately 1.15am in the Lecky Road area of the city,” the PSNI’s Detective Chief Inspector Crothers said. “The woman, … [Read more...] about Investigation launched after woman sexually assaulted in ‘terrifying ordeal’

NAOMI LONG, the Justice Minister for Northern Ireland, has called for victims of a prolific online abuser who caused the death of a 12-year-old girl to come forward. Alexander McCartney was sentenced to life imprisonment on October 25 for child sexual offences, blackmail and manslaughter. The 26-year-old groomed and sexually abused thousands of young girls from Northern … [Read more...] about NI Justice minister calls for ‘catfish’ victims to come forward following conviction of prolific offender

William Percy French was born in Cloonyquin House between Tulsk towards Elphin in Co. Roscommon on May 1, 1854. The extraordinary songwriter, painter, poet, raconteur loved the land of Ireland, the people of Ireland. His songs have become, in many ways, snapshots of Old Ireland. He wrote of the loves, the laments, the tribulations of the ordinary people of the country. He is … [Read more...] about Percy French remembered in Formby this weekend