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TWO police officers were injured when their patrol car was rammed by a suspected drink-driver. The PSNI officers were responding to reports of an alleged drink-driver in a silver Mercedes in Derry city in the early hours of October 21. “Shortly after midnight, police received a report of a suspected drink-driver in a silver-coloured Mercedes on Shipquay Street,” the PSNI … [Read more...] about Officers injured after patrol car rammed in cross-border police chase

A COMMERCIAL hen house has been targeted twice in a week by arsonists. Police have appealed for information after the site in Co. Down was set alight for a second time over the weekend. “Just before 7.40am on October 19, police received a report from our colleagues at Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service that they were attending a fire at Letalian Road,” the PSNI’s Sergeant … [Read more...] about Hen house targeted in second arson attack in a week

The annual Terence MacSwiney London Commemoration will take place at 2pm on Sunday, October 27 outside Brixton Prison. The keynote speaker is John McDonnell MP Terence MacSwiney (image in public domain) TERENCE MACSWINEY, Lord Mayor of Cork, died in Brixton jail after 74 days on hunger strike on October 25, 1920. His death made headlines round the world. A prominent Irish … [Read more...] about Terence MacSwiney commemoration in London on Sunday, Oct 27th

A MAN who admitted to making and taking indecent images of children has been jailed for more than three years. Liam Paul McKinnon, 38, used an online file-sharing platform to engage with someone he believed was an adult with a sexual interest in children. However, McKinnon was actually communicating with an undercover police officer and was subsequently arrested. "I am pleased … [Read more...] about ‘Predatory, dangerous and opportunistic’: Man jailed for making and taking indecent images of children

SINN FÉIN has called for broadcaster RTÉ to apologise after Patrick Kielty referred to the party as 'traitors' in a joke on Friday's Late Late Show. In his opening monologue, Kielty drew comparisons between reality show The Traitors and the fallout from TD Brian Stanley's resignation from Sinn Féin last week. Sinn Féin criticised the use of the word 'traitors', saying it had … [Read more...] about Sinn Fein want RTÉ apology over Patrick Kielty’s ‘traitors’ joke on Late Late Show