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POLICE have issued an appeal for information on the whereabouts of a teenager who has been missing for two weeks. Rosaleen Connors has not been seen since October 7. The 16-year-old was last seen in the Sydenham Road area of east Belfast at around 9.30pm that day. Rosaleen Connors has not been seen since October 7 PSNI officers are “growing increasingly concerned” for her … [Read more...] about Appeal for information on 16-year-old missing for two weeks

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

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