A MAN is in a critical condition in hospital following a collision in Co. Louth. Gardaí were called to the incident in Collon at around 3am on February 7, after a car collided with a pedestrian on the N2 near Funshog. The pedestrian, a man aged in his 40s, was treated at the scene before being removed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda for treatment of serious … [Read more...] about Pedestrian seriously injured in Co. Louth collision
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Woman arrested after heroin and cannabis worth €1.7m seized in Carlow
DRUGS with a suspected street value of more than €1.7m have been seized in Carlow. Gardaí from the Carlow Drugs Unit stopped and searched a car in the town on February 8 and found suspected heroin and cannabis worth an estimated €136k inside the vehicle. In a follow-up search of a nearby house, 12kg of suspected heroin, with an estimated street value of €1.68m, was found. The … [Read more...] about Woman arrested after heroin and cannabis worth €1.7m seized in Carlow
Renewed appeal for information on Icelandic tourist who went missing in Dublin
A RENEWED appeal for information has been issued on the anniversary of the disappearance of Jón Jónsson in Dublin. The 41-year-old, who is from Iceland, went missing on February 9, 2019 while attending the Dublin Poker Festival with his partner. He left the Bonnington Hotel on the Swords Road in Whitehall at around 11am that morning and was last seen a short time later on CCTV … [Read more...] about Renewed appeal for information on Icelandic tourist who went missing in Dublin
Free ‘digital proficiency course’ will teach online safety to pupils and parents across Northern Ireland
A NEW online safety course will be made freely available to pupils and parents across Northern Ireland. The Digital Proficiency Course launched this week via the region’s Safer Schools NI platform and has been made free for all education settings, pupils and parents to access. “Our children and young people are engaging daily with technology, social media, and digital platforms … [Read more...] about Free ‘digital proficiency course’ will teach online safety to pupils and parents across Northern Ireland
Independence party politicians set to debate ‘exiting the Union’ in Westminster
REPRESENTATIVES from independence parties in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are set to debate exiting the United Kingdom. Pat Cullen, the Sinn Fein MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Seamus Logan, the SNP MP for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East and Baroness Carmen Smith of Plaid Cymru will take part in the discussion, which is titled The Union isn’t working: How do we … [Read more...] about Independence party politicians set to debate ‘exiting the Union’ in Westminster