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NORTHERN Ireland’s Justice Minister has visited a police station which was the target of an attack earlier this week. Minister Naomi Long paid tribute to PSNI officers working at Lurgan Police Station, which was targeted on Monday night (March 30), when a delivery driver was hijacked by masked men and forced to drive a viable device into the station in Armagh. Once he had … [Read more...] about Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister visits police station targeted in ‘abhorrent’ attack

CANNABIS with an estimated street value of €7m has been found at a property in Kildare. The drugs were discovered by Gardaí after a series of searches were conducted across the county yesterday (April 1). “As part of ongoing investigations under Operation Tara, Gardaí from the Kildare/Carlow Drugs Units, supported by the Kildare/Carlow Crime Functional Area and Eastern Regional … [Read more...] about Cannabis worth €7m seized at property in Kildare

THE TITANIC ship has been recreated in Belfast harbour through an epic drone display. Almost 1,000 drones were used to stage the light display which formed the shape of the Belfast-made RMS Titanic this week. Created on Monday, March 30, using 950 drones, the display will be broadcast on BBC One and Two in Northern Ireland at 8pm tonight (April 2) – the same time and date that … [Read more...] about Epic drone display recreates RMS Titanic in Belfast harbour

A NEW visitor centre has been unveiled at an historic site which is home to the oldest megalithic tombs in Ireland. Some €1.5m has been spent creating the state-of-the-art venue which showcases Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery in Co. Sligo. Carrowmore is the largest and oldest collection of Neolithic tombs in Ireland, with over 30 surviving monuments dating back almost 6,000 … [Read more...] about Oldest megalithic tombs in Ireland get new visitor centre

AN AFTERNOON flight will be reintroduced on the Dublin to Donegal air service it was confirmed this week. The Government-funded route, which is operated by Aer Lingus' Emerald Airlines,  had been removed from the service since March 29, leaving only morning and evening flights linking the two cities. That move has now been scrapped after it was highlighted that removing the … [Read more...] about Afternoon service will be reinstated on Dublin to Donegal air route