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A MAN from Lurgan who used the so-called 'catfish' method to groom and coerce teenage girls into sending him indecent images has been jailed. At Craigavon Crown Court on Friday, 21-year-old Max Hollingsbee was sentenced to five years and two months after pleading guilty to a total of 42 charges. The charges included blackmail, possessing indecent images of children, … [Read more...] about Lurgan ‘catfish’ predator who targeted girls in England is jailed for online sexual offences

A TEENAGER has died after getting into difficulty while swimming off the coast in Co. Donegal on Saturday. Emergency services responded to reports that three teenagers, aged between 16 and 19, had gotten into difficulty while swimming in Lough Swilly off Buncrana. One teen managed to swim ashore while a second was rescued from the water before being taken to Letterkenny General … [Read more...] about Teenager dies after getting into difficulty swimming off coast in Co. Donegal

Pope Leo XIV becomes the 267th Bishop of Rome. The soft-spoken moderate, steeped in missionary work, steps onto the world stage Pope Leo XIV while still cardinal, attending the funeral of Pope Francis (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) AMID great excitement in St Peter’s Square in Rome, the white smoke arose just after 6pm Italian time (5pm in Britain and Ireland). After a … [Read more...] about Habemus Papam! We have a new Pope

FOUR men have been arrested after a knife fight broke out in a street in Belfast. One man was hospitalised with serious injuries following the incident which happened at around 3pm yesterday afternoon (May 7). “A report was received shortly after 3pm on Wednesday afternoon that a number of men armed with knives were fighting in the Lisburn Road area of south Belfast,” the … [Read more...] about Arrests made after knife fight erupts in Belfast street in broad daylight

A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after a shop was robbed in Belfast. PSNI officers were called to the store on North Queen Street on May 6. “Police received a report that a man had entered the store brandishing a hammer at around 6.15pm, taking a sum of cash from the till before making off,” the PSNI’s Detective Sergeant McGearty said. “The staff members and customers … [Read more...] about Arrest made after robber threatens shop workers with hammer