Public appeal to find driver who stopped at scene of fatal collision in Galway

GARDAÍ have issued a renewed appeal for information regarding a fatal collision in Co. Galway. A man, aged in his 20s, died after the car he was driving was involved in a three-car collision on the R336 in Barna on March 9. Gardaí have appealed for any witnesses to the collision, which happened at around 11pm, to come forward. The collision happened in Barna, Co. Galway In … [Read more...] about Public appeal to find driver who stopped at scene of fatal collision in Galway

COCAINE worth an estimated €10.6m was found hidden in a heavy goods lorry. Gardaí from the National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and Waterford Drug and Crime Units seized the drugs while carrying out a series of operations this week. A heavy goods vehicle was stopped on the M9 in Co. Kilkenny shortly after 10am on March 18. Following that two businesses and a … [Read more...] about Cocaine worth €10.6m found hidden in heavy goods lorry

FIVE men have been sentenced for the murder of a “beloved husband and father” in Belfast. Ian Ogle was brutally attacked by a gang in east Belfast at around 9.20pm on January 27, 2019. The 45-year-old was stabbed 11 times, just yards from his home in Cluan Place, and left for dead as his attackers fled the scene. The gang was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court Yesterday five men … [Read more...] about Five men sentenced for brutal murder of ‘beloved husband and father’ Ian Ogle

THE murder of west Belfast man Patrick McVeigh in May 1972 moved closer to a resolution today as a former member of the British armed services was charged with the crime. Today’s ruling marks the first time in more than 50 years that someone has been found liable for the killing. Belfast Magistrate’s Court heard how McVeigh, 44, was shot from a passing car in the Finaghy Road … [Read more...] about Former member of British ‘black ops’ unit charged with murder

AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA arrested a 60-year-old man in Co. Kilkenny yesterday after it was revealed that more than €10 million worth of cocaine was found in a lorry. Gardaí uncovered 152kg of the illegal narcotic hidden in a ‘sophisticated vehicle concealment’. The heavy goods vehicle (or HGV) had been stopped on the M9 motorway between Naas and Newbridge. Following the discovery, the … [Read more...] about Man arrested in €10 million Kilkenny cocaine sting