A MAN is due to appear in court following a suspected bottle attack in Co. Down. Police were called to reports of an altercation involving around five people in the Burren Meadows area of Newcastle at around 10.55am on Saturday. One of the people involved was believed to have been armed with a weapon. "One man, aged in his 30s, was found with deep lacerations to his head and … [Read more...] about Man due in court following suspected bottle attack in Co. Down
Man due in court following suspected bottle attack in Co. Down
Co. Antrim man jailed over sex offences involving two teenage girls
A MAN from Co. Antrim has been jailed for a number of child sexual offences involving two teenage girls in 2022. Carl Long, 34, from Newtownabbey was convicted of sexual communication with a child, causing or inciting a child between 13 and 16 to engage in sexual activity and four offences of sexual activity with a child between 13 and 16. He also pleaded guilty to two offences … [Read more...] about Co. Antrim man jailed over sex offences involving two teenage girls
Man in his 50s dies in single-vehicle collision in Co. Wexford
A MAN in his 50s has died following a single-vehicle collision in Co. Wexford. The incident occurred on a local road at Poulpeasty near Taghmon at around 6.50pm on Saturday. The man, who was riding a motorcycle, was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene. His body was removed to the mortuary at University Hospital Waterford, where a post-mortem examination is due to take … [Read more...] about Man in his 50s dies in single-vehicle collision in Co. Wexford
‘Cold, calculating child predator’: Teacher from Co. Antrim jailed for sexual abuse of pupil
A TEACHER from Co. Antrim has been jailed for the sexual abuse of a teenage pupil. At Laganside Court in Belfast on Friday, 33-year-old Judith Evans from Newtownabbey was sentenced to two years in prison and two years on licence. The mother-of-two, a former teacher at a Belfast high school, pleaded guilty to seven child sexual abuse offences relating to a 14-year-old boy. These … [Read more...] about ‘Cold, calculating child predator’: Teacher from Co. Antrim jailed for sexual abuse of pupil
After St Patrick’s Washington celebrations – the shape of things to come?
The Irish Post's PETER KELLY reports from inside the White House DID the DUP 'steal a march' on normally super-savvy Irish republicans in the United States' St Patrick's events? You bet they did. In the land of the free rein for Sinn Féin in the past, the DUP — the party founded by Rev Ian Paisley more than fifty years ago — commanded previously unthinkable centre stage in a … [Read more...] about After St Patrick’s Washington celebrations – the shape of things to come?