Assembly backs law stopping mutilated pets being imported into Northern Ireland

THE Northern Ireland Assembly has approved a legal motion to stop the importation of pets which have been mutilated for ‘aesthetic reasons’. In a move described as a “significant moment” on the North’s “journey towards increasing animal welfare protections for pets”, the Assembly approved a Legislative Consent Motion (LCM) to extend powers contained in the UK’s Animal Welfare … [Read more...] about Assembly backs law stopping mutilated pets being imported into Northern Ireland

GARDAÍ have appealed for witnesses to come forward after a collision in Wicklow left a woman hospitalised. Officers were called to the incident on the N81 near Blessington at around 11.30pm on June 28. Two vehicles collided leaving one driver, a woman in her 60s, with serious injuries. She remains in a serious condition at Tallaght University Hospital. The second driver, a male … [Read more...] about Witness appeal after woman left seriously injured in Wicklow collision

A REVIEW of the PSNI’s response to the recent riots in Ballymena has found they showed “considerable restraint” in the face of the violence aimed at them. The Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland has assessed the use of ‘Attenuating Energy Projectiles’ (AEPs), known as baton rounds, during the public disorder which erupted in the Co. Antrim town last month. In their report they … [Read more...] about Ombudsman finds police use of baton rounds during Ballymena riots was ‘proportional’

FINE GAEL councillor Ray McAdam has been elected the new Lord Mayor of Dublin. He becomes the city’s 358th Lord Mayor, succeeding Councillor Emma Blain, who held the post from December 2024. The Co. Cavan native, who was raised in Co. Fermanagh assumed the role on June 30 at a meeting of Dublin City Council in City Hall. The newly elected Lord Mayor of Dublin Ray McAdam … [Read more...] about Fine Gael councillor Ray McAdam elected new Lord Mayor of Dublin

TWO people have been arrested after police in Northern Ireland dismantled one of the biggest cannabis factories found in the region in recent years. PSNI officers uncovered the operation following a planned search operation in the Strabane area in Derry. “Police have dismantled what is believed to be one of the biggest suspected cannabis operations in the North West in recent … [Read more...] about Two arrests after police dismantle ‘biggest’ cannabis factory found in recent years