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Young man dies, two injured, in Co. Waterford collision

Young man dies, two injured, in Co. Waterford collision

May 12, 2025 by

A YOUNG man has died and two others have been injured following a single-vehicle road traffic col... … [Read more...] about Young man dies, two injured, in Co. Waterford collision

Lurgan ‘catfish’ predator who targeted girls in England is jailed for online sexual offences

May 11, 2025 by

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

Investigation after shots fired at Derry home

May 11, 2025 by

POLICE are investigating after shots were fired at a home in Derry. It was reported that a motorbike had pulled up outside a residential property in Shantallow Avenue and fired multiple gun shots before leaving the area. The incident is believed to have occurred between 11.30pm on Friday, May 9 and 12.30am on Saturday, May 10. The occupant of the property was not … [Read more...] about Investigation after shots fired at Derry home

Teenager dies after getting into difficulty swimming off coast in Co. Donegal

May 11, 2025 by

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

Sons & Mothers

By Jim Dwyer

May/June 1996

May 9, 2025 by

It's been 15 years since the Hunger Strikes in Ireland left ten men dead and changed the course of Northern Irish politics. Now a new movie gives voice to the suffering of the mothers whose sons died on hunger strike. Jim Dwyer talks to filmmaker Terry George about his latest work, Some Mother's Son. It's been 15 years since the Hunger Strikes in Ireland left ten men dead … [Read more...] about Sons & Mothers

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May 4, 1847

New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration. Two-thirds of all emigration to America came through New York from the 1780s to the 1880s. With the onset of the Famine and thousands of Irish emigrants arriving in a constant stream, benevolent societies were established and lobbied New York State to set up a board of Commissioners of Emigration. The Board, which was instituted on this day in 1847, set up the Emigrant Refuge and Hospital on Ward’s Island in the East River and took over the running of the Marine Hospital on Staten Island.

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