Police remain at scene where ‘improvised grenade’ found in Belfast

POLICE officers remain at a property today which was the focus of a security alert in Belfast yesterday. Residents were evacuated from the area surrounding the home in Empire Street yesterday afternoon after a suspicious object was found. This has since been confirmed by the PSNI to have been an “improvised grenade” which has since been removed. “The scene has been reduced and … [Read more...] about Police remain at scene where ‘improvised grenade’ found in Belfast

A TYRONE man has been sentenced for smuggling hundreds of endangered European eels from Ireland into Wales. Kevin Forbes, of Rossa Court in Dungannon, had 37 boxes of eels hidden in a pallet locker beneath the trailer of a HGV he had driven from Dublin. They were discovered by Border Force officers at Holyhead Port in the early hours of January 3, 2024, who were carrying out … [Read more...] about Man sentenced for smuggling hundreds of endangered eels from Ireland into Wales

GARDAÍ have issued a new appeal for information on the 20th anniversary of the murder of Donegal man Shaun Duffy. The 36-year-old was found dead at his home in Meenacross, near Dungloe on January 29, 2022. He had been celebrating his younger brother Kevin’s birthday with friends and family in the Strand View Bar in Maghery the previous evening. From the pub the group continued … [Read more...] about Appeal for information on 20th anniversary of Shaun Duffy murder

SIX of the men who were found in a shipping container in an Irish port this week have been refused permission to stay in Ireland A total of nine people, seven men and two boys, were discovered in the container at Rosslare Europort at around 10.30am on January 27. They are believed to have been in the container at the port for four days, having arrived on a ship from Dunkirk in … [Read more...] about Men found in shipping container refused entry to Ireland while boys taken into care

MEN and boys are being called on to take responsibility for changing the way women and girls are treated in Northern Ireland. A new campaign, which launched this week, attempts to address the root causes of gender-based violence, which has seen 32 females killed by men in the North between January 2019 and December 2024. Launched yesterday by the PSNI, the Power to Change … [Read more...] about Men and boys ‘must challenge misogynistic behaviour’ towards women and girls