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Teenager dies following collision in Mayo

Teenager dies following collision in Mayo

January 14, 2025 by

A TEENAGE boy has died following a crash in Co. Mayo, The 17-year-old was involved in a single vehicle collision on the R319 at Keel in Achill at around 1am yesterday morning (January 13). Gardaí and emergency services attended the incident, where the boy was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. There were no other people in the car. Gardaí have appealed for any … [Read more...] about Teenager dies following collision in Mayo

‘It’s going to be a wild ride’: Critically-acclaimed show The Dry is commissioned for third and final series

January 13, 2025 by

CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED comedy-drama The Dry has been commissioned for a third and final series by ITV. The Bafta-nominated show stars Belfast actress Roisin Gallagher as recovering alcoholic Shiv, who returns home to Dublin after 10 years in London. Also among the cast in the first two seasons were Game of Thrones stars Ciarán Hinds and Michael McElhatton, as well as Siobhán … [Read more...] about ‘It’s going to be a wild ride’: Critically-acclaimed show The Dry is commissioned for third and final series

Man charged after attempted petrol station arson

January 12, 2025 by

A MAN has been charged with arson after reports of a person attempting to set fire to petrol pumps. Terry Mangan, 32, of Holly Court, Derby, appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on Friday in relation to the incident. Derbyshire Police were called to a filling station on Markeaton island, Derby, just after 5pm on Wednesday. It was reported that a man had been … [Read more...] about Man charged after attempted petrol station arson

Football banning order for man who threw bottle onto pitch after rival team scored

January 12, 2025 by

A MAN who threw a bottle onto a football pitch after the opposition scored has been handed a football banning order. Kevin Hennessey, 45, of Bulan Road, Headington, Oxford, pleaded guilty to one count of throwing a missile onto a football playing area. At Oxford Magistrates' Court on Thursday, he was given a three-year football banning order and was also ordered to pay a £150 … [Read more...] about Football banning order for man who threw bottle onto pitch after rival team scored

Derry Girls star to join cast of upcoming Motherland spin-off, Amandaland

January 12, 2025 by

ONE of the stars of hit series Derry Girls is to join the cast of an upcoming spin-off of BBC comedy Motherland. Siobhán McSweeney, who played Sister Michael in the award-winning Channel 4 comedy, will star as Della in the new show, entitled Amandaland. She will join up with fellow Derry Girls alumnus Philippa Dunne, who was previously revealed to be reviving her Motherland … [Read more...] about Derry Girls star to join cast of upcoming Motherland spin-off, Amandaland

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John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, great grandson of Irish immigrants, was born on Tuesday, May 29, 1917, at at his family’s home in Brookline, MA to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. He was named after his maternal grandfather John “Honeyfitz” Fitzgerald. Often ill as a child and given the last rites 5 times, the first when he was a newborn, he went on to Princeton and Harvard and joined the U.S. Navy in 1941. In the early 1950s he ran for Congress and was elected a Senator from Massachusetts in 1952. In 1960, he defeated Richard Nixon to become the 35th president of the U.S. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Texas. For more information on JFK visit the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.

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