Women’s safety rally planned following ‘horrific’ sexual attacks in Derry

A RALLY is being organised to raise awareness of the need to end violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland. The event comes after a spate of attacks in the city of Derry over the past week, which saw four women targeted in separate incidents. SDLP Councillor Catherine McDaid “Women across our city are living in fear after the events of the past week,” local SDLP … [Read more...] about Women’s safety rally planned following ‘horrific’ sexual attacks in Derry

TRIBUTES have been paid to a young man who died following a tractor incident in Co. Galway. Joshua Sullivan died after the tractor he was a passenger in was involved in a collision in Oranmore on November 2. Gardaí were called to the incident on a local road in Rinn at around 3.30pm. The 19-year-old was taken to University Hospital Galway, where he was later pronounced … [Read more...] about Funeral confirmed for young man killed in tractor incident

DETECTIVES have made an arrest after a man was stabbed in the neck as he walked through the city of Belfast in the early hours of yesterday morning. The man, aged in his 30s, was targeted as he walked in the St Vincent Street area of north Belfast just after midnight on November 4. He was taken to hospital where he is receiving treatment for his injuries. “Shortly after … [Read more...] about Arrest made after man stabbed in the neck

THERE is increasing concern among the people of Derry after a spate of sexual attacks on women in the city. Four women were attacked in separate incidents last week over the course of seven days. The most recent incident happened on Saturday, November 2, when a woman in her 40s was approached by a man carrying a kitchen knife as she walked her dog in Top of the Hill Park at … [Read more...] about Concern among community following spate of ‘sickening’ sex attacks

AN ELDERLY man is in a critical condition in hospital following an assault in Co. Antrim. The incident involving the 74-year-old man occurred on Station Road in Antrim at around 7.30pm on Saturday. Police have now appealed for information as they revealed two people had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. "It was reported shortly after 7.30pm that the victim was … [Read more...] about Elderly man in critical condition following assault in Co. Antrim