Man jailed after police find drugs and handgun during search of home

A MAN has been jailed after police found drugs and a handgun during a search of his home. James Carroll-Dunphy, 35, was this week sentenced to five-and-a-half years for possession of a firearm and possession with intent to supply class B drugs. Carroll-Dunphy, of Badgers Way in Wythenshawe, was convicted following an investigation codenamed Operation Huntsman, carried out by … [Read more...] about Man jailed after police find drugs and handgun during search of home

GARDAÍ have appealed for information on the whereabouts of a young man from Dublin who has not been seen for six weeks. Sam Hackett, 23, has been missing from his home in the Glasnevin/Ballymun area of Dublin 11 since Friday, July 19, 2024. He is described as being approximately 5' 4" in height, of medium build, with blue eyes, brown hair and may have facial hair/stubble. When … [Read more...] about Gardaí appeal for information on young man missing from Dublin for six weeks

A MAN has been jailed after an elderly woman was burgled in a 'disturbing and very frightening incident' in Co. Antrim. David Taylor, 43, dragged the 86-year-old back into the property when she tried to flee and remained in her home for several hours during the 2022 ordeal. This week, he was sentenced to serve three years and eight months, half in prison and half on licence … [Read more...] about Man jailed over ‘disturbing’ burglary of elderly woman in Co. Antrim

A WOMAN in her 80s has died following a collision in Co. Donegal, the fourth person to lose their life on the county's roads in the space of a week. The latest incident occurred at around 2pm on Friday when a woman was struck by a lorry on Church Street in the village of St Johnston. The woman, who has been named locally as Patricia McBrearty, was pronounced deceased at the … [Read more...] about Woman in her 80s dies in Co. Donegal collision

POLICE have appealed for information following a report of shots being fired at a house in Co. Derry. The incident occurred at around 10.50pm on Friday at a property in the Bleach Green area of Dungiven. Damaged was caused to a door and window of the house, which was unoccupied at the time. "We are appealing to anyone who was in the Bleach Green area at the time of the shooting … [Read more...] about Investigation after shots fired at house in Co. Derry