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Woman arrested after heroin and cannabis worth €1.7m seized in Carlow

Woman arrested after heroin and cannabis worth €1.7m seized in Carlow

February 10, 2026 by

DRUGS with a suspected street value of more than €1.7m have been seized in Carlow. Gardaí from the Carlow Drugs Unit stopped and searched a car in the town on February 8 and found suspected heroin and cannabis worth an estimated €136k inside the vehicle. In a follow-up search of a nearby house, 12kg of suspected heroin, with an estimated street value of €1.68m, was found. The … [Read more...] about Woman arrested after heroin and cannabis worth €1.7m seized in Carlow

Renewed appeal for information on Icelandic tourist who went missing in Dublin

February 9, 2026 by

A RENEWED appeal for information has been issued on the anniversary of the disappearance of Jón Jónsson in Dublin. The 41-year-old, who is from Iceland, went missing on February 9, 2019 while attending the Dublin Poker Festival with his partner. He left the Bonnington Hotel on the Swords Road in Whitehall at around 11am that morning and was last seen a short time later on CCTV … [Read more...] about Renewed appeal for information on Icelandic tourist who went missing in Dublin

Free ‘digital proficiency course’ will teach online safety to pupils and parents across Northern Ireland

February 9, 2026 by

A NEW online safety course will be made freely available to pupils and parents across Northern Ireland. The Digital Proficiency Course launched this week via the region’s Safer Schools NI platform and has been made free for all education settings, pupils and parents to access. “Our children and young people are engaging daily with technology, social media, and digital platforms … [Read more...] about Free ‘digital proficiency course’ will teach online safety to pupils and parents across Northern Ireland

Independence party politicians set to debate ‘exiting the Union’ in Westminster

February 9, 2026 by

REPRESENTATIVES from independence parties in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are set to debate exiting the United Kingdom. Pat Cullen, the  Sinn Fein MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Seamus Logan, the SNP MP for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East and Baroness Carmen Smith of Plaid Cymru will take part in the discussion, which is titled The Union isn’t working: How do we … [Read more...] about Independence party politicians set to debate ‘exiting the Union’ in Westminster

Drugs worth €2.1m hidden in boxes labelled ‘linen bedding’

February 9, 2026 by

DRUGS worth more than €2m were seized at Dublin Airport. Revenue officers discovered 107kg of herbal cannabis worth over €2.1m during a routine operation at the airport on February 6. The drugs were destined for an address in Northern Ireland “The cannabis was vacuum packed and concealed in boxes labelled “Linen Bedding”,” a Revenue spokesperson confirmed. “The cannabis, valued … [Read more...] about Drugs worth €2.1m hidden in boxes labelled ‘linen bedding’

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May 12, 1937

On this day, George Carlin, one of America’s best stand-up comedians, was born to an Irish father, Patrick Carlin and Irish American mother, Mary Bearey. He was raised on West 121st Street in Upper Manhattan. In a career spanning fifty years, Carlin pushed the envelope in terms of performance. His “Seven Dirty Sins” routine was central to a U.S. Supreme Court case on the government’s right to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves. In a 2006 interview with Irish America magazine, Carlin talked about a trip he made to Ireland. “Most of all I remember the faces, the wonderful faces. I remember thinking, ‘I know these people. This is my herd.'” Carlin passed away in June, 2008.

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