Drivers involved in serious collisions will face mandatory drugs tests

A NEW law comes into effect this weekend which requires all drivers who have been involved in serious crashes on Irish roads to be drugs tested. Jack Chambers, Ireland’s Minister of State for Transport, signed the amendment to the Road Traffic Act 2024 into law today and it will become effective from midnight on May 31, 2024. “The signing of the ‘mandatory drug testing’ … [Read more...] about Drivers involved in serious collisions will face mandatory drugs tests

AN investigation has been launched by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) into alleged data breaches by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The inquiry concerns the “storage and retention of personal data contained in paper records held by the HSE via its use of external storage facilities and breaches of security which were notified to the DPC by the HSE” the DPC said … [Read more...] about Investigation into two alleged data breaches by Ireland’s Health Service Executive

POLICE have seized drugs worth £75k and £125k in cash following searches in Belfast. Detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Unit conducted five searches in recent weeks relating to suspected money laundering activities and the supply of controlled drugs by suspected organised crime gangs in the greater Belfast area. Some £125,000 cash has been seized in total throughout the … [Read more...] about Police seize drugs worth £75k and £125k in cash in searches related to suspected money laundering

A MAN who subjected his former partner to a prolonged violent attack during which he stabbed her in the leg has been jailed for nine years. Jason McInerney attacked his ex while the pair were in Marbella in Spain. McInerney, 36, who is from Chessington in Hertfordshire, assaulted her over the course of several days in July 2023. He pleaded guilty to a charge of causing grievous … [Read more...] about Man jailed for subjecting ex-partner to ‘prolonged and violent’ attack over several days

POLICE have launched an investigation after a driver had a knife held to their throat while being robbed in their car. The incident happened in Larne, Co, Antrim on the evening of May 26. Two men forced their way into the car before holding a knife to the driver’s throat and demanding money. They then made off with a purse containing cash. Detectives investigating the incident … [Read more...] about ‘Frightening experience’: Two men held knife to driver’s throat while robbing them in their car