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‘LOOK HOW MUCHOFHIS EAR I’VE GOT’
Two men who assaulted a couple on a Dublin street, leaving a man with part of his ear bitten off, have been jailed. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that while Ciaran Whelan (35) and Robert Costello (35) fought with their victim on the ground,...
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SNAPCHATVIDEOOF SEXATTACKSENTTO TEENVICTIM
Suspects in the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl later sent her video footage of the incident on Snapchat. Five teenage boys were arrested on Tuesday in relation to the alleged sex attack at a location near Dublin city centre around 12 months...
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LARRY’SKILLER COUSIN BACK ONTHESTREETS
Rapist and killer David Lawler, a cousin of rape beast Larry Murphy, walked free from prison yesterday morning after 30 years behind bars. Former telephone technician Lawler (60) was released from Dublin’s Arbour Hill Prison after serving a life...
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NKENCHOWAS ‘HEARINGVOICES’ BEFORE SHOOTING
George Nkencho’s sister Grateful told the inquest into his shooting yesterday that her brother was “hearing voices” before he was fatally wounded by gardaí outside their family home in west Dublin five years ago. Two gardaí who first confronted Mr...
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ONE STEP FORWARD TWOSTEPS BURKE
Enoch Burke faces a return to prison today after again breaching a court order restraining him from going to Wilson’s Hospital School. Despite being warned off by Mr Justice Brian Cregan after his release from Mountjoy on Wednesday, Mr Burke showed up...
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NKENCHOATTACK HADWORKER ‘FEARING FORMYLIFE’
A MAN put supermarket staff in fear of their lives after threatening them with a knife shortly before he was fatally shot by gardaí in west Dublin five years ago, an inquest has heard. A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard evidence from...
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PUB BARRING LED TO THUGS TORCHING 8 CARS
DETECTIVES are investigating if associates of missing drugs baron Sean Dunne ordered an arson attack in which eight cars were set alight in a pub car park. Sources have revealed the attack happened after a criminal closely linked to Dunne – who went...
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TRAGIC OISIN LAY DEAD FOR HOURS
Gardaí believe Oísin Reddin (12) lay dead for a number of hours before his body was found in his bed at his home in Clondalkin on Thursday. Oísin was killed by asphyxiation at some time on Wednesday night, investigators believe. His father Wayne...
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GARDAIURGEFAMILIES TO REPORT SPEEDERS
Gardaí have urged the public to report friends or family members who engage in dangerous driving after a high number of road fatalities last year. This call comes as more than 700 drivers a day were caught speeding over the Christmas period, while 21...
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XLBULLYVICTIM TOSUEOWNERS ANDHOUSING AUTHORITY
A young boy who suffered life-changing injuries in an attack by an XL Bully dog has issued High Court proceedings against the owners and Tuath Housing. Alejandro Mizsan was aged nine when he was mauled by a dog while he was playing with friends in the...
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MOTORWAY OF MAYHEM
The M50 that wraps around Dublin continues to be the motorway with the highest number of incidents, collisions and traffic levels in the country. Indeed, the seriousness of the situation is borne out by data as there were more crashes in the first 10...
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COME OUT YE BLACK OLD CANS
The number of bins on Dublin’s streets fell between the beginning of 2024 and the end of last year, according to figures released by Dublin City Council. The number of local authority trash cans on the streets of the capital fell to 3,173 while the...
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IRISH DRIVERS ON ROADTOHELL
The Road Safety Authority has warned about the high rate of defective cars on Irish roads with almost 133,000 vehicles failing the NCT for “dangerous” faults. Official figures show that around one in every 13 vehicles tested during 2025 was assessed...
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‘THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY OUT’
Finglas locals smashed windows and encouraged a family trapped by fire after an arson attack to jump for their lives, The Herald has learned. Gardaí believe the firebomb attack on an innocent Dublin family’s home that left two women and three teens in...
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FRAUDSTERS STEAL €30KFROMSINGLE MOTHER
A single mother had €30,000 from her divorce settlement stolen by scammers posing as Revenue and Bank of Ireland employees. Last February she recieved a message claiming to be from the Revenue Commissioners which did not seem suspicious because the...
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BROTHERS DIE IN BLAZE TRAGEDY
TWO brothers have died in a fire at their farmhouse in a Christmas week tragedy. Pa and Seamus Cuffe, both in their late 80s, from Rathlee, Easkey, Co Sligo, were found dead at 11am yesterday after a fire broke out overnight.
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THEDYINGBREED
Seventy-three XL Bully dogs have been put down around the country since a ban on the breed came into effect in February, the Department of Agriculture has revealed. The XL Bully became a controversial breed after a number of attacks which included...
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‘BOTTLER’ BREAKS UP BATTLERS
Notorious gangland criminal Derek ‘BotDevoy tler’ had to step in after two alleged killers got into a prison punch-up. Shocking video of the incident in Portlaoise Prison last weekend was recorded by a fellow prisoner through the hatch in his cell...
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WOMAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICIONOF DANIEL’S MURDER
Gardaí have arrested a woman on suspicion of the murder of Daniel Aruebose (3), whose body was found buried in a field in north Dublin earlier this year. Two weeks ago, the investigation into the disappearance of the boy (above) was upgraded to one of...
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FAMILIES ‘FACE BRUTAL CHRISTMAS EVICTIONS’
SOCIAL housing tenants are being faced with a “tsunami” of termination notices in the run-up to Christmas, a councillor has warned. In response to an audit report from Fingal County Council, councillor John Burtchaell said: “I know a family at...
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‘MY BROTHER PAID WITH HIS LIFE OVER THESE PEOPLE’
THE BROTHER of a man fatally shot by a family member with a submachine gun has said his sibling was a “decent, honest man” who paid the ultimate price for meeting people in the drugs trade. A court heard yesterday that gunman Christopher Devine’s...
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SINN FEIN ACTIVIST ARRESTOVER €4MCOCAINEHAUL
A Sinn Féin activist has been arrested over a plot to smuggle €4m of cocaine into Ireland in horse boxes. Gardaí made the arrest during raids in Co Kildare and Co Wexford on Wednesday when they seized 58kg of suspected cocaine.
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SIX YEARS FOR WOMAN WHO SET FIRE TO DUBLIN BUS
A woman has been jailed for six years for setting fire to a bus during the 2023 Dublin riots, causing nearly half-a-million euro worth of damage. Before her case was finalised, Leanne Kelly (34) told Judge Martina Baxter to “f**k off” and to sentence...
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JAILED FOR BLOWING€172K OFCHARITYCASH
A former chair of Cavan County Council has been jailed for two years and nine months after stealing over €172,000 from a mental health housing charity. Seán McKiernan (below) used the money for drugs and sex with South American male escorts over a...
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HEROSHOTTWICE DURING BONDI TERRORATTACK
Australian police said that the alleged offenders behind the attack at Sydney’s Bondi beach were a father and son. Father-of-two Ahmed al Ahmed, from Sydney, has been hailed a hero for tackling one of the gunmen before wrestling the weapon away from...
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DEL BOY’S CANNABIS MOTORCYCLE SMASH
A convicted killer was found to be four times over the legal limit for cannabis when he seriously injured a Ukrainian woman in a motorcycle crash. Derek Moore (42), also known as Derek ‘Del Boy’ Hutch, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing...
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SPANISH COPS CLOSEINON ‘THE MONK’
Spanish officials now believe they have enough evidence to bring criminal charges against Gerry Hutch over a money-laundering investigation in the Canary Islands. Authorities have also confirmed that any plans by ‘The Monk’ (left) to run in the...
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