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Well-known businessman Nathan McDonnell has been transferred to a high security prison, one day after he was charged over the country’s largest ever seizure of crystal meth.

FAT Freddie Thompson has been transferred from prison in Portlaoise to Cork this week, according to Sunday World sources.

THE party finally got started to celebrate the release of convicted drug-dealer and Limerick gangland figure John O’Donoghue from prison this weekend.

‘FAT’ Freddie Thompson told waiting media: “I’m an innocent man” before declaring: “Supermacs – it’s the best food in Portlaoise”, as he was led out of court after appearing on two charges of threatening to kill and a third of assault on the same prison officer.

This is ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson being brought to court this morning where he was charged with making two threats to kill and one count of assault causing harm at Portlaoise Prison.

Sheedy was 12 when he placed his first bet. His memoir details his spiral into compulsive gambling that ruined his relationships and saw him face years in prison

‘We have no voice … I get to see him once a week, that’s it. It’s very hard to have a relationship with someone in prison’

THE holiday period saw so many of our local community members pass to the other side. The sadness of their passing was heightened when contrasted with the…

Kinahan cartel gun-runner Jonathan ‘Rocketman’ Harding has returned to the cartel’s former stronghold following his release from prison.

A notorious gangster, named in court as being involved in the murders of mobster Marlo Hyland and innocent plumber Anthony Campbell, is refusing to leave his jail cell for fear of being attacked and killed by rival criminals.