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SMUGGLERS JAILED Three Irishmen among four people-smugglers jailed after 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in back of lorry in Essex Dan Keane Updated: 22 Jan 2021, 17:25 Dan Keane Invalid Date, THREE Irishmen are among four people-smugglers jailed for a combined 78 years after 39 Vietnamese migrants were smuggled into the UK and suffered an "excruciating" death in the back of a lorry. The victims, Vietnamese men, women and children, had hoped for a better life in Britain when they agreed to...

Juvenile arrested in connection with vicious attack where woman was robbed and stabbed in neck in Dublin Updated: 22 Jan 2021, 13:20 A JUVENILE has been arrested in connection with a vicious attack and robbery of a woman in Dublin. The victim, 48, was on her way home when she was allegedly targeted by a youth on a bike close to the CHQ building in the city centre around 9.30pm on Wednesday night. 2 2 The arrested juvenile is currently detained at Store Street Garda stationCredit: Alamy Gardai i...

Baby Kady However, Kady was pipped to the post by Brodie McWilliams Brown who was born at the National Maternity Hospital at just four seconds after midnight. His mother Jennifer McWilliams, from Sallynoggin in Dublin, says she had no idea her baby would be among the first of 2021. "I had no clue until I had been induced that he would be one of the first,” she said. "We didnt actually think that he was going to be the first." There were also births at the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaois...

Two Dublin gunmen have been jailed in separate organised crime cases today at the Special Criminal Court. Forty-year-old Trevor Byrne, from Cappagh Road in Finglas who previously pointed a gun at gardaí, was sent to prison for  nine years. Bernard Fogarty, 32, from Hole in the Wall Road, Donaghmede, who the court heard is "heavily involved in organised crime", was jailed for five years. Mr Justice Tony Hunt said the court cannot ignore the damage done by gun crime. The Head of the Gardas Drug...

Gardai seize €30,000 worth of cocaine and arrest one man following traffic stop on Slowdown Day Updated: 12 Dec 2020, 15:41 GARDAI have seized €30,000 worth of cocaine and arrested one man following a traffic stop carried out as part of Operation Slowdown yesterday. National Slowdown Day was held over a 24-hour period between 7am on December 11 to 7am this morning. 2 2 They arrested one manCredit: An Garda Siochana Gardai attached to Newtownmountkennedy Roads Policing Unit stopped a car on ...

‘No chance’ gun found in mobster John Gilligan’s garden in Spain killed Veronica Guerin, brother believes Exclusive 13 Dec 2020, 8:30 VERONICA Guerin’s brother believes there’s “no chance” the gun found in mobster John Gilligan’s garden is the one used to assassinate her. Jimmy Guerin told the Irish Sun on Sunday: “There’s as much chance of that being the same gun used to kill Veronica as there are of a fat bloke in a beard coming down the chimney in two weeks and handing yo...

Transactions conducted through the Bank of Mum and Dad could leave parents and children better off Karl Deeter Updated: 13 Dec 2020, 8:58 THERE is a bank in this country which operates without a licence — and it is a huge operator too! It has billions in deposits and pumps billions into the hands of young people in an unregulated fashion. 3 Six in ten mortgage applications for first-time buyers get help from parentsCredit: Getty Images - Getty It’s the Bank of M&D. That stands for the ‘Ba...

Updated: 12 Dec 2020, 10:19 VACCINATING the full Irish population will take around six to nine months with "all hands on deck" needed for the roll-out. Covid-19 lead for the Irish College of General Practitioners Dr Nuala OConnor said the vaccine may be administered in clinics, schools and even workplaces. 3 3 3 Dr O Connor called on people to stay home if they have Covid symptoms in the lead up to Christmas Dr OConnor said although GPs will be heavily involved in the Covid-19 jab roll-out, "...

rescue support Sharp rise in people saved by RNLI this year as record numbers hit water spots during pandemic with 20 per cent jump Updated: 12 Dec 2020, 21:41 THE RNLI has seen a “sharp rise” in the number of people that needed saving this year, the Irish Sun on Sunday can reveal. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen record numbers hit water spots across Ireland with many swimming pools closed and punters forced to holiday at home. 2 2 Conor Power, 17, helped rescue a sea swimmer during a stor...