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Power says fly-tippers at Clogherhead Beach must be brought to justice By Simon Doyle, Marc O'Driscoll A local councillor says recent illegal dumping at Clogherhead Beach is “an absolute disgrace.” Approximately 10 bags of household waste were discovered at the Big Strand beach in the last week, including two large mattresses. Independent councillor Declan Power is appealing to anyone who witnesses similar behaviour to contact the local authority. Councillor Power says people involved in fly-tipping have to be held accountable for their actions:  

Dag Hammarskjold. Photo: MPI/Getty Images So what do we know of that tragic event? In 1960 Belgium had withdrawn from the Congo, but mayhem followed and it sent troops back in to protect its nationals. The UN was asked for help and a peacekeeping force, including two battalions of Irish troops, was deployed to restore order. To make a bad situation worse, Katanga, with the connivance of elements who wished to get their hands on the mineral-rich province, seceded. As the UN sought to reunite the country, clashes with Katanga forces followed. Katanga also had two, maybe three, Fouga Magister je...

Undeterred by recent setbacks, the committee persuing a dedicated Changing Places facility in Drogheda are trying every avenue possible to make their goal a reality. Spearheaded by Annette Monaghan, who has been advocating for the facility for years, the team has been busy working behind the scenes to ensure that the facility comes to fruition. A motion submitted to the Municipal District meeting by Cllr Paddy Mc Quillan in September calling for one of these facilities to be included in the refurbishment of the Fair Street offices received overwhelming support from all the elected representa...

Come as the queen makes her visit to ireland. knick, thank you very much for that. the groups opposed to the northern ireland peace process had warned they would try to disrupt the visit. these are the groups against any irish cooperation with british rule in ireland. knick was talking about that. security analyst declan power joins me now, live from dublin. thanks so much for being with us. are we going to see more bombs, more bomb threats like what we've been seeing in the last few hours over the next few days? >> yeah, i think it's likely that you'll see ratcheting up of bomb threats, hoa...

Stymied in their operations by members of the security forces, north and south and on both sides of the irish sea. if they could do something spectacular, they would. this is one of their last chances for them to make themselves seem relevant to the relationship between britain and ireland. they are struggling very hard to dominate the media landscape. it's a battlefield now that's of a media nature for these people. that this is why they're engaging in hoaxes and planting devices. they're trying to insinuate there's a sentiment of antipathy to this visit that doesn't actually exist. it's very...