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SENATOR Tim Lombard was delighted to welcome An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar to Bandon on Friday July 7th.Senator Lombard said: ‘We took the opportunity to meet and chat with people going about their business in town on Friday morning and to talk to some businesses in Riverview Shop
Search by Criminal Assets Bureau targets leading gang member Car belonging to man connected to extortion of building contractors seized Wed, May 5, 2021, 15:19 Updated: Wed, May 5, 2021, 20:02
Officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) have again moved against a man named as one of two leading gang members who extorted building contractors working on Dublin City Council social authority housing in west Dublin. The details of the crimes, which were first reported by The Irish Times, proved controversial at the time and put the council under pressure to explain what, if anything, it knew of the payments being paid by the contractors as protection money.