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The trial of Jim Mansfield Jnr, who is accused of setting up a longtime employee to be taken prisoner by a gang, has been adjourned at the Special Criminal Court for almost six months. This is the second adjournment in the trial, with the property magnate's case previously adjourned for several weeks on November 19 after the defence requested time to view newly disclosed CCTV footage. Last month, Shane Costelloe SC on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), submitted that gardai had only become aware that a significant proportion of CCTV footage retained on a hard-drive had nev...

One of Portlaoise Prison's most famous inmates sacks his legal team 'The Border Fox' is in the news again Reporter: ');  '); Former INLA man Dessie O'Hare, who was known as "The Border Fox", has dismissed his lawyers ahead of an appeal against the severity of his seven-year sentence for evicting a family from their home, which was due to take place next week. O'Hare of Slate Rock Road, Newtownhamilton, Co Armagh was last year jailed by the Special Criminal Court for seven years for falsely imprisoning the family in their home and for leading a "disturbingly violent" attack on another man.�...

O’Hare was jailed for falsely imprisoning a family in their home and for leading a “disturbingly violent” attack on another man.

Former INLA man Dessie O'Hare, who was known as "The Border Fox", has dismissed his lawyers ahead of an appeal against the severity of his seven-year sentence for evicting a family from their home, which was due to take place next week. O'Hare of Slate Rock Road, Newtownhamilton, County Armagh was last year jailed by the Special Criminal Court for seven years for falsely imprisoning the family in their home and for leading a "disturbingly violent" attack on another man. The sentence appeal was due to be heard on Monday, however the former terrorist has dispensed with his legal team and has so...

>> commissioners, i am with the residential builders association. several of my colleagues and i will endeavor to summarize city housing trust history. mayor ed lee recognizes the need to replace steeply declining affordable financing for housing production with a reliable and continuous revenue stream, but he also recognized the need to create a stimulus for a crippled and acutely depressed local housing industry. to that end, the mayor convened the big tent working group of all housing trust stakeholders. large-scale developers, non- profits, local, indigenous, medium to small buil...