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Share this article Gardai in Roscommon are asking the public to be on the look out for a specific car that they believed has been involved in recent break ins in Roscommon. Gardai in Roscommon are urging the public to be on the look out for a northern registered black Citroen C5 following recent break ins in the county. The vehicle and Its occupants are suspected to be involved in the break in of home in the Dysart area on the 20th of April. The suspects were disturbed in the house and fled the scene, with the same vehicle reported involved in the theft of a chainsaw from a farm yard in Mount...

A former General Election candidate who was racially abused in an anonymous phone call has revealed he was left with a 'huge level of fear' and left constantly looking over his shoulder. John Uwhumiakpor, who ran in last year's General Election in the Dublin Fingal area as a candidate for People Before Profit party, was informed by the anonymous caller 'Don't get involved in Irish politics. Irish politics is for Irish people." John, who is originally from Nigeria but is now an irish citizen and has been living in the country for the past 15 years, said initially he was 'taken off balance' by ...

A man convicted for racially abusing a General Election candidate in an anonymous phone call left 'a profound effect' on the victim and his family, a court has heard. Edward Smith (61) anonymously phoned Dublin Fingal People Before Profit candidate John Uwhumiakpor and told him 'Don't get involved in Irish politics. Irish politics is for Irish people.' Smith claimed he consumed alcohol on the day he made the anonymous phone call and 'lost the run of himself,' Balbriggan District Court heard. The court heard Mr Uwhumiakpor - who ran in the Dublin Fingal constituency in last year's General Ele...

A MAN racially abused a General Election candidate in an anonymous phone call by telling him: “Don’t get involved in Irish politics. Irish politics is for Irish people,” a court has heard. Edward Smith (61) made the phonecall to Dublin Fingal People Before Profit 2020 General Election candidate John Uwhumiakpor just weeks before last year’s election. His actions left a “profound effect” on the victim and his family, Balbriggan District Court heard. Smith claimed he consumed alcohol on the day he made the anonymous phone call and “lost the run of himself.” The court heard Mr U...