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Ireland | BreakingNews.ie
Ireland | BreakingNews.ie

All the latest breaking news from Ireland, covering politics, crime, courts, and society, plus local news from across the counties

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Drew Harris: drivers who ‘excessively’ break speed limits should face suspension

The Commissioner said his 30-minute direction had made a difference to Garda enforcement.

25 April 2024

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Supreme Court upholds 12-year sentence for burglary gang's getaway driver

John Faulkner (41) was part of a burglary trio targeting elderly people’s homes while they attended mass

25 April 2024

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Journalist 'quite certain' John Waters was referring to Kitty Holland in speech, defamation trial hears

The award-winning Irish Times journalist is suing her former colleague, John Waters (pictured) for damages of up to €75,000 for defamation of character. Photo: Collins

25 April 2024

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Robber who rammed Garda cars while on wrong side of motorway has jail time trebled

Alan Melia (29) pleaded guilty to robbery at an Applegreen filling station in Co Down, and endangerment, dangerous driving and criminal damage at various locations on the M1 in Co Louth

25 April 2024

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Sexual predators ‘everywhere online’, gardaí warn

More than 25 children were identified as victims of child abuse imagery in the first three months of this year.

25 April 2024

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Gardaí begin compiling old case files after unlawful killing Stardust verdict

Taoiseach Simon Harris apologised on behalf of the state to the families of the 48 victims of the Dublin nightclub fire.

25 April 2024

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'Disgraceful' that girl is being sent to Britain because of lack of special care places, says judge

A High Court judge has lambasted as “disgraceful” the need to send a 17-year-old girl to a specialist secure unit in Britain because there is no such place available for her in Ireland

25 April 2024

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Chef jailed for defilement of child he met online

Adam Winters, with an address at Blackhall, Glynn, Co Wexford, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually defiling the girl at locations in Cork and Waterford

25 April 2024

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Protesters at O’Gorman’s home complied with Garda orders, Commissioner says

Drew Harris admitted that threats and abuse towards elected politicians had become ‘a more pernicious problem’

25 April 2024

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Woman died in hospital after complications which arose during surgery at Blackrock Clinic

Ann McCabe (81) died in hospital while recovering from complications which arose during surgery at the Blackrock Clinic

25 April 2024