Police believe the thieves targeted three properties in Barnet, northwest London, on Tuesday before breaking into Maureen Whale’s home in Bells Hill just before 6pm. They released images of jewellery stolen from the three properties, asking pawnbrokers or “handlers” of stolen goods to “do the right thing” and come forward. Miss Whale, 77, a former […]
A SENIOR director with video game giant Electronic Arts (EA) says he was fired for allegedly telling a female colleague he was not “going to pull my dick out and put it on the table” next to another woman colleague “to see who has the bigger dick”. Philippe Grenet (56), who earns €160,000 per annum […]
Criminal proceedings are being considered after Mark Hennessy, who had abducted and killed a young female student, was shot dead by an armed garda. Hennessy (40) was shot by a garda at Cherrywood Business Park, Co Dublin, on May 20 last. He had previously abducted Jastine Valdez (24) as she walked to her home in […]
More than €2.5bn was wiped off the Irish Stock Exchange yesterday as shares on global stock markets plunged. Heavyweights CRH, Ryanair, Aryzta and Kingspan all saw significant share price drops. Bank of Ireland, AIB and insurer FBD were all weaker as the global slump represented a fall of 3.11pc on the Irish market. The turbulence […]
A priest has told motorists that they must not rely on sat navs and road safety campaigns but must take responsibility on the roads themselves. Fr John Joe Duffy was speaking at the funeral masses of two young women who perished in a horrific crash in Co Donegal on Wednesday afternoon last. Kiara Baird (19) […]
A bill to legalise abortion services in the Republic of Ireland has passed all stages in the Dáil (Irish parliament). TDs voted in favour of the legislation by 90 votes to 15, with 12 abstentions. It followed hours of debate and more than 60 amendments. The Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Bill will now proceed […]
PARIS (REUTERS) – French authorities will close dozens of museums, tourism sites and shops on Saturday (Dec 8), including the Eiffel Tower and Louvre, fearing a recurrence of last week’s violence in Paris, officials said on Thursday (Dec 6). “We cannot take the risk when we know the threat,” Culture Minister Franck Riester told RTL […]
The announcement comes as the UN-backed counterterrorism force, known as the G5 Sahel force, is meeting in Mauritania. The European Union and France have announced 1.3bn euros ($1.5bn) of development funding aimed at combatting armed groups in African Sahel countries, which are struggling with armed groups and lawlessness. The EU has pledged 800m euros to […]
Liverpool Walton MP, Dan Carden, called on the Department of Work and Pensions to postpone the roll-out of Universal Credit in his constituency until after Christmas and highlighted the driving licence issue as one of many administrative problems with the new system. In a letter to the secretary of state Amber Rudd MP, he said: […]
Jamie Acourt pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court over the two-year conspiracy to sell cannabis resin. The 42-year-old, from Eltham in southeast London, had initially denied the charges – but he changed his plea after the prosecution opened the case against him. His brother Neil has already been jailed for more than six years over […]