Baroness Trumpington spent 37 years as a Conservative peer and also served as a minister and government whip. She only stood down from the House of Lords last year. Her son Adam Barker announced on Monday afternoon that she had died in her sleep after a “bloody good innings”. Baroness Trumpington was born Jean Alys […]
PARIS (REUTERS) – French security services have detained a civil servant suspected of having tried to pass sensitive government information to a North Korean spy, a judicial source said on Monday (Nov 26). “An individual was held for questioning on Sunday evening in the context of an investigation opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office in […]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The United States on Monday (Nov 26) warned Russia that “outlaw actions” like the seizure of Ukrainian ships in the Sea of Azov are preventing normal relations from developing between Washington and Moscow. US Ambassador Nikki Haley told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council that “the United States would […]
Charities who lost €3.8m to an Irish businessman’s embezzlement will get nothing from his Swiss accounts, authorities have revealed. The money in the accounts has been confiscated to cover the costs of Peter Conlon’s criminal trial in Zurich – meaning it is now out of reach of the affected charities. Ammado, the online fundraising platform […]
Welsh Assembly member Carl Sargeant, 49, was discovered lying on the floor of the utility room at his home after leaving a note for his family and friends in November 2017. His death came just days after he had been dismissed from his role in Cardiff as secretary for communities and children. It followed a […]
Mark Fellows, 38, of Warrington, and Steven Boyle, 35, of Heywood, each deny two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. They are accused of the murders of Paul Massey, 55, and John Kinsella, 53, as well as the attempted murder of Wendy Owen, Mr Kinsella’s partner. Opening the prosecution’s case as the […]
Eurovision Song Contest winner and former politician Dana Rosemary Scallon is to receive a six-figure sum in damages to settle a newspaper libel action. An apology was also read out at the High Court in Belfast on behalf of the Sunday World’s publishers over false claims connected to her brother John Brown. In 2014, Mr […]
A mother-of-two who kept a starved husky in an emaciated state in her flat in Dublin, has been given a life-time ban on owning pets. Amy Lee, with an address at School Street Flats, Dublin 8, was prosecuted for neglecting her husky named Sky. After looking at photos of her dog, Judge Anthony Halpin said […]
A Co Kerry tillage farmer who was killed by his neighbour with a teleporter was a “decent and honest man” who was “good, kind and giving”. John Anthony O’Mahony’s family said they were devastated at how their brother’s good character had been “shredded” during the trial into his death. His killer, Michael Ferris (63), expressed […]
There are fears for a planned direct provision centre as the Department of Justice has said the future of the facility will depend on the results of a “full assessment” of fire damage, following a suspected arson attack. The incident took place at the Caiseal Mara Hotel in the Inishowen town of Moville, Co Donegal […]