Portsmouth-based HMS St Albans is the Royal Navy’s very high readiness ship and has been tasked to keep watch on Russian Slava-class cruiser Marshall Ustinov. A navy spokesman said: “The Russian unit – accompanied by an auxiliary ship and tug – recently left the Mediterranean and was tracked by allied French naval warships through the […]
A FATHER-of-six has been accused of carrying out a “crude” circumcision on a 10-month-old baby boy who had to be hospitalised and was “lucky to be alive.” Philip Ogbewe (54), calling himself “Dr Philip” but without any medical training, injured the infant while performing a home circumcision with a surgical blade, it is alleged. He […]
A MAN who once boxed at amateur level for Ireland “viciously” punched his ex-partner, leaving her with broken ribs and facial injuries, it has been alleged. Joseph Dillon (31) is accused of boxing and slapping the woman, throwing her against a wall and saying that he would “rather do time for murder than see her […]
Two men in their forties were injured in a house fire in south Dublin earlier this morning. One of the men is believed to have been seriously injured in the fire, while the other man suffered minor injuries, gardai have confirmed. The fire started at a house in the Milltown area of Dublin shortly before […]
A former prison officer who was caught smuggling drugs into Maghaberry jail committed a “gross breach of trust”, a court has been told. Stephen Brian Martin (25) was handed a 32-month sentence after arriving for work last year with packets containing cocaine, cannabis and diazepam tablets stashed in his boots. Martin, from Wellington Park Drive […]
A man who disfigured a former Miss Italy finalist by throwing acid in her face has been jailed for 15 years by an appeal court in Bologna. Gessica Notaro’s ex-boyfriend, Edson Tavares, was originally given a jail term last year but the court decided to combine the case with a conviction for stalking her. Since […]
A shop owner said he was “devastated” after his business in south Dublin was broken into overnight. Des Kennedy woke up after 4am this morning to calls from gardai to notify him of a break-in at the Centra store in Stepaside. Mr Kennedy said that a sum of money was taken and that the windows […]
Father-of-one (50) shot twice in head at housing estate becomes 19th victim of vicious gangland feud
A 50-year-old has become the 19th victim of the Hutch-Kinahan feud after being shot twice in the head in a Co Kildare housing estate. The man, who was named locally as Clive Staunton, was shot in the Glen Easton housing estate in Leixlip at approximately 9.15pm last night. Mr Staunton was originally from the Greek […]
Hockney’s 1972 work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) was described by Christie’s in New York as “the holy grail of his paintings, from both the historical and the market perspectives” before it went under the hammer. The previous record for a work by a living artist was set by American Jeff Koons […]
LONDON — Theresa May rose to her feet before the British House of Commons on Thursday to make the sales pitch of her life, promising that the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union would be “smooth and orderly.” It was not supposed to be a laugh line. But the members of Parliament laughed out […]