Carrie Mullane: Body found in Lough Erne
Three people have now been arrested, after PSNI held a man and a woman in Enniskillen on suspicion of murdering the missing Limerick woman. A body has been recovered from Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh this afternoon, believed to be that of Limerick woman, Carrie Mullane. The body was recovered by a specialist police search […]
3 days ago
Troubles Bill: Oireachtas committee tells Government to oppose Attorney General role
Following publication, it will be sent to Minister for Justice An Oireachtas committee has told the Government that they should reject a Troubles Bill clause handing England and Wales’ Attorney General power over legacy prosecutions. According to RTÉ News, the Oireachtas Committee on Justice has finished scrutinising the general scheme of Ireland’s legacy legislation. Its […]
6 days ago
Homes evacuated after ‘pipe bomb’ explosion in Belfast
Police have asked the public to avoid the area A number of homes have been evacuated after an explosion at a property in north Belfast. The incident is reported to have happened in the Stanhope Street area of the city. It is believed that a pipe bomb exploded at a property in the neighbourhood. The […]
3 weeks ago
Polling reveals how Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would vote in referendums
It comes as leaders signed an agreement of cooperation on Monday Leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have signed an agreement of cooperation today in Cardiff calling on the “right to self-determination”. The leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein also called for the UK government to “prepare for, plan and facilitate […]
2 months ago
Trump says he’d ‘love’ to see a united Ireland: ‘It may as well happen now’
What a united Ireland still needs Donald Trump has said he would “love” to see Ireland become unified, adding that he believes it could happen eventually, RTÉ reports. The US president made the comments during a news conference with Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Farmleigh House. His remarks became the biggest moment of his two-day visit, […]
2 months ago
Over half of NI women murdered since 2020 were strangled before their death
A new study by The Queen’s University Belfast found that 55% of murdered women were previously strangled by the man who killed them. Researchers have described non-fatal strangulation (NFS), in which the victim is strangled but survives as “the last warning shot” before she is killed. Women who experience non-fatal strangulation are 750%, almost eight times, […]
2 months ago