The folk band has said a ‘miracle’ is needed following the robbery. The Whistlin’ Donkeys have been robbed while on tour in the US. The Irish folk band shared that their van had been broken into while touring in Chicago earlier this week. Equipment, luggage, and the passport of member Tomás Quinn were stolen. View […]

2 weeks ago

Kenneth Brown was jailed for four years after making off with £130. A hapless robber used a handwritten note to threaten bookie staff and then pretended his arm was a shotgun so he could make off with just over £100. Kenneth Brown, 56, demanded betting shop staff hand over cash or he would shoot them, […]

3 years ago

The investigation is ongoing. A man has been arrested following an armed robbery in Cork on Saturday (23 April). At approximately 7.15pm, a lone male entered a business premises on the main street in Ballincollig armed with a weapon. The male threatened staff members, and left the scene in a taxi with a number of […]

4 years ago

No one was injured during the robbery. A man has been arrested following an armed robbery in Carlow on Saturday (9 April). The incident occurred at a business premises in Pollerton at approximately 9pm. A man entered the premises with a firearm and threatened staff members. He demanded cash from the person behind the counter […]

4 years ago

The incident occurred on Sunday evening (7 November). PSNI are appealing for information following an assault and robbery on a bike courier in Belfast city centre at the weekend. A report of the incident was received on Sunday evening (7 November) according to Sergeant Rooney of the police service. The event occurred at a shopping […]

4 years ago

No arrests have been made. An investigation has been launched after a “large sum of cash” was stolen from a pub in Louth once owned by Joe Biden’s ancestors. A robbery took place in the pub, named after a relative of Biden’s maternal great-great-grandfather Owen Finnegan, from the Cooney Peninsula in Louth, on Monday night. […]

4 years ago