Robin Schiller
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Pleased to share that Murder at Lordship will be available from Thursday, May 2.
Co-authored with former DI Pat Marry, the book details the international manhunt for the gang involved in the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and robbery at Lordship credit union.
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EXCLUSIVE: Over a month after being left in a coma following an assault on Talbot Street, US tourist Stephen Termini is back out socialising on the street. He says he wants to continue travelling Ireland and that what happened hasn’t changed his view of Dublin or the country
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A woman (34) has been denied bail after appearing before Dublin district court charged with assault causing harm to a Garda. It is alleged the woman spat in the Garda’s face and threatened to give him Coronavirus during the incident in the city centre last night
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BREAKING: Two women have been arrested and will appear in court after refusing to go to a quarantine hotel upon arriving in Dublin Airport this afternoon. They had returned from the UAE where’s it’s understood they travelled for cosmetic surgery. More
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EXCL: A member of the Garda’s Anti-Corruption Unit has handed back his medal after being accused of taking the Luas to complete the Dublin City Marathon last month. Garda Headquarters are carrying out a “fact finding review” into the matter.
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BREAKING: A BBC journalist involved in the Panorama investigation into Daniel Kinahan has been warned of a threat to his life. The journalist was informed of the threat yesterday by the PSNI who have provided him with security. More
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A trainee French chef at a Dublin restaurant also helped to disarm the man who stabbed three young children on Parnell Square yesterday.
Alan Loren-Guille, Brazilian delivery driver Caio Benicio, and the children’s care worker have all been hailed as heroes for their actions
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An investigation is underway after a man using fake blue lights tried to pull over a vehicle in north Dublin this afternoon. That car was being driven by plain clothed Gardai who seized items including a fake garda badge. No arrests have yet been made
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BREAKING: Gardai have arrested a number of juveniles in relation to the serious assault on a 14-year-old boy in Navan on Monday. The incident is being treated as a hate crime, three teens in custody this morning and more arrests expected shortly.
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Video circulating from this afternoons protest in the city centre showing fireworks being fired towards Gardai.
Understand extra garda resources are being drafted into the area from other parts of Dublin
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BREAKING: Gardai have arrested three youths (aged 13-16) over a violent disorder incident at Howth Junction last month in which a teenage girl was knocked underneath a train.
Mobile phones, clothing and bikes were also seized. More
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BREAKING: Former Irish international footballer Anthony Stokes has been arrested for a second time this month following a garda pursuit in south Dublin in the early hours of this morning
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BREAKING: Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has appeared before the Special Criminal Court charged with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel on February 5, 2016
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Jozef Puska has just been led away to custody by Gardai as a large crowd gathered outside the courthouse
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BREAKING: Aaron Brady has been found GUILTY of the CAPITAL MURDER of detective garda Adrian Donohoe during a robbery at Lordship credit union seven years ago
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Gardai have arrested four members of a suspected burglary gang from south Dublin following a pursuit that ended in Naas this evening. Gardai believe the high powered Audi jeep involved has been linked to a burglary crime wave across Leinster in the past month.
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Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch walking free from court. He had nothing to say in relation to Jonathan Dowdall turning states evidence against him, or the DPP decision’s to charge him in the first instance
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Garda investigation underway into the below incident at Merrion Square this afternoon in which a drink was thrown at Tanaiste Leo Varadkar. No arrests have yet been made, matter being investigated as an assault
You can dislike Leo Varadkar, you can criticise his policies, you can disagree with him, but this is nasty and unnecessary thing to do.
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NEW: A London judge has ordered the extradition of Armagh man James Flynn to Ireland. Gardai want to charge him with the 2013 robbery at Lordship Credit Union near Dundalk during which Det Gda Adrian Donohoe was shot dead.
He has one week to appeal the ruling.
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BREAKING: Aaron Brady (29) has been found guilty by unanimous verdict of carrying out the robbery at Lordship credit union on January 25, 2013. The jury will continue deliberations on the charge of capital murder of Adrian Donohoe tomorrow
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BREAKING:
@gardarep
vote to refuse voluntary overtime on October 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 (including Budget Day and Halloween).
They have also said gardai will stay on their current roster with full withdrawal of services on November 10 if the roster situation isn’t resolved.
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BREAKING: Detectives investigating the murder of Josh Dunne have this evening arrested a suspect. The man, aged in his 30s, is being held at Store Street garda station
Teen Josh Dunne killed while trying to defuse a row over theft of bike
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BREAKING: Major emergency services operation underway following a serious incident near a school at Parnell Square in north-inner city Dublin.
A number of people, including children, have suffered apparent stab wounds.
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Gardai called to deal with a suspicious item wrapped in plastic this morning in Cabra along the Luas line. Security alert was ended fairly quickly after it turned out that the ‘suspicious’ device was a....
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BREAKING: Investigation underway after the door of an Army helicopter fell off mid flight while travelling over Dublin this evening. Door landed in the Clondalkin area, Gardai currently at the scene. No injuries have been reported
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BREAKING: Convicted garda killer Aaron Brady has been arrested for witness intimidation linked to the Adrian Donohoe murder trial.
A man known to him was also arrested yesterday as part of the same inquiry. Investigation being run by the NBCI. More
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BREAKING: A three year old child has died of suspected knife wounds in Kimmage this evening
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Gardai from the Anti-Bribery & Corruption Unit have arrested ten men (20s-60s) in relation to alleged match-fixing in the League of Ireland.
They were arrested in Dublin and the south of the country. Operation today follows reports of match-fixing from UEFA/FAI in 2019.
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Can only assume the referee was walking past behind the camera at the end of Ronaldo’s interview
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Event organisers say the individual has apologised and also returned his t-shirt while his result has been removed from official records. It showed the first half of the race was ran at a pace of nearly 10 mins per mile, where as the second half was ran at nearly 6 mins per mile
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Family, friends and loved ones are holding a vigil at Rossfield Avenue and have released balloons in memory of siblings Chelsea and Christy Cawley (8), and Lisa Cash (18), who were killed at their home on Sunday.
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The moment Thomas Kavanagh was arrested by NCA officers at Birmingham Airport in relation to the drug trafficking network.
Deputy Director Matt Horne has described him as a “high ranking member of the Kinahan cartel” and “their main man in the UK”.
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Scene in Kimmage where a child was discovered deceased with suspected stab wounds. Number of
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A solicitor for Conor McGregor has told Dublin District Court that he intends to plead to an assault in a pub earlier this year. That matter has been adjourned until this afternoon when the CCTV footage of the incident will be shown to the court
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A teddy bear left at the scene in Kimmage following the fatal stabbing of a three-year-old boy
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Irish Coast Guard members walk alongside hearse carrying
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crew man as it leaves Blacksod Pier
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Frontline policing still continuing despite
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In the last 48 hours Gardai have:
-Recovered 5 firearms
-Seized €500k worth of cocaine in two Dublin raids
-Arrested 3 men over a Killiney robbery in which a woman was killed after being hit by the gang’s getaway car
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NEW: The High Court has refused applications from ‘The Monk’ Gerry Hutch and former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall to have their trials for the Regency Hotel murder heard before a jury
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Imagine sending a kid off for a second yellow in a European Championship quarter-final for THAT. My days
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BREAKING: Five members of one of the country’s most prolific burglary gangs have been arrested during a garda surveillance operation in south Dublin tonight. Those arrested include two senior members of the ‘Cock-Wall’ gang.
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Aaron Brady (27) will go on trial tomorrow for the murder of D/Gda Adrian Donohoe at the Lordship Credit Union, Bellurgan, Louth on 25 January 2013. A jury panel of 6 men and 9 women was sworn in today, with the trial expected to last 16 weeks.
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Gardai from Tallaght, armed units and detectives have arrived at scene in Fortunestown. Appears that a number of people have been detained
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BREAKING: 18-year-old charged in relation to murder of Japanese national (24) arriving at Dundalk court
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Slovakian national Jozef Puska (31) has appeared in court charged with the murder of school teacher Ashling Murphy in Tullamore last Wednesday. He has been remanded in custody until next week
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BREAKING: A man in his 30s has been hospitalised with serious injuries after being stabbed multiple times on Dublin’s Grafton Street shortly after 9am this morning.
A suspect is currently in custody at Pearse Street garda station in relation to the attack.
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BREAKING: Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has been jailed for 4 years by the Special Criminal Court for facilitating the Regency Hotel murder of David Byrne in 2016
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Some poor lad lost his wedding ring when Ireland scored. I'm sure the missus will understand
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Investigation underway after man impersonating garda attempts to pull over undercover officers
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BREAKING: A garda has been hospitalised overnight after being sprayed in the face with suspected ammonia while trying to arrest two suspects in Dublin city centre. Gardai were responding to reports of a stolen car which failed to stop earlier that evening. Investigation underway
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Although there were concerns over his eye there aren’t any major long term injuries. He also said that he wants to meet Justice Minister Helen McEntee and that he wants to become an Irish citizen.
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CAB has been granted an order to seize a Dublin mansion controlled by Daniel Kinahan which is the proceeds of drug trafficking. It was taken over by him in 2014 after businessman Jim Mansfield Jnr failed to invest €4.5m for him. First property seized by CAB from Kinahan
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BREAKING: Northern Irish businessman James ‘Jimmy’ Flynn has been jailed for EIGHT years for his role in stealing the getaway car used in the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and robbery at Lordship credit union in January 2013.
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Pleased to have had Taoiseach
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at the launch of ‘Murder at Lordship’ last night and many thanks to everyone who attended.
Pix:
@KidCon
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Former Defence Force soldier Lisa Smith will stand trial tomorrow on terror charges after the Special Criminal Court rejected a defence application to have the case against her dismissed
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BREAKING: Kinahan hitman Caolan Smyth has been jailed for 20 years for the attempted murder of James ‘Mago’ Gately four years ago. Another man, Gary McAreavey, was given 3 years for burning the getaway car More
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A garda was knocked unconscious and suffered a broken shoulder blade after being dragged up to 15 metres by a stolen car in Wexford overnight. Two suspects from Dublin have been arrested in relation to the incident and are being questioned at Gorey Garda station
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BREAKING: Isil terror suspect Lisa Smith now likely to spend Christmas in jail after her independent surety was rejected. Bail granted last week but the person who was put forward as surety has been rejected by the court today due to previous convictions. More
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Dean Paget (34), who repeatedly attacked his pregnant partner in Dublin City centre and told her he’d “rip” the baby out of her, has been jailed for 13 years for attempted murder.
The victim was over 32 weeks pregnant and lost her baby as a result of the attack
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A 17-year-old is in a serious condition in hospital after being attacked by a gang armed with weapons including golf clubs in the Bluebell area of Dublin this evening. He’s receiving treatment in Beaumont Hospital for serious head injuries.
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Gardai have arrested two male adult teenagers in relation to the serious assault of Alanna Quinn Idris (17) in Ballyfermot last week. Separate searches were carried out in parts of Dublin this morning and the suspects can be detained for up to 24 hours
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BREAKING: Gardai have arrested a man who they suspect was driving the JCB used to ram a Lidl in Tallaght tonight
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BREAKING: Andrew Cash (24) has appeared in court charged with the murder of his three siblings, Lisa Cash, and Chelsea and Christy Cawley, at their home in Tallaght on Sunday. He was remanded in custody to next Friday after appearing at the CCJ tonight
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Update on this: Five arrested, aged between their teens and 40s. Three currently in hospital after the suspects flipped their vehicle attempting to evade gardai.
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Jonathan Dowdall finishes with a small rant. Says he is not a rat, will come back to court to give evidence against others, said he “fucked up” with waterboarding incident and is sorry about what happened to David Byrne but that he was not involved in the murder. Back to tomorrow
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A human trafficker on Romania’s most wanted list was arrested in Dublin this morning on foot of a European Arrest Warrant.
Liviu Biliuta (55) has been on the run for more than a decade after being convicted of trafficking women and children
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BREAKING: The gardai involved in the fatal shooting of George Nkencho in Dublin in December 2020 have been informed that they will NOT face any criminal charges. More
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Assistant Gen Sec Tara McManus says that Simon Harris, in his role as interim justice minister, was willing to work with the GRA.
She says since returning in that role Helen McEntee hasn’t engaged with them to solve the problems
BREAKING: Gardai have overwhelmingly voted no confidence in Garda Commissioner Drew Harris.
@gardarep
said that 84% of members voted out of almost 11,000, and that 98.7% voted no confidence,
Breakdown is 9,013 votes no confidence, just 116 voted confidence
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BREAKING: Gardai have overwhelmingly voted no confidence in Garda Commissioner Drew Harris.
@gardarep
said that 84% of members voted out of almost 11,000, and that 98.7% voted no confidence,
Breakdown is 9,013 votes no confidence, just 116 voted confidence
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High-profile sportsman and garda arrested in organised crime anti-corruption probe
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BREAKING: The suspect in the abduction of Jastine Valdez has been shot during an armed Garda operation in Cherrywood
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Strong statement from
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Criticises what is says is the Garda policy of ‘suspend first, ask questions later’.
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*An average of* 1.6 million people in the UK will read this absolute manure tomorrow. There’s having an agenda, and then there is this.
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The Adrian Donohoe murder trial was described by one experienced investigator as the ‘dirtiest’ he had ever come across. Aaron Brady’s associates went to extreme lengths to stop key witnesses from giving evidence. In the end, those efforts were all in vain
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Breaking: Drogheda criminal Paul Crosby (27) has pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of teenager Keane Mulready Woods in 2020. He will be sentenced by the Special Criminal Court in January.
Co-accused Gerard Cruise is also expected to enter a plea next month
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The court heard Lisa Smith’s proposed independent surety, family friend Paul Grimes, has previous convictions dating back over 40 years. This includes the assault of referee Martin Sludden who allowed the famous Meath goal in the 2010 Leinster Football Final against Louth
BREAKING: Isil terror suspect Lisa Smith now likely to spend Christmas in jail after her independent surety was rejected. Bail granted last week but the person who was put forward as surety has been rejected by the court today due to previous convictions. More
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Gardai have charged two teenagers in relation to this incident at Howth Junction Dart station following directions from the DPP. The male juveniles are due to appear before Dublin Children’s Court this morning
BREAKING: Gardai have arrested three youths (aged 13-16) over a violent disorder incident at Howth Junction last month in which a teenage girl was knocked underneath a train.
Mobile phones, clothing and bikes were also seized. More
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Many thanks to everyone who has read Murder at Lordship so far. A second week at number one for Irish non-fiction.
Congratulations to
@11SchillRob
and Detective Pat Marry as
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@AllenAndUnwinUK
@AtlanticBooks
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Four lights displayed over looking Blacksod each representing a Rescue 116 crew member. Lights will be turned off at 00.46 for four minutes silence in memory of Dara Fitzpatrick, Mark Duffy, Ciaran Smith and Paul Ormsby
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On this day eight years ago D/Gda Adrian Donohoe left his home to go to work for the last time.
On the anniversary of the murder his good friend says the conviction of Aaron Brady has brought some closure but will never make up for the loss.
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BREAKING: Garda armed support unit being requested to Fortunestown, Tallaght to deal with looting at a premises.
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Garda statement on today’s Dublin anti-lockdown protest:
*23 people arrested, some for court
*3 gardai injured, one brought to hospital
*gardai targeted with fireworks and missiles while also being spat at
*Garda Commissioner says members responded in a professional manner
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Gardai have tonight sealed off two properties in Dublin and Offaly to be searched after a new suspect was identified in the Ashling Murphy murder investigation. Gardai also expected to take statements from people known to him
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Dublin shopkeeper who died after chasing shoplifter remembered as a ‘gentle soul with a happy smile’
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NEW: D/Gda Adrian Donohoe arrested Brendan Treanor, and was threatened by him, four months before he was shot dead during a robbery at Lordship credit union on January 25, 2013.
He had detained him for an earlier armed raid at the same branch in 2011.
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Breaking: a Garda armed unit has seized three firearms and arrested one man during an operation in Castlerea, Roscommon this evening. Gardai investigating if the weapons were being moved for a west Dublin based crime gang. More
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An unarmed Garda, who was stabbed arresting a man attacking him and his colleague with two knives, continued working after being injured during incident in Kildare yesterday.
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A round of applause from GRA members for Gen Sec Ronan Slevin and President Brendan O’Connor after announcing the measures.
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BREAKING: Gardai in Kells are investigating the theft of two ATMs in the town overnight. A digger and tractor/trailer remain at the scene. The two banks hit are only a few metres apart, significant damage caused
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BREAKING: A teenage boy has been arrested in relation to the suspected murder of a woman in a property outside of Tullamore, County Offaly, this afternoon. Gardai have appealed for the public not to share footage circulating of the incident
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Aaron Brady: The low-level criminal who grew to wear murder of Adrian Donohoe like a badge of honour
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BREAKING: A man has been arrested after two Gardai were shot in the Blanchardstown area this evening. The gardai, attached to the local detective unit, suffered non-life threatening injuries and are being treated in Connolly Memorial Hospital
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BREAKING: Gardai have arrested two teenage boys as part of their investigation into the murder of school girl Ana Kriegel (14). They were detained yesterday and are being questioned at separate Garda stations
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The jury had been deliberating for over 20 hours and reached a guilty verdict on an 11-1 majority. Aaron Brady now faces the mandatory sentence of 40 imprisonment for capital murder
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Kinahan cartel associate Graham Whelan has been jailed for 18 months by the Special Criminal Court for money laundering offences and being in possession of €1,200 in cash and a €28,000 watch at a Dublin hotel in 2019
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