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At least 16 people have been killed after a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside a police academy in the Iraqi capital. Police say the bomber targeted a crowd of police recruits who were leaving their academy compound in eastern Baghdad. At least 26 people were also injured.
Post mortem results have revealed that toddler Aisling Symes drowned near her homein New Zealand.The toddler’s body was found in a drain just metres from where she went missing in the Auckland suburb of Henderson. Police say the drain was searched up to four times before her body was found. There are no signs of …
Ronan Keating has paid an emotional tribute to Stephen Gately at the 33 year old’s funeral. Thousands of people turned out for the service at Dublin’s Laurence O’Toole Church in Sherriff Street where Stephen grew up. He died suddenly last Saturday in Majorca. Chief mourners included his husband Andrew Cowles, his parents and siblings. The …
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown county council has confirmed that restrictions on Planning applications in the Sandyford Business Estates area over foul drainage have been lifted.In a statement today the council says the previous restriction on development is now gone, opening the way for the possibility of further commercial development in the estate. However the council says …
Gardaí investigating the latest gun murder in Dublin are seeking help in building up a description of the gun man.23-year-old Jason Egan was locking up his family run shop in Parslickstown in Mulhuddart when a lone gun man walked up and shot him at least four times.The killer then fled the seen on foot down …
Detectives in Scotland are following new lines of enquiry linked to the Lockerbie bombing.The case has reportedly been reopened since the only person convicted over the 1988 atrocity – Abdelbaset Al Megrahi – dropped his appeal.It’s thought other people were involved. It is also believed that scientific developments over the last 21 years could enable …
Junior Minister Conor Lenihan says the Government is open to hearing any ideas which could help cut the public sector bill.The Government needs to achieve 1.3 billion euro in savings – it plans to do this through a combination of reform, pay cuts and changes to pensions.Minister Lenihan admitted that everything could be put on …
The High Court has approved a 4-and-a-half million euro settlement in the case of a six-year-old girl who was brain damaged during birth. Clodagh and Brendan Brett from Fethard in Tipperary took the action on behalf of their daughter Kerry who is paralysed and will need constant care for the rest of her life. An …
