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‘Tea-man’ Kevin Bakhurst under fire as politicians lose confidence in RTÉ chief
Just as the RTÉ crisis seemed to be nearing its conclusion, the situation now seems as stark as ever. The broadcaster’s board has no chairperson, the…
1 year, 10 months ago
How Mr Nobody went from bouncy castle rentals to become the Kinahan cartel’s logistics mastermind
Declan Brady, AKA ‘Mr Nobody’, was one of hundreds in attendance at the 2016 funeral of murdered Kinahan gang criminal David Byrne. As garda intellig…
1 year, 10 months ago
Sil Fox: The pub selfie that ‘ruined’ the 90-year-old comedian’s life - and why he’s now suing the DPP
Beloved for his sharp sense of humour and seemingly endless energy, veteran Irish comedian Sylvester ‘Sil’ Fox has been making crowds laugh for decad…
1 year, 10 months ago
Davy Tweed: ‘He was the most frightening person in my life,’ says stepdaughter of paedophile rugby player
Davy Tweed was a popular, successful man in public, but he was also a violent domestic abuser and paedophile who preyed on his relatives. His stepdau…
1 year, 10 months ago
Revisited: Albert Reynolds, an Australian monk, a hijacked plane, and the Third Secret of Fatima
In the first of May 1981, Ireland was sent into shock when an Aer Lingus flight was hijacked on its short trip from Dublin to London. The story made …
1 year, 10 months ago
Did Catherine Martin throw the RTÉ chair under the bus – and is she now in the firing line herself?
In the early hours of Friday morning, shock news broke, that Siún Ní Raghallaigh, chair of the RTÉ board had resigned, having lost confidence from Me…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ban this filth? Pleasure Boys cause shock in The Devenish, but some think it's just 'a bit of fun'
The word ‘shocking’ gets bandied about loosely these days, but videos and photographs that have circulated after an X-rated Valentine's weekend event…
1 year, 10 months ago
Putin the tyrant: What next for Russia, as “enemy of state” Alexei Navalny dies suddenly?
The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny made headlines across the world, yet his demise was a cruel inevitability given the physical pl…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ireland’s Breaking Bad: The €33m crystal meth bust and Mexico’s murderous cartel
A €33m crystal meth seizure linked to the Sinaloa cartel has served as a dramatic wake-up call for Ireland. What read like an RTÉ adaptation of ‘Brea…
1 year, 10 months ago
Michael Lynn: The ‘greedy’ former solicitor who robbed €18m from the banks
Struck-off ex-solicitor and property developer Michael Lynn has today been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for stealing €18m from six fi…
1 year, 10 months ago