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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…
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Guinness heiress, the kidnapping and the Kinahan links
Heir to the brewing and banking fortune, Jennifer Guinness lived a quiet life, residing in a luxury Howth mansion. In April 1986, however, a traumati…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Pearl Gamble story and the last man to hang in Northern Ireland
Pearl Gamble was 19 years old when she was murdered in January 1961. She worked as a shop assistant and had been dropped at the top of the lane close…
2 years, 3 months ago
Trapped in Rafah: A father’s desperate attempts to get his disabled son back to Ireland
Like so many people in Gaza right now, Isam Hamad finds himself stuck in a living nightmare. His distressing situation is further complicated by the …
2 years, 3 months ago
Valentine’s Day massacre for RTÉ as €450,000 pay-off bouquet leaves stink
It was another display of frustration, annoyance, and bewilderment as TDs and Senators gathered yesterday, St Valentine's Day, to hear the latest ins…
2 years, 3 months ago
Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley: Five assassination attempts and the “Concerned Criminal Action Committee”
Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley has long been established as one of Ireland's career criminals. The Dubliner has even survived five assassination attempts. …
2 years, 3 months ago