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‘Mr-Fix-it': Newry's Rory Trainor facing jail for EncroChat money laundering, Ciaran Barnes reports
Newry millionaire money launderer ‘Mr-Fix-it' is now facing lengthy jail time. Rory Trainor was snared following a Europe-wide investigation into the…
1 year, 3 months ago
The chicken farmer, the ‘Triads’ , and the cannabis in the shed, Sam McBride reports
When Sam McBride went investigating a massive cannabis operation in Hillsborough he was confronted by an angry poultry farmer, Clive Weir. Not only d…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ian Ogle: Ciaran Barnes on the murder that rocked the East Belfast UVF
Loyalist Ian Ogle was murdered just yards from his east Belfast home in an attack compared to an attack from a “pack of hyenas”. Five people have now…
1 year, 3 months ago
'Notorious' - Conor McGregor’s career and legacy is in freefall – what next?
One week on from the verdict in Nikita Hand’s civil rape case against Conor McGregor, the Irish MMA fighter’s career is in freefall. Since last Frida…
1 year, 3 months ago
Joe Lynskey: The monk who joined the IRA and was 'disappeared' by it over trying to kill his love rival
Remains exhumed from a grave in County Monaghan are being DNA tested to determine whether they include those of Joe Lynskey. One of the ‘disappeared’…
1 year, 3 months ago
The life and crimes of UFF hitman and Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair sidekick Gary ‘Smickers’ Smith
Gary ‘Smickers’ Smith was Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair’s deputy on the Shankill. As a UFF hitman, he was involved in over 20 sectarian murders. Smith lived…
1 year, 3 months ago
‘Say Nothing’: Allison Morris on what really happened when she met Dolours Price
'Say nothing’ focuses on the lives of IRA members Marian and Dolours Price, Brendan ‘The Dark’ Hughes, and their interactions with future Sinn Féin l…
1 year, 3 months ago
Double Cross: The Ardoyne murder of Robbie Lawlor, and the brutal feud that led to his death
“Ruthless. Psychopath. Dangerous.” These are just some of the words used to describe Robbie Lawlor, a formerly leading figure in the notorious Droghe…
1 year, 3 months ago
Boxing stars Barry McGuigan, Carl Frampton and the £6 million lawsuit
Under boxing legend Barry McGuigan’s guidance Carl Frampton won world titles in 2014 and 2016. However, their relationship fell apart in a legal batt…
1 year, 3 months ago
‘Ulster-Scot Hillbilly’ JD Vance is ‘one heartbeat away from the presidency’ - who is he?
Incoming US Vice President JD Vance is a self-professed ‘Scots-Irish Hillbilly’. He first made waves in US politics with his best selling memoir ‘Hil…
1 year, 4 months ago