Sean McGovern ‘relieved’ to be back in Ireland after eight months in a Dubai jail

Sean McGovern Senior Kinahan gang member Sean McGovern was “relieved” to be extradited back to Ireland after spending eight months in prison in Dubai. A source involved in his “complicated and secretive” extradition said gardaí believed he was being returned home on a couple of other occasions in recent months, only for legal issues to … Read more

Man interviewed over missing Mike Gaine sketched weapons during questioning, baffling investigators

Search for missing Kerry farmer enters its 24th day There has been no breakthrough in the search for Mike Gaine A man interviewed as a witness in connection with missing Kerry farmer Mike Gaine sketched a series of weapons for gardaí during questioning. This man, who is among almost 100 people to have provided a … Read more

‘We can’t go back to where he might see his attacker’ — father of stabbed child applies for council transfer

Stephen Geraghty, father of Finglas stab victim on how his son is settling into new school The family of a boy who was stabbed at a Dublin school have moved out of their home in Finglas as it overlooks the school where he suffered the knife attack. Mason Geraghty (11) was stabbed by a classmate … Read more

‘I just want justice for Barry’ — Fears retrial may not go ahead over one-punch killing of Dubliner in Boston

Jury failed to reach unanimous verdict in the trial of Sanusi Sadiq for the manslaughter of carpenter Barry Whelan John Marsoobian, his former boss and friend, told the Sunday Independent: “He was working with my son that day, talking all about St Patrick’s Day, how he was looking forward to a pint of Guinness.” He … Read more

‘Paranoid’ associates of Jason Hennessy Sr targeted one of their own gang members in abduction and torture

Six associates of murder victim Hennessy Sr were arrested yesterday after allegedly abducting and torturing another criminal in west Dublin last week. Sources said the gang blamed the man for the seizure days earlier, which may not have been his fault. It’s understood the victim was branded with a hot iron by the gang in … Read more

Senator Martin Conway resigns from Fine Gael after being arrested when found drunk and ‘on all fours’ on Dublin’s O’Connell Street

It comes just days after his re-election to the Seanad. In a statement this morning, Mr Conway said he was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday 22 January “for being in an intoxicated state due to consumption of sleeping tablets and alcohol” on O’Connell Street. “I was detained at Store Street Garda Station and … Read more

Jail staff consider presence of fungus-infected ‘zombie spiders’ found in network of caves beneath Loughan open prison

Zombie Spiders Discovered ​in Caves Beneath Irish Prison Loughan House open prison in County Cavan,Ireland,sits atop a network of unexplored caves. Recently,‌ these subterranean ⁢depths yielded a chilling discovery: spiders, their bodies overtaken by​ a parasitic⁣ fungus, have been found in White Father’s Cave, a cavern located ⁢between Cavan and‍ Fermanagh. This cave ‌system extends … Read more

Jail staff consider presence of fungus-infected ‘zombie spiders’ found in network of caves beneath Loughan open prison

Loughan House open prison in Co Cavan is built on land over a network of unexplored caves. Last week, cave expert Tim Fogg revealed he had found spiders, whose bodies are controlled by a fungus, in a cave between Cavan and Fermanagh, White Father’s Cave. This cave leads into a network of further caves, directly … Read more

Retired garda sues force over investigation into false allegation that €40,000 went missing

Retired superintendent Kevin English Ali Bracken and Maeve Sheehan Yesterday at 03:30 A former garda superintendent is suing the force after he was targeted in an internal investigation over a false allegation that €40,000 in cash was missing from the safe in his office. Retired superintendent Kevin English, previously based in Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim, … Read more