2 h. ago Fatal firebombing in Edenderry may be linked to prison fight

Tadhg Farrell (4) and his great-aunt Mary Holt (60) were killed in attack on family home in Offaly

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2 h. ago Prison fight may be linked to Edenderry firebomb attack that killed Tadhg Farrell (4) and Mary Holt (60)

Tadhg Farrell (4) and his great-aunt Mary Holt (60) were killed in attack on family home in Offaly

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13 h. ago ‘They must have known there was someone inside’: Edenderry in shock over petrol bomb deaths

Former footballer John Aldridge, a regular visitor to the town, was ‘aware there were problems’ at targeted house

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14 h. ago Man who tried to petrol bomb neighbour’s house jailed for two

The court heard he had suffered a traumatic event when he ‘came across the body of his neighbour who was shot’.

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16 h. ago Gardaí investigating Edenderry firebomb attack suspect involvement of rival drugs gang

Victims of Co Offaly blaze named as Tadhg Farrell (4) and his great-aunt Mary Holt (60)

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16 h. ago Drugs gang suspected in Edenderry firebomb attack that killed woman and four

Victims of Co Offaly blaze named as Tadhg Farrell (4) and his great-aunt Mary Holt (60)

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17 h. ago Taoiseach leads tributes to boy and great aunt killed in petrol bomb attack in Edenderry

The Taoiseach said that it is “difficult to comprehend” the level of “inhumanity” involved in the deadly attack.

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20 h. ago Gardaí believe woman and child killed in Edenderry fire were not intended targets of attack

Investigators believe a petrol bomb sparked the blaze that claimed the lives of a child and his great-aunt.

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26 h. ago Edenderry firebomb that killed Tadhg Farrell and Mary Holt was intended as ‘intimidatory’, gardaí believe

Victims who died in fire at Castleview Park, Edenderry, Co Offaly, named locally as Tadhg Farrell (4) and Mary Holt (60)

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5 d. ago Portumna farmer has sentenced reduced for manslaughter of elderly aunt

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM A Portumna farmer – who was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence for killing his elderly aunt after he drove over her in an agricultural teleporter – has had his sentence reduced. 61 year old Michael Scott of Gortanumera, Portumna had appealed his sentence of six years […] The post Portumna farmer has sentenced reduced for manslaughter of elderly aunt appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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5 d. ago Farmer who killed aunt by driving over her has jail sentence cut on appeal

Michael Scott’s trial heard of long-running dispute with Chrissie Treacy over land

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1 week ago 'Cá bhfuil An Taoiseach?': McDonald and O'Brien clash over Martin no

Taoiseach Micheál Martin returned to Ireland today following a G20 summit in South Africa and an EU-Africa summit in Angola.

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1 week ago Dublin petrol bomb attack LIVE updates as woman in serious condition in hospital

Dublin petrol bomb attack LIVE updates as woman in serious condition in hospital  Dublin Live

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2 w. ago Taoiseach joined by other world leaders in pledging combined billions to fight deadly diseases

The shadow of Donald Trump and his boycott of this year’s G20 loomed large over their addresses.

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2 w. ago Opposition leader accuses Government of 'abandoning' new home targets

Opposition leaders criticised the government’s new housing policy during Leaders Questions on Wednesday.

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3 w. ago ‘Jim O’Callaghan could stop all this. He hasn’t’: Uneasy pause in Fianna Fáil as restive camp takes stock

Taoiseach and party leader Micheál Martin is deemed vulnerable by insiders after the Jim Gavin debacle, but there is a sense that any potential heave is on hold

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3 w. ago ‘Jim O’Callaghan could stop all this. He hasn’t’: Inside Fianna Fáil’s post

Taoiseach and party leader Micheál Martin is deemed vulnerable by insiders after the Jim Gavin debacle, but there is a sense that any potential heave is on hold

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3 w. ago Midlands NorthWest MEP labels Fianna Fáil presidential campaign 'cluster

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM Midlands North West MEP Barry Cowen says the handling of the Fianna Fáil Presidential Election campaign was a ‘cluster-bleep’. It comes as TDs and Senators were told this week the review of the campaign may not be completed until December. Taoiseach and party leader Micheál Martin has […] The post Midlands NorthWest MEP labels Fianna Fáil presidential campaign 'cluster-bleep' appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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3 w. ago Odds slashed on Jim O'Callaghan to be next Fianna Fáil leader amid pressure on Taoiseach

Bookies have slashed odds on Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan being the next Fianna Fáil leader amid pressure on Taoiseach Micheál Martin

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