Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee described the killings as a "tragedy, so awful and heart-breaking." [24] Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he was shocked and appalled as was the entire country at the deaths. [25] On his morning radio programme on Monday 5 September, Irish broadcaster Ryan Tubridy broke down as he tried to discuss the incident. [26]
Since at least the 1970s, many Irish political scandals relating to miscarriage of justice, dereliction of duty and corruption by public officials have resulted in the establishment of extra-judicial Tribunals of Enquiry, which are typically chaired by retired High-Court judges and cannot make judgements against any of the parties.
Caldwell is known in part for investigating high-profile murder incidents, including the murder of Ronan Kerr and the death of Lyra McKee. He has received multiple death threats in the past. [5] He was 48 years old at the time of the shooting. [6]
The Iris Robinson scandal, also known as Irisgate, [1] [2] [3] was a political scandal in Northern Ireland involving Iris Robinson, the wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson. She was a serving MP and MLA for the Democratic Unionist Party , representing Strangford in both legislatures.
Bailey was convicted in absentia in Paris of murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison on May 31, 2019. [36] French law claims to have the right of jurisdiction over the murder of a French citizen anywhere in the world. Bailey's Irish lawyer Frank Buttimer said “France has no respect for our justice system. We are a democratic country."
Elaine O'Hara (17 March 1976 – c. 22 August 2012) was an Irish childcare worker who was murdered in August 2012 by architect Graham Dwyer. She was last seen alive at a public park in Shanganagh, Dublin, Ireland, on 22 August. The remains of her body were discovered on Killakee Mountain, south of Dublin, in September 2013. The investigation of ...
Drug crime in Ireland dropped 15 percent in the following 12 months. [citation needed] Four months after Guerin's murder, in October 1996, there was a sharp decline in the sex ratio at birth in Ireland, an indicator of societal stress levels, which fell to 0.5 from an anticipated value of more than 0.51. [17]
Stakeknife has been accused of being a double agent who was involved in the IRA's torture and murder of suspected informers while in the employ of the FRU. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The British government launched Operation Kenova to investigate claims that the Royal Ulster Constabulary had failed to investigate up to 18 murders, to protect Stakeknife's ...