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News and Crime Correspondent, the Irish Sun. Co-author of No 1 bestseller, Kinahan Assassins. [email protected] / Signal: johnhand.87

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RT @Garts06: How one player success directly impacts the next generation once the investment flows through the academies…. 🙌🏽. Build the in….
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Killer Richard Satchwell is baking buns and pastries behind bars. But outraged female inmates on Limerick Prison campus have been refusing the treats ever since his conviction for murdering his wife Tina. MonsterChef - today's @IrishSunOnline. Online:
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Ian Bailey's sister expects him to be 'fully exonerated' by new DNA evidence that could solve the Sophie Toscan du Plantier probe. 'It would be devastating now that he’s not here, because he was desperate to clear his name before he died.'. Interview here.
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THE sister of murder suspect Ian Bailey expects him to be “fully exonerated” by new DNA evidence that could solve the Sophie Toscan du Plantier probe. And Kay Reynolds, who spread her older brother…
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Ex-My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding show star & brother make no reply to attempted murder charges as both are remanded in custody. Relates to an incident in Tullamore, Co Offaly earlier this year where two men were shot in the chest at a halting site.
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A FORMER star of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and his older brother have been charged with attempted murder. Patrick Ward – who appeared in the Channel 4 hit show in 2009 but later got divorced &…
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The Irish pageant contestant at the centre of an alleged €100k Electric Picnic ticket scam has handed over Revolut statements to gardai. Over 70 victims have now come forward. We called to her home but a relative told us they would be making 'no comment'.
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THE Irish pageant contestant at the centre of an alleged Electric Picnic ticket scam is co-operating fully with gardai. We can reveal the suspect has turned over her Revolut statements to investiga…
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Exclusive: An Irish beauty pageant contestant is under investigation for an alleged €100,000 scam involving the resale of Electric Picnic tickets that never existed. Gardai aware of over 50 victims with many more expected to come forward. Details here.
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AN Irish beauty pageant contestant is under investigation for an alleged €100,000 scam involving the resale of Electric Picnic tickets that never existed, we can reveal. The young woman is being pr…
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RT @OscarsKidsIE: After 3 long years of treatment, Josh rang the bell today!. Our hearts are lifted to see this courageous boy get to move….
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The gang run by Newry man Mark McCourt, who smuggled guns in from the US, is also suspected of selling the military-grade AR-15 rifle used in Josh Itseli's killing in Drimnagh, Dublin in May 2024.
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THE gang run by a plumber that smuggled guns in from the US is also believed to have sold the military-grade AR-15 rifle used in the Republic’s last gun killing. The Irish Sun can reveal cops suspe…
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Interview with Det Chief Supt Seamus Boland of the GNDOCB. ◾File set to be sent to DPP in bid to nail 10 leading members of The Family mob in Ghost probe.◾Gardai travelled to meeting abroad in recent weeks as part of investigation.◾More arrests to come.
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GARDAI are finalising a file to send to the Director of Public Prosecutions in a bid to nail the leaders of Ireland’s top drug trafficking gang, we can reveal. Investigators from the Garda National…
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Kin star Ryan Lincoln charged - off the front of Thursday's @IrishSunOnline.
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Excl: Actor Ryan Lincoln, who starred in the hit RTE series Kin, was arrested and charged over the possession of a knife this week. The 30-year-old was remanded on continuing bail and will be back before Dublin District Court later this year.
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KIN star Ryan Lincoln appeared in court this week where he was charged with the possession of a knife, the Irish Sun can reveal. The well-known actor, who has an address in Poppintree, Ballymun in …
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An associate of Mark McCourt, who ran a gun-smuggling and supply op involving military-grade firearms, was arrested this week. The suspect was questioned over the possession of ammunition as part of the same probe. File to DPP.
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A CLOSE associate of a plumber who ran a gun-smuggling operation from the US to Ireland involving military-grade firearms was arrested this week. The Irish Sun can reveal a man linked to Mark McCou…
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The criminal arrested over the possession of a knife, imitation firearm and a small amount of drugs at a Talbot St off licence yesterday evening is set for court this afternoon after being charged.
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Unarmed gardai foiled a suspected robbery after an officer confronted a criminal who had a knife and imitation gun at an off-licence yesterday evening on Dublin's Talbot Street. The arrested man has a string of convictions for theft and other offences.
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Unarmed gardai foiled a suspected robbery after an officer confronted a criminal who had a knife and imitation gun at an off-licence yesterday evening on Dublin's Talbot Street. The arrested man has a string of convictions for theft and other offences.
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UNARMED gardai foiled a suspected robbery as they arrested a criminal who had a knife and imitation gun. The Irish Sun has learned that the thug, who is known for violence towards officers, was spo…
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The teen who instigated the attack on US tourist Stephen Termini, which left him in a coma, has already been released after 6 months - despite being jailed for 20-months in February. Termini has hit out at the 'slap on the wrist' treatment.
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A TEEN thug jailed over an unprovoked attack in Dublin that left US tourist Stephen Termini in a coma has been freed after just six months. The Irish Sun can reveal the teenage yob — who kicked his…
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RT @OnThisDayPIRA: #OnThisDay in 1984 the IRA murdered Francis (Frank) Hand, 27. Married Garda shot in van robbery, Drumree P.O. Co Meath.….
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Exclusive: A couple are suspected to have approached Conor McGregor with 'new evidence' that was to be part of his failed civil rape case appeal but it was withdrawn. Gardai are set to interview the couple after we revealed a probe was underway.
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THE couple whose ‘new evidence’ was binned from Conor McGregor’s rape case appeal will be quizzed by cops, we can reveal. Samantha O’Reilly and Steven Cummins provided sworn affidavits which were s…
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Garda statement:. 'Following correspondence from the DPP relating to a recent court case, the Garda National Bureau of Crime Investigation (GNBCI) is carrying out an investigation. A Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) has been appointed.'.
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Exclusive: Gardai have launched a criminal investigation into the withdrawal of a couple's 'new evidence' in Conor McGregor's failed appeal. The probe is being led by the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation. More @IrishSunOnline here.
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A CRIMINAL investigation into the withdrawal of a couple’s ‘new evidence’ in Conor McGregor’s failed appeal has been launched by Gardai, we can reveal. A civil jury ruled earlier this year that dis…
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