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# abducted - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
Quinn Industrial Holdings director suffered 'severe and savage' attack before being dumped on side of road
The 50-year-old man was treated in hospital for serious injuries to his face and leg.
# abducted - Wednesday 23 May, 2018
Gardaí investigate whether friend of Mark Hennessy saw suspected killer hours before he was shot dead
Gardaí are attempting to trace every movement between Saturday afternoon and his death on Sunday.
# abducted - Friday 13 April, 2018
Brutal gang rape and murder of eight-year-old girl in India triggers nationwide outrage
She was abducted and forced to take sedatives while held captive in a shed and Hindu temple.
# abducted - Friday 13 January, 2017
Woman found safe 18 years after she was abducted as a baby in Florida
Her biological family are said to be “elated”.
# abducted - Friday 30 December, 2016
Man in his 60s released without charge in 1991 disappearance case
On 26 April 1991, Charles Brooke Pickard was bundled into his own van by a group of masked men.
# abducted - Tuesday 13 September, 2016
Gardaí are to begin digging in a Kerry forest for a man missing for 25 years
The search is just 1km from where Charles Brooke Pickard’s car was found 25 years ago.
# abducted - Friday 10 June, 2016
California mother reunited with abducted son 21 years after he went missing
Maria Mancia had been left with just a single photo of her son since his father took him in 1995.
# abducted - Monday 30 May, 2016
Charles Brooke Pickard was bundled into a van in Kerry 25 years ago and never seen again
Charles Brooke Pickard is believed to have been murdered after he was abducted in 1991.
# abducted - Tuesday 5 January, 2016
Watch: The heartwarming moment police find an abducted young girl in a car park
The child had been taken in Albuquerque after her mother’s car was stolen.
# abducted - Monday 19 October, 2015
'I believe he was abducted': Brother of Philip Cairns says DNA could be key to finding the truth
The 13-year-old went missing 29 years ago this month. Gardaí are still actively investigating his disappearance.
# abducted - Monday 23 February, 2015
89 boys abducted by armed soldiers while doing their exams
UNICEF says that armed soldiers searched the area house by house.
# abducted - Monday 12 May, 2014
New Boko Haram video claims to show missing Nigerian schoolgirls
A total of 276 girls were abducted on April 14 from the northeastern town of Chibok, 223 are still missing.
# abducted - Thursday 8 May, 2014
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good Morning. It’s Thursday and these are the nine stories you should know before 9 o’clock hits.
# abducted - Friday 2 May, 2014
Jean McConville daughter: I don't fear the IRA anymore and I'll happily name names
Meanwhile, Gerry Adams is still being questioned by Antrim police about the woman’s abduction and murder.
# abducted - Wednesday 9 October, 2013
Here’s What Happened Today: Wednesday
Everybody’s talking about Savita, arrests in connection with a murder, and a cash-in-transit robbery.
# abducted - Friday 4 October, 2013
Police analysing tourists' phone data in Madeleine McCann investigation
Police are trawling through the phone records of people who were staying at the Portuguese resort at the time the little girl went missing.
# abducted - Thursday 30 May, 2013
Man found guilty of murdering 5-year-old April Jones
The young girl’s body has still never been found, though blood and tiny bone fragments that were a near-perfect DNA match were found at Bridger’s cottage.
# abducted - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
NBC journalist and TV crew escape abduction in Syria
More than a dozen armed gunmen kidnapped and held NBC chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and several colleagues for five days in Syria.
# abducted - Monday 8 October, 2012
April Jones murder suspect “tearful” in court
Mark Bridger, 46, appeared at Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court charged with the murder of the missing girl.
# abducted - Friday 5 October, 2012
Police now treating April Jones disappearance as murder investigation
Police also say it is “no longer appropriate” for members of the public to continue helping in the search for the five-year-old.
April Jones: Leading forensic psychologist now aiding search
The search for five-year-old April Jones has will continue today, despite adverse weather conditions.
# abducted - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Update: Search for April Jones to continue through the night
Earlier today, the missing girl’s older sister made an emotional appeal for April’s return. “It’s been too long,” she said.
# abducted - Friday 6 July, 2012
Argentina jails former dictators over stolen baby scandal
Infants were illegally taken from their political prisoners parents 30 years ago.
# abducted - Thursday 31 May, 2012
German engineer kidnapped in Nigeria killed
Reports of the killing say it’s unclear if the hostage was killed before or during a failed rescue attempt.
# abducted - Wednesday 18 April, 2012
Nurse charged with murder after woman shot, baby snatched
The three-day-old boy was taken from his mother after she was fatally wounded outside a Houston hospital.
# abducted - Friday 25 November, 2011
Three tourists kidnapped, another killed in Mali
The four were in a restaurant in Timbuktu when four armed men forced them out of the building.
# abducted - Saturday 5 November, 2011
Gardaí searching for abducted man find body in Co Meath
Twenty-nine-year-old Ciarán Noonan was abducted from the East Wall area of Dublin on 20 October.
# abducted - Monday 24 October, 2011
14 injured in grenade attack at Kenyan nightclub
Kenyan police say they believe Somali militant group al-Shabab is behind the attack, which comes after the group’s recent warning of “bloody battles” which would endanger the lives of civilians.
# abducted - Wednesday 19 October, 2011
Frenchwoman abducted in Kenya dies weeks after kidnapping
The 66-year-old woman was taken from her rented house on a Kenyan island earlier this month by suspected Somali militants.
# abducted - Monday 17 October, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things to know this morning…
# abducted - Friday 14 October, 2011
Vehicle found during search for Spanish aid workers
The MSF employees were kidnapped from the world’s largest refugee camp in Kenya by gunmen believed to be part of Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group.
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things to know this morning…
# abducted - Sunday 2 October, 2011
Suspected pirates take Frenchwoman from Kenya to Somalia
Kenyan and French authorities are working to free Marie Dedieu from her captors in Somalia. She was abducted amid a shoot-out on the sea yesterday.
# abducted - Saturday 10 September, 2011
The Daily Fix: Saturday
All of the day’s main news, plus the little bits and pieces you may have missed…
Six-year-old Irish girl abducted and brought to Syria
Six-year-old May Assad Monaghan was taken by her father from Cyprus on Wednesday and brought to Syria. He is demanding that her Irish mother travel to Syria to live with them.
# abducted - Tuesday 30 August, 2011
Search for Arlene's remains resumes tomorrow
Police in Northern Ireland will resume a search for the remains of murdered teenager Arlene Arkinson tomorrow.
# abducted - Thursday 9 June, 2011
Doubts over the identity of kidnapped Syrian blogger
Images used to portray the blogger Amina Arraf have been revealed as those of a London woman, who says she’s never met Arraf.
# abducted - Friday 29 April, 2011
Girl who was kept captive for 18 years says she's "relieved" by her kidnappers' guilty pleas
Jaycee Lee Dugard was snatched from the street she lived on in June 1991, and was kept hidden in a back garden for 18 years. She gave birth to two daughters during that time.
# abducted - Friday 21 January, 2011
Man charged over Limerick car hijacking
One man appeared in court today in connection with yesterday’s hijack, in which a two-year-old boy was briefly abducted. Meanwhile, the mother of the toddler has spoken of her shock.
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: The heave rumours that won’t go away; Michael O’Leary extends the hand of friendship to Aer Lingus; and Dubai’s The World “sinks into the sea”.
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Poll: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
WELL, IT’S BEEN a week of blue skies across the country, with little rain in sight.
While it’s forecast to be colder over the weekend than in recent days, conditions, for the most part, are due to remain dry and sunny.
Temperatures today are to range between 9 and 15 degrees.
With little to no rain in sight at the moment, we’re wondering – are you itching for a rainy day? Or are you loving the sunshine?
So, today we want to know: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
Poll Results:
Sunshine, definitely (9735)
I like both (1760)
Rain, for sure (776)
I actually prefer snow more than anything (536)
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Larry Donnelly: Kennedy vs Markey could be the last throw of the dice for the Irish American dynasty
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
The Kennedy vs Markey battle is the distraction from Covid-19 we all need, says Larry Donnelly.
Opinion: Economic activity is primed to resume after Covid-19. In the meantime, it’s about survival
By Robert Sweeney
A 'virtual birthday' and an over-walked dog: One Irish mammy's experience of Covid-19 distancing
By Amanda Magnier
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