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Wednesday 21 October 2020
The tribunal’s long-awaited decision comes two weeks after a cataclysmic blast at Beirut port.
Alan Wilson was secretly recorded by gardaí discussing a plot to murder Gary Hanley, as part of an “ongoing feud”.
The United Constitutional Patriots say they want to draw attention to immigration violations and assist federal law enforcement in patrolling the border.
The man’s fiancee was also shot.
The Hutch gang has managed to get a foothold in Malaga – a previous Kinahan stronghold.
Strict new coronavirus measures are coming into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Julia Poff is charged with sending three devices in the post, one to the then US President.
Reports in the US had indicated that certain files were set to be held back when the entire trove is opened to the public this coming Thursday.
Kim Jong-nam was killed by a toxic nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia last February.
The 23-year-old also allegedly said he wanted to attack “Muslims, Jews, blacks, homosexuals”.
He was poisoned with the deadly nerve agent VX in an assassination on 13 February.
Detectives probing the killing want to question a North Korean diplomat.
The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un died in Kuala Lumpur airport last Monday.
South Korean authorities have said that Kim Jong Un gave the order to assassinate his half-brother.
The man arrested is believed to be the boyfriend of one of the suspects
The man was told by gardai he was a target – and then reported being shot at near his home.
He had been residing in a psychiatric hospital after being found not guilty by reason on insanity following the crime.
The mother of four previously had an around-the-clock guard but recently switched to an occasional security detail.
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin was 20 years ago today.
This week marked 150 years since the president was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre.
The man claims he was beaten and subjected to electrical shocks.
The politician was a high-profile government critic under Putin’s rule.
Boris Nemtsov was a fierce opponent of Vladamir Putin and was set to lead an opposition rally. He was shot in the back on a bridge near the Kremlin
Controversy and debate continue over the character of Gavrilo Princip, the man who shot the Austro-Hungarian heir.
Juan Gabriel Vásquez grew up in a Bogotá rife with violence, and a drugs trade beginning to take off. His experiences inspired his IMPAC-winning novel.
Leon provincial council chief Isabel Carrasco was shot a number of times in broad daylight.
Italy’s justice ministry has loaned the museum the gun, a Browning 9mm, for three years.
Pervez Musharraf is on trial for treason and could face the death penalty but some are unconvinced the government will complete the trial.
Fifty years ago, JFK said Ireland had something to give to the world. That’s still true, writes Ben English.
Watch the events of 50 years ago unfold in real time via Twitter.
Dramatic video captures the moment Ahmet Dogan had a gun pointed at him before it appeared to jam and security guards jumped in.
The French Interior Minister visited the scene and described the killings as “assassinations”.
The Titanic disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty: 2012 has been a big year for commemorations. Here’s your guide to the bigger commemorations held this year.
The room at the motel where Martin Luther King Jr was shot has been left untouched since the evening he was assassinated in 1968.
Lifts 25 year veil of secrecy on assassination in Tunisia.
14-year-old Malala Yosafzai is intensive care after being shot in the head by the Taliban on her school bus.
Prosecutors say that four soldiers had planned to overthrow the US government.
Meanwhile, earlier today Osama bin Laden’s family was deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia.
Your evening round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.
Dr Issa al-Kholi is the highest ranking military official to have been killed since unrest began almost a year ago.
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
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Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
This week, a home cook and recent sea swimming convert talks us through her week.
Some sun, then clouds, a few showers
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Chilly with a blend of sun and clouds
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Clouds and sun with a couple of showers
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How a GAA broadcasting legend found himself commentating on JFK's funeral
Michael O’Hehir described it as the toughest broadcast of his career.
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