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# Abbey Street Lower

Two men arrested after three violent robberies in Dublin city centre this morning

Two men were arrested as they were attacking a woman.

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Jan 18th 2017, 4:44 PM

# Wicklow Mountains

Dog walkers asked to stop using Wicklow Mountains after sheep killed

Similar calls were made in rural Kerry last August after 40 sheep were killed in on a West Kerry farm.

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Jan 16th 2017, 4:34 PM

# Salah Abdeslam

'I'm not ashamed' - Paris attacks suspect

Salah Abdeslam has been corresponding with a woman from prison.

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Jan 13th 2017, 7:43 AM

# madness

Pope hits out at 'homicidal madness' of jihadist attacks

The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics also called on government leaders to combat the poverty.

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Jan 9th 2017, 12:01 PM

# Changing of the guard

The Berlin attack has forced changes to the Changing of the Guard

Police safety measures have been adopted full-time.

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Jan 6th 2017, 6:15 AM

# Bangalore

Indian minister blames wave of sexual assaults on women 'dressing like westerners'

“They try to copy westerners not only in mindset, but even the dressing.”

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Jan 3rd 2017, 10:36 AM

# MAN IN THE HAT

Men who gave social welfare money to Brussels attacks suspect jailed

Abrini would become known as the “man in the hat” after his image was caught on security cameras.

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Dec 12th 2016, 5:28 PM

# President-elect

Reports of Muslim students being targeted at colleges after Trump win

A number of incidents are said to have taken place since Donald Trump’s victory.

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Nov 11th 2016, 8:20 AM

# Criticism

'Racist, sexist, stupid and ignorant': The world leaders who attacked Trump

Even the Pope had something to say about the Donald.

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Nov 10th 2016, 6:15 AM

# attacks

New York bombing suspect wrote 'bombs will be heard in the streets' in diary

Ahmad Khan Rahami prayed he’d be martyred rather than caught, authorities have said.

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Sep 21st 2016, 8:39 AM

# raising the flag

Fifteen years on, the flag raised over Ground Zero has found its way home

After plucking the flag from a nearby boat, three firefighters hoisted it amid the ashen destruction.

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Sep 11th 2016, 8:00 AM

# burkini ban

Burkini inventor says there's a high demand from fair-skinned Irish women

Aheda Zanetti hit out at French officials over the recent ban on the swimwear.

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Aug 26th 2016, 8:15 AM

# State of Emergency

'Kind, shy and dedicated', Fr Jacques Hamel is the 236th victim of jihadists in France since 2015

The so-called Islamic State group said today’s attack was carried out by its ‘soldiers’.

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Jul 26th 2016, 8:27 PM

"IS didn't create this guy... but he was already well on his way" - The psychology of lone-wolf attacks

People craving violence being drawn in by the IS ideology can be a highly volatile mix.

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Jul 23rd 2016, 11:30 AM

# attacks

Five arrested in connection with Nice massacre to face court

Like Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, none of those detained were known to French intelligence prior to the attack.

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Jul 21st 2016, 7:44 AM

# hate crime

There's been a big rise in racist crime reports in the UK since the Brexit vote

New figures show that there were five times as many racist attacks as normal since last Thursday.

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Jul 1st 2016, 8:55 AM

# Gangland

The Hutch-Kinahan feud: a timeline

Seven people have been killed in the feud since last September.

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May 24th 2016, 2:59 PM

# attacks

Email ordering closure of the Brussels metro was sent to the wrong address minutes before attacks

The email was sent to an official’s personal address.

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May 12th 2016, 4:45 PM

# international outrage

200 civilians killed in a week of bombing in Syria during ceasefire

US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed “outrage” over an attack by government forces on a hospital.

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Apr 29th 2016, 2:55 PM

# No Support

Officers "on the breadline" because of pay cuts after attacks from prisoners

“Not everybody is going to go into work, open up a cell door on a Monday morning and get hit with a knife in the back of the head.”

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Apr 28th 2016, 3:04 PM

# Carnage

Salah Abdeslam to be placed in isolation after being charged over Paris attacks

The French national is believed to be the last surviving member of a terror squad that hit Paris in November.

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Apr 27th 2016, 9:33 PM

# attacks

Tourists in Turkey warned of 'credible threats'

The country has been hit by four suicide bombings this year.

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Apr 9th 2016, 4:51 PM

# Tourism

Over 800 tourists were robbed or attacked here last year

Most of the attacks were in Dublin city centre.

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Apr 6th 2016, 5:08 PM

# Salah Abdeslam

"If I wanted, there would have been more victims": Paris attacks leader claims he chose not to blow himself up

Salah Abdeslam is the sole surviving jihadist responsible for the November attacks.

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Apr 2nd 2016, 7:44 PM

# Brussels

Belgium-Portugal soccer friendly moved from Brussels after terror attacks

The match takes place next Tuesday.

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Mar 23rd 2016, 1:20 PM

# Belgium

In photos: The devastation of today's attacks in Brussels

At least 34 people were killed in two explosions.

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Mar 22nd 2016, 8:00 PM

# Ceasefire

Syria's leader says ceasefire "does not mean everyone stops using their weapons"

Bashar al-Assad said his troops would continue fighting “terrorists”.

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Feb 16th 2016, 7:21 AM

# warning

Islamic State is planning for large-scale attacks on Europe, says police chief

The head of the EU police agency Europol says that IS has developed a “new combat-style capability”.

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Jan 25th 2016, 3:15 PM

Voices

'I'm an Irishman in the West Bank helping kids get to school through checkpoints'

Alex Dunne has been in the West Bank for over 40 days now, collecting stories of stories of military incursions, night raids, and settler attacks.

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Jan 23rd 2016, 7:30 PM

# Courts

Former chef jailed for five years after three-week crime spree

The man was armed with a syringe and a blade.

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Jan 12th 2016, 4:16 PM

# Security

A man has been shot after attempting to ram a soldier guarding a mosque in France

Local authorities have said that the man was shot in the arm and the leg.

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Jan 1st 2016, 7:10 PM

# attacks

Taliban suicide car bomber hits Afghan restaurant popular with foreigners

Three people were wounded by the attack, which the Taliban claimed responsibility for.

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Jan 1st 2016, 5:06 PM

# paris attacks

Islamic State leader with 'direct' link to Paris attacks killed in Syria airstrikes

The pentagon report that the man was killed on 24 December.

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Dec 29th 2015, 3:52 PM

# Bataclan

One of the Bataclan killers has been quietly buried in Paris

Samy Amimour was one of three terrorists who killed 90 people at the music venue on 13 November before taking his own life during the Paris terror attacks.

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Dec 27th 2015, 1:35 PM