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Saturday 31 October 2020
Alan O’Brien is the second of the four accused men to challenge the SCC’s jurisdiction to hear the trial.
The non-jury court heard this morning that the trial will commence on Monday 21 January 2021.
Luke O’Reilly of Kilcogy, Co Cavan and Darren Redmond of East Wall, Dublin are charged with false imprisonment and assault causing serious harm.
The abduction trial is expected to begin in January 2021.
The man is being held at Cavan Garda Station.
The two men and one woman were detained in the Fermanagh area by the PSNI on Thursday.
Three of the arrests were made by the PSNI, and Gardaí arrested the fourth person, who is being detained in Cavan.
The three men were charged with assault causing harm and false imprisonment.
In September, QIH director Kevin Lunney was taken from near his home and assaulted.
The four men were remanded to appear next Friday 13 December.
The four men were arrested last week in the ongoing probe.
Four men have been arrested today.
Chief constable Simon Byrne said that the attack on Kevin Lunney was a “truly horrific crime”.
A cross-border police investigation into the incident is underway.
McGuinness collapsed while police searched a house he was staying in on 8 November.
Fr Oliver O’Reilly has spoken out against the violence in the region.
The two men and one woman were released in the early hours this morning.
Two men and a woman are being held over Lunney’s kidnap in September.
Michael D’Arcy made the comments on RTÉ yesterday afternoon.
The Taoiseach said he particularly wanted to meet with Kevin Lunney follwoing his “barbaric” abduction.
Gardaí investigating the case have now completed searches in Cavan, Longford and Dublin.
Cyril McGuinness died of a suspected heart attack today.
The PSNI are searching four residential properties and one commercial premises in the Derrylin area of Fermanagh.
The businessman detailed his traumatic ordeal in a BBC interview last night.
Kevin Lunney will detail his traumatic ordeal to the BBC Spotlight NI programme later this evening.
Liam McCaffrey says a “small group of criminals organised by a paymaster” are behind the threats.
The letter warned the directors that this was their “final warning” and that “we could have killed Kevin very easily”.
Tony Lunney described in detail the moment he got a call to say Kevin’s car was on fire
Kevin Lunney was tortured on 23 September.
Kevin Lunney was abducted from his home in Co Fermanagh in September.
In the wake of the recent attack on Kevin Lunney, we look at what has been having in relation to the company.
John McCartin said posts making claims about the executives had remained on the social media platform for years.
Flanagan said that “nobody is above the law” and said that he “acknowledged” the history of intimidation against QIH staff.
Martin said the people living along the border have had enough.
Twenty new recruits are also being sent to the district in November.
Gardaí and the PSNI are continuing to probe the attack on Kevin Lunney.
Gardaí and the PSNI are continuing to probe the attack on Kevin Lunney.
Searches have been taking place today as the joint Garda-PSNI investigation continues.
Lunney sustained a range of serious injuries during the abduction.
Kevin Lunney was abducted from his home in Co Fermanagh on Tuesday evening.
WE’RE JUST A day out from the spookiest night of the year.
Halloween will look a bit different this year, with no trick-or-treating advised.
Nonetheless, there are plenty of traditions that we can still continue from the safety of our own homes, one being pumpkin carving.
So, today we want to know: Have you carved a pumpkin for Halloween this year?
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