# lima - Sunday 15 November, 2020
# Lima
# Lima
Seven ministers of Peru’s cabinet resigned last night.
# lima - Tuesday 28 April, 2020
# Lima
# Lima
Officials said the nine inmates were shot during clashes with authorities.
# lima - Monday 30 March, 2020
# Coming Home
# Coming Home
Breandán from Co Cork said that it was a “surreal” experience having a Peruvian escort to the airport to catch the flight home.
# lima - Wednesday 17 April, 2019
# Alan Garcia
# Alan Garcia
The attempted arrest took place at 6.30 am at Alan García’s home.
# lima - Monday 4 June, 2018
# Gerard Desmond
# Gerard Desmond
Fr Desmond was attacked by an armed gang after he withdrew money to pay builders working on the primary school.
# lima - Monday 30 April, 2018
# Lima
# Lima
He was followed home by three armed men who beat him and shot him before taking money.
# lima - Wednesday 10 January, 2018
# Sting In The Tail
From The42
# Sting In The Tail
The vacuum behind Beauden Barrett has sucked another 10 to the northern hemisphere.
# lima - Thursday 24 November, 2016
# Machu Picchu
# Machu Picchu
Grafton Architects, led by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, won the first-ever RIBA International Prize for their project in Lima , Peru.
# lima - Wednesday 22 June, 2016
# Cocaine Smuggling
# Cocaine Smuggling
The Scottish woman is on the way back to the UK.
# lima - Saturday 14 May, 2016
# Cocaine Smuggling
# Cocaine Smuggling
The Scottish woman was arrested in August 2013 with Michaella McCollum from Co Tyrone.
# lima - Tuesday 12 January, 2016
# On The Run
From The Daily Edge
# On The Run
Who among us would not, in fairness.
# lima - Monday 14 December, 2015
# Lima
# Lima
The two women had been hoping to be transferred to prisons in the UK to finish their sentences closer to their families.
# lima - Wednesday 2 September, 2015
# Out On A Lima
# Out On A Lima
“As we are fighting crime, we have to be a little ingenious.”
# lima - Sunday 9 August, 2015
# Peru
# Peru
The poor sleep among the dead in a neighbourhood just outside Peru’s capital city.
# lima - Monday 19 May, 2014
# Dog Day Afternoon
From The Daily Edge
# Dog Day Afternoon
The slightly bonkers big day happened in Lima , Peru over the weekend.
# lima - Thursday 1 May, 2014
# South America
From The Daily Edge
# South America
The band are on a huge tour of South America.
# lima - Thursday 24 April, 2014
# Pick It Out
From The42
# Pick It Out
The former Braga forward won the game for the Portuguese side in powerful style.
# lima - Monday 10 February, 2014
# Drug Smuggling
# Drug Smuggling
Reid’s parents have reportedly paid £3,500 so she can apply for a prison transfer and serve her sentence in Scotland, leaving her Northern Irish friend behind in Peru.
# lima - Monday 9 December, 2013
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyone’s been talking about the resignation of the CRC boss, the major jobs announcement in Limerick and tomorrow’s service for ‘Madiba’…
# Peru
# Peru
Michaela McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid were due to be sentenced today. No new date has been set for their court appearance.
# lima - Wednesday 25 September, 2013
# Michaella McCollum Connolly
# Michaella McCollum Connolly
Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid entered guilty pleas at a court hearing last night.
# lima - Tuesday 24 September, 2013
# Peru
# Peru
She now faces a minimum of six years and eight months in prison with no parole.
# lima - Sunday 15 September, 2013
# Michaella McCollum Connolly
# Michaella McCollum Connolly
A guilty plea would ensure Melissa Reid a shorter sentence.
# lima - Sunday 1 September, 2013
# Drug Trafficking
# Drug Trafficking
Michaella McCollum Connolly’s lawyer also outlined the chain of events that led to her arrest.
# lima - Friday 23 August, 2013
# Peru
# Peru
Toilet roll, Pringles, Oreos and a sports bra, were among some of the items requested as well as stamps and envelopes to write letters home.
# lima - Wednesday 21 August, 2013
# Drug Trafficking
# Drug Trafficking
The pair were arrested two weeks ago at Lima ’s international airport with 11 kilograms of cocaine.
# lima - Tuesday 20 August, 2013
# Drug Trafficking
# Drug Trafficking
Connolly’s lawyer Peter Madden said the Tyrone woman would be protesting her innocence.
# lima - Monday 19 August, 2013
# Peru
# Peru
He visited his sister at the national police anti-drug headquarters where Michaella and her companion Melissa Reid are being held.
# lima - Friday 16 August, 2013
# Drugs
# Drugs
Michaella McCollum Connolly’s solicitor has flown to Peru ahead of today’s preliminary court hearing.
# lima - Wednesday 14 August, 2013
# Michaella McCollum Connolly
# Michaella McCollum Connolly
In a video posted last night, Michaella says that she is not being given enough to drink.
# Michaella McCollum Connolly
# Michaella McCollum Connolly
The pair have been visited by the former honorary consul of Ireland in Peru and Archbishop of Lima Seán Walsh.
# lima - Tuesday 13 August, 2013
# Drugs Bust
# Drugs Bust
Footage of a Peru police video has emerged. Watch it here.
# lima - Sunday 11 August, 2013
# Cocaine
# Cocaine
The larger the amount of drugs the longer the sentence in Peru, and if convicted, the women could face up to 25 years in prison.
# lima - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
# Peru
# Peru
The inmates, who broke out in two groups, took advantage of distractions over the New Year period to make a run for it.
# lima - Wednesday 8 February, 2012
# Making Waves
From The42
# Making Waves
A group of six are set to compete in the very first international competition of its kind in Lima later this month.
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