A SLIGO CRIMINAL who was a “scourge” on his community for years with his drugs operation has been jailed for 11 years by a judge at the Special Criminal Court. Mr Justice Tony Hunt said that Barry Young (38) could have faced 16 years or more had he not pleaded […]
A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murders of two men in Sligo last year. Aidan Moffitt, 42, and Michael Snee, 58, were found dead in their own homes in the town last April. Mr Moffitt was a prominent businessman and a Fine Gael activist while Mr Snee was […]
Lady Diana died in a car accidentShe lived only 36 yearsThese were her last words Lady Diana died in 1997 at the age of 36 as a result of a car accident. During a stay in Paris, she was followed by paparazzi. This led to a chase that ended in a […]
A PERSON HAS died following a collision between an articulated lorry and a van in Co Tipperary this morning. The collision happened on the N24 Cahir-Clonmel Road, between Barne Lodge and Condon’s Cross, at approximately 10.40am. The driver of the van, a male whose age has not yet been confirmed, […]
THE HSE IS to be split into six new health regions in February 2024 after health minister Stephen Donnelly received cabinet approval for the plan, as one of the promised reforms set to be brought on with Sláintecare. According to the HSE Health Regions Implementation Plan, all geographical appointments of […]
Victoria Smurfit is gearing up to walk down the aisle and she is not afraid to be honest about the fact that wedding planning can be stressful. The Irish actress announced her engagement to businessman Steve Jacob back in March and the wedding prep is well underway. Today’s top videos […]
THE LACK OF public support for Vera Pauw by the FAI in recent weeks was up for discussion on today’s Football Family podcast, available to subscribers to The 42. Pauw has publicly expressed her desire to sign a new contract, with her current one expiring at the end of the World Cup. […]
Ryan Tubridy broke his social media silence for the first time since the RTÉ payments scandal to pay tribute to his friend Sinéad O’Connor. He revealed that the last time he spoke to her, he’d been lying low in Clifden to avoid all the noise that was going on around […]
Bob Geldof told a festival crowd that late singer Sinéad O’Connor had sent him text messages weeks before her death which were “laden with desperation, despair and sorrow”. The Boomtown Rats frontman dedicated the band’s performance at Cavan Calling in Ireland to O’Connor, who died at her home in south-east […]
Vera Pauw has confirmed that her captain Katie McCabe requested fresh legs as a tiring Irish side held on for an historic first World Cup point against Nigeria. And she also confirmed that a heated exchange with her best player as she refused. McCabe – who issued an oblique twitter […]
