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Detectives are appealing for information following reports of burglaries which occurred in the Banbridge area this week. Detective Sergeant Wilson said: “Sometime between 11am and just before 7:20pm on Wednesday 19th January, it was reported that entry was gained to a house in the Beechlands area of Banbridge. The property was ransacked and it is believed […]
Reports of scam HMRC phone calls have fallen by 97% over the last 12 months, latest HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures show, which display a downward trend in reports overall throughout the past year. Reports of scammers impersonating HMRC in phone calls peaked at 79,477 in March 2021 and fell to just 2,491 in […]
Ulster Unionist Leader, Doug Beattie MC MLA, and Portadown Councillor Julie Flaherty, have condemned a shooting incident that occurred on Portadown’s Loughgall Road in the early hours of this morning (Friday 21st January). Doug Beattie said: “This was a totally reckless act that could have endangered the life of the lady that lives in the property, […]
Detectives investigating the report of a shooting incident in Portadown in the early hours of Friday 21st January are appealing for information. The incident at a house at Loughgall Road in the town was reported to have taken place at around 12:25am on Friday morning. One woman was inside the house when a shot was fired […]
Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Organised Crime Branch have seized nine vehicles during two searches in the Kilkeel and Newry areas today (Wednesday 26th January). Detective Inspector McCamley said: “Today we have seized nine vehicles worth approximately £155,000, as part of a proactive Nationwide investigation into Organised Crime led by the National […]
Newry and Armagh Alliance representative Jackie Coade has condemned the recent racist graffiti at the Mourneview Park estate in Newry. Ms Coade said: “There are just no words. I was contacted earlier today about this disgusting racist slur dubbed across a house in the Mourneview area of Newry. It is hugely disappointing to see this […]
Sinn Féin Cllr. Charlie Casey has condemned those responsible for the despicable graffiti with racist undertones in the Mourne View area of Newry. Charlie commented on the news, saying: “In the early hours of this morning, this graffiti was daubed across a home in Newry. “This is the second time in as many days that […]
Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd has extended his solidarity and condolences to the family of Ashling Murphy and highlighted the urgency of tackling violence against women and girls. Speaking after attending a vigil in Lurgan town centre in her memory Mr O’Dowd said : “My thoughts are with Ashling’s family, her friends, her pupils and […]
The DUP Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart and Upper Bann MLA Diane Dodds have met senior representatives of Twitter UK this afternoon and pressed for answers as to why abusive tweets by anonymous accounts are not removed by the platform. Carla Lockhart said, “The tweets against Diane over Christmas are rightly being investigated by the […]
Sinn Féin Council Group leader Liam Mackle has said that a report by the Police Ombudsman into the killings of 19 people is further damning evidence of a policy of British state collusion with loyalist paramilitaries during the conflict. Cllr Mackle was speaking after the Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson published the findings of her investigation […]
Police are appealing for information following a report regarding racist graffiti which had been spray painted onto a wall of a house in the Mourne View Park area of Newry. Inspector Darren Hardy said: “We believe this act of racially-motivated criminal damage was carried out on two occasions in the early hours of Tuesday and […]
An Garda Síochána – Attestation of 148 new Gardaí • 122 Gardaí newly attested today• 26 further recruit Gardaí, will be attested in the coming weeks Strength of An Garda Síochána (as of 14th January 2022)• 14,411 Sworn Gardaí (72% male, 28% female)• 429 Garda Reserves (74% male, 26% female)• 3,388 Garda Staff (28% male, 72% female) • 235 recruit Gardaí […]
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