Irish Daily Mirror
SHE DIED DOING WHAT SHE LOVED
THE family of a 16-year-old girl who died suddenly during a GAA match said she died doing what she loved. Aoibheann Clarke took ill in a ladies shield final in Wexford on Tuesday night and tragically died.
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SCHOOL FEES HIT NEW HIGH
FAMILIES are facing a doublewhammy as a back-to-school cash crisis and soaring college fees threaten to push household budgets over the edge. Alarming figures reveal that more than half of all parents are dreading the cost of the September return to...
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4 YEARS JAIL FOR KILLING HIS PALS
an A MAN has been jailed for four years after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of two of his college friends. Patrick Carroll was 19 and drunk when he crashed a car into a wall off the N69 in Co Limerick in February 2024,...
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Was it really worth it, Sean?
THE son of murdererd Noel Kirwan said the jailing of Sean Mcgovern for 24 years yesterday “marks the end of painful journey”. Daniel Kinahan’s right-hand man was convicted of directing the gang which murdered the father-of-two, right. Outside court...
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ARRESTED.. HOURS LATER HE WAS DEAD
THIS is the moment a murder suspect was arrested - hours before he died in custody. Lee Mcdonnell, 34, was detained on Saturday in west Dublin for allegedly breaching bail conditions. He was also a suspect for a slashing attack on a man who later...
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CHASED BY 14-MAN PACK
QAYYUM Balogun was chased by 14 men before being set upon by six people and fatally stabbed, a court heard yesterday. The allegation was made during the bail hearing of Joshua Brodericks, who faced four charges connected to the incident in Dublin. He...
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CHILLING
THE chief suspect in the Qayyum Balogun murder probe brandishes a knife in a video clip posted hours after the killing. The fugitive, who is believed to be in the UK, is seen lifting his top to reveal the weapon hidden inside his trousers. The video...
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JUST GIVE YOURSELF UP NOW
THE sister of murder victim Qayyum Balogun has urged those responsible to come forward. Aliyah Balogun, 20, said: “Do everyone a favour and put our minds at ease.” Student Qayyum, 21, died in the early hours of Monday after he was stabbed a number...
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SPY CHARGE CIVIL SERVANT IN NEW BAIL BID
A CIVIL servant refused bail after he appeared in court accused of passing government information to a foreign intelligence service is set to make a fresh bid for freedom. Cloverhill District Court heard yesterday Yevgen Mckeeffe, 45, who was first...
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HUNTED DOWN
THE man who died after being stabbed in central Dublin was hunted down after he ran for his life, it has emerged. Student Qayyum Balogun, 21, was targeted twice and knifed three times. Gardai believe the first attack did not cause a fatal injury –...
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AS LONG AS HE IS NEVER FREE ..I DON’T CARE
ROSE Callaly doesn’t care if her daughter Rachel’s evil murderer Joe O’reilly has got a university degree in prison – as long as he never tastes freedom. As it was revealed he completed a business course ahead of a parole bid later this year, she...
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‘SUSPECT WARNED TO STAY AWAY FROM VICTIM’
THE suspect in the murder of a motherof-two was previously fined for attempting to contact her, we can reveal. The man was arrested on Thursday after the body of Iranian national Masuma Sorabi, 31, was found in Clifden, Go Galway. In January, he...
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THROAT SLASH HORROR
AN Iranian woman who fled to Ireland in hope of a better life was found dead yesterday after having her throat cut. Mother-of-two Masuma Sohrabi, 31, was discovered beside a river close to the IPAS accommodation where she lived in Clifden, Co...
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GUN THREAT HOAX SHUTS SCHOOLS
A SUSPECTED hoax mass shooting threat forced the closure of 10 schools. An email with a sinister firearms was sent to 20 schools in Co Carlow and referenced a “mass shooting” and there would be “blood in the halls”. St Joseph’s National School...
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Riptide pulled Abbie under so quickly
THE family of a teenager who drowned last weekend have told of the “gut-wrenching grief” they’ve suffered since the tragedy. Abbie Carmody-pepper’s body was recovered from the water at Burrow Beach in Sutton, north Dublin, on Sunday evening following...
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KYRAN MURDER ARREST
Sources told us the suspect, who is in her 50s, was arrested in Drogheda yesterday. She is being held on direct suspicion of the murder of the child – who was six when last seen in mid-2022.
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HOTTER THAN IBIZA
IRELAND will bask in the warmest day of the year this week with temperatures forecast to soar as high as 27C. This means the country will be hotter than holiday destinations such as Ibiza, Barcelona and Faro.
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I NEED YOUR PRAYERS
THE Taoiseach met the Pope yesterday – as he looked in need of divine intervention to prevent a by-election battering for Fianna Fail. Micheal Martin’s leadership has been under fire recently and he could face more pressure when the results of the...
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ENOCH SACKED
ENOCH Burke yesterday lost an appeal against his dismissal from Wilson’s Hospital School. A panel upheld the decision to sack him after he was initially suspended in a row over how to address a student with a pronoun. Mr Burke has also repeatedly...
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SHAME ON YOU
THE treatment of Gaza activists by masked Israeli soldiers has been condemned after footage was posted on social media. The 37-second video was shared on X by Israel Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-givr. At the start of the clip, a woman with...
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‘SHOPLIFT’ DEATH PROBE RIDDLE
A POST-MORTEM has failed to establish a cause of death for the man who lost his life after he was detained for allegedly shoplifting. Yves Sakila, 35, was stopped by security outside the Henry Street entrance of Arnotts in Dublin on Friday on...
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I’VE BEEN KIDNAPPED
PRESIDENT Catherine Connolly has spoken of her upset after her sister was detained by Israeli troops intercepting an aid mission to Gaza. Dr Margaret Connolly was on board a flotilla which was boarded 70 nautical miles off Cyprus – with at least six...
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4 KILLED IN WEEKEND CARNAGE
FOUR people were killed and several injured in a weekend of carnage on the roads. On Saturday, a woman in her 20s was hit by a car on the N11 in south Dublin and died at the scene. Earlier, two men – Caoilan Bushe, 30, and Leo Shovlin, 27 – were...
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TOMMY WAS ‘LIVING A LIE’
TOMMY Fleming has come out as gay and revealed the mental health struggles he faced living a “double life”. The singer was admitted to St Patrick’s Hospital last September after a suicide attempt. He said: “[It came from] an overwhelming sense of...
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TRAGIC JASTINE’S MUM DIES ON VISIT TO HER GRAVE
THE mother of murder victim Jastine Valdez has died while visiting her daughter’s grave in the Philippines. Tragic Jastine, 24, was kidnapped and murdered by Mark Hennessy, inset, in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, on May 19, 2018. He was later shot dead by...
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‘BEYOND THE PALE’
BERTIE Ahern has hit back after being filmed claiming “too many immigrants” are coming to Ireland. The former Taoiseach was recorded without his knowledge during canvassing for the Dublin Central by-election. Asked on a doorstep why Ireland could...
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MY LOVELY FARCE
FATHER Ted co-creator Graham Linehan objects “in the strongest possible terms” to the comedy being shown in place of Eurovision and accused broadcaster RTE of an “antisemitic” boycott. The broadcaster will show the sitcom’s Eurovision-themed episode A...
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THE THIN BLEU LINE
GARDAI are to call in foreign police forces for specialised assistance during Ireland’s looming EU presidency, Commissioner Justin Kelly has confirmed. “As Commissioner it makes absolute sense to me to me that we do that,” he told this newspaper...
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JET THEM HOME
TWO Irish passengers from the virus-hit cruise ship landed back in Ireland last night on the Government jet. It was sent to Tenerife after the MV Hondius docked in the Canary Isle. The aircraft touched down at Baldonnel Aerodrome just after 9pm and...
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I’LL NEVER SEE LAURA IN HER DREAM DRESS
A HEARTBROKEN mum told a court how she heard her daughter had been killed in a hit-and-run – hours after they’d been wedding dress shopping. Bride-to-be Laura Connolly, 34, was hit by a van driven by Sean Connaughton – who failed to stop on the...
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ANDREW IN MASKED MAN TERROR
ANDREW Mountbatten-windsor was allegedly threatened by an armed man in a balaclava near his Sandringham home. The ex-prince, 66, was said to have been walking his dogs when an “intimidating” man got out of a car and yelled at...
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IT’S EU!
IRISH households are paying the highest electricity prices in Europe – around €480 a year more. The EU data comes as energy suppliers announced price hikes from next month. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou Mcdonald demanded an emergency budget as “people...
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YOU ARE NO HERO.. YOU ARE A COWARD
THE wife of a man killed by a Garda in a hit-and-run told a court yesterday he is “a coward”. Michael Ball, 28, was driving well above the 50kph limit when he struck GAA coach Niall Maceneaney in Drogheda in 2024. His wife Grace, right, said: “He...
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