Irish Daily Star
GANGSTER BROTHERS PRIME SUSPECTS
GARDAI believe they have identified the gang behind the petrol bomb attack that killed four members of the English family, it has emerged. Sources have also claimed that the family may have been targeted because dad Philip English was trying to pay...
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MURDERED BY EVIL DRUGS GANG
THIS is the family torn apart by an evil drugs gang who petrol bombed their house. Philip and Kim English, who were in their 40s, and sons Callum (12) and Jayden (9) perished and two other siblings are critically ill after their family home in...
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SWIM PAEDO GIBNEY JAILED
SURVIVORS of George Gibney’s abuse have spoken of their relief after the former swimming coach was jailed for 15 and a half years – following their decades-long fight for justice. Gibney, 78, was sentenced to a total of 16 years and eight months, with...
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HE THOUGHT NOBODY COULD STOP HIM
THE daughter of paedophile radio DJ Eamon Cooke has told of the horrific abuse she suffered at his hands from the age of just four years old. Brave Karen revealed how the prolific child sex offender was so brazen he would subject her to abuse in...
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HALF MAST FOR LADY OF THE MANOR
SUPPLEMENT your punting diet with a large portion of HIGH FIBRE (3.40) in this afternoon’s Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap at Newmarket. With all the mileage having gone out of the odds on the first three in the betting – last year’s hero...
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TRIPLE MURDER TRIAL ‘I KILLED MY FATHER, MOTHER & BROTHER
A MAN who is accused of the knife murders of his mother, father and special needs brother at their home told gardai he “lost the head”, a court has heard. Robert O’Connor (32), of Dundalk, Co Louth, is on trial for the triple murder of his mother...
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SPLASH AND BURN
8 PAGE PULLOUT INSIDE.. THE Government says its giant €8.65bn 2027 Budget will put money back in workers’ and families’ pockets as the cost of living crisis bites this winter. Tánaiste Simon Harris said it was a package for workers and the squeezed...
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‘KINAHAN WAS JUST A STRAIGHT FAT PADDY’
AN EX-CRIMINAL pal of Daniel Kinahan says he is convinced the Dubliner is no gangster — and was just a ‘straight, fat Paddy’ during the time they spent together in Spain. Infamous one-eyed British criminal Marvin Herbert, who previously survived an...
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Death toll continues to rise in Gaza
NEVERENDING: Destruction in Gaza after latest Israel strikes
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PERJURY COPS ‘WANT TO TALK TO McGREGOR’
GARDAI investigating alleged perjury in Conor McGregor’s civil rape case appeal have been looking to speak to him for months after seizing a phone from an associate. It comes as a couple were charged with two counts of perjury this week over claims...
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‘DO THE RIGHT THING'
LEGENDARY Dublin footballer David Hickey told Ireland players: “Do the right thing or hang your head in shame for life.” The 74-year-old doctor, who has been a long-time activist for Palestine, slammed the FAI for allowing the fixture with Israel to...
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PERJURY RAP IN McGREGOR RAPE CASE
A COUPLE have been charged with committing perjury during Conor McGregor’s appeal of a civil jury’s finding that he raped Nikita Hand. Samantha O’Reilly (38) and Stephen Cummins (39) were charged over allegedly falsely claiming that they saw Nikita...
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TODDLER (2) ON THIRD FLOOR ROOF
A TWO-YEAR-OLD was found alone on the ledge of the roof of a three-storey apartment building, a court heard yesterday. Neighbours rescued the toddler before gardai arrived, Limerick District Court yesterday heard, as the father was charged with one...
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500K homes turn on fuel payments
FUEL allowance payments, which are set to benefit nearly half a million homes, begin rolling out today as part of a major expansion of the scheme. Fine Gael said it now means a quarter of all homes in the country qualify. Chair of the Oireachtas...
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Robbie Lawlor murder charge
A DUBLINER who was arrested in Liverpool yesterday has been charged over the gun murder of psycho gangster Robbie Lawlor. The man, who is in his 40s, is now the third person from the Republic to come under the spotlight of the PSNI as part of the...
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PAEDO COOKE’S NEW LINK TO PHILIP
NEW evidence may show that missing schoolboy Philip Cairns was in the company of paedophile DJ Eamon Cooke on the day he went missing in October 1986. In August 2016, a woman who was nine years old at the time of Philip’s disappearance told gardai...
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I FELT SORRY FOR CONOR’S WIFE AND KIDS
SEXUAL assault victim Nikita Hand was going to delay her 2018 rape report against Conor McGregor — so his now-wife and kids wouldn’t have their Christmas ruined. In her new book, out today, she writes: “I asked the Gardai to let me get through...
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THE LAUNCHPAD FOR DUBLIN’S GOLDEN AGE
15 years since game-changing All-Ireland win - read Roy Curtis
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DUNPHY: UEFA are to blame
Bhoys left SEE PAGE 45 Hungary... CELTIC ............... 1 FERENCVÁROS...3
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CREEPY GARDA SPIED ON WOMEN DRIVERS
WENT VIRAL: Gemma streamed live video of her being chased by gardai while in her Mercedes car
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‘FEARS OVER DAD’S KILLER’and
THE daughters of a slain dad say the woman who killed him will be back on the streets tomorrow — and they live in fear of bumping into her. Olesja Hertova (50) served two years for killing James Ryan (69) after a vodka binge — the culmination, his...
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Kenny’s Saints march on OASIS ACQUIESCE TO SLANE
DUNDALK...0 ST. PATS .... 4
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Irish permits so un-EUsual for nearly 73k
THE number of new residence permits issued to non-EU nationals fell to their lowest post-pandemic level in Ireland last year. It came at a time when the overall number of residence permits across the EU rose by 10%. New figures published by the...
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More could plug into fuel payment
THERE is “an argument” for expanding eligibility for fuel allowance, the Tanaiste has suggested. Simon Harris added that the fuel allowance is “the most impactful way we can assist people who are on low incomes and who are at risk of fuel poverty”. A...
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HUTCH BOY HOME MONK SON’S GANGLAND CHARGES
GERRY ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s son was flown to Ireland on the Government jet yesterday to face charges of facilitating a criminal organisation. Jason Hutch, 37, appeared before Dublin District Court after being flown in from Lanzarote.
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SOPHIE DEATH CRASH CHARGES
THIS 19-year-old has been charged with dangerous driving in relation to an incident that led to the death of Sophie Caulfield. Martin McCarthy (19) is charged with nine separate offences, including failing to stop a vehicle he was driving after it was...
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Standstill at the courts
JUSTICE Minister Jim O’Callaghan has defended his reforms to legal aid fees which prompted a withdrawal of services by lawyers. More than 25 bench warrants were issued by a single judge in under two hours, as the impact of the defence solicitors’...
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Hannah’s life will be celebrated
A MEMORIAL service for an 18-year-old killed in a car crash in Iceland will be held later this month. Hannah Jane Large was among three people killed after the BMW they were travelling in veered off a road south of the capital Reykjavík in the early...
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THE GREAT PLAIN ROBBERY
SUP TO NO GOOD: Thieves swiped kegs of Guinness from trucks in UK
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BABYSITTER ‘PULLED GUN’
A FAMILY’S former babysitter turned up at their doorstep with a gun and threatened to kill them, it has been alleged. Sara Campbell, 40, of Macroom Road, Dublin 17, is also accused of burglary.
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DRAUGHT DODGERS
UP TO 1,000 pubs will close in the next decade as Ireland’s famed nightlife faces being decimated due to changing habits and soaring costs. A new report revealed that on average over 100 pubs annually have ceased business since 2005 — with one in four...
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TRIBUTES PAID TO SUPERSTAR
DOLLY Parton has died aged 80 after a lengthy health battle, with her nephew saying the country icon “opened doors for generations of singers”.
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KILLER HUBBY TAKES OWN LIFE
A MAN suspected of murdering his wife in Limerick has been found dead. Brazilian Jady Cristine Pereira Rosa (33) was found dead at her home on Friday morning after being stabbed to death. Her husband Judismar Weslei Batista went missing - but his...
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Fuel cuts to remain in place
AN UNWINDING of temporary cuts to fuel excise has been postponed, the Government announced yesterday. An excise reduction of 32c on a litre of diesel and 27c for petrol had been due to be phased out from September 1. They were introduced in April...
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NO END TO M-WAY MADNESS
TWO of the five teens killed in the M9 joyriding horror smash will be buried today — as Gardai reveal the social media-fuelled craze has continued even after their deaths. In the early hours of yesterday teen thugs drove the wrong way up the M50 and...
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BET 12-PAGE YORK RACING PULLOUT
FRIENDS of the three sisters fighting for their lives after the M9 crash have told of their gratitude at the public response to a fundraiser for them which last night was heading towards €500,000. Niamh and Alma Kinsella and Ella Hendricken as well as...
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M9 GANG VICTIMS ‘PRAY FOR CRASH SISTERS’
THESE are the sisters who are fighting for their lives after a gang of wrong-way joyriders collided with them in the fatal M9 crash. Niamh and Alma Kinsella, both in their 30s, are in a critical condition while Ella Hendricken, in her 20s, was...
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TOTAL ECLIPSE OF CROKE PARK
THE COUNTRY went eclipse crazy yesterday as hundreds of thousands took to parks and gardens to watch a rare near-total solar eclipse. Even the star power of Manchester United and Leeds United couldn’t outshine the eclipse at a sold-out Croke Park —...
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GUARDIAN ANGELS SAVED MYMIRACLE BOY ON M50
A MOTHER has told how her 22-year-old son miraculously walked away from the wreckage of a devastating 100kph head-on crash on the M50. She said “guardian angels” were watching over him and added that despite his injuries he checked on the eight teens...
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ALL-IRELAND HERO KILLED IN ROAD SMASH
ALL-IRELAND winner James McHugh has been tragically killed in a horror road traffic accident. The star — who played for Donegal until 1996 — died yesterday after the car in which he was travelling collided with a van in Co Cavan. The crash between...
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Good news on tobacco, butt...
IRISH people are less likely to smoke than other Europeans but the proportion of adults here who use tobacco products on a daily basis is increasing. A new report by the European Commission shows Ireland has the second lowest consumption rate of...
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THE TEN MILLION DOLLAR DAN
AN American lawyer who sued Daniel Kinahan is “vindicated” by his extradition to Ireland after years of court battles — and wants his $10m payday. Lawyer Eric Montalvo successfully took a $10m civil case against Kinahan over the poaching of a fighter...
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GUS CRACKS CASES... DOGGY BAGGED
A MAN has been jailed for four years after wonder drug dog Gus rumbled him walking out with €560,000 worth of weed in two suitcases at an airport. At Ennis Circuit Court yesterday, 29-year-old dad-of-two Sean Grehan’s lawyer admitted to the judge that...
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DEPORTEES & ONION KINGPIN
FEUD FOR THOUGHT: Jailed Daniel Kinahan (left) says he is looking forward to King crisps and batch bread when he is deported to Ireland shortly to face trial for running cartel and overseeing gangland murders
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5,620 kids without a home
“Behind every one of these figures is a child whose education, wellbeing, and future are being affected by the trauma and uncertainty of RALLY Palestine solidarity and People Before Profit stage a protest outside the Department of Justice; below,...
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GOOD WIN BUNTING FOR $1M AFFLECK...
BEN Affleck has won the million-dollar top prize on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? The Hollywood actor, 53, competed on a celebrity version of the game show in the US alongside Jeopardy! champion Jamie Ding. The money was pledged to Good Will Hunting...
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‘Voice of the streets.. Choir of angels in one man’
Glen Hansard has died age 56 TRIBUTES have been flooding in following the tragic death of Oscar-winning singersongwriter and social justice campaigner Glen Hansard in a shocking early-morning motorcycle crash. The 56-year-old frontman of The Frames,...
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Monster killed my son
THE father of stabbing victim Mark Carroll has hit out at his son’s murderer Derek Boyd — calling him a “monster”. Double killer Boyd, who also shot his sister dead in an accident, was yesterday jailed for life for murdering Mark (34) in Dublin in...
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Mayo the fourth be with Yew
MAYO’S notorious curse has been broken as a tsunami of joy swept away 75 years of heartache on one of the most emotional days in GAA history yesterday. On Reek Sunday, the day pilgrims climb the Yew County’s famous peak, the green and red faithful...
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YOU’VE GOT IT WALL WRONG
A HOLIDAY home owner who shocked a family when they found him in a “hidden room” behind a makeshift wall at his property has said he was “entitled to stay there”. Landlord Seamus ‘Shay’ Conway says there was “nothing sinister” about him staying in the...
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DOUBLE KILLER
A MAN who previously shot dead his sister in an accident is now a double killer after being found guilty of another man’s murder. Derek Boyd (31) knifed Mark Carroll at his home in Dublin in 2024 after a row — while serving the suspended part of a...
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‘HE LUNGED AT HER WITH KNIFE IN CHURCH’
A WOMAN is in intensive care after a man stabbed her as she said prayers in her local church yesterday. Mary McNamara, described as a “kind” and dedicated parishioner, was attacked as she said the rosary ahead of 10am mass at Holy Cross Church in...
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ISLE HIGH CLUB
IN COURT: Sean McGlone A VAN driver has been charged with dangerous driving following an incident where a car was allegedly driven at a number of people. Sean McGlone (29) from Drogheda was yesterday granted bail with strict conditions over the...
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