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4 days ago | 
irishcentral.com | Debbie McCann
Gardaí believe Richard Satchwell planned the murder of his wife weeks in advance because he thought she was going to leave him, Extra.ie has learned. Senior sources familiar with the investigation that would ultimately result in Satchwell’s murder conviction said the Englishman meticulously planned the killing before going to extreme lengths to try to cover his tracks.
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6 days ago | 
extra.ie | Debbie McCann
Gardaí believe Richard Satchwell planned the murder of his wife weeks in advance because he thought she was going to leave him, Extra.ie has learned. Senior sources familiar with the investigation that would ultimately result in Satchwell’s murder conviction said the Englishman meticulously planned the killing before going to extreme lengths to try to cover his tracks.
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1 week ago | 
extra.ie | Debbie McCann
An author and coercive control survivor who suffered years of abuse at the hands of a serving garda said abused women are ‘not being believed’ by the authorities. Nicola Hanney spoke out after new figures provided by the DPP confirm there has been just 25 successful prosecutions since legislation making coercive control a criminal offence was enacted six years ago.
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1 week ago | 
extra.ie | Debbie McCann
A far-right activist and former leader of an anti-immigration party is using images of immigrants in a bid to bolster demand for a self-defence spray he is selling online. The platform selling Farb Gel – a ‘criminal identifier’ spray – appears on a website set up by failed general election candidate Derek Blighe last month.
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1 week ago | 
extra.ie | Debbie McCann
Gardaí are investigating if Michael Gaine was murdered at a different location before his dismembered remains were stuffed into a slurry tank running beneath his farm. It comes as a leading forensic expert this weekend warned it may not be possible to get evidence linking the killer to the Kerry farmer’s remains. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW Partial human remains, believed to be those of the missing man, were found last week in a field where slurry was spread on Mr Gaine’s farm.
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1 week ago | 
extra.ie | Debbie McCann
A man arrested by gardaí investigating the devastating explosion at a service station in Creeslough, Co. Donegal, in which 10 people died, has been released without charge. Four men, three women and three young people, their ages ranging from five to 59, died in the blast on the afternoon of Friday, October 7, 2022, in the village of Creeslough.
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1 week ago | 
evoke.ie | Debbie McCann
An author and coercive control survivor who suffered years of abuse at the hands of a serving garda said abused women are ‘not being believed’ by the authorities. Nicola Hanney spoke out after new figures provided by the DPP confirm there has been just 25 successful prosecutions since legislation making coercive control a criminal offence was enacted six years ago.
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2 weeks ago | 
extra.ie | Debbie McCann
Gardaí face overtime cuts due to the Coalition’s failure to deliver on pre-election promises to boost numbers, Extra.ie can reveal. New figures confirm more gardaí have left the force than joined it so far this year. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW This comes as garda bosses warned current overtime spending is ‘not sustainable’ and is being significantly cut for the remainder of 2025. The Government allocated a record €151m for overtime this year – up 13% on 2024.
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2 weeks ago | 
extra.ie | Debbie McCann
Traces of Michael Gaine’s suspected remains were discovered on his farm the morning after slurry was spread, Extra.ie has learned. The slurry was spread on Friday night and, what gardaí confirmed were human remains were found throughout yesterday. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW The body parts were discovered in a field beside the farmyard containing a slurry tank and where the missing Kerry farmer’s car had been located on March 20.
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1 month ago | 
irishcentral.com | Debbie McCann
A recording of Nikita Hand talking to her then partner just hours after she claimed she was violently raped by Conor McGregor is at odds with bombshell claims in new evidence that she was physically beaten by her ex. On Friday, it emerged that former neighbours of the mother-of-one claim to have witnessed her being punched and kicked by her then-boyfriend, Stephen Redmond, on the same evening she said she was attacked by the former MMA fighter at a Dublin hotel.
