Differing dynasties

Sep 12, 2024 | rte.ie | Conor McMorrow |Differing dynasties

Drug users and their families have been forced to sell property, farmland, and machinery to clear drug debts of tens of thousands of euro, according to Irish experts familiar with drug related intimidation. Drug related intimidation occurs when a criminal or criminals allege that a sum of money is owed as a result of a drug debt. It can involve family members of the person in debt being subjected to intimidation or the threat of intimidation. "It is a rural phenomenon.

Sep 12, 2024 | rte.ie | Conor McMorrow |Differing dynasties

A woman who was forced to flee the country after her son racked up significant drug debts has spoken of the trauma her family experienced after becoming the target of drug-related intimidation. 'Alice' – whose name has been changed to protect her identity – said that her family was left with nowhere to turn when drug dealers seeking repayment from her son started to threaten, intimidate and attack her family.

Jul 11, 2024 | rte.ie | Conor McMorrow |Differing dynasties

Salman Jamal Said will never forget what happened on 26 July 2015. The award-winning Somali TV reporter was in a car with three colleagues, travelling on the main road from the TV station where they worked in central Mogadishu to the Somali capital's Aden Adde International Airport, when another car crashed into them. The collision was a deliberate, targeted attack by a suicide bomber that blew up both cars.

Jun 9, 2024 | rte.ie | Conor McMorrow |Differing dynasties

More than half of the 949 council seats are filled, and we expect to have the first of 14 MEPs elected in the European elections later tonight. As the story of Election 2024 continues to unfold, here are five more takeaways: New nationalist councillor claims 'revolution' Shortly after 4.30pm, Independent candidate Malachy Steenson was elected to Dublin City Council in the North Inner City.