Garreth MacNamee

2 weeks ago | extrag.ie | Garreth MacNamee

Tá mac na mná Éireannaí, Máire Ní Mhurchú, atá 72 bliain d’aois agus a gabhadh ag Iosraelaigh sa Bhruach Thiar, tar éis labhairt faoina bhród aisti; agus dúirt an bhean a gabhadh léi: ‘Ní dhearna sí aon rud mícheart.’Ghabh fórsaí Iosraelacha Máire Ní Mhurchú, as Corcaigh, (tugtar D Murphy uirthi freisin), i sráidbhaile Khallet al-Dabaa i réigiún Masafer Yatta i ndeisceart an Bhruaigh Thiar.

3 weeks ago | extra.ie | Garreth MacNamee

There needs to be a ‘quicker acceleration’ of the prosecution of court cases so people are not out on bail for prolonged periods, the Taoiseach has said. Micheál Martin said he was ‘very conscious’ there was a ‘family in mourning’ over the shocking events in Carlow town on Sunday. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW Evan Fitzgerald, 22, of Portrushen, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow, entered the Fairgreen Shopping Centre in the town and started firing a weapon before turning the gun on himself.

3 weeks ago | extra.ie | Garreth MacNamee

A 70-year-old Irish woman has been arrested in the occupied West Bank and is detained in Israel, fighting a deportation order. Deirdre ‘D’ Murphy is volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), an activist group helping Palestinian residents in the occupied West Bank. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW ISM said Ms Murphy, who is originally from Cork, was arrested in the village of Khalet AlDaba’a in Masafer Yatta in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

3 weeks ago | extra.ie | Garreth MacNamee

The funeral arrangements for Michael Gaine, the murdered farmer from Kenmare, Co. Kerry, have been announced. Mr Gaine’s remains were discovered late last month as slurry spreading was being undertaken on his land, leading to a murder investigation. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW His funeral will take place this Saturday, June 7, at Holy Cross Church in Kenmare, with a repose at Finnegan’s Funeral Home the previous day. The family has requested privacy.

3 weeks ago | extra.ie | Garreth MacNamee

A man who fired a shotgun in a crowded shopping centre in Co Carlow had ‘a fascination with firearms’ and was on bail facing charges of possessing automatic weapons he bought on the ‘dark web’. It has also emerged that at a previous court hearing, gardaí opposed bail for Evan Fitzgerald, 22, who caused panic when he discharged the gun at the Fairgreen Shopping Centre in Carlow town on Sunday evening, before fatally turning the weapon on himself following a stand-off with armed gardaí.