John Cassidy

4 weeks ago | armaghi.com | John Cassidy

A Co Armagh man charged with the murder of Odhran Kelly was today refused compassionate bail to attend his daughter’s First Holy Communion. On Friday, Belfast Crown Court heard that Gary Damien Scullion (32), of Edward Street, Lurgan, is the only one of five defendants charged in connection with the murder in December 2023 who has not been granted bail.

1 month ago | newyorker.com | John Cassidy

Nobody has ever accused Donald Trump of being an economic philosopher, but maybe we have been missing something. In a televised Cabinet meeting last Wednesday, the President brought up the possibility that his trade war, and particularly his punitive tariffs on Chinese goods, would create empty shelves at retailers. “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of thirty dolls,” he said.

1 month ago | sundayworld.com | John Cassidy

'I AM GUILTY' | "The fatal injury was to the chest which went through her lungs and entered her heart”Today at 15:35A man has been handed a life sentence after he pleaded guilty to murdering a sex worker in Limerick. Habib Shah Shamel appeared in the dock of Belfast Crown Court from custody to be formally arraigned on two charges.

1 month ago | sundayworld.com | John Cassidy

'sustained attack' | “He hit him approximately four times with the hammer, shouting: ‘You f***ing b*****d. You know what it’s about”Belfast Magistrates CourtToday at 14:50An east Belfast man who broke into his cousin’s home and bludgeoned him around the head with a hammer was today jailed for two years. Judge Gordon Kerr KC told Christopher McClean he will spend a further two years on supervised licence on his release from prison over what he described as a “sustained attack”.

1 month ago | newyorker.com | John Cassidy

On March 9, 1933, five days after the first Presidential Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, a special session of Congress, which Roosevelt had called to deal with an unprecedented economic crisis, convened on Capitol Hill. Roughly a third of Americans were jobless; hungry people were filling up soup kitchens across the country; and banks were collapsing as worried depositors rushed to withdraw their funds.