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'She lied to me about Kyran or police have it wrong'

Dec 9, 2024 | msn.com | Mandy McAuley |Guy Grandjean

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'She lied to me about Kyran or police have it wrong'

Dec 9, 2024 | yahoo.com | Mandy McAuley |Guy Grandjean

An audio recording which raises key questions in the investigation into the suspected murder of Kyran Durnin is being broadcast for the first time by BBC Spotlight. Kyran was reported missing at the end of August but in October An Garda Síochána (Irish police) announced the boy was presumed dead. Gardaí said he had not been seen for two years - despite being known to child services.
Hospital 'becoming night shelter for homeless', charity fears

Oct 7, 2024 | aol.com | Mandy McAuley |Guy Grandjean

October 7, 2024 at 6:01 PMCouncillor Paul McCusker, Founder of The People’s Kitchen in Belfast [BBC]Hospital emergency departments in Belfast are "turning into night shelters" for homeless people seeking warmth and safety, it has been claimed. Community and voluntary organisations have told BBC NI Spotlight that the system to support homeless people is in “complete chaos”, because of a lack of funding and reduction in vital services.
Criminal probe into officers who celebrated Armagh win

Aug 17, 2024 | yahoo.com | Mandy McAuley

Mandy McAuley - BBC Spotlight reporterAugust 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM·4 min readThe Police Service of Northern Ireland is conducting criminal investigations into officers who joined in celebrations of Armagh’s all-Ireland GAA win, sources have told the BBC. Three neighbourhood officers have been informed that they are being investigated for alleged driving offences, according to the sources.
UVF 'knew Billy Wright was a state agent'

May 21, 2024 | bbc.com | Mandy McAuley

Notorious loyalist was 'a state agent' - claimsMandy McAuley,Reporter, BBC SpotlightPA MediaBilly Wright was a UVF leader in Mid UlsterA loyalist killer has claimed the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) believed Billy Wright, the organisation’s leader in Mid Ulster, was a state agent. Laurence Maguire told BBC NI’s Spotlight programme he had been called to answer questions about Wright for a UVF inquiry in the 1990s.
Nitazenes: Super strength street drugs linked to multiple NI deaths

Oct 8, 2023 | news.nestia.com | Mandy McAuley

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Nitazenes can be injected, inhaled or swallowed By Mandy McAuley BBC NI Spotlight Super strength street drugs which are "500 times stronger than morphine" have been linked to multiple deaths across Northern Ireland for the first time, a coroner has said. The Public Health Agency (PHA) warned in July that new synthetic opioids Nitazenes may be in Belfast.
Nitazenes: Super strength street drugs linked to multiple NI deaths

Oct 8, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Mandy McAuley

Super strength street drugs which are "500 times stronger than morphine" have been linked to multiple deaths across Northern Ireland for the first time, the coroner has said. The Public Health Agency (PHA) warned in July that new synthetic opioids Nitazenes may be in Belfast. They have now been implicated in the deaths of six people, with an average age of 28, BBC News NI can reveal. The death toll may rise as more tests are carried out.