Niall O'Connor

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Niall O'Connor |Eimer McAuley

AN AUSTRALIAN WOMAN accused of killing three lunch guests with deadly mushrooms should not be judged guilty just because she lied after the meal, her defence lawyer has said. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with murdering her estranged husband’s parents and aunt in July 2023 by spiking their beef Wellington lunch with death cap mushrooms. She is also accused of attempting to murder a fourth guest – her husband’s uncle – who survived the lunch after a long stay in hospital.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Niall O'Connor |David MacRedmond

ISRAEL LAUNCHED AN expanded assault on Iran overnight, targeting its energy industry and Defence Ministry headquarters, while Tehran unleashed a fresh barrage of deadly strikes. The simultaneous attacks represented the latest burst of violence since a surprise offensive by Israel two days earlier aimed at Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme.

3 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Niall O'Connor

A COURT HAS heard how two bungling drug traffickers communicating with each other through Google translate and suffering with heavy seasickness struggled to save their own lives when the malfunctioning trawler they were aboard ran aground in high seas. Detective Superintendent Keith Halley was being cross examined by defence counsel Michael O’Higgins SC at the Special Criminal Court sentence hearing for the eight men accused of playing a part in the MV Matthew operation.

3 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Niall O'Connor

A COURT HAS heard that sanction dodging Iranian shipping ghost fleet companies with connections in Venezuela were heavily involved with a crime gang in Dubai in the funding and organisation of the largest drug shipment ever seized in Ireland. Detective Superintendent Keith Halley led the garda operation that captured the MV Matthew in a daring Army Ranger Wing (ARW) operation off the Wexford and Waterford coast.

3 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Niall O'Connor

GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING THE Carlow shopping centre shooting found a large quantity of chemicals inside a barrel at the home of the shooter. It is understood gardaí searched two houses linked to Evan Fitzgerald located on the Wicklow and Carlow border near the village of Kiltegan, some 40 minutes by road from the site of the shooting.