Nicola Donnelly

Dublin

Multi award winning Journo & Courts Corro News Reporter Irish Daily Star/Irish Mirror [email protected] Anon at https://t.co/GKfUhXVXun DMs open

Articles

Florida woman who escaped death row dies in Galway fire 30 years later

3 weeks ago | irishstar.com | Nicola Donnelly

Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs was wrongfully incarcerated for 17 years, the first woman in Florida to face the death penalty, and 30 years later she died in a house fire in Galway, Ireland. The founder of Death Penalty Action in America has honored the memory of Florida death row exoneree Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs, who tragically died in a Galway house fire. Sunny, 76, and a man in his thirties, were declared dead at the scene of a devastating bungalow fire near Casla in Connemara on Tuesday morning.
Death row survivor wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years dies in horror house fire

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Benjamin Lynch |Nicola Donnelly

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
American woman killed in Galway house blaze revealed to be death row survivor

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Nicola Donnelly |Claudia Trotman

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
School locked down as man arrested over online threats to 'harm children'

1 month ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Cathal Ryan |Nicola Donnelly |Gemma Ryder

"Please be reassured that we are doing everything in our power to keep the children and staff safe. Everyone will remain indoors until we hear otherwise.”A man has been arrested by police after sinister threats to harm Irish people — including children — were allegedly shared online, sparking panic and forcing a local school into lockdown.
Snapchat teen is ghosting gardai. On-run suspect taunts cops online after escape.

1 month ago | thefreelibrary.com | Nicola Donnelly

Byline: EXCLUSIVE BY NICOLA DONNELLYA BRAZEN fugitive who escaped from a Garda station and is suspected of committing crimes while on the run is now taunting officers with videos. The 19-year-old man - an associate of paralysed Drogheda feud mob boss Owen Maguire - jumped over the wall at Balbriggan Garda Station, Dublin last month. He had appeared before Balbriggan District Court earlier that day on charges of burglary and other theft offences. Gardai had objected to bail in the case.
Schoolgirls died 'hand in hand' after driver ignored pleas to stop speeding

1 month ago | irishstar.com | Nicola Donnelly

Anthony McGinn was driving a car that crashed into a tree at speed - killing Dlava Mohamed and Kia McCann and leaving Dlava's sister, Avin, with serious injuriesAnthony McGinn, 61, will face sentencing for his role in a devastating crash that resulted in the deaths of two teenage girls he was driving, after he recklessly sped over double the speed limit and collided with a tree despite their pleas to "slow down".
Schoolgirl best friends die ‘hand in hand’ after driver ignored pleas to slow

1 month ago | express.co.uk | Nicola Donnelly |William Morgan

Schoolgirl best friends die ‘hand in hand’ after driver ignored pleas to slow down Anthony McGinn, 61, was put in a 'position of trust' to drive best friends Kiea McCann, 17, and Dlava Mohamed, 16, to a party Schoolgirl Kiea McCann who was killed with her friend in a horror car crash (Image: Handout) A motorist who recklessly sped at over double the speed limit and crashed into a tree has been held responsible for the heartbreaking deaths of two teenage girls, despite their desperate pleas...
Teen best friends killed in horror crash after driver ignored them begging to slow down

1 month ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Antony Clements-Thrower |Nicola Donnelly

Kiea McCann and Dlava Mohamed died 'hand in hand' at the side of the road. A driver who sped along a road at more than twice the speed limit before crashing into a tree and killing two teenage girls in the car is said to have ignored their pleas to "slow down". Anthony McGinn, 61, was put in a "position of trust" to take best friends Kiea McCann, 17, and Dlava Mohamed, 16, as well as her sister Avin, to a ball in Monaghan Town in County Monaghan, Ireland.
'My daughter went to cops for help one day before she vanished 10 years ago'

2 months ago | mirror.co.uk | Antony Clements-Thrower |Nicola Donnelly |Antony Thrower

'My daughter went to cops for help one day before she vanished 10 years ago'Mum of two Elizabeth Bieninda, 24, vanished in 2013 but was reported as officially missing in 2015, with garda in Dublin updating her case to a murder probe in recent monthsA distraught mother whose daughter vanished a decade ago says her child had gone to the police for help one day before she went missing. There has been no trace of Elizabeth Bieninda since the mum-of-two was last seen in November 2013.
Missing woman went to Garda station for help before vanishing in 2015, mother reveals

2 months ago | irishmirror.ie | Nicola Donnelly

The mum of a missing woman has told how she “nearly collapsed” when gardai told her the case had been upgraded to a murder inquiry. Distraught Noeleen Bieninda also revealed how Elizabeth Clarke went to a Garda station to seek help a day before she vanished in 2015. Noeleen – who this week pleaded with those who know where Elizabeth's body is to tell gardai – told us she had been fighting for so long for the case to be upgraded to a murder probe.