Paul Healy

3 days ago | irishmirror.ie | Paul Healy

A well-respected traffic garda has died after he was struck by a motorcycle while performing a speed check in Dublin. The officer, 49, who has been in the force for many years, worked out of Dublin Castle and was previously based out of Pearse Street Garda station. He died at the scene in Lanestown, close to Blake’s Cross in Lusk, Co Dublin on Sunday afternoon. The collision occurred around 1pm.

1 week ago | irishmirror.ie | Paul Healy

Richard Satchwell was sending “significant amounts of money” to purchase monkeys in what appeared to be a “scam” his trial has heard. Mr Satchwell (58) denies the March 2017 murder of his wife Tina, whose decomposed remains were found in a shallow grave under the stairs of the home she shared with her husband following an “invasive” Garda search in October 2023.

1 week ago | irishmirror.ie | Paul Healy

Richard Satchwell’s emails to an ‘international monkey organisation’ on the same day he said his wife died, have been read out at his murder trial. Mr Satchwell (58) denies the March 2017 murder of his wife Tina, whose decomposed remains were found in a shallow grave under the stairs of the home she shared with her husband following an “invasive” Garda search in October 2023.

1 week ago | corkbeo.ie | Paul Healy

Richard Satchwell told Gardaí that his wife Tina had threatened to leave 'probably two hundred times' and that he didn't see a future with her even if she 'turned up tomorrow.' The statement was taken from a Garda interview, the transcript of which was read out to the jury on Tuesday afternoon. Detective Sergeant David Noonan conducted the original interview in Cork on July 20, 2021.

1 week ago | irishmirror.ie | Paul Healy

Gangsters used a drone to launch a flying bomb attack against a rival in Dublin overnight, it has emerged. The Irish Mirror has learned that the Defence Forces’ EOD unit had to be called to be make the pipe bomb safe following the incident in Finglas, north Dublin early this morning. It’s believed to be the first time criminals have ever used to a drone to launch a flying bomb – and comes as tensions between two gangs in the area have been simmering for the past fortnight.