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  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Vincent Kearney

    Gardaí seek to extradite Tyrone man over rape allegations (opens the original)

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    Gardaí are seeking to extradite a Co Tyrone pensioner to stand trial for allegedly committing a rape while on holiday in Galway four years ago. The 70-year-old man from Coalisland is also being sought to face prosecution on further charges of sexual assault and false imprisonment. He was released on bail after an extradition hearing in Belfast this morning. The alleged crimes occurred in Galway in 2022. The pensioner was detained under an Irish extradition warrant after he attended Dungannon PSN

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Vincent Kearney

    Wife of Pat Finucane optimistic inquiry will reveal truth (opens the original)

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    The wife of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has said she is optimistic a public inquiry underway in Belfast will get to the truth of one of the most controversial killings of the Troubles. The 39-year-old was shot 14 times by loyalists in front of his wife and three children in their north Belfast home in February 1989. Geraldine Finucane today said she is confident the inquiry will give her family the answers they've been seeking. "The extent of information that has been in the public domain fo

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Vincent Kearney

    Finucane murder inquiry to examine role of British state (opens the original)

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    An inquiry into the murder of solicitor Patrick Finucane has been told that the extent to which his killers were encouraged, assisted, protected or directed by the British state is the most serious question in a society governed by the rule of law. The lawyer was shot dead by loyalists in front of his wife and children in his north Belfast home in February 1989. The second day of hearings in the inquiry in Belfast, which formally opened in June, heard an overview of information about the highly

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Vincent Kearney

    Rumour and conspiracy spiralled in wake of Donohoe death (opens the original)

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    Few deaths have generated such public interest - or controversy - as the tragic death of Noah Donohoe. It brought out the best of people - as hundreds of volunteers from across Belfast's religious divide joined the emergency services for days to help search for the schoolboy after he was reported missing on the evening of 21 June 2020. But it also brought out the worst - as others quickly decided there was a conspiracy to cover up what had happened and set about weaponising his death for their o

  5. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Vincent Kearney

    Inquiry finds no RUC collusion in murder of Catholic man (opens the original)

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    An inquiry into the murder of a Catholic man kicked to death by a loyalist mob in Co Armagh in 1997 has found that four RUC officers in a vehicle parked nearby did not collude with the attackers and could not have prevented the assault. However, the inquiry into the murder of father of three Robert Hamill in Portadown town centre said there were multiple police failings in the investigation, including a tip-off to a suspect to destroy the clothing he wore that night. The 25-year-old Catholic was

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