A Pittsburgh man, charged with firing shots at his roommate, planned to don a gorilla suit while going on a killing spree during the city’s annual St. Patrick's Day parade, police say.
Police in Northern Ireland have arrested six people following the announcement made by a masked member of the Real IRA ,at a 1916 Easter Rising commemoration ceremony at Creggan cemetery, in Derry.
Following the shooting of four New York police officers in Brooklyn on Easter Sunday morning Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has decried the plague of illegal firearms on the streets of the New York City.
A new report claims that one sixth of the Irish population are living in poverty. The report entitled “Shaping Ireland's Future” found that over 706,000 Irish people are living an impoverished life, 200,000 of whom are children.
In time for the 100 anniversary of the Titanic's on sinking on April 15, 1912 more than 200,000 illuminating records relating to the disaster been published online.
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