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The Convention Center in Dublin hosted a citizenship ceremony on Monday in which immigrants from around the world become citizens of the Irish Republic.

Police search for remains of missing Dubliner Gerard Daly

Caroline Roddy, left and Fiona Roddy, leaving Sligo Circuit Court, where their abuser, Michael John Cunningham, was sentenced to two years prison for sexual assault.

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Dig in murdered rogue ex-policeman’s garden in Cavan for missing man’s remains

Police are searching for the missing Tallaght man Gerard Daly

Sisters abused over six years by their uncle - disgusted by two year sentence for sexual abuse

Abused sisters hug as man who preyed on them for years receives sentencing

'I expect terror attacks during G8 summit' warns PSNI chief

Terrorist attacks are the sad reality of Northern Ireland and should be expected during the G8 summit, according to the the PSNI commander of the security operation. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 3

"Jim'll Fix It" star Sir Jimmy Savile suspected of being a mass pedophile

Sordid tale of Jimmy Savile to become a musical at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

It's hard to imagine that child sex abuse could be the stuff of a musical, but that's precisely what's about to happen at this years Edinburgh arts festival. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 2

Ireland's elected leader leader Enda Kenny speaks for the country's people and not the Catholic Church

Enda Kenny, not the Catholic Church, speaks for the Irish nation and its Diaspora

Boston College: Enda Kenny, Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister), will give the Commencement Address to Boston College’s 4,400 graduates at Alumni Stadium on Monday morning. ...

by PROFESSOR JAMES M SMITH 48

Shocked police officers discovered the body of a disemboweled horse in the Darndale area of Dublin.

Horse disemboweled and sliced open in horrific Dublin attack

Animal rights campaigners fear the grotesque disembowelment of a horse in Dublin may have been a ritualistic killing. ...

by PATRICK COUNIHAN 34

Chilling testimony before congressional hearing on Pat Finucane death - New hearings told how informer was murdered before he could give evidence

Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane who was shot dead by Loyalists.Niall O'Dowd in Washington ... ...

by Niall O'Dowd 57

George Boland photographed in Dublin while on tour with the Irish Elderly Advice Network as part of The Gathering. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times

Elderly Irishman decribes being kept in servitude for six years by Irish Travellers gang

A 65-year-old Westmeath man has spoken out about how he was kidnapped and kept as a slave for six years by a group of Irish Travellers. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 8

Notre Dame fans in Dublin, September 2012, when the crime took place

Warrant issued for arrest of Irishman who roared racial abuse at Notre Dame fans in Dublin

A man who screamed racist abuse at an American football fan who had traveled to Dublin for the Notre Dame-Navy Emerald Classic game last year has had a warrant issued for his arrest. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 8

Conor McRedmond and Rebecca Blake accused of having sex and drinking alcohol in Dubai

Irishman jailed for two months after losing appeal in Dubai sex case

An Irishman is to be sent to jail in Dubai for having sex in the back of a taxi – after his final appeal against the two month sentence was dismissed. ...

by PATRICK COUNIHAN 5

Former chief executive of Postbank and Aer Rianta, Margaret Sweeney, blasts Ireland's culture of sexual harassment in the corporate workplace. Criticized wolf-whistling, groping and sexual proposition

High-profile female boss describes sexual harassment against her

Margaret Sweeney, the former chief executive of Postbank and Aer Rianta, has blasted Ireland's culture of sexual harassment in the corporate workplace. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 8

Former US Marine Timothy Kaufman appeared in court after he and two accomplices allegedly murdered former Irish police officer David Balmer and his girlfriend Elma de Guia in the Philippines.

US Marine appears in court 20 months after the murder of Irish police officer and girlfriend in Philippines

Former US Marine Timothy Kaufman finally appeared in court after he and two accomplices allegedly murdered former Irish police officer David Balmer and his girlfriend Elma de Guia in the Philippines. ...

by MATT KEOUGH 1

Thirty-three year old William Mitchell was a temporary constable in the Royal Irish Constabulary, the only member of the British Crown Forces to be hanged for murder during that bitter struggle for Ir

New details on an Irish-born Black and Tan who was executed by British

On Tuesday 7th June 1921, three men were executed at Dublin’s Mountjoy Gaol. Executions of Republicans were almost commonplace during the Irish War of Independence [1919-21]. ...