News from around the 32 counties of Ireland

Gardaí (police) are warning pensioners against so-called confidence crimes after con men using a wheel chair robbed a Donegal pensioner. The warning comes after two such thefts in east Donegal in recent weeks where fraudsters pretending to have disabilities called at the homes of pensioners before distracting them and then stealing cash. The incidents took place in Castlefin and Raphoe. A man using a wheel chair was involved in one incident and in the other incident a man pretended to be disabled, gardaí have said.

(Source: Donegal Democrat)

DOWN

A house for sale in Newtownhamilton was daubed with an intimidating warning to potential buyers last week. The wording ‘no sale, PSNI owned’ was scrawled in large black paint on the gable of the two-storey house on The Commons. The graffiti appeared on the building overnight and police are investigating. Belfast estate agent Morton Pinpoint is handling the sale of the property and has informed the householder, who is believed to be a man from the Keady area. “We were made aware of the graffiti by police in Bessbrook,” a representative from Morton Pinpoint confirmed. The gravel-fronted house has been on the market for some time and a sale has recently been agreed, according to the estate agent. Commenting on the appearance of the graffiti, Sinn Fein councilor for the Fews area, Jimmy McCreesh, said: “I feel that people have the right to sell or buy property without fear or intimidation.”

(Source: The Down Democrat)

 

DUBLIN

He promised not to let the occasion get too emotional. But newlywed Eamon Dunphy finally welled up at his wedding reception last week when he made a speech about his new wife Jane. The outspoken broadcaster came close to tears as he paid tribute to his partner of 18 years in front of guests during his wedding speech at Patrick Guilbald's restaurant last week. Eamon had revealed that he was suffering from nerves all day, but had managed not to let his emotions get the better of him at the ceremony in the Unitarian church on St Stephen's Green. It was not until he took to the mic in front of assembled family and friends that he lost his composure, describing Jane as "the light of my life".

(Source: The Evening Herald)

FERMANAGH

A cross-border operation between Police and Garda continued last week following an armed robbery at the Bank of Ireland in Belleek, on Monday last. The three-man gang, two of whom was armed and masked, got away with a five - figure sum of cash. It is believed that one man had been taken into custody in Donegal in connection with the incident.

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