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A mortar bomb left on a roadside in Armagh has been blamed on “reckless” criminal dissidents intent on killing police officers. District Commander chief superintendent Alasdair Robinson said the device was found on Wednesday night last thanks to a member of the public who raised the alarm. It is understood a warning call was made to the city’s parochial house. Police were alerted and closed the road.
(Source: The Belfast Telegraph)
ARMAGH
A prominent south Armagh Republican, whose home was raided and assets frozen by the Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), claims the investigation is ‘politically motivated’ and that details published about his assets are ‘totally and utterly untrue.’ Investigators from the Agency swooped on Sean Hughes’ home on the Adavoyle Road in Dromintee on Tuesday last. A court order had been granted for the Agency to take control of assets and bank accounts, which it alleges were proceeds of tax, mortgage and benefit fraud. Bank accounts belonging to several members of Hughes’ extended family and neighbors have also been frozen.
(Source: The Cross Examiner)
CARLOW
A Bangladeshi man will arrive in County Carlow last Wednesday to try to inspire students at IT Carlow to speak their own language. Raj Khan, who has lived here now for seven years, has been adopted by the Irish-speaking community and his stop in Carlow is one of many he will make on his cycling trip around Ireland trip to promote our native tongue. “I’ve lived in Ireland for seven years now and I’m constantly taken aback at how few people speak Irish on a daily basis,” said Raj. “I’m trying to encourage Irish people to use their ‘cúpla focal’ whenever they get the chance. Language is central to our identity and fundamental to our uniqueness,” he added.
(Source: The Carlow Nationalist)
We have great plans for 2010 and we will continue to provide the best service we can with our resources," Cavan County Museum's acting curator, Savina Donohoe has said. Ms. Donohoe was speaking in the light of recent reports that Cavan County Council's annual funding of €500,000 to the museum will be cut - reports that she feels have been misconstrued as heralding the end for the museum. "The council have been very good to us and they appreciate having the museum," said Ms. Donohoe.
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