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IRA militant arrested among UK, Spanish and Italian businessmen in Mafia sting (IrishCentral)

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:30:46 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

A dissident Irish Republican Army (IRA) militant has been arrested in Reggio Callabria, in the South of Italy, as part of a Mafia sting operation.

Police used sting operation to record 8,000 hits on child pornography pay-per-view website (IrishCentral)

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:25:37 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

An international investigation, code-named Carole, has identified 50 suspects in Ireland as part of an international investigation into abusive images of children.

Kelly Preston has walked out on John Travolta after sting of allegations of sexual assaults (IrishCentral)

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:28:37 PDT

John Travolta and Kelly PrestonThe 49-year-old actress is said to have told friends she has "had enough" following a string of allegations against the 'Pulp Fiction' star of sexual misconduct from a number of male masseurs, and the publication of pictures the star dressed as a woman at a private event in 1997A source told the National Enquirer magazine: "Kelly told me their marriage is over and made it clear that she's no longer living in the family home"She's put up with John's double life for decades while his behavior remained in the shadows"But all this coming out in public has humiliated her READ MORE

'Shame' star Michael Fassbender felt the sting of this year’s Oscar snub - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:00:19 PDT

Michael FassbenderThe past few months have certainly been a whirlwind for Irish/German actor Michael Fassbender Fresh from all the Oscar hype – which didn’t translate into reality in the form of a nomination – for his full frontal nudity in Shame last year, Fassbender is now on the roller-coaster of promotion for Prometheus, one of this summer’s anticipated blockbuster set to open on June 8Fassbender is on the cover of the new GQ magazine, and in the accompanying interview he comes across as an unaffected, regular guy who chooses to embrace his success rather than complain about the media scrutiny that goes along with it“I take my work seriously but I can't take myself too seriously READ MORE

Dead pensioners paid by the Irish state in $25million sting (IrishCentral)

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:39:19 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

The Irish government has paid out more than $25million in pensions over the last two years – to dead people.

Irish police pose as prostitutes -- unprecedented Garda sting nets 27 convictions as police promise further crackdowns (IrishCentral)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:30:18 PST

Female Irish detectives posed as prostitutes in an unprecedented sting operation that saw a total of 21 man convicted of soliciting 'ladies of the night'The US-style operation, one of the first on this scale for the Gardaí, took place over almost a month in Limerick city centre and its environs, ultimately bagging the cops a total of 21 convictions before Limerick District Court, all of whom were directed to make a donation to a local charity by the judgeThe men, most of whom were living locally, also had their names and addresses published in an embarrassing 'name and shame' sequitur to the report carried by a local Limerick newspaperMany of the men were in their sixties, although the youngest caught was only 23 READ MORE

Undercover Limerick police officers catch 21 men in prostitution sting (IrishCentral)

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:50:26 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Undercover police in Limerick have nabbed 21 men who solicited them for sex – and ended up in the local District Court.

Stephen Fry to appear on Gaelic soap opera Ros na Rún (IrishCentral)

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:55:12 PST

Few men stoke my Anglophilia quite so masterfully as Stephen Fry The English actor will follow the trail of William Wilde, father of Oscar, to Connemara when he appears in the popular Irish language soap opera Ros na Rún William, like his son thirty years later, became the subject of public ridicule amongst the social set following a trial in Dublin The dejected doctor left the city and sought solace in Moytura House which he built on Lough Corrib, whence he collected fragments of Irish aural literature for the rest of his life READ MORE

Cooking With Nettles: Spring's Precious Sting (IrishCentral)

Mon, 10 May 2010 10:07:39 PDT

By: Edythe Preet

Some foods don’t have a real come-hitherness about them. Who was the bold soul to first slurp a raw oyster? Artichokes have thorns and stickers growing on every surface. Rhubarb is notorious for its super sour pucker power, and, if carelessly ingested, its leaves are quite capable of killing a foolhardy forager. The edible that really amazes me is the stinging nettle, also known as ‘devil’s leaf.’ In the field it appears to be just another innocuous weed. Brush up against it with bare skin, however, and that patch of unprotected epidermis instantly feels like it’s on fire.

Colin Farrell dated fake woman in web sex sting (IrishCentral)

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:40:08 PST

Colin Farrell dated a fake woman on the web according to an explosive new report from Who's Dated WhoThe site says Farrell dated fake woman "Bree Condon" sometime over the past two years And we can only presume this was before his relationship with his co-star Alicja Bachleda (above) took off"Bree" passed herself off as a 23-year-old Guess and Maxim model from Newport Beach, Calif READ MORE

Sting’s fond memories of Belfast living (IrishCentral)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:31:03 PST

By: DEBBIE MCGOLDRICK

Sting has been stung by Ireland, but in a very good way.