Person: Ken Macdonald

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Eamon Quinn: Ireland's broken housing and banking markets were outsourced to the vultures

Not only are the funds outbidding Irish families seeking homes, they are already deeply embedded in every street in the country

news

NI nursing home fined for data breach after laptop with patients' details stolen

soccer

Hillsborough police chief David Duckenfield facing 'terrible' ordeal

news

NI department fined over €178,000 over data breach

soccer

Court hears of Redknapp's 'disastrous' business decisions

world

Law firm authorised to talk about hacking allegations

Ex law chief in UK compares bankers to 'street muggers'

The British system for regulating financial markets is "completely broken" with basic safeguards "shockingly absent", the UK's former chief prosecutor warned today.

Mon, 23 Feb, 2009

UK: Tube shooting inquest 'could last three months'

An inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes could last up to three months, his family said today.

Mon, 07 Jan, 2008

Lawmakers hit Brown’s moves on terror laws

BRITAIN’S chief prosecutor and ex-government legal adviser dealt new blows yesterday to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s faltering plans to tighten terrorism laws, saying tougher measures are not needed and are likely to stir ill feelings in Muslim communities.

Thu, 22 Nov, 2007

Russians refuse to hand over Litvinenko suspect

Russian authorities have formally refused to extradite Andrei Lugovoy to face trial over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.

Tue, 10 Jul, 2007

Ex-spy to be charged with Litvinenko murder

An ex-KGB agent is to be charged in connection with the murder of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, the Crown Prosecution Service said today.

Tue, 22 May, 2007

Announcement due on Litvinenko poisoning probe

Prosecutors in the UK investigating the case of poisoned Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko will make an announcement today, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

Tue, 22 May, 2007

Group wants phone-tap evidence used in court

Phone-tap evidence that could have seen scores of terrorists convicted in the North should be allowed, a human rights group said today.

Thu, 12 Oct, 2006

Young mother among 11 charged in relation to 'airline plot'

A young mother of an eight-month-old baby and a 17-year-old youth were among 11 people charged in Britain tonight in connection with the alleged airliner bomb plot.

Mon, 21 Aug, 2006

Decision expected today on tube shooting police

THE long-awaited decision on whether British police officers are to be charged over the death of Jean Charles de Menezes will be announced today.

Mon, 17 Jul, 2006

Afghan warlord gets 20 years for ‘brutal’ campaign of torture

AFGHAN warlord Faryadi Zardad was jailed for 20 years by a British court yesterday for a “heinous and brutal” campaign of torture and hostage-taking in his homeland.

Wed, 20 Jul, 2005

No charge against man who watched his sister kill herself

A BRITISH man who comforted his terminally-ill sister during her harrowing 26-hour suicide will not be charged with a crime, it was revealed yesterday.

Thu, 20 Jan, 2005

Scullers lose in Spain

Ireland’s lightweight men’s quadruple scull team failed to qualify for the final of the world rowing championships in Spain yesterday after their first loss at the championships.

Fri, 30 Jul, 2004

Cork city parking spaces selling for €80,000

DESPITE Dublin being named as the most expensive city in the country for pints and properties, it seems that residents of Cork city are paying well over the odds for the privilege of parking their car.

Mon, 26 Jul, 2004

Three admit bomb terror plot

Three Irish republicans today pleaded guilty to a bomb plot and trying to procure an arsenal of high-powered weaponry.

Thu, 02 May, 2002

Del Boy back for Christmas special

Only Fools and Horses pair Del Boy and Rodney are hoping to serve up a TV Christmas cracker as they live the high life in Monte Carlo.

Mon, 24 Dec, 2001