Place: south-west Dublin

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No regrets as Feely builds life and business around Kildare football

If ever there was a time Kevin Feely was going to consider what might have been, it was two weekends ago when two of his former clubs were playing in Wembley as he took to the field for Kildare in Tullamore.

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Gardaí fear further deaths as super-strong synthetic drug spreads

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Customer suffers injuries in ‘rough and ready’ gun attack at scrapyard

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Jobs fears as TV3 owner to purchase UTV Ireland

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Armed patrols and checkpoints in cartel heartland after murder

Dusting down after the Battle of Jobstown

Overdose is main cause of self-harm

Legal tranquillisers are the most common drug in volved in intentional overdoses in Ireland.

Wed, 30 May, 2012

Locals braced for violence after Melanie is laid to rest

Locals in the Dublin suburb where innocent Melanie McCarthy was gunned down are bracing themselves for further violence following the funeral yesterday of the 16-year-old girl.

Sat, 18 Feb, 2012

Gang wars to ‘spread over the country’

THE country is experiencing a gangland and drugs crisis, with entire communities facing intimidation on a regular basis, a major drugs conference has heard.

Wed, 20 Oct, 2010

Family of shooting victim want crime novel by former IRA man withdrawn

THE work colleagues and the family of a man left severely brain damaged by a shooting two years ago yesterday called for the withdrawal from sale of a book by a person recently arrested in relation to the incident.

Sat, 02 Oct, 2010

Family of shot man talk about 'living nightmare'

The father of a man left severely brain damaged by a shooting two years ago said today his family was living a nightmare.

Fri, 01 Oct, 2010

Rattigan conviction ‘hugely significant’

SENIOR gardaí yesterday said the conviction of gangland boss Brian Rattigan for murder was “hugely significant” in the message it sends out to organised crime.

Sat, 19 Dec, 2009

Crime boss reeling after raid on cocaine factory

ONE of the country’s most notorious drug traffickers was reeling after gardaí busted one of his cocaine mixing factories over the weekend.

Tue, 28 Oct, 2008

Bomb alerts grow by 50% so far this year

THE number of bomb alerts has jumped by nearly 50% this year, new figures show.

Sat, 25 Oct, 2008

Man gets 10-year sentence for raping offences

A Dublin man has been given a 10-year sentence by Mr Justice Barry White at the Central Criminal Court for raping female family members over a decade ago.

Mon, 03 Mar, 2008

Three arrested after €440k cocaine seizure

GARDAÍ have struck two separate blows against organised crime after they arrested three drug traffickers and nabbed an armed man on a motorbike.

Fri, 14 Dec, 2007

Attempt to smuggle mobile phone intercepted

AN ATTEMPT to smuggle a mobile phone inside a candle into prison was intercepted last week.

Mon, 03 Sep, 2007

Alibi: very possible my timing was wrong

THE alibi of murder accused Joe O’Reilly told the jury in the Central Criminal Court yesterday that he could be wrong about seeing O’Reilly in the bus depot before 11.00am on the morning of the murder.

Thu, 19 Jul, 2007

Third youth arrested over shooting of garda

GARDAÍ arrested a third youth yesterday in connection with a shooting rampage in Dublin on Wednesday in which a garda narrowly escaped with his life.

Fri, 29 Sep, 2006

Heroic shot garda ‘should get a medal’

A GARDA and two innocent civilians were lucky to escape with their lives yesterday after they were caught up in a feud between two families.

Thu, 28 Sep, 2006

Nine homes searched in gangland killings probe

A CRACK garda unit yesterday searched nine homes associated with criminals involved in a violent feud in south-west Dublin.

Sat, 19 Nov, 2005

Number of teen mothers 'same as 30 years ago'

THE number of teenage mothers is no greater than it was 30 years ago, a campaign group for single parents said yesterday.

Fri, 28 Jan, 2005