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THE PSNI has said that 10 police officers were injured during several hours of disorder in Derry on Saturday night. Fireworks, petrol bombs and masonry were thrown at police during the disturbances in Nailors Row. At one point, the PSNI issuing a statement urging parents and guardians to bring their children home, with Foyle MP Colum Eastwood likening the involvement of young … [Read more...] about Ten police officers injured in ‘disgusting’ Derry disturbances

A MAN who racially abused and spat at a bus driver in a shocking incident that was caught on video has been convicted. Police said Michael Mongan, 39, launched his tirade in Hayes, West London, after the driver refused to let him on the bus because he didn't have enough money. Mongan dyed his hair in an attempt to evade justice after footage of the incident was widely shared on … [Read more...] about Man convicted after racially abusing and spitting at bus driver in shocking incident caught on video

GARDAÍ are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of woman missing from Dublin. Margaret Barber, 66, has been missing from her home in Mount Merrion since early on Thursday morning, August 8. She is described as being approximately 4' 11" in height with a medium build. Ms barber has brown shoulder-length hair and green eyes and was wearing a grey blouse and … [Read more...] about Gardaí concerned for wellbeing of missing Dublin woman

POLICE have launched an investigation following an attack on an Islamic centre in Co. Down. Targets were sprayed on the walls and door of the Newtownards Islamic Centre on Greenwell Street in the early hours of Saturday morning. A petrol bomb was also thrown at the building but failed to ignite. Police are treating the incident as a racially-motivated hate crime, with a … [Read more...] about Investigation after ‘mindless’ attack on Islamic centre in Co. Down