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Former Australian rugby union player David Campese has stated that former Ireland coach Joe Schmidt "hasn't actually won anything" with the Ireland team. The New Zealander led the Irish rugby team from 2013 to 2019. During his six-year tenure, Ireland won three Six Nations Championships, including a Grand Slam in 2018. There were also significant victories against his native … [Read more...] about Aussie rugby hero Campese questions Joe Schmidt’s Ireland tenure

A YOUNG boy has sustained a serious eye injury after being struck in the face with a firework thrown by a group of youths. The incident occurred at around 8.30pm yesterday in the Stewartstown Road area of Dunmurry in west Belfast. Police are now appealing for information to identify those responsible and have warned parents and guardians about the consequences for their … [Read more...] about Boy sustains serious eye injury after being struck with firework in Belfast

A FORMER police officer from Northern Ireland has been jailed for 11 years after trying to kill his ex-partner and her mother in Jedburgh, Scotland. William McBurnie, 57, drove his vehicle through the window of a funeral directors where his ex-partner worked. The woman and her mother had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit by the car, which was driven at speed towards the … [Read more...] about Former police officer from Northern Ireland jailed after trying to kill ex-partner and her mother

POLITICIANS have condemned an arson attack on a south Belfast home that police are treating as a racially-motivated hate crime. The incident happened at around 3.30pm on Thursday when the front door of a property in the Thalia Street area was set alight. A man and woman and their two children managed to escape the property uninjured before members of the Northern Ireland Fire … [Read more...] about ‘Absolutely abhorrent’: Politicians condemn racially-motivated arson attack on south Belfast home

A WOMAN who murdered her own parents before concealing their bodies at their home for more than four years has been jailed for life. Virginia McCullough, 36, is believed to have killed her father John, 70, and mother Lois, 71, in the summer of 2019 after she racked up huge debts in their names. Their bodies were discovered last September at their home in Pump Hill, Great … [Read more...] about Woman who ‘callously and viciously’ murdered her own parents is jailed for life