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A MAN accused of faking his own death to escape a court appearance, as well as claiming to be an Irish orphan to avoid extradition from Scotland, is to stand trial in Utah, a judge has ruled. Nicholas Rossi (37) was finally extradited from Britain to the US in January after a lengthy case in the Scottish courts. He spent more than two years fighting the case claiming to be an … [Read more...] about Nicholas Rossi to stand trial in Utah accused of sex crimes

MARTIN McCauley, a 61-year-old man with an address in Esmondale in Naas, Co Kildare, has been remanded in custody in connection with the deaths of three police officers in an IRA bomb attack near Lurgan in 1982. He appeared in the High Court in Dublin this week on foot of an extradition warrant issued under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Garda Det Sgt Adrian Murray … [Read more...] about Court appearance for Martin McCauley in connection with RUC deaths

THE former Irish Ambassador in London and Washington, Dan Mulhall, is backing a new children’s entertainment venture rooted in Irish folklore, the Carlichauns, 21st century leprechauns that hail from Carlingford in County Louth. The Carlichauns team has been boosted afterbeing joined by kids’ animation hitmaker Keith Chapman, creator of mega series Bob the Builder and Paw … [Read more...] about ‘Carlichauns’ – a new Irish kids’ entertainment brand

THE tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch(59) has been confirmed dead. The Bayesian, the 56m (183ft) yacht on which he was celebrating a recent court victory, sank in bad weather. Five bodies of those missing have been brought to the surface. One person is still missing. Italian authorities confirmed that Mike Lynch (59) is one of the bodies retrieved. His daughter Hannah is still … [Read more...] about Dr Mike Lynch confirmed dead —five bodies retrieved

NELL McCAFFERTY, journalist, author, women’s rights activist, feminist and civil rights campaigner, has died at the age of 80. She passed away at a Donegal nursing home after a long illness. McCafferty was born in 1944 in Derry's Bogside, one of six children. After school, she graduated from Queen's University in Belfast, working as an English teacher, briefly, in Belfast … [Read more...] about Nell McCafferty, campaigning journalist and activist, dies at 80