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Chief suspect in Quinn director abduction dies during raid on home

By Kilkenny Now 8th November 2019 0

The main suspect in the investigation into the abduction and violent attack on a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings has died during a police raid on his house. The man, in his 50s, was at home in Derbyshire in the UK when the police came to search his house. It is understood he fell ill […]

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Irish lorry driver arrested in UK after 15 people discovered in trailer

By Kilkenny Now 7th November 2019 0

An Irishman in his 50s has been arrested in the UK after 15 people were discovered in the back of a lorry he was driving. The lorry was discovered in Chippenham, Wiltshire following what UK police called reports of “suspicious activity,” shortly before 8.30pm yesterday. The Irishman was arrested on suspicion of assisting illegal entry and […]

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Second man charged in Dublin court over 39 lorry deaths

By Kilkenny Now 1st November 2019 0

A second man has been charged in the High Court in Dublin, with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a container in the UK. Eamon Harrison, 23, from Mayobridge, Co Down, appeared in Dublin’s High Court on the back of a European Arrest Warrant issued yesterday. Mr Harrison faced 39 manslaughter charges, one […]

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Horror as 39 found dead inside lorry container

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2019 0

BRITISH police have launched an investigation after 39 people, including a teenager, were found dead inside a lorry container. A 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The discovery was made at an Industrial Park in Grays, Essex at 1.40am. Police and ambulance crews were called but all 39 people […]