Attempted kidnapping of boy (6) by man and woman investigated by gardai

GARDAI have confirmed that they are investigating a report of an attempted kidnapping of a young boy earlier this week.

The father of a six-year-old boy in Ardamine in Wexford has said that a man tried to grab his son while he was out playing in an estate.

EFCC says 2 key witnesses in Nyako suit have died mysteriously

EFCC disclosed that 2 of its crucial witnesses in the N29billion fraud case against former Adamawa state governor Murtala Nyako, his son Abdulazis and other associates, have died mysteriously.

Nigerian & Tanzanian students fight over Kenyan girls

 A group of Nigerian and Tanzanian boys who are students of a private university in Kenya clashed on Friday July 10th at Roysambu area in Nairobi.

According to local reports, the students had been drinking together at a bar called Shisha bar when they began arguing over Kenyan girls who they met at the bar. As the girls made to leave with the Tanzanian boys, the Nigerian students refused to let them go...allegedly.

Mexico's billion-dollar drug lord escapes prison

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman (pictured being arrested in 2014, inset), head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, is on the run from Altiplano jail, 50 miles outside of Mexico City, security officials said.

King Novak! Djokovic beats Roger Federer in dramatic Wimbledon final

Novak Djokovic (centre) was crowned Wimbledon champion today for the third time, beating Roger Federer (inset) in a nail-biting final.

Couple attack and steal from woman on Luas while passengers look on

A drug addict couple attacked and robbed a woman on the Luas in front of passengers who failed to intervene, a court has heard.

David Larkin (aged 37) punched the woman multiple times and his partner, Suzanne McGowan (aged 42), spat at her before they escaped the Luas with her handbag.

Govt to raise bin charges to encourage recycling

Bin charges could be rise by up to €100 a year amid plans to make households pay for their rubbish by weight.

The Irish Independent claims the increases will accompany new rules next year which will ban flat-fees to incentivise recycling.

Two priests robbed at gunpoint

Two priests have been robbed at gunpoint in an armed raid on their homes.

Police said two thieves, one thought to have been armed with a gun, robbed two houses in Brook Street, Omagh, while two men were inside this morning.

Gardaí appeal for help in tracing missing Dublin woman

Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for help in tracing a woman missing from Blackrock.

Seventy-two-year-old Breda Delaney was last seen at about 3.30am today.

Steven Gerrard on LA life: It's been mad - I've already run into Kimye and Floyd Mayweather

As he waved goodbye to the cold weather of Liverpool, he probably didn’t have any idea what Tinseltown actually had in store for him and his family

When Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard left ­Merseyside for the sunshine of Los Angeles, he knew life would change.

Man-U Signs On Bayern Munich' Bastian Schweinsteiger

Manchester United have agreed to sign Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger from Bayern Munich, subject to a medical.