BY ffdIREN RAE success rate in solving "ordinary" domestic murders or drunken stabbings, figures show that it has almost a zero success rate in solving gangland killings. In abid to tackle the escalating gangland violence, the gardai have revamped their investigation units and c

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THE family and employers of an Irishman, kidnapped in Latin America, were today hoping for renewed contact with the abduction gang who have already been paid over $25,000. John Buckley (60), originally from Clara, Co Offaly was taken, along with a driver, while engaged in an oil

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"It is 40 years ago this week that the Cadets started out. We had eight singles but our biggest hit of all was The Day I Gave My Wedding Dress Away. "It had been a big hit in the American country charts in 1954 and that's where we got the number from," says Eileen, fingering her

MINISTERS Seamus Brennan and Mary Harney are splashing out on a quarter of a million euro revamp for their offices. The taxpayers will pick up a whopping €160,000 invoice for work by the Office of Public Works refurbishing the offices of Transport Minister Brennan and his staff.