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Family launch fundraiser for Roscommon dad held 'hostage' in Iraq after being jailed over work dispute
Roscommon
Robert Pether was arrested in Baghdad in April 2021 amid a €20 million contract row between his Dubai-based employer and Iraq’s Central Bank
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Irish father still waiting to return home two months after release from four-year stint in Iraq prison
Roscommon
The husband of Robert Pether has described his ordeal as "absolutely horrendous treatment of an innocent man”
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Irish dad still not home 13 days after being freed from Iraq jail
Iraq
Robert Pether was locked up in April 2021 amid a €20m dispute with the Central Bank of Iraq
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Irish wife of 'innocent hostage' in Iraq reveals Robert Pether's first words after release
Iraq
After over four years of his family campaigning for his freedom amid rapid deterioration in cancer survivor Rob’s health, he is now out of prison
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Roscommon dad released in Iraq after more than four years in custody
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Engineer Robert Pether has been in custody since April 2021 - and the United Nations had condemned his "arbitrary" detention
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Roscommon dad jailed as 'innocent hostage' in Iraq hit with devastating cancer diagnosis
Iraq
Construction engineer Robert Pether was jailed in 2021 in a €20m contract row with the Central Bank of Iraq
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'Very serious' fears grow for Irish family's dad in Iraq jail after he was hospitalised three times in a week
Roscommon
Robert Pether's wife in Roscommon has campaigned for his release since he was jailed in 2001
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Ireland, Australia and US band together to demand freedom of Roscommon family's dad from Iraq nightmare
Iraq
America’s special presidential envoy for hostage affairs called for Robert Pether to be "reunited with his family"
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'We’re just devastated': Irish wife of man locked up in Iraqi prison tells of pain on fourth anniversary
Iraq
Construction engineer Robert Pether was jailed in Baghdad in 2021, with his wife, Roscommon native Desree Pether, saying her family "are facing the fact we may never see him again"
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Man locked up in Iraqi jail pleads for return to Ireland four years on from incarceration
Iraq
Exclusive: Rob’s wife and children in Roscommon have campaigned tirelessly to "get him out, get him free, get him home" and said "before it's too late"
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Irish family fear innocent father will die in Iraqi prison if he is not freed soon
Iraq
Aussie-born engineer Robert Pether has been held for the last four years on trumped up fraud charges in Baghdad
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Father of three due for release from Iraqi jail has freedom snatched away on verge of his return to Ireland
Roscommon
Robert Pether's wife revealed he was due to be released earlier this month
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Irish citizen who was detained in Iraq returns home to Ireland
Iraq
Tanaiste Micheal Martin confirmed that Yasser Eljuboori has been reunited with his family
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Irishman in Iraqi jail may soon be free after arrest over online posts
Iraq
Yasser Eljuboori, 37, is a campaigner who has highlighted corruption in the Gulf state to his 75,000 followers on social media platform X
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Bride and groom 'dead inside' after Iraq wedding fire kills more than 100 guests
Iraq
Newlyweds Haneen and Ravan were enjoying their slow dance when tragedy struck, with flames falling from the ceiling - killing more than 100 of their family and friends
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Terry Butcher plants tree in memory of his soldier son in drive to honour late Queen
Terry Butcher
The England football icon spoke of his pride at joining an initiative to plant one million trees to commemorate the life and service of Elizabeth II
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Who is Pat Tillman? The NFL player killed in Afghanistan being honoured at Super Bowl LVII
NFL
The Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII and before the match an NFL legend who was killed while serving his country in Afghanistan will be honoured
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'Gutted' comedian Jarred Christmas confesses secret health battle with 'no cure'
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Comedian Jarred Christmas tells Adrian Monti how he’s learned to live with the disease that causes dizziness, hearing loss and nausea
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Wife of man in Iraq jail rallying hundreds of supporters to oppose new Iraqi embassy in Ireland
Iraq
Desree Pether fears for her husband Robert, who has been locked up in Baghdad since April of last year
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Irish family fears for health of dad jailed in Iraq amid plea for urgent talks with Taoiseach
Iraq
The businessman had melanoma — the most serious type of skin cancer — in 2005 and needs regular monitoring check-ups
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Three Irish kids whose dad is locked up in Iraqi jail have hit 'rock bottom' as he faces life in prison over €20m contract row
Iraq
Robert Pether was jailed on April 7 last year in a €20 million contract row between his Dubai-based employer and the Central Bank of Iraq
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'Anti-vaxxers want to kill your babies, stage a coup and cause another lockdown'
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These people are terrorists who'd happily kill us all for a false ideology, says Fleet Street Fox. Anyone who objects to vaccines, folic acid in bread, or democracy should be jailed and deradicalised
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Over €50,000 raised for family of M6 crash victims in order to 'bring them home' as tributes pour in
Galway
Devastated relatives of Karzan, Shahen and baby Lina arrived in Ireland yesterday to identify their bodies
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American voter points out Wexford when asked to guess where Iran is on map
Iran
Two people think Iran is just off either the south or northwest coast of Ireland
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