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Serial killer 'The Serpent' hid in plain sight and slaughtered hikers across the world
Serial killers
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, 79, allegedly slaughtered at least 20 Western backpackers who were travelling through Asia during the 1970s and 1980s
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More caravans park in the Curragh as 'issue of discrimination' flagged and prayer meeting looms
The Curragh
The Department of Defence believes the presence of three other caravans already on the lands is attracting the newcomers
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Compelling new documentary explores lives of four generations of Traveller family
Documentaries
A Traveller Family uses one family’s story to reflect on changing times, Traveller identity and the role creativity plays across generations
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Scarlett Faulkner sedation reduced as family wait and pray she will wake
Limerick
A woman and a girl, 16, who have been charged in connection with the serious assault of Scarlett Faulkner appeared in court via videolink this week
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Sister of attack victim Scarlett Faulkner gives update on her condition as she fights for her life
An Garda Siochana
Scarlett's sister Joanne says doctors told the family they have never seen such a bad brain injury after the brutal daylight attack on her on a road in Co Tipperary on Saturday evening,
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Love/Hate star John Connors calls for end to violence after 'vicious' attack on Scarlett Faulkner
John Connors
His comments come after Limerick mum Scarlett Faulkner (29), who is a respected member of a Traveller family from the county, was brutally beaten by a group armed with weapons at the side of the R494 in Birdhill on Saturday evening
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Irish bookkepper wins €26k after boss repeatedly shouted 'potato' at her
Employment
A bookkeeper in Leeds has been awarded over €26,000 after an employment tribunal ruled she was racially harassed by her boss, who repeatedly shouted offensive terms including 'potato'.
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London Bridge attack officer sacked over 'offensive' joke about Irish Travellers
Travellers
Mark Luker referred to "scrap metal, lead roofing and cable" which he accepted was a joke to associate theft with the Irish Traveller community, the panel was told
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Traveller accused of stealing door by his employer awarded €4,000 for discrimination
Travellers
The man claimed that both he and his cousin were dismissed on September 15, 2023, with a foreman telling them that their jobs were gone "because of who you are"
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CCTV played in court shows moment uncle killed niece, 21, in Rathkeale hit and run
Courts
CCTV shown in court revealed how Danny 'Big Dan' O'Donoghue deliberately drove his van into a set of steel gates his niece Marguerita O'Rourke was standing behind
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Carrickmines Fire Disaster - Ten victims remembered a decade after the blaze that shocked the nation
Carrickmines Fire Tragedy
In the early hours of October 10th 2015 a fire broke out that claimed ten lives on a Dublin halting site - today we remember those who perished
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Retail chain ordered to pay €13,000 to former supervisor fired because he was a Traveller
Workplace Relations Commission
The complainant said that he turned a blind eye when, in the first days of his job, an area manager told him to leave wooden pallets to the side because “the knackers go mad for them”
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'He had a heart of gold': Traveller's extravagant funeral as solid-gold coffin goes on week-long tour
Travellers
Frank Thompson, who ran companies in Nottingham and Manchester, will also be honoured with a huge marble tomb
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Homeless drug addict saved by stranger's act of kindness in small Irish town: 'Go beyond thoughts of pity'
Homelessness
Antoinette Foley, who is recovering from addiction to heroin and crack cocaine, has urged people not to make assumptions about people who are sleeping rough
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Up to 60 caravans on Dept of Defence land in the Curragh despite order to leave and 'mountains of rubbish'
Travellers
More than 80 caravans, believed to be occupied by members of the Traveller Community who come over from England and France for the summer, had parked at a number of different locations on the Curragh
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Irish Traveller who left husband to join OnlyFans says she's been shunned: 'It's upsetting'
Travellers
Margaret McDonagh, 24, from Dublin, said members of the Traveller community no longer speak to her since she started glamour modelling
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Locals tell of 'mayhem' and pub closes as Travellers race horse carts through leafy streets
Travellers
The disorder turned nasty at a local pub which was forced to close after being overrun by a large crowd
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Judge warns Traveller couple they face jail unless they remove caravan from roundabout in Limerick
Travellers
Limerick City and County Council offered an apartment to the couple but they turned the offer down, the court heard
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'I'll go to jail for my children' - Widow of slain gangster 'Fat' Andy Connors speaks out after jail threat
Courts
EXCLUSIVE: Ann Connors insisted her slain husband was 'not a gangster' and she will lose her income if she gives up the illegal mobile homes which house 30 people.
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'System is f**ked' says 'Fat' Andy Connors' widow as judge threatens to jail her
Courts
EXCLUSIVE: Connors moaned to us that the "country is f*cked" after she was brought to court in garda custody
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Member of Travelling community awarded €5k after claiming restaurant owner tried to strangle her
Workplace Relations Commission
The complainant claimed she was refused service, shouted at and treated less favourably by the restaurant because she is a member of the Traveller community
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Trespass laws preventing Travellers from practising lifestyle, report says
Travellers
Travellers who breach the requirements of these laws face eviction and possibly imprisonment, and their trailers can be impounded
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Influencer awarded €20,000 after Zara staff pull back curtain in changing room
Dublin
Krystal Joyce, who documents her life as an Irish Traveller on TikTok, was half-dressed when a security guard wrenched open the curtain at Zara's Blanchardstown store
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Members of two traveller families to engage with mediation service after alleged violent disorder
Travellers
Terrified customers saw men swinging baseball bats and pickaxe handles in the alleged incident
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