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The Herald (Ireland), 17 Oct 2026

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ArticleARSON GANG PAID IN DRUGS PLUS €500 CASH

Gardaí believe the gang that launched the arson attack that claimed the lives of four mem­bers of a fam­ily in Water­ford were paid as little as €500 in cash as well as a quant­ity of drugs. Kim Eng­lish, Philip Eng­lish and their sons Cal­lum (12)...

ARSON GANG PAID IN DRUGS PLUS €500 CASH

ArticleUS MAN SERVED LEGAL PAPERS IN LAWSUIT OVER MARTHA’S DEATH

Private invest­ig­at­ors in the US have loc­ated a US man at the centre of a $50m (€45m) civil law­suit over the death of an Irish woman on board a yacht. The two-month effort to serve legal papers on Chris­topher Durnan, a 61-yearold mil­lion­aire...

US MAN SERVED LEGAL PAPERS IN LAWSUIT OVER MARTHA’S DEATH

ArticleUS MAN SERVED LEGAL PAPERS IN LAWSUIT OVER MARTHA’S DEATH

Private invest­ig­at­ors in the US have loc­ated a US man at the centre of a $50m (€45m) civil law­suit over the death of an Irish woman on board a yacht. The two-month effort to serve legal papers on Chris­topher Durnan, a 61-yearold mil­lion­aire...

US MAN SERVED LEGAL PAPERS IN LAWSUIT OVER MARTHA’S DEATH

ArticleActor Swank calls out double stand­ards over preg­nancy at 52

Hil­ary Swank has addressed the “back­lash” that older preg­nant women receive after announ­cing she is expect­ing another baby at the age of 52. The Oscar-win­ning actor is expect­ing the child with her hus­band, busi­ness­man Philip Schneider, in...

Actor Swank calls out double stand­ards over preg­nancy at 52

ArticleHitch­hik­ing to work and cash­ing cheques in the pub – strikes that reshaped coun­try

With the threat of strikes and a poten­tial winter of indus­trial unrest ahead, many fear a return to the chaotic indus­trial rela­tions cli­mate that bedev­illed Ire­land in the 1970s and ‘80s. Against a back­drop of global oil shocks and rising...

Hitch­hik­ing to work and cash­ing cheques in the pub – strikes that reshaped coun­try

Article‘Kim was scream­ing. The kids were scream­ing. None of us could get to them – I’ll never for­get it’

On Birch­wood Avenue, the charred and empty skel­eton of the end-of-ter­race home stands as a grim monu­ment to a fam­ily’s ter­ror. From the pave­ment, the view is stark: scorched tim­ber beams cut across the sky and soot-stained walls run black with...

‘Kim was scream­ing. The kids were scream­ing. None of us could get to them – I’ll never for­get it’

ArticleARSON GANG PAID IN DRUGS PLUS €500 CASH

Gardaí believe the gang that launched the arson attack that claimed the lives of four mem­bers of a fam­ily in Water­ford were paid as little as €500 in cash as well as a quant­ity of drugs. Kim Eng­lish, Philip Eng­lish and their sons Cal­lum (12)...

ARSON GANG PAID IN DRUGS PLUS €500 CASH