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Mark Hennessy

London Editor

Mark Hennessy is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. He is London Editor of The Irish Times, having previously served as Political Correspondent. He appears frequently on RTE Radio 1 and Today FM, along with appearances on BBC, Sky and elsewhere.
Rebecca Rigby, wife of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, grieves during a family press conference at the Regimental HQ of his unit, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers today. Photograph: Dave Thompson - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Family of murdered soldier say 'hearts have been ripped apart'

Two women arrested yesterday in connection with death of Drummer Lee Rigby in London have been released without charge

Martin Doran’s Ellen Construction built the refurbished Bewleys Hotel in Ballsbridge. Mr Doran sought bankruptcy in the UK in 2011
Two bankrupt Irish developers penalised in UK for hiding assets

Patrick Gerard Byrne and Martin Doran both sought bankruptcy in UK

The mother and stepfather of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, Lyn and Ian Rigby, and his wife Rebecca Rigby, grieve as his stepfather reads a family statement, at the Regimental HQ of his unit, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, yesterday in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Photogaph: PA/Getty
Distraught Rigby family struggle to come to terms with loss

‘You don’t expect something like that on your doorstep,’ says stepfather

Police forensics officers remove evidence from a flat at Macey House, in Greenwich, southeast London, yesterday. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
We must not overreact to Woolwich terror act, warns Clegg

Deputy prime minister under renewed attack for blocking terrorism legislation

Dead horses covered up and wrecked cars at the scene of carnage in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, after an IRA bomb exploded as the Household Cavalry was passing. John Anthony Downey, 61, has been charged with the murders of four soldiers in the bombing.
Irishman John downey remanded on Hyde Park bomb charge

Charges are for four counts of murder

File photo from July 1982 of dead horses and wrecked cars at the scene of an IRA bomb attack in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London. Photograph: PA Wire
Irish man remanded over IRA Hyde Park bombing

John Downey from Co Donegal charged with four counts of murder

A man pays his respects outside Woolwich Barracks in London yesterday. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Two arrested over Woolwich killing

Victim was named as Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, who had served at least once in Afghanistan

Britain’s prime minister David Cameron prepares to speak in front of 10 Downing Street yesterday. Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters
London killing dishonours Islam, say Muslim groups

There are fears that the Muslim community could face reprisals in ethnically divided areas

Women cry after placing flowers near the scene of 25-year-old soldier Lee Rigby’s murder in Woolwich yesterday. Photograph: Reuters
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Analysis: Woolwich atrocity has exposed isolation of British Muslims

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Rebecca Rigby, wife of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, grieves during a family press conference at the Regimental HQ of his unit, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers today. Photograph: Dave Thompson - WPA Pool/Getty Images Family of murdered soldier say 'hearts have been ripped apart'
The mother and stepfather of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, Lyn and Ian Rigby, and his wife Rebecca Rigby, grieve as his stepfather reads a family statement, at the Regimental HQ of his unit, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, yesterday in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Photogaph: PA/Getty Distraught Rigby family struggle to come to terms with loss

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