Niall Byrne
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Court upholds convictions over €2m cash-in-transit robbery
- Courts
- April 20, 2020, 12:00
After five trials and two appeals over an 11-year period, the Court of Appeal has upheld a gang’s convictions for the tiger kidnapping of a Dublin fam(...)

The ultimate guide to college life in Ireland
- Education
- August 13, 2019, 00:08
Select your college of interest: UCC, CIT, TCD, TU Dublin, UCD, DCU, NCAD, NUI Galway, University of Limerick, Maynooth University, Waterfor(...)

Medication supplied from pharmacy when there was no pharmacist present
- High Court
- May 1, 2019, 18:00
A pharmacist found guilty of professional misconduct over allowing prescription and other medications to be supplied from his premises when there was (...)

From Shawn Mendes to Keaton Henson: The best pop and rock gigs this week
- Music
- April 13, 2019, 05:00
Saturday, April 13th DUBLIN IS SOUND Pillow Queens Grand Social, Dublin, 1pm €12/€10 thegrandsocial.ie Co-presented by Nialler9 (ak(...)

Ready to hibernate? Here's some tips to make your home winter-ready
- Interiors
- November 3, 2018, 00:00
The clocks have been turned back and there’s no denying that it’s officially wintertime. At this stage most of us will have turned the heating on and (...)

Four sentenced over ‘heinous’ €2m Dublin kidnap robbery plot
- Criminal Court
- July 16, 2018, 14:04
A judge has said that a family of four who were the victims of a kidnap robbery, deserve enormous respect for their “uncommon and unbending faith” in (...)

Childminder may challenge case going to trial for fifth time
- Crime & Law
- June 21, 2018, 21:42
There is nothing to stop the State proceeding with a fifth trial process in the case of Sandra Higgins, though the 37-year-old from Cavan could mount (...)

Jury convicts ‘inside man’ in €2m Dublin kidnap robbery plot
- Circuit Court
- May 22, 2018, 15:08
A jury has convicted a Dubliner of being the “inside man” in a €2.08 million cash-in-transit van robbery carried out more than 13 years ago. Niall By(...)

Gang members who kidnapped family in Securicor raid are convicted
- Criminal Court
- May 21, 2018, 20:01
Three men have been convicted of kidnapping a family at gunpoint and carrying out a €2.08 million cash-in-transit van robbery 13 years ago. After nea(...)

Disability groups welcome epilepsy drug warning
- Social Affairs
- February 22, 2018, 18:46
Disability groups have welcomed an instruction that pharmacists inform women of child-bearing age the risks of taking medicines, used to treat migrain(...)