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Here are the top stories from across Independent.ie this evening. Fraudster Catriona Carey charged with driving without insurance or licence Catriona Carey, the former Irish hockey player embroiled in an alleged mortgage scam that may have affected at least 30 people, has had two motoring prosecutions against her adjourned to…

Irish boxing legend John McNally has died.  The West Belfast native blazed a trail for a succession of boxing greats, by winning Ireland's first ever Olympic medal in the sport. At the Helsinki Games of 1952, McNally made it to the final of the bantamweight division where he was ultimately…

On his recent visit to the city Alister Jack met businesses to talk about improving transport links between Northern Ireland and the rest of United Kingdom. On board the Stena Line Belfast - Cairnryan ferry On a two-day trip , Mr Jack met Stena Line, logistics companies, transport firms, and…

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he “didn’t think twice” about attending an event in Derry a week on from a bomb hoax aimed at Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney in Belfast. However, Mr Martin declined to be drawn on whether security measures have been stepped up since a security…

Dermott McIlveen randomly stabbed six women in Belfast as he cycled past them in what a judge called a "violent rampage" following a date where he was stood up and felt humiliated Dermott McIlveen stabbed six women in a "violent rampage" (Image: Police handout) A man who went on a…

A 40-year old man who cycled round Belfast stabbing random women because he had been slighted by a female earlier that day was handed a sentence totalling 12 years on Thursday . A total of six women were attacked by Dermott McIlveen in October 2020 in what Judge Patrick Kinney…

A crime gang trafficked more than 40 Syrian migrants into Great Britain via Dublin and Belfast in less than a month, the high court in Belfast heard on Monday. Prosecutors said the group supplied identity documents, booked flights and hotels and travel, and even provided Covid certification paperwork as part…

Actor Will Smith won a Best Actor Oscar on Sunday, just minutes after rushing onto the stage and hitting comedian Chris Rock in the face. Smith, who won the best actor gong for his role in biopic King Richard, was reacting to a joke Rock had aimed towards Smith's wife, Jada…

Sian Heder’s CODA, story of a deaf fishing family from Massachusetts, has come from behind to win best picture at an uncomfortable Academy Awards ceremony that will be forever remembered for an extraordinary, shocking confrontation between Will Smith and Chris Rock. Kenneth Branagh took best original screenplay for his work…

The young boy stares up at his father on the social club stage. Crooning along to ‘Everlasting Love’ in his shirtsleeves and tie, the man looks for all the world like a matinee idol. (That he’s played by Jamie Dornan doesn’t hurt.) Meanwhile, on the dance floor, the boy’s mother…