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- 1UAE warns borders are 'no shield' for fugitive crime boss Kinahan●UAE says international borders ‘no shield’ for criminals as time runs out for Christy Kinahan Sr # IrishNews # News http
The United Arab Emirates has signalled that international borders will not protect suspected criminals, in comments widely read as a warning to Christy Kinahan Sr, alleged head of the Kinahan crime cartel, who is based in Dubai. Irish media report that time may be running out for him as pressure grows on the UAE to act against figures wanted by Irish and international authorities.
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Irish comedy group Foil Arms and Hog have released a sketch titled 'Irish Guy Fools US Immigration Officer', in which an Irish traveller outwits an American border officer. The sketch has drawn more than 181,000 likes, with viewers praising the trio's trademark mix of absurdity and sharp observations about Ireland-US travel and immigration questioning.
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British authorities have arrested almost 50 people in a Home Office operation targeting people-smuggling networks operating from the Republic of Ireland into the UK. The coordinated action is one of the larger recent enforcement efforts against smuggling routes across the Irish border, and comes as the UK government faces continued pressure to disrupt irregular migration and dismantle the criminal gangs profiting from it.
- 4Readers revisit Spike Milligan's comic novel Puckoon▼Finished another nostalgia read yesterday, after finding I somehow had two copies of ‘Puckoon’ by # SpikeMilligan on my
A reader has finished rereading Puckoon, Spike Milligan's 1963 comic novel set in an Irish border village split by a boundary line, describing it as a fun, nostalgic read that is more random and rambling than remembered, while noting some jokes feel dated. The book remains a cult favourite of British-Irish absurd humour.
- 5Gardaí hunt masked gang after 86-year-old woman terrorised in home burglary●Elderly woman (86) terrorised in her home as gardaí hunt masked burglary gang behind border crime spree # IrishNews # Ne
An 86-year-old woman was terrorised in her own home during a burglary, in the latest incident linked to a masked gang operating a crime spree along the Irish border. Gardaí are hunting the group, which is suspected of a string of break-ins in the border region. The targeting of an elderly woman in her home has drawn attention to concerns about rural crime and policing in border areas.