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Three UK-based travellers barred from Rathkeale as part of bail conditions ahead of trial - uncle now jailed over hit and run death of niece
THREE UK-based travellers have been banned from setting foot in their spiritual home as part of bail conditions ahead of a violent disorder trial. Marguerita O’Rourke (née Sheridan), 21, (above) was killed in Rathkeale in a feud related hit and run on December 21 2024. She had given birth to a baby boy Edward just three weeks earlier. Her uncle Danny O'Donoghue, 43, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing her death in October and was jailed for five-an
By JON AUSTIN
Jan 24


'Traveller Town' Rathkeale - linked to Dale Farm - still facing feuds and investigations into international organised crime
A "TRAVELLER Town" linked to the families who occupied the illegal Dale Farm development continues to face police investigation due to alleged feuds and suspected links to international organised crime. Rathkeale, in County Limerick, (above) saw its population swell over Christmas as traveller families, who spend the year travelling across the UK, Europe and further afield, returned to attend weddings and funerals. The country town has one of Ireland's biggest Irish traveller
By JON AUSTIN
Jan 7


Watch store 247 Kettles which suffered £1.1m robbery was 'money laundering front run by Maurice and Fred Sines' court hears
A WATCH store manager who hanged himself after he was tied up during a £1.1million robbery was working in a business that was "run by Maurice Sines as a front for organised crime", a court was told. The three men accused of being involved in the audacious heist from the luxury watch store 247 Kettles, in south west London, were also warned by police their lives were in danger after a "£100,000 bounty" was placed on each of them, Woolwich Crown Court heard. The court heard the
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 15, 2025


EXCLUSIVE: CCTV of meet between £1.1m watch robbery victim Oliver White and business owners 3 hours before his suicide 'missing' court hears
CCTV of an "intense" meeting between the manager of a luxury watch shop and its owners, including a man convicted in the Blenheim Palace gold toilet trial, the day after a £1.1M robbery and three hours before he killed himself is missing, a court was told. Oliver White, 27, was tied up and robbed at the 247 Kettles store on May 25 2024, while uninsured watches worth over £1,160,000 were stolen, Woolwich Crown Court heard. The whole robbery was recorded on the CCTV system at t
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 8, 2025


'DO NOT APPROACH' Police appeal to trace one eyed man in connection with rape of teen girl this month
THAMES Valley Police is appealing for information to trace a man wanted in connection with the rape of a teenage girl on Monday 11 August...
By JON AUSTIN
Aug 23, 2025


Traveller site almost completely destroyed by blaze - claims council chiefs warned about safety fears 16 months ago
A TRAVELLER site was almost completely destroyed after a blaze ripped through it. Occupants of the Ver Meadows caravan site, near...
By JON AUSTIN
Jul 14, 2025


Watch as police pounce on traveller gang who stole over £1m of jewellery from South Asians
Four members of an organised crime network, which stole more than one million pounds worth of jewellery from London’s South Asian...
By JON AUSTIN
Jul 11, 2025


Two arrested over statue thefts from stately home used as backdrop for David Attenborough's Wild Isles series
Two people have been arrested after several statues were stolen from a stately home that has been used as a location for David...
By JON AUSTIN
Jun 29, 2025


EXCLUSIVE: Probe underway into suspected unauthorised development at Woodham Mortimer traveller site
Council officers are investigating suspected unauthorised development at a traveller site. Major landscaping work was seen underway at...
By JON AUSTIN
Mar 22, 2025


Southport attacks 'one of biggest ever cover ups in our lives' claims MP Nigel Farage
A failure to declare the Southport stabbings a terror incident is the "one of the biggest ever cover ups" in the UK, an MP has claimed....
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 17, 2024



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