Trainee barrister who claims she was ‘manipulated’ into ‘driving car bomb across Northern Ireland border’ appears in court

Trainee barrister who claims she was ‘manipulated’ into ‘driving car bomb across Northern Ireland border’ appears in court

A trainee barrister and a Dublin museum employee charged in connection with a car loaded with explosives that was bound for the Northern Irish border have been remanded in custody.

Isobella Perrie Sullivan, 25, of Clane in County Kildare, and Simon O’Donovan, 44, were charged with possession of explosives after police stopped a vehicle in Carrickmacross, close to the border, two days earlier.

Both are now being held after Sullivan’s bail application was delayed, while O’Donovan’s request for bail was denied.

h/t Hermes

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A Surprising Portion of Rent-Stabilized Apartments Go to NYC’s Wealthiest Renters

A Surprising Portion of Rent-Stabilized Apartments Go to NYC’s Wealthiest Renters

Renting a glitzy Manhattan apartment for half the market rate while raking in a six-figure salary is urban legend for most New Yorkers. But it is reality for a small class of renters, thanks to the city’s rent-stabilization law.

The best housing deals in New York City happen to go to some of the wealthiest renters in the area, according to The Wall Street Journal’s analysis of New York City’s 2023 Housing and Vacancy Survey, the most recent figures.

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Trans person BEGS to return to the US after fleeing Trump’s America to be placed in notorious Islamic asylum center in the Netherlands: ‘I will be hurt or killed’

Trans person BEGS to return to the US after fleeing Trump’s America to be placed in notorious Islamic asylum center in the Netherlands: ‘I will be hurt or killed’

A transgender woman who fled the US seeking asylum in the Netherlands now fears she could be ‘hurt or killed’ after the notorious refugee camp she was placed in became so dangerous that the Red Cross pulled out aid workers.

Ter Apel, the Netherlands’ largest refugee camp, is home to around 2,000 asylum seekers from across the globe.

For years, it has sheltered people fleeing war and persecution, including Eritreans, Somalis and Syrians, who say it remains too dangerous to return home despite the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

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His family in India took out a mortgage to fund his tuition in Canada. Why many temporary residents ‘can’t even think about going back’

His family in India took out a mortgage to fund his tuition in Canada. Why many temporary residents ‘can’t even think about going back’

For Joyal Jose’s working-class parents in India, his tuition in Canada was a retirement investment — and a huge gamble.

His father, a farmer, and mother, a nurse, had to mortgage their family’s land to scrape together the money for his two-year social service worker diploma program at Seneca College. His graduation was delayed for one extra term because he had suffered severe depression when he first arrived in Toronto in early 2021.

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