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04/03/2008
Girl Freed In Drimnagh Murder Probe
A teenage girl questioned about the deaths of two Polish workers has been released without charge.
Pawel Kalite, 26, and Marius Szwajkos, 27, both died last week after being stabbed in the head and throat with a screwdriver, apparently after refusing to buy alcohol for a gang of under-age youths in Drimnagh, south Dublin.
Last night, President Mary McAleese joined more than 2,000 people in a memorial service for the two men.
(GK/JM)
Pawel Kalite, 26, and Marius Szwajkos, 27, both died last week after being stabbed in the head and throat with a screwdriver, apparently after refusing to buy alcohol for a gang of under-age youths in Drimnagh, south Dublin.
Last night, President Mary McAleese joined more than 2,000 people in a memorial service for the two men.
(GK/JM)
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16 May 2014
New Expanded Search Launched For Missing Dublin Men
A fresh has begun for two Dublin men who went missing two months ago. Gardaí say that the a search has begun along the border of counties Cavan and Meath. They are searching for Eoin O'Conno and Anthony Keegan, who were last seen in Co Cavan on 22 March.
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18 September 2008
Three Arrested After Armoured Van Robbery
Three people are being held after a cash-in-transit van was stolen in Drogheda, Co Louth on Thursday morning. At 10.00am, Gardaí received a call to say a van was being held-up by an armed gang outside a shop at Bryanstown, Drogheda. The group stole the security van and left the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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Three people are being held after a cash-in-transit van was stolen in Drogheda, Co Louth on Thursday morning. At 10.00am, Gardaí received a call to say a van was being held-up by an armed gang outside a shop at Bryanstown, Drogheda. The group stole the security van and left the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash.
30 June 2008
Dublin Gang Leader Flees Ireland After Grenade Attack
A notorious Dublin gang leader has fled the country after a hand grenade was thrown into his house. During the attack on Saturday morning, a red Fiat Punto pulled up to the house and a male ran to the front door, threw a rock through the window breaking the glass, followed by the grenade.
Dublin Gang Leader Flees Ireland After Grenade Attack
A notorious Dublin gang leader has fled the country after a hand grenade was thrown into his house. During the attack on Saturday morning, a red Fiat Punto pulled up to the house and a male ran to the front door, threw a rock through the window breaking the glass, followed by the grenade.
07 May 2010
Teen Gets Life For 'Sadistic' Screwdriver Killings
A teenage double murderer has been sentenced. The killer, a 19-year-old Dublin man, has been jailed for life for what was described by a judge as the brutal, savage and sadistic murder of two Polish men in Drimnagh in 2008. David Curran of Lissadel Green in Drimnagh was convicted of murdering Pawel Kalite and Marius Szwajkos.
Teen Gets Life For 'Sadistic' Screwdriver Killings
A teenage double murderer has been sentenced. The killer, a 19-year-old Dublin man, has been jailed for life for what was described by a judge as the brutal, savage and sadistic murder of two Polish men in Drimnagh in 2008. David Curran of Lissadel Green in Drimnagh was convicted of murdering Pawel Kalite and Marius Szwajkos.
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