The Latest Breaking News from Brendan OLeary

Prospect of Irish unification referendum remains remote despite Sinn Féin gains

Party’s advances in Northern Ireland contrast with slump in Ireland, while new Labour government is keen to bury issue

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024

UK Tories committing "electoral suicide"

Scholar Brendan O'Leary on the British Conservative Party's date with oblivion this week — and what happens next

Salon · Jun 30, 2024

‘The hope we had is gone’: how 20 months of stasis has paralysed Northern Ireland

While the DUP conference may put a brave face on the crisis, public services and even the state’s legitimacy are hollowing

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023

Brothers punched woman in the face after petty row about kids 'leaving football marks on neighbour's car'

Brothers Shahid Alam and Tuhidul Alam flew into a rage

Manchester Evening News · Dec 28, 2022

'Open the f***ing box and give me the money': Smirking thug threatens to shoot cash handler in £80,000 raid

Ashley Hodson was locked in a room with a quick-thinking shopkeeper and delivery man

Manchester Evening News · Nov 21, 2022

Gardai nab stalker who held woman hostage with hammer as he sits on plane at Dublin Airport

Best took a train to Birmingham after booking a flight to New York but missed the flight by 40 minutes. He then got on a ferry from Holyhead and when he arrived in Dublin went to the airport to take a flight to New York

Irish Mirror · Sep 17, 2022

'Terrifying' dumped stalker travels 4,000 miles to UK to confront girlfriend he never met

American Edward Best, 26, bought a one-way ticket from Chicago to Manchester to challenge his ex-girlfriend in person after subjecting her to "horrific" online abuse

Daily Mirror · Sep 16, 2022

'Obsessive' stalker travelled 4,000 miles to confront ex after she dumped him then held her cousin hostage

Edward Best bought a one way ticket from Chicago to Manchester

Manchester Evening News · Sep 16, 2022

Two drug dealers whose lives 'spiralled' into crime jailed after heroin and cocaine raid

The pair were sentenced today at Manchester Crown Court

Manchester Evening News · Sep 14, 2022

Gang broke into houses as children slept to steal £500,000 worth of Audis and Mercedes

Three men have been jailed for a total of 24 years

Manchester Evening News · Aug 26, 2022