Irish police protect gas workers
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A large police operation is under way in the west of Ireland to allow construction  of a gas terminal to resume.
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By COLLEEN DISKIN, STAFF WRITER The state's environmental cops are often handcuffed as they try to protect the public from health risks that lurk beneath old industrial properties.
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A crackdown on dealers and users of drugs including cocaine and heroin is launched by English and Welsh police.
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Police in Manchester say they are aware of attempts to organise trouble at the England-Wales World Cup qualifier on Saturday.
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Three people suspected of being members of a dissident group opposed to the Northern Ireland peace process were arrested in Ireland and were being questioned under anti-terrorist laws, police here said.
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Police say they are treating a fire last night in the seaside town of Ballycastle, County Antrim, as suspicious.
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Two people from NI and one from the Irish Republic were arrested in an inquiry into a global child abuse network.
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Japan's coast guard said Tuesday it has sent a team of officers to protect its whaling fleet against intensifying protests by environmentalists.
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Several police vehicles are damaged during a petrol bomb attack in Londonderry, police say.
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Police and coastguard are conducting an operation in the North Sea to evacuate more than 500 people from an oil rig after a security alert, media said Sunday.
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The Spanish police on Thursday arrested two Moroccans and a Spaniard suspected of helping the escape of the attackers after the 2004 Madrid train bombings, police said on Thursday.Comment
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Minor fan fights and brief standoffs with police led to 50 arrests overnight, authorities said Saturday as they worked to limit street violence ahead of the England-Portugal World Cup game.
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DUBLIN, Ireland  - Several people are being rescued from the River Liffey in the heart of Ireland's capital every week, most of them drunks who fall or jump in on a bet, according to the Dublin Fire Brigade.
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A gang held the families of two Northern Ireland bank officials hostage for 24 hours before stealing more than 20 million pounds (&#36;39 million) in one of Britain's biggest ever robberies, police said on Tuesday.
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Sinn Fein calls for an explanation why one of its offices in Londonderry was attacked with petrol bombs.
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A security operation is continuing in County Tyrone after a telephoned warning of a device in the area.
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A haul of cocaine worth Â£135m is seized by police off the south-west coast of Ireland.