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Almost 40,000 Illegal
2019 Ireland ‘Gripped By An Epidemic Of Cigarettes Found In Luggage

6th, Gender-Based Violence’ Says Taoiseach At Cork Airport C
November Tents of Ana Kriegel as he my heart goes out to the par- life, with a review period President & Founding
he Taoiseach said his
after 12 years.
heartgoesouttothepar-
ents of Ana Kriegel,” said the
Taoiseach.
Boy B was sentenced to 15
Publisher
| acknowledged Ireland is gripped “I saw them speaking yes- years’ detention, with a Paddy McCarthy
by“anepidemicofgender-based terday and I just can’t image review after eight years. Editor
EXAMINER in Leo Varadkar was pressed and what they will go in the Dáil, Mr Varadkar told have been seized at Cork Airport. Associate Publisher
violence”.
what they are going through
During leaders’ questions
Grahame Curtis
Almost 40,000 illegal cigarettes
the
on
Dáil
his
Ms Coppinger: “There is an
through for the rest of their
Marc-Yves Tumin
epidemic of gender-based
lives because of what hap-
Government’s record on sup-
Revenue officers searched a pas-
IRISH porting victims of sex crime pened to their beautiful violence in Ireland and senger’s checked-in luggage on News Editor
David Carter
by Solidarity-People Before
indeed across the world. And
daughter.”
arrival at the airport after a flight
it does need to stop. And you
Mr Varadkar’s comments
Profit TD Ruth Coppinger.
Ms Coppinger described come after two 15-year-old asked me what the from Lagos in Nigeria via Paris. Arts & Entertainment Editor
Brad Balfour
They found 39,800 unstamped
the 14-year-old schoolgirl’s boys convicted of Ana’s mur- Government is doing about cigarettes with an estimated retail Sales Director
murder as the “most extreme der in Lucan, Co Dublin, in it and we’re doing quite a value of approximately €19,500. John O’Rourke
example of sexual assault and May 2018 were sentenced on lot.” A man in his 30s, who is from
misogyny” Ireland had seen. Tuesday. He listed the law changes Nigeria, was interviewed in relation Classified Advertising
John O’Rourke
She referenced alleged Boy A, who was also con- and initiatives the to the seizure.
offences against other victed of aggravated sexual Government had undertaken In a statement, Revenue said the Art Director
females, including what she assault, was sentenced at the to protect and support vic- seizure was part of ongoing opera- Heidi Gross Kelley
described in the Dáil as Central Criminal Court to tims of sex crime. C tions targeting the shadow economy Contributors
Joe Murphy, Joe Kavanagh, C.S.
“reports of famous sports and the supply and sale of illegal O’Brien, Mike Fitzpatrick, Seamus
celebrities strutting around tobacco products. C Kelleher, Bert Randolph Sugar, John
with impunity despite sexual Mooney, Neil McDaid, Aine Fox, Sean
McCarthy, Mike Bowen, Marc-Yves
assault allegations”. Tumin, Jack McGrath, Charley Brady,
Responding to her criti- 229,449 Liters Of Beer And Patrick Hurley, Catherine Wylie, Alicia
cism that the Government 36,720 Liters Of Wine Seized Colon, Jason Gallagher, Jackie Cahill, Bill
Daly, Jim McKeon
was not doing enough to At Dublin Port In October
reform the justice system or More than 265,000 liters of alcohol Contributing Photographers
invest in support services or was seized in Dublin Port during the Leo Doyle, Danny McCabe, Roger
Wong
education, Mr Varadkar month of October.
began by expressing his sym- The seized alcohol was worth Circulation
John Philip, Manager
pathies to Ana’s parents. more than €1.4m. North East - Paul Hamrock
“My condolences and also Revenue officers seized over West Coast - Jim Clement
36,720 liters of wine and 229,449 Historian
O’Dwyer & Bernstien, LLP litres of beer during a series of opera- Events Consultant
Joseph Walsh
tions.
Attorneys-at-Law The alcohol was discovered fol- Timothy Murphy
lowing the examination of eleven Subscriptions
unaccompanied trailers that arrived Matthew Scott
Concentrating in: separately into Dublin Port from the
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of on-going operations targeting the Lisa L. Johnston
illegal importation, supply and sale of
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