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Glasgow Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Mysterious metal band President to perform in Glasgow
President, which only formed at the start of 2025, made their live performance debut at this year's Download Festival despite not having released any music yet. READ NEXT: Popular rock band to play huge show in Glasgow Members of the group, popular for songs like In the Name of the Father and Fearless, are best known for wearing masks and have not yet been publicly identified. Speculation has been running rampant on who the band is, as fans discovered ties to another masked band Sleep Token. Fans have also speculated that the project is being led by Busted's Charlie Simpson. The band has quickly gained a huge following, with over 700,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. READ NEXT: 'Finally! So excited': Folk star to perform in Glasgow as part of global tour They are set to perform at the Cathouse Rock Club in the city centre on April 15. The gig will follow the release of the band's debut EP, King of Terrors, which will be out on September 26. Tickets for the show are available to purchase from August 1 at 10am. Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster.
Belfast Telegraph
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
‘On the way to the Oscars, my mum says ‘This is great, but are you ever going to get a real job?': Award-winning Belfast director Terry George
Oscar-winning director Terry George has a contacts book that reads like a who's who of the Hollywood elite. His impressive back catalogue includes Some Mother's Son, In the Name of the Father, The Boxer and Hotel Rwanda.
Sunday World
06-07-2025
- Sunday World
Prisoners getting high by eating letters soaked in synthetic substance
Inmates receiving post steeped in hard-to-detect synthetic substance Synthetic drugs are being smuggled into prisons on letters sent through the post, with some even disguised as solicitors' letters. The narcotics are believed to be making it past security systems, as they are so hard to detect. Officers at Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon already open most letters sent to inmates and swab them to detect traces of drugs and then give the inmates a photocopy of the original. These measures were brought in after it emerged that some inmates were getting letters dipped in synthetic spice, which they then rolled up and smoked. However, according to a source, a new synthetic drug being used is extremely hard to detect. The source added that once the prisoner has received the letter, they rip it up into small pieces and eat it. 'It used to be done with puzzles, so inmates were stopped from getting these as gifts from outside the jail,' they said. 'They used to be dipped in LSD or the likes and the inmates would lick them to get high. 'There was a famous scene in the movie In the Name of the Father and that's exactly what it used to be like. 'Now they have moved on to letters which have been written on paper that has been soaked in a solution of synthetic drugs. 'The drug being used now is like no other seen and is very hard to detect. 'It's like something out of a movie like Mission Impossible, where they eat the paper to get rid of all the evidence. It used to be easy enough to spot when paper had been soaked in a drug such as spice, as the edges would be discoloured and tinged, but that's not the case with whatever drug they are now smuggling in. 'They are soaked in a solution of water and synthetic drug before being oven-dried and used as writing paper. 'It has also been suggested that some are getting the drug sent into them on fake solicitors' letters or formal letters which tend not to be opened like others by staff. 'There have been no interceptions as of yet of this particular drug, but there has been intelligence gathered within the prisons to suggest this is the case. Drugs are currently a massive issue in the prisons and it is only going to continue to get worse.' Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon Today's News in 90 Seconds - July 7th A spokesman for the Irish Prison Service said it is committed to preventing access to contraband in prisons. 'Prison staff have increased the use of random and intelligence-led cell searches on a daily basis,' he said. 'Our Canine Unit carries out searches around the prisons, including a greater focus on searching deliveries into prisons. There is a free confidential telephone line (1800 855 717) and text line (086 180 2449). 'Prisoners, visitors, staff or members of the public with information on the trafficking of prohibited items into our prisons can pass on that information in the strictest confidence.'
Extra.ie
19-06-2025
- Politics
- Extra.ie
Kneecap member's legal team includes barrister who freed Birmingham Six
Kneecap member Mo Chara- who was formally charged with terrorism offences at a London court on Wednesday – has hired a crack defence team. His legal reps include the barrister who successfully defended the wrongfully convicted Birmingham Six bombers; a solicitor who acted for Paddy Jackson in the notorious 'rugby trial' and an international rights lawyer who argued on behalf of South Africa in the 'genocide' case against the state of Israel. The Northern Irish rapper's souped-up defence team can be considered as somewhat of an indicator of the gravity of the charges levelled against him which could carry a hefty term behind bars. Kneecap band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court. Pic: James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock Four weeks ago, the Metropolitan Police announced that the 27-year-old performer had been charged under his real name Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh under the Terrorism Act on May 21 for 'displaying a flag in support of Hizballah, a proscribed organisation'. Subsequent to the charges, Kneecap announced that they would vehemently defend the charges. And with the conscription of the crack defence panel, it would appear that they intend to mount a robust defence in an effort to stave off jail time. The biggest hitter of the defence team is Guildford Four and Birmingham Six lawyer Gareth Peirce. Gareth Peirce (centre) at Westminster Magistrates' Court ahead of the court appearance of Kneecap band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara. Pic:Ms Peirce is often described as one of the UK's leading human rights lawyers. She represented the Guildford Four as they fought to prove their wrongful convictions over the IRA's 1974 Guildford pub bombings. The case was made into a film in 'In the Name of the Father', with Emma Thompson playing the lawyer. Ms Peirce, who also went on to represent WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during his fight against US extradition, is joined on Mo Chara's legal team by Belfast-based Darragh Mackin of Phoenix Law. Darragh Mackin (right) with Kneecap band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh (left), who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, arriving at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday morning. Pic: Benjamin Cremel/AFP via Getty Images Belfast-based solicitor Mr Mackin hit the headlines when he took on the case of former Irish rugby international star Paddy Jackson in the infamous trial that gripped the nation both North and South of the border. A one time star of the rugby world in 2017 Mr Jackson was charged with rape for which he was subsequently tried and cleared with a not guilty verdict after a protracted legal case in 2018. Paddy Jackson outside court in Belfast in February 2018. Pic:And beefing up the star-studded defence bench are three highly accomplished female members of the U.K. bar association. Brenda Campbell KC, Jude Bunting KC and Blinne Ni Ghralaigh KC have been drafted into what is set to be a highly contentious case. Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in January 2024. Pic: Selman Aksunger/Anadolu via Getty Images Perhaps the most high-profile of the aforementioned legal bigwigs is Blinne Ni Ghralaigh KC, who last year was tasked by South Africa with presenting its 'genocide' case against Israel in the International Court of Human Rights.
Sunday World
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Jim Sheridan tells how his mum suffered lifelong guilt over granny's childbirth death
The impact drove Sheridan to make his smash hit movie 'In the Name of the Father'. His mum blamed herself for his granny's death and it instilled in him a life long instinct to defend the falsely accused. This drove him to make his smash hit movie 'In the Name of the Father' starring Daniel Day Lewis about wrongly convicted IRA suspect Gerry Conlon and his father Giuseppe plus his latest film 'Re-creation' which deals with the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder and the public pursuit of the main suspect, the late Ian Bailey. The former English journalist spent his whole life denying any involvement in the horrific killing and went to his grave proclaiming his innocence. Read more Re-creation premiered to positive reviews at the Tribeca Film Festival, in New York last week. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter Sheridan said:' My mother blamed herself for killing her mother, who died in childbirth. "So it was inherent in me, in the womb from the f*cking start, this feeling for the wrongly accused. Jim Sheridan played the role of the jury foreman in 'Re-Creation' Today's News in 90 Seconds - June 14 2025 'I have a pre-natal sense of guilt. "Whenever that happens when I see somebody wrongly accused, I go nuts, you know, I can't deal with it.' Sheridan has been fascinated by the Sophie story for the last decade. He made the five part series on the case, Murder at the Cottage, for Sky but didn't feel it did the story justice. He does not believe Ian Bailey killed her and that there is little or not evidence against him. He also feels neither Sophie or Bailey received any justice. The new film is set in a fictionalised courtroom setting and recreates a trial based on all the facts of the case so far. Jim Sheridan on location filming Murder at the Cottage, his series about the death of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. Photograph by Barbara McCarthy � Sky UK 2021 Most of the action is in the jury room just like the old Hollywood movie 12 Angry Men Made on a €2 million budget it stars Aidan Gillen, Vicky Krieps, John Connors, and Colm Meaney as Bailey. Sheridan himself also features as one of the 12 jurors. The film was shot and recorded between West Cork, Dublin and Luxembourg. He told the Hollywood Reporter he blends fiction, docudrama and emotion in a way that defies conventions. He said: 'I suppose I wanted to put into fiction what I couldn't put into documentary reality. I wanted to show the blur between the lines between documentary, reality and fiction." Co Director David Merriman said: "We're hopeful that at least in Ireland this film could start a conversation which will drive people, you know, to do the right thing. "To search for justice and find out who actually killed Sophie Toscan du Plantier, rather than just saying,' Oh, Ian Bailey didmit' and that's good for us because he's English so he's a villain."
