Courts News Ireland @courtsnewsIRL A criminal with 168 previous convictions who attempted to ram a Garda car … Comment here, Five years and a three months – he can still expect a long life on release. Might even get off early for good behaviour (assuming he gets on well with the other scumbags in prison). Meanwhile the 85-year-old man will have a miserable life dealing with the trauma of a home-invasion. And the Garda may get sick of working in the force due to the cumulative effect of dealing with these scumbags on a daily bases – and seeing them walking around, in most cases just getting the Probation Act. It’s shocking to think that they get so many chances before even getting a criminal conviction at all.

A female falcon was equipped with a GPS tracker during her journey from South Africa to Finland. She covered approximately 230 km per day, flying in a straight line across African lands until she reached the desert in the north. She then followed the path of the Nile River over Sudan and Egypt, avoiding flying over the Mediterranean Sea. Instead, she crossed over Syria and Lebanon, also steering clear of the Black Sea—because if she got thirsty, she wouldn’t be able to drink from it. She continued in a straight line and reached Finland after 42 days.