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Slash welfare and jail bankers
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Three women found 10 years after being abducted
Amanda Berry, centre, who was held captive in a house in the US for 10 years, is reunited with her sister, left, and (right) her six-year-old child.
THREE women who were abducted and held captive just miles from their homes in Ohio for 10 years were re-united with their families today. Three brothers aged 50, 52 and 54, including one who lived at the house where they were held and was a school bus driver, have been arrested. One of the women, Amanda Berry who was just 16-years-old when she disappeared, has a six-year-old child born during her captivity. ● See page three.
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Seán O’Sullivan: In the USA, financial criminals face the wrath of courts.
By PADRAIG HOARE a generation.” He said that many on Wall Street had been jailed for their parts in the global financial crisis of 2008. “In the USA, financial criminals have faced the wrath of the courts yet in Ireland, nobody has gone to jail. “It’s not a slap on the wrist these people need, it’s handcuffs.” ● See pages 10 and 11.
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