The man seemed anxious as he clambered down the steps of the bus on the hard shoulder of the M1 at Ravensdale, just north of Dundalk, Co Louth. He was young, perhaps in his 20s, dressed in dark jeans and a jacket, with a canvas holdall slung over his shoulder.
When an elderly man became ill in his rural home in the north midlands, local gardaí reacted with the kind of community policing response that should have earned them plaudits.
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Gardaí are investigating allegations that a young student from India was scammed along with 30 others by a London employment agency into travelling to Ireland on the promise of a bogus job.
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