Daniel Kinahan, the suspected head of a multinational Irish organised crime group, was extradited from the United Arab Emirates and charged in Dublin with directing a criminal organisation on August 9, ending years of legal efforts to bring him before an Irish court; the group is accused of drug trafficking into Ireland, the UK, and Spain, money laundering, and murder

Her agent confirmed the Irish actress died Thursday in Dublin after a period of ill health; Fricker won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1990 for her role as the mother of disabled artist Christy Brown in 'My Left Foot,' and was also known internationally as the Pigeon Lady in 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'

Sir Sam Neill, the New Zealand and Irish actor best known for playing palaeontologist Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, died suddenly on July 13 at the age of 78 surrounded by family, his family said; Neill, born in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland and raised in New Zealand, had previously recovered from cancer; his family said the loss was 'sudden and unexpected'