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Saturday 1 April 2023 Dublin: 8°C

# handbag

All time
# Moyross
Man charged after woman struck in face during robbery in Limerick
He is due to appear before Limerick City District Court this morning.
# Crime
Man jailed for threatening to kill woman with crossbow, mugging and stealing handbag
The judge accepted the man abused alcohol and drugs, had a difficult childhood, had little education and very little structure in his life.
# Manchester
Man jailed for stealing a woman's handbag as she lay dying on a roadside
The woman had fallen from a bridge.
# appeal
Missing 21-year-old woman found safe and well
Police have said they are becoming “increasingly concerned” for Bernadette McDonald’s welfare.
# Glasgow
Man detained in search for missing Karen Buckley
The Irish student has not been seen since the early hours of Sunday morning.
# dooley to the rescue
This Fianna Fáil TD chased down a hooded handbag thief in Ennis
Timmy Dooley returned the handbag to the elderly woman, who he said was “dazed” by the incident.
# Peters Hill
Woman "punched repeatedly in face" during handbag robbery
The woman was getting into her car when the attack happened. Police are appealing for the man (or men) who carried out the brutal assault.
# can't cope
Nicole from Connected having a handbag crisis is all of us before pay day
That’s not the right answer, Noel.
# manbag
Boy suspended from school for refusing to remove his handbag
Handbags at dawn!
# Racism
'Handbag too expensive for you': Swiss shop clerk tells billionaire Oprah
Oprah said the racist remark came when she was visiting Switzerland for Tina Turner’s wedding last month.
# Northern Ireland
Two men knock a woman down for her handbag before hijacking another's car
An elderly woman sustained injuries and had to be taken to hospital after the men tried to rob her handbag.
# Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus clarifies new bag rules
The airline has said that customers can bring a single piece of cabin baggage with them – but also a handbag or other specific bags.
# Crime
Woman (67) hospitalised after being robbed on Dublin street
The woman is receiving hospital treatment after a lone man grabbed her handbag, dragging her to the ground in the process.