{
  "id": 12171225,
  "title": "Drug barons ‘a cancer’ on State, says judge, as two boys sentenced for drug-debt intimidation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/drug-barons-a-cancer-on-state-says-judge-as-two-boys-sentenced-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T14:24:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Irish Times",
    "slug": "the-irish-times",
    "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/drug-barons-a-cancer-on-state-says-judge-as-two-boys-sentenced-for-drug-debt-intimidation/"
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  "summary": "Teenagers were 16 at the time of incident in Mullingar in which home-made shotgun was fired, houses were attacked and four cars set ablaze",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}