Garda sources say two of the men were arrested during an intelligence-led operation in Dublin earlier this week
Search
22 Oct 2025
Search
22 Oct 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Professional dancer Johannes Radebe has denied speculation that he is leaving BBC hit programme Strictly Come Dancing.
The South African star, who made his debut on British TV with Strictly in 2018, shared a video on Instagram to reject rumours he may be leaving the show, dubbing them “lies”.
“I’m not going nowhere,” he stated in the caption of his social media post.
“I love @bbcstrictly and I want to do this beautiful show for as long as they want me – and the body will allow.
“I have Kinky Boots and other work in the pipeline yes but nothing will take me away.”
The 37-year-old professional dancer is currently paired on Strictly with BBC Gladiators star Montell Douglas.
Radebe’s update follows a tumultuous week for the Strictly cast, with professional dancer Amy Dowden forced out after she suffered an insufficiency stress fracture to her foot.
The Welsh dancer had been partnered with JLS singer JB Gill.
The boy band member will now dance with Lauren Oakley for the rest of his time on Strictly.
Dowden missed the 2023 season as she received treatment for stage three breast cancer.
She had planned to celebrate one year since her last chemotherapy treatment during Saturday’s live show.
Dowden found a lump in her breast only a day before she left for her Maldives honeymoon with husband, professional dancer Ben Jones.
She later revealed she had stage-three breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy as well as chemotherapy to combat the disease.
In February, the 34-year-old confirmed that recent test results had “no evidence of disease”.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
