Cases and rulings mentioning Arva from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Supreme Court
2025-03-28
Courts News Ireland
The Supreme Court has refused to grant leave to appeal an extradition order against a 67-year-old man from Arva, County Cavan, who faces charges in Northern Ireland relating to a fatal shooting in 1979. James Donegan is wanted to stand trial for the murder of Joseph James...
High Court
2025-02-21
Courts News Ireland
The High Court has placed a stay on the extradition of a 66-year-old man from Arva, Co Cavan, who is wanted in Northern Ireland for the murder of a part-time Ulster Defence Regiment member in 1979. James Donegan faces charges relating to the death of Joseph James Porter at...
High Court
2025-01-31
Courts News Ireland
A 66-year-old man from Arva, County Cavan, has been ordered by the High Court to be extradited to Northern Ireland to face murder charges. James Donegan is wanted in connection with the death of Joseph James Porter, a part-time Ulster Defence Regiment member, at Mountnorris,...
High Court
2024-06-24
Courts News Ireland
A 66-year-old man from Arva, County Cavan, appeared before the High Court today following his arrest at Dublin Airport on an extradition warrant issued by Northern Ireland authorities. James Donegan is wanted in connection with the murder of a part-time Ulster Defence Regiment...
Central Criminal Court
2018-10-22
Courts News Ireland
An 86-year-old man from Arva, County Cavan, has received an eight-year suspended sentence at the Central Criminal Court for the sexual abuse of two siblings spanning the period 1958 to 1963. John Joe Kiernan pleaded guilty to eleven sample counts of indecent assault and one...
Central Criminal Court
2018-10-15
Courts News Ireland
At the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Michael White commended two siblings from Arva, County Cavan for their "unbelievable courage" in reporting childhood sexual abuse to gardaí in 2017, more than five decades after the offences occurred. John Joe Kiernan, aged 86 and from...
Court of Appeal
2018-02-02
Courts News Ireland
A Polish national has successfully appealed his sentence for cannabis cultivation at Cavan Circuit Criminal Court. Stanislaw Gronski, aged 44, of Hill Lodge, Drumnawall, Arva, Co Cavan, had pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis without a licence in Arvagh on 2 November 2015....