Murder of Ana Kriegel, Sexual assault (accomplice to aggravated sexual assault)
Appeal withdrawn; conviction upheld; 15 years' detention with review after 8 years
Prison: 180 months
Boy B, now 18, withdrew his appeal against his conviction for the May 2018 murder of 14-year-old Ana Kriegel in Lucan. Originally convicted at age 13 alongside Boy A, he was sentenced to 15 years' detention with a review after 8 years....
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Possession for sale or supply of cannabis
Jailed for 6 and a half years (backdated to October 4, 2021)
Prison: 78 months
John Murphy, a 62-year-old retired Garda Superintendent, was sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment after pleading guilty to possession of cannabis resin worth €259,120 found at his home in Clontarf on September 29, 2021. Murphy...
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Drug driving at Gortinty, Carrick-on-Shannon on May 10, 2021, Speeding at Gortinty, Carrick-on-Shannon on May 10, 2021
Fined €350 and banned from driving for one year
Fine: €350 • Driving ban: 12 months
Karol Zawadski (36) pleaded not guilty to drug driving after being stopped for speeding at Gortinty, Carrick-on-Shannon on May 10, 2021. A roadside oral fluid sample tested positive for cannabis, leading to arrest and a subsequent blood...
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Facilitating the murder of David Byrne, Participating in or contributing to activity intending to or being reckless as to whether such participation or contribution could facilitate the commission of a serious offence by a criminal organisation
Sentencing hearing ongoing; being assessed for Witness Protection Program
Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor, pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in February 2016 by making a hotel room available to the Hutch gang. He has made a statement to gardaí...
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Facilitating the murder of David Byrne, Participating in or contributing to activity intending to or being reckless as to whether such participation or contribution could facilitate the commission of a serious offence by a criminal organisation
Sentencing hearing ongoing; being assessed for Witness Protection Program
Patrick Dowdall (65) pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne by booking room 2104 at the Regency Hotel using his credit card on February 4, 2016, and subsequently passing key cards to a known member of the Hutch criminal...
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Murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel, Dublin in 2016
Adjourned to next Monday (October 10, 2022) - trial to resume but not expected to begin proper
The trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch for the 2016 murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel was adjourned for one week after the defence indicated that 'very significant additional evidence' had resulted in a fundamental reappraisal of...
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Providing a motor vehicle to a criminal organisation, with knowledge or recklessness as to whether actions could facilitate a serious offence
Adjourned to next Monday (October 10, 2022) - trial to proceed with related defendants
Paul Murphy, 60, is due to stand trial alongside Gerry Hutch and Jason Bonney for providing a motor vehicle to a criminal organisation. The trial was adjourned for one week due to substantial new evidence being served in the related...
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Providing a motor vehicle to a criminal organisation, with knowledge or recklessness as to whether actions could facilitate a serious offence
Adjourned to next Monday (October 10, 2022) - trial to proceed with related defendants
Jason Bonney, 50, is due to stand trial alongside Gerry Hutch and Paul Murphy for providing a motor vehicle to a criminal organisation. The trial was adjourned for one week due to substantial new evidence being served in the related...
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Murder charge (relating to David Byrne death)
Murder charge dismissed; became state witness
Jonathan Dowdall, 44, had his murder charge dismissed after indicating his willingness to become a state witness in the trial of Gerry Hutch and others related to the 2016 death of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.
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Attempted murder (2 counts), Threat to kill police officers, Criminal damage (3 counts), Driving when unfit through drink or drugs, Using a motor vehicle without insurance, Driving while disqualified, Failing to stop after an accident, Failing to remain at the scene of an accident, Failing to report an accident, Failing to provide specimen, Dangerous driving
Remanded in custody to appear on October 24, 2022
Matthew Nolan, 25, from Co. Fermanagh was remanded in custody after being charged with attempted murder and related offences. The incident allegedly occurred when police attended an address in the Tattenabuddagh Lane area near...
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Driving with no insurance, Drink driving, No driving licence, Failing to produce driving licence, Failing to produce insurance
€250 fine on drink driving charge; 3 months suspended for 1 year on no insurance charge; 2 year driving ban for drink driving; 6 year driving ban for no insurance charge
Fine: €250 • Prison: 3 months • Driving ban: 72 months
Callum Taylor, 29, a father-of-three from Ballinaglera, pleaded guilty to driving with no insurance, drink driving, and no driving licence on July 11, 2020 at Acres, Drumshanbo. This was his fourth conviction for driving with no...
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Having no insurance, Having no driving licence, Failure to produce insurance, Failure to produce driving licence
Fined €350 for no insurance and €150 for no driving licence; disqualified from driving for two years
Fine: €500 • Driving ban: 24 months
Corina Short was fined a total of €500 for driving without insurance and a valid driving licence following a minor road traffic collision on September 7, 2021. She failed to produce the required documents within 10 days as promised and...
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Criminal damage to property (glass panel on front door)
Convicted and conditional discharge under Probation Act section 1(2); compensation of €500 paid into court; good behaviour bond for 12 months
Shane McDonnell damaged a glass panel on a front door belonging to John Kearns at a christening party on October 17, 2021, when he had consumed too much alcohol. The defendant paid compensation of €500 into court for the €200 damage, with...
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Driving with no insurance, Failing to produce insurance
Fined €250, no driving ban imposed
Fine: €250
Sebastian Cobala, a 22-year-old Polish national working as an apprentice cabinet maker, was detected driving with no insurance at River Meadow, Dromod on March 12. He pleaded guilty and was fined €250, with no driving ban imposed due to...
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Aggravated burglary (Section 13) - burglary with a knife at 25 Weavers Hall, Longford on June 3, 2022
Returned for trial at Longford Circuit Court on October 4, 2022. Bail conditions maintained. Alibi warning issued.
Barry Keane (39) of Edgeworthstown was sent forward for trial on a charge of aggravated burglary with a knife at 25 Weavers Hall, Longford on June 3, 2022. The Book of Evidence was served on the defendant, and he was released on existing...
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Aggravated burglary (Section 13) - burglary with a knife at 25 Weavers Hall, Longford on June 3, 2022
Returned for trial at Longford Circuit Court on October 4, 2022. Bail conditions maintained. Alibi warning issued.
Donna McDermott (37) of Longford was sent forward for trial on a charge of aggravated burglary with a knife at 25 Weavers Hall, Longford on June 3, 2022. The Book of Evidence was served on the defendant, and she was released on existing...
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Engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour at Palace Crescent, Ardnacassa, Longford on April 4, 2021
Adjourned until after Circuit Court hearing on the aggravated burglary charge
Donna McDermott faces a public order charge of engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour at Palace Crescent, Ardnacassa on April 4, 2021. The matter was adjourned pending the outcome of the Circuit Court proceedings for the aggravated...
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Trespassing at Park Road, Longford (May 12 - June 11, 2022), Handling stolen property at Park Road, Longford (May 12 - June 11, 2022), Theft of chocolate bars worth €4.50 from Dealz Market Square, Longford on May 9, 2022, Possession of cannabis herb at Annaly Park, Longford on January 13, 2021
Adjourned to October 25, 2022 to allow defendant to conclude matters before the Circuit Court
Barry Keane faces multiple charges including trespassing and handling stolen property (a keg of beer) at Park Road, theft of chocolate bars from a market, and cannabis possession. A Garda search of a vacant property at Park Road found a...
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Assault at Penneys retail outlet, Longford Shopping Centre on March 16
Application to lift curfew refused. Curfew (10pm to 8am) remains in place. No change to conditions.
Cindy Duignan (37), a single mother, sought to have her 10pm-8am curfew lifted to allow her to bring her children to sports training and to care for her ill father. The court heard arguments that the curfew was harshly punitive. Judge...
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Assault at Penneys retail outlet, Longford Shopping Centre on March 16
Sign-on conditions varied from three days per week to one day per week.
Teresa Dinnegan (35), sister of Cindy Duignan, sought to reduce her sign-on reporting days from three to one per week. Her solicitor argued the reduced reporting requirement was necessary. Judge Owens granted the variation.
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Assault (producing a clawhammer), Violent disorder at St Mel's College (April 12, 2021), Possession of stolen property (shoes worth €370), Possession of cannabis (June 23, 2022), Shouting and roaring at gardaí, Spitting at garda patrol car
5 months prison for violent disorder (consecutive); 4 months prison for Harbour View incident (suspended for 12 months subject to probation supervision). All other charges taken into consideration.
Prison: 9 months
David Nevin, a teenager, pleaded guilty to multiple charges including violent disorder at St Mel's College in April 2021 (part of a seven-person gang attack), possession of stolen shoes, and drug-related offences in June 2022. He had been...
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Driving without insurance, Driving without a driver's licence, Driving with excess cannabis in his system
Adjourned to December 13, 2022 for probation report and further enquiries into insurance status
Christopher Thompson (35) pleaded guilty to driving without insurance, without a driver's licence, and with excess cannabis in his system after being stopped on Mostrim Road, Ballymahon on February 16, 2020. An oral fluid sample tested...
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Breach of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, Entering Five Star Pizza with a knife, Threatening to use unlawful violence
Adjourned to September 20, 2022 for preparation of book of evidence. Defendant signed up-to-date bail bond.
Ben Curry (22) was charged with breach of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act following an incident on May 1, 2022 at Five Star Pizza on Main Street, Longford, where he allegedly entered with a knife and threatened to use unlawful...
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Section 92 breach of the Trademark Act (33 European Arrest Warrants)
Bail refused. Remanded in custody. Adjourned to August 11 for preparation of Book of Evidence. Defendant to appear before Mullingar District Court by video link.
Ismaeil Abdelkhalik (65), a Norwegian and Egyptian citizen living in Birmingham, was arrested at Dublin Airport on 33 European Arrest Warrants relating to counterfeit trademark breaches. The defendant had previously spent two months in...
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Possession of cocaine with intent to supply, Involvement in €8.4M drugs seizure at Abbeyshrule aerodrome
Remanded in custody - bail denied
Tim Gilchrist Jr (54) was arrested in a Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau swoop that resulted in the seizure of €8.4M worth of cocaine at Abbeyshrule aerodrome in Longford. He appeared at a special sitting of Mullingar...
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Possession of cocaine with intent to supply, Involvement in €8.4M drugs seizure at Abbeyshrule aerodrome
Remanded in custody - bail denied
Michal Luczak (41) was arrested in the same Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau operation that seized €8.4M worth of cocaine at Abbeyshrule aerodrome. He appeared at a special sitting of Mullingar District Court on Sunday...
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Possession of cocaine, Possession with intent to supply
Remanded in custody to Mullingar District Court on August 11 via video link
Tim Gilchrist Jr was arrested following a Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau operation at Abbeyshrule Aerodrome, Longford on August 4, 2022. He was charged with possession of cocaine and possession with intent to supply...
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Possession of cocaine, Possession with intent to supply
Bail refused; remanded in custody to Mullingar District Court on August 11 via video link
Michal Luczak was arrested following a Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau operation at Abbeyshrule Aerodrome, Longford on August 4, 2022. He was charged with possession of cocaine and possession with intent to supply. His...
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Committing an affray
Bound to keep the peace for 12 months on own bond of €100
Willie Joyce was charged with committing an affray by threatening to use violence on John Robertson on April 12, 2021 at Farnagh, Longford. He pleaded guilty and agreed to enter a peace bond. He was bound to keep the peace for 12 months...
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Committing an affray
Bound to keep the peace for 12 months on own bond of €100
Helen Joyce was charged with committing an affray by threatening to use violence on John Robertson on April 12, 2021 at Farnagh, Longford. She pleaded guilty and agreed to enter a peace bond. She was bound to keep the peace for 12 months...
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Committing an affray
Bound to keep the peace for 12 months on own bond of €100
Lisa Joyce was charged with committing an affray by threatening to use violence on John Robertson on April 12, 2021 at Farnagh, Longford. She pleaded guilty and agreed to enter a peace bond. She was bound to keep the peace for 12 months...
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Threatening and abusive behaviour, Failing to comply with directions of a Garda, Possession of cocaine
Fined €150 for threatening and abusive behaviour, fined €200 for failing to comply with Garda directions. Cocaine possession charge taken into consideration.
Fine: €350
Joe Stokes (32) of Longford pleaded guilty to two public order offences and cocaine possession. Gardaí responded to reports of suspicious behaviour in Springlawn; when directed to leave the area, Stokes returned and became aggressive and...
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Driving without a driving licence, Driving without insurance
Bound to peace €250, disqualified from driving for 15 years
Driving ban: 180 months
Vincent Johnson (62) was caught driving without a licence or insurance on St Mel's Road, Longford on July 3rd. He was already disqualified from driving for 10 years and has 35 previous convictions, many for road traffic offences. Despite...
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Breach of community service order, Breach of Section 3 of the Non Fatal Offence Against the Person Act
Adjourned to September 6, 2022. Judge warned that failure to attend will result in bench warrant being issued. Defendant has completed 190 hours of 240 hour community service order.
Michael Nevin was brought before the court for breach of a community service order after failing to attend required sessions. The probation officer reported he had not attended any appointments since May 24. Judge Owens adjourned the...
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(File Picture: Aaron Brady. Photo: Collins) Garda killer Aaron Brady, who showed "contempt" for his capital murder trial by secretly recording a garda interview with a potentially key witness, has had his three-year sentence increased...
The High Court has refused to surrender a Limerick man to authorities in Greece, where he is wanted on human trafficking charges, after his lawyers objected to extradition on the basis of conditions in the prison system there. Barristers...
By Fiona Ferguson A man who told gardai he had raped his 14-year-old step-daughter “to boost her confidence” has been jailed for seven years. The now 20-year-old woman told the Central Criminal Court she felt she had no option but leave...
A garda with severe asthma who was withdrawn from a work-from-home arrangement and ordered back on the beat during a winter Covid-19 surge in 2022 was discriminated against – but is too late to recover compensation, a tribunal has found....
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In a legal first, the Court of Appeal has overturned a decision to grant a miscarriage of justice certificate to a man who spent 14 months in prison before his IRA membership conviction was quashed. In delivering judgment today, Mr...
A repeat offender who was on bail when he entered a Carlow pub armed with a clawhammer and threatened the owners that he would burn down their family home has been jailed for three years. Martin Lyons (31) of Springfield Park, Burrin...
A veteran security volunteer who claimed he was ousted by the Augustinian Order for warning that certain “rogues” were going to try and pass off “fake relics” for sale at a church can’t proceed with an employment rights claim. The...
A brave Paddy Power worker helped unmask a repeat robber by pulling at his face covering during a raid, enabling gardaí to identify him from CCTV, a court has heard. Charles Darcy (38), who has 64 previous convictions including one for...
Double killer Derek Boyd has been jailed for life for murdering a father-of-four at his north Dublin home and told that his sentence for the manslaughter of his sister four years ago will now be referred back to the Circuit Court. Boyd...
(File Picture: Kielan Mooney. Photo: Collins) The Court of Appeal has upheld a former Defence Force member’s conviction for the repeated rape of a fellow soldier, rejecting his argument that the jury shouldn’t have heard the victim’s...
A National Museum employee has told the Special Criminal Court that he wants to reapply for bail "at the earliest chance", having already been denied release at the weekend, when he was charged with the possession of an explosive device...
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A north African doctor has been jailed for 10 years for the rape, coercive control and assault of his wife over a three-year period. The 46-year-old man pleaded guilty to charges of assault causing harm but had denied two charges of rape...
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Lawyers for a man accused of the murder of former Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson have expressed concern' that more than 20 years after the fatal shooting, the Director of Public Prosecutions is not in a position to hand over its book...
by Alison O'Riordan A Dublin man has been denied bail following a late-night sitting of the non-jury Special Criminal Court this evening, having been charged with possession of an explosive device in connection with the alleged discovery...
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Two former lovers who beat another man to death before throwing his body over the highest cliffs in Ireland at Sliabh Liag in Donegal have argued that their murder convictions should be overturned. Alan Vial (41) and Nikita Burns (25)...
(Pictured: Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly. Photo: Collins) by Paul Neilan A retired Irish-speaking garda sergeant from Donegal has been given permission by the High Court to challenge the Garda Commissioner's decision to refuse to...
(Pictured: Solicitors walking out of the Criminal Courts of Justice building earlier. Photo: Collins) By CCC reporters Dozens of criminal cases were adjourned today due to defence solicitors withdrawing their services in a dispute over a...
A thief and fraudster who is serving a 10-month sentence has been spared further jail time for stealing an electric scooter worth €773. Edward Collins (21), of St Mary’s Villas, Westport, Co Mayo, pleaded guilty at Dún Laoghaire District...
The High Court has rejected arguments against the extradition of Jonathan Gill to Northern Ireland to face a charge that he murdered Robbie Lawlor as part of a feud involving gangs in Dublin, Drogheda and Sligo. Mr Justice Patrick McGrath...
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An Algerian national who choked and sexually assaulted a young woman down a dark alleyway in a "violent, predatory" attack has been jailed for six years. Mohamed Hallam, who has been living in Donegal since 2023, attacked the woman after...
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A violent offender who provided the getaway cars used by an international drug smuggling gang in the attempted murder of Dublin criminal Gary Carey has withdrawn an appeal against his seven-year sentence after the Court of Appeal reminded...
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by Fiona Magennis A man has had his conviction for defiling a 16-year-old girl overturned, after the Court of Appeal found the trial judge “crossed a line” in his charge to the jury. The three-judge court struck down the conviction after...
By Fiona Ferguson A predator who refuses to accept his convictions for the rape and indecent assault of a child turned to his victim in court today and told her, shame on you,' before a judge jailed him for ten years. Mr Justice Paul...
A Dublin man accused of assaulting a Tesco worker and damaging a garda station custody area has been granted bail after a court heard he had no legal representation due to the solicitors� strike. Brian Dunne (41) of Ringsend, Dublin 4,...
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By Declan Brennan and Eimear Dodd The trial of a garda accused of raping his wife and cruelty towards two of his daughters has reached closing stages. The 48-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to one count of child cruelty of his now...
A serial criminal had just been released from prison for his role in the killing of Melanie McCarthy-McNamara in 2012 when he set fire to a car and robbed a Halfords outlet last year, a court has heard. Very high risk' offender Keith Hall...
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A High Court judge has ordered that a man who raped one sister and abused another in the 1970s cannot be identified, despite the wishes of his victims to waive their anonymity, after his lawyers argued there was "culpable delay" in...
By Fiona Magennis A Brazilian brothel-keeper who ran a network across rural Ireland, laundered �800,000 of the proceeds in various bank accounts and was found in possession of child abuse material, has failed to have his sentence reduced...
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Lawyers for a man charged with the murder of former senior Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson, who was shot dead 20 years ago after he was exposed as an MI5 informant, have told the Special Criminal Court that they are �disappointed�...
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(Pictured: Paul Murphy (L) and Jason Bonney (R) prior to their convictions for acting as getaway drivers following fatal gun attack Pic: Collins) By Fiona Magennis Two getaway drivers in the Regency Hotel attack, during which Kinahan...
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By Fiona Magennis The Court of Appeal has set a date in December to hear an application by a Polish cage fighter who is seeking to have his conviction for the murder of a 23-year-old man who was beaten unconscious and left to drown in the...
A couple who fled here after the invasion of Ukraine were caught by gardai with �380,000 in crime cash in the back of their car, a court has heard. Ihor Samotos (32) was witnessed by surveillance garda� receiving a box full of cash from a...
The ousted former CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland faced disciplinary action after an internal probe found he gave "inappropriate assistance" to a staff member applying for a senior post, including by forwarding �question options� sent to...
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A murder trial jury has watched CCTV footage of the moment a man who was fatally stabbed ran from a house in north Dublin clutching his chest, followed by the man accused of his murder. Derek Boyd is on trial at the Central Criminal Court...
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The former CEO of a State agency has told a tribunal he contemplated suicide after his bosses allegedly pressured him to quit following what he says were “damaging” media leaks and political “interference” in an internal investigation....
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(File Picture: Darren Redmond (L) & Alan Harte (R). Photo: Collins) Three men who abducted Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney, subjected him to “animalistic” levels of “protracted torture” and carved the letters QIH into his...
by Paul Neilan A former Garda who was found guilty of assaulting a security man during the Strokestown repossession case in in 2018 has had his conviction quashed by the High Court. Kevin Taylor of Ardnacassa Lawns, Dublin Road, Longford,...
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(File Picture: Paul Murphy & Jason Bonney. Photo: Collins) Two getaway drivers in the Regency Hotel attack, during which Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne was murdered, have argued that the prison sentences imposed on them were too high....
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A man with no previous convictions who subjected a stranger to a prolonged violent sexual assault in her own hotel room has been jailed for seven and a half years. Ciaran Tate (29) with an address at Killenrevagh, Hollymount, Claremorris,...
By Claire Henry A chronic addict with 134 previous convictions has been jailed for 20 months for stealing a tourist's motorbike hours after the victim had arrived in Ireland. Joseph Gifford (40), formerly of Liberty House, Railway Street,...
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Sligo man Barry Young has appeared in court on foot of an arrest warrant from Northern Ireland, where he is wanted to face prosecution for the murder of gangland figure Robbie Lawlor six years ago. Young (41), with a previous address at...
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The privacy rights of murderer Kevin Braney, the leader of the New IRA in Dublin, were not breached when gardaí used a surveillance device to listen in on him conversing with members of a criminal gang at a KFC restaurant, the Court of...
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A drug dealer who told a mother that he would get "junkies" to rape her son if she failed to repay his €157,000 debt during a campaign of intimidation has been jailed for ten years. The Special Criminal Court sentenced Mark "Fishy" Salmon...
(File Picture: Fighter Tyson Fury. Photo: Collins) Two brothers have been jailed for eight months after "boxing-related banter" in a pub bathroom following a televised Tyson Fury fight led to an assault. The victim had been in a pub with...
A woman who sent voice notes threatening to take a lump hammer to another woman's head and burn down the victim's mother's house during a row over an e-scooter has avoided a jail sentence. Theresa O'Reilly (34), of Alderwood Grove,...
A British national has been jailed for helping “serious criminals” escape in his car after they attacked a Tallaght home and beat a man with a hammer during a drug-related dispute. Mohammad Rehman (24) had arrived in Ireland by ferry the...
The State has appealed the fully suspended sentence handed to a 68-year-old woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who was convicted of her fourth offence against a man she had harassed for over 20 years. Elaine Tyrrell, of Captain’s Road,...
An Indian business student who sexually assaulted a woman and "brazenly" masturbated in front of two others just weeks after arriving in Ireland has been jailed for four months. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Rishabh Mahajan...
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(File Picture: Mr Jonathan Gill. Photo: Collins) Jonathan Gill, who is wanted in Northern Ireland to face a charge of murdering gangland figure Robbie Lawlor, has challenged his extradition, claiming he will not receive the same...
A veteran church security volunteer was ousted by the Augustinian Order for warning that certain “rogues” were going to try and pass off “fake relics” for sale at its church in Limerick City, a tribunal has been told. The allegation was...
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(Pictured: Sentencing judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt. Photo: Collins) A Cavan man must serve a six-year prison sentence for trying to murder his father before beginning a life sentence for murdering his mother in attacks of “extreme violence”...
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Jonathan Gill, aged 44, faced a High Court bail hearing in connection with an extradition warrant issued by Northern Irish authorities. He is charged with murder in relation to the death of Robbie Lawlor on 4 April 2020, and with...
The High Court has ruled that a District Court judge erred in law when he refused to convict thirty-four drivers caught speeding at Clogheen, Monasterevin in County Kildare. In December 2024, Judge Andrew Cody found the facts proven but...
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The High Court has granted a stay on a notice of dismissal against a garda convicted of assaulting his then-wife. Mr Justice Sara Phelan approved the stay, which suspends dismissal proceedings until 14 July. The garda, based in Dublin,...
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A man has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father in an attack at their family home in Ballyconnell, County Cavan on 11 January 2025. The 33-year-old defendant wept as...
A 31-year-old man from Killeshandra, County Cavan, has received a fully suspended two-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sexually assaulting a Ryanair cabin crew member during a flight to Dublin Airport. Aaron Brady...
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A Polish cage fighter serving a life sentence for the 2014 murder of a 23-year-old man in Co Roscommon has brought proceedings before the Court of Appeal seeking to have his conviction declared a miscarriage of justice. Leszek Sychulec,...
A man who assaulted an Irish Rail worker after he refused to show his ticket will be sentenced later for this and burglary of a Carlow GAA club. William McCarthy (38) of Springfield Park, Carlow, pleaded guilty at Carlow Circuit Criminal...
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A former accountant has been sentenced to three years and nine months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for laundering nearly €290,000 through his bank account. Cyril Keegan (54), with an address in County Cork, pleaded guilty to three...
A former accountant pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to theft and deception offences committed over six weeks in early 2025. Michelle Dillon, aged 59 and homeless, stole a bank card and medical card from an elderly patient...
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At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on May 11th, 2026, a 33-year-old man from West Dublin pleaded guilty to drug possession, money laundering and making threats to kill. Mark Salmon has admitted possessing cocaine valued at €35,280...
A man found walking back and forth on a Dublin city centre street playing the ukulele in the early hours of the morning has avoided a conviction, after a judge heard the defendant had been badly affected when he unknowingly consumed...
A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment following a serious assault at a refugee accommodation centre in Dublin. The attack occurred on 31 March 2023 at Ballyogan Regional Temporary Rest Centre, when...
A man from Enniscrone, County Sligo, has lost a religious discrimination claim at the Workplace Relations Commission following his lifetime ban from a yoga studio in Ballina, County Mayo. Peter McKeon had pursued a complaint under the...
By Sonya McLean A man who put on a disguise and armed himself with a hammer before returning to a pub to assault security staff who had refused him entry has been given 240 hours of community service. Clive McCarthy (45) of St Donagh’s...
A High Court judge has requested information regarding an allegation that a senior garda photographed a whistleblower and three accompanying individuals inside a courtroom. The Practice Directions and Rules of the Superior Courts prohibit...
Jonathan Gill, aged 44 and with an address in Clontarf, Dublin, appeared before the High Court in relation to an extradition warrant issued by Belfast Magistrates' Court. Mr Gill is wanted in Northern Ireland to face charges of murder in...
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Jonathan Gill, aged 44, with an address on the Malahide Road in Clontarf, Dublin, appeared before the High Court in relation to extradition proceedings initiated by authorities in Northern Ireland. Gill is wanted by the PSNI in connection...
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Jonathan Gill, aged 44 and with an address on the Malahide Road in Clontarf, Dublin, appeared before the High Court in connection with an extradition application by Northern Irish authorities. Gill is wanted by the PSNI in relation to the...
A Dutch national's application to stand as an independent surety for a man awaiting trial on drugs conspiracy charges has been rejected by the Special Criminal Court. The court heard that Sadaf Piroozram (52) offered to lodge €30,000 for...
A 32-year-old man from Ballyconnell, County Cavan, has pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder before the Central Criminal Court. Danny Heyneman admitted to the murder of Annie Heyneman at a family home in Kilnavart on January 11,...
A service station operator in Charlestown, County Mayo, has been ordered to pay €1,250 in compensation to a former employee following a determination by the Workplace Relations Commission. Eve Kilcoyne, who worked as a cash office worker...
A former Defence Forces captain has failed in a claim against Donegal County Council at the Workplace Relations Commission regarding his starting salary. Daniel McChrystal, who held the rank of captain, took a position as an economic...
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Jonathan Gill, with an address on the Malahide Road in Clontarf, Dublin, appeared before the High Court in connection with extradition proceedings sought by authorities in Northern Ireland. The 44-year-old is wanted by the PSNI in...
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Andrew Cash Senior, aged 58, of Whitechurch Heights, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, was sentenced to two years imprisonment after pleading guilty to providing false information to Irish Passport Services. His...
A 19-year-old man from Tallaght has been sentenced to two years in custody following two high-speed pursuits by gardaí within four months, including an incident in which his vehicle overturned on the M50. Josh Killeen pleaded guilty at...
Two men have been jailed for a combined nine years following the discovery of cannabis grow houses in Co Galway. Aloyzas Bukantus, 45, of Church Street, Edgeworthstown, Co Longford, pleaded guilty at Galway Circuit Criminal Court to...
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A 44-year-old man from Clontarf, Dublin appeared before the High Court in connection with extradition proceedings relating to a 2020 murder in Belfast. Jonathan Gill is wanted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to face prosecution...
A County Donegal hair salon supplier has been ordered to pay €106,000 to a former salesman following a Workplace Relations Commission ruling that found age and disability discrimination. Damien O'Doherty, who had worked for FM Salon...
A 31-year-old man from Killeshandra, County Cavan, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to sexually assaulting a Ryanair cabin crew member during a flight to Dublin Airport. The assault occurred approximately 40 minutes before...
By Isabel Hayes A man who attacked a fellow homeless services user with a knife and hatchet during an incident of “harrowing violence” has been jailed for five and a half years. Stephen Crosbie (44) told the victim he would “chop him up”...
(Pictured: Michael Kelly. Photo: Collins) By Natasha Reid and Isabel Hayes A father who assaulted an umpire at an underage GAA match, leading to the victim suffering a concussion at the hands of others, has been given a three-month...
A "high risk" child rapist who was sentenced to 15 years will be returned to jail after he was found in the company of three teenage boys in breach of his release conditions. In 2008, the late Mr Justice Paul Carney imposed two life...
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A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in Co Donegal has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital following a special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity in relation to the death of his grandfather. Derek Mulligan received the order...
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A 49-year-old man charged with the murder of former senior Sinn Féin official Denis Donaldson has been remanded in custody by the Special Criminal Court until June. Antoin Duffy, of Braade, Kincasslagh, County Donegal, appeared via video...
A man who fled from gardaí before being found with a Stanley knife in his backpack has been fined €100 and warned by a judge that he could face jail if he comes before the courts again. Diarmuid Aherne (45), of no fixed abode, had pleaded...
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A 49-year-old man extradited from Scotland has been charged at the Special Criminal Court with the murder of Denis Donaldson, a former Provisional IRA member and senior Sinn Féin official who was shot dead in County Donegal in 2006....
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A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in County Donegal has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity following a majority jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court. The defendant was charged with killing his 78-year-old...
(Pictured: Michael Kelly. Photo: Collins) A court has heard how there were already tensions on a GAA pitch during an underage hurling match, when the father of one of the players ran at an umpire "swinging punches". Dublin Circuit...
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A 39-year-old man from Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his grandfather at the Central Criminal Court. Derek Mulligan is accused of causing fatal injuries to Derek Burns, aged 78, at Carrickcoyle on 19...
A 24-year-old Galway athlete has been remanded in custody following his guilty plea to drug possession charges at Galway Circuit Criminal Court. Richard Kamson, of Straith Fhada, Doughiska, admitted possessing cocaine and cannabis with...
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Derek Mulligan, aged 39, of Carrickcoyle, Derrybeg in County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 78-year-old grandfather, Derek Burns, at Carrickcoyle on December 19th, 2023. The Central Criminal...
A 39-year-old man from Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 78-year-old grandfather at Carrickcoyle on 19 December 2023. The Central Criminal Court jury heard that the accused...
A qualified accountant from Shrule, County Mayo, has been sentenced to two years in custody at Galway Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to stealing €1.4m from his employer KPMG. David Craddock, aged 42, admitted ten sample...
A 39-year-old man from Carrickcoyle, Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his grandfather, Derek Burns, aged 78, who died on 19 December 2023 following an assault at the family home. The...
A woman who worked at a marina in Fahan, County Donegal for over two decades has been awarded €20,000 for disability discrimination by the Workplace Relations Commission. Nancy Doherty, who had been the sole full-time coordinator at...
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Stephen Silver has appealed his conviction for the murder of Garda Colm Horkan, shot eleven times with his own service weapon in Castlerea, County Roscommon, on 17 June 2020. Silver's legal team contends that psychiatric evidence...
A 39-year-old self-employed carpenter from Cavan has been disqualified from driving for two years following a conviction for drink driving. Eduard Hupalov was stopped by gardaí on Belgard Road, Dublin 24, on 25 February 2024, after...
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Patrick Rea, a 55-year-old currently serving a life sentence for murder, has been convicted and sentenced at the Central Criminal Court for the rape and indecent assault of his cousin in Longford between 1986 and 1989. The offences...
A jury has been discharged in the trial of a 33-year-old man accused of murdering a 58-year-old at a housing unit on Tone Street in Ballina, County Mayo in October 2024. The Central Criminal Court heard that the accused pleaded not guilty...
The Court of Appeal has upheld extradition orders against two men wanted in Northern Ireland for offences connected to the 1975 murder of an RUC officer. John Edward McNicholl, aged 73, of Newmills, Letterkenny, County Donegal, and Seamus...
A 23-year-old man from Ballina has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following a violent incident outside St Mary's Secondary School in April 2021. Taylor Moran admitted attacking another youth with a claw hammer during a brawl...
A couple at Castlebar Circuit Court has been sentenced for child neglect after their two young autistic children were discovered living in severely unsanitary conditions. The 40-year-old father received an 18-month custodial sentence,...
A man has pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court following the death of his flatmate at an apartment on Tone Street, Ballina, County Mayo in October 2024. The prosecution alleges the deceased died from severe injuries...
(File Picture: Stephen ‘Rossi’ Walsh. Photo: Collins) A notorious child rapist has failed in a "confused" bid to have an attempt by the State to amend his post-release supervision conditions declared a miscarriage of justice. “The fact...
A witness has denied observing the deceased wielding a metal pole against the man accused of his murder during an altercation at a Ballina apartment. Declan Forde gave evidence at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of Liam O'Leary,...
A woman residing at a Peter McVerry Trust housing unit on Tone Street, Ballina, has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court describing how she and her son fled the apartment after the accused man forced his way inside and made...
At the Central Criminal Court, a jury heard opening arguments in the murder trial of Liam O'Leary (33), who denies killing 58-year-old John Casserly at a Peter McVerry Trust housing unit on Tone Street, Ballina, County Mayo, between 23...
By Fiona Ferguson A prolific offender with more than 230 previous convictions broke into a petrol station after missing his bus to look for food, money and items to sell, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. Stephen Shiels (40) was caught...
An offender who was attempting to evade members of a garda drugs unit recklessly collided with a female officer, causing her serious injuries, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard. Gardai were using CCTV to monitor suspicious activity...
A 33-year-old man has entered a not guilty plea to murder at the Central Criminal Court. Liam O'Leary, formerly of Kiltimagh, is charged with the murder of John Casserly, aged 59, at Tone House on Tone Street in Ballina, County Mayo,...
A 23-year-old Carlow woman may avoid imprisonment through community service following her guilty plea to money laundering charges at Carlow Circuit Criminal Court. Dion Timmons of Graiguecullen admitted to handling proceeds of crime when...
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A High Court judge has underlined the significant role of media transparency following the Workplace Relations Commission's decision to exclude reporters from a hearing concerning a detective superintendent's protected disclosures about...
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has told the Workplace Relations Commission that he was pressured to reinstate a suspended employee and later faced interference in a recruitment process, allegedly involving a senator....
A delivery driver has been sentenced to five months in prison at Castlebar Circuit Court after pleading guilty to careless driving causing the death of a seventy-six-year-old woman in Westport. Maureen Hopkins died following a collision...
A detective superintendent at the Garda National Technical Bureau has secured an expedited High Court hearing to challenge a decision by the Workplace Relations Commission to exclude media from his case. Det Supt Brian O'Reilly is seeking...
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland is pursuing claims of unfair dismissal and breach of protected disclosures at the Workplace Relations Commission. Francis O'Donnell's case, heard over two days, centres on his departure...
A 56-year-old Brazilian man has been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a sexual assault at Dublin Airport in August 2025. Rogerio Afonso pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in Terminal 1, where he...
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has alleged he was subjected to intimidation and threats by the organisation's then-chairman following his decision to suspend the chairman's brother. Francis O'Donnell, who led the...
A man has been jailed for ten years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for supervising a drug trafficking operation. Tomasz Zdechlikiewicz, aged 38 of Clongriffin, was found guilty of possessing 36 kilogrammes of...
A 79-year-old man from Mullingar, County Westmeath, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to eight counts of indecent assault against his younger sister between 1962 and...
Eight healthcare workers from Zimbabwe have been awarded €30,420 each by the Workplace Relations Commission following a finding that Unity Healthcare Services Ltd failed to pay their wages over a six-month period. The adjudicator...
A man has admitted criminal damage and theft from a cigarette vending machine at a Carlow GAA clubhouse 18 months ago. William McCarthy (38) of Springfield Park, Carlow, pleaded guilty at Carlow Circuit Criminal Court to criminal damage...
A jury at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court has returned a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict in respect of an aeronautical engineer charged with damaging telecommunications infrastructure across Mayo and Galway. Adrian Behan, aged...
A 23-year-old woman from Carlow has pleaded guilty to money laundering following her involvement in a significant social welfare fraud originating in Letterkenny, Donegal. The accused was approached whilst at college and persuaded to...
A man from County Mayo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 33 offences alleged to have occurred at telecommunications and utility sites across Mayo and Galway between September and October 2023. Adrian Behan, aged 44, of...
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A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison at the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to murder. Joseph Richards, aged 35 and from Lanesborough Square in Finglas, was convicted in connection with the death of...
A 40-year-old man from Castlerea, County Roscommon, has withdrawn an appeal against his 15-month custodial sentence imposed for a series of thefts from retail outlets. Owen Maughan was convicted in the District Court of twelve theft...
A man convicted of raping and sexually assaulting his younger sister over seven years has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal in Dublin. Kyle Jinks, aged 32, of Slievemore, Ballytivnan, County Sligo, was found guilty at the...
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A 70-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the systematic sexual abuse of five of his children over two decades at various addresses in County Sligo. Noel Farrell of Rathedmond Estate,...
A man accused of falsely imprisoning and strangling a woman has seen his bail revoked after refusing to wait at Pearse Street Garda Station to sign on, telling a judge that the conditions there are so poor they "infringe his human...
A Knockmore man has been sentenced to four years in prison at Castlebar Circuit Court for offences including the savage mauling of a woman by his unmuzzled dog. David Barrett, aged 41, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following an...
A 72-year-old man from Castleblayney, County Monaghan, has had his eight-year prison sentence reduced to six and a half years following a successful appeal at the Court of Appeal. The man pleaded guilty to fifteen counts of indecent...
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns, who were convicted in March 2025 of murdering Robert Robin Wilkin at Sliabh Liag in County Donegal, have been granted a hearing date for their conviction appeals. Vial, aged 39, of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, and...
A 47-year-old man from Swinford has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following an incident in which he struck his brother with a shovel at their home in Cloongullaune on 27 July 2022. The victim was rendered unconscious and...
(Pictured: Garry Nugent. Photo: Collins) A former events officer with Cycling Ireland who produced fake quotations submitted in an attempt to secure a sports grant for the Paralympics has been given an 18-month suspended sentence. Garry...
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard closing arguments in a case arising from the fatal stabbing of a man in Dublin in June 2024. Joseph Lawlor, aged 39, of Hampton Wood Road in Finglas, Dublin 11, has pleaded not guilty...
A Donegal man has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment following his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman in his home in December 2020. The 32-year-old, from Lisminton, Ballintra, pleaded guilty to the offence at the Central...
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A 45-year-old man was fatally shot at his home in Ballymun, Dublin, on 5 October 2018 after answering his patio door. Joseph Richards, with an address at Lanesborough Square in Finglas, Dublin, was originally charged with murder but...
A 25-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the defilement of a teenager. The man, who cannot be identified to protect the victim's privacy,...
A man from Killygordon in Donegal has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for a series of sexual offences. Eunan Merritt, aged 56, was found...
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Two men have been sentenced to six years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court for their roles in transporting and disposing of the remains of murdered teenager Keane Mulready-Woods. Stephen Carberry, aged 48, and Glen Bride, aged...
An offender with a high risk of recidivism who was caught with and distributed videos of child sexual abuse has been jailed for two years and nine months. Murilo Dos Santos (36) of North Circular Road, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty last year...
A man arrested during a garda raid on a Dublin apartment in November 2022 has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. David Thomas, aged 42, of Glenties Drive, Finglas, pleaded guilty to...
A 32-year-old man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to four offences including cocaine possession with intent to supply and making threats to kill, following the withdrawal of more serious charges. Mark Salmon, originally...
A 61-year-old man from Ballina in County Mayo has been sentenced to 11 and a half years imprisonment for sexually abusing five girls over nearly two decades. David Langdon pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Court to seven sample counts...
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A man has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to offences arising from the fatal shooting of Noel Campion in Limerick city in April 2007. Darragh Quinlivan, aged 42 and...
A man has been jailed for two years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following an assault on an Irish Rail inspector aboard a Dublin to Sligo train at Connolly Station. Gerry Nevin (32), of Mostrim Road, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, pleaded...
The High Court has refused the State's application for leave to appeal a decision declining to extradite a convicted sex offender to Northern Ireland. Mr Justice Patrick McGrath ruled that the case was exceptional, finding it would be...
A Dutch teacher who sold his house to secure bail for a compatriot accused of drug smuggling appeared before the Special Criminal Court. Ali Ghasemi Mazidi, aged 50 and resident in the Netherlands, faces charges of conspiracy to import...
Nathan Walsh and Lee Cunningham, both aged 29, have pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an assault on a man in Dublin City Centre on 23 May 2023. Walsh, of Ballyshannon Road, Beaumont, admitted theft...
A 32-year-old man from Ballyconnell in County Cavan is to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin in April on charges relating to alleged incidents at a family home in Kilnavart. The accused is charged with murder and...
A Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator has found that a 61-year-old Tesco worker was unfairly dismissed following the loss of a €20 note at a Castlebar store in 2023. Declan Kavanagh was suspended in October 2023 pending...
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A man has been sentenced to thirteen years' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the rape and burglary of an elderly neighbour in Edgeworthstown, County Longford. Shane Kelly, aged thirty-six and of no fixed abode, pleaded...
A man from Belmullet, County Mayo has failed in a discrimination claim brought before the Workplace Relations Commission following a meeting about employment with the Erris Chamber of Commerce in April 2025. James Monaghan alleged that...
A man from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for a sustained campaign of domestic violence against his former partner spanning seven years. Mark White, aged 54, pleaded...
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Glen Bride, a 32-year-old with 86 previous convictions, appeared before the Special Criminal Court for his role in the disposal of murdered teenager Keane Mulready-Woods. The court heard that Bride drove a stolen vehicle containing the...
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A 42-year-old man originally from Limerick City has pleaded guilty to participation in an organised criminal group and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life in connection with the fatal shooting of Noel Campion on April 26,...
A suspended Roscommon solicitor has been formally censured by the High Court following a misconduct finding relating to a 2006 Mayo land transaction. Declan O'Callaghan successfully appealed three allegations but the court upheld one...
A man convicted of sexually abusing three of his siblings has appealed his eight-year sentence as disproportionate. Gerry Harte, aged 72, of Tullynacrunat North, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of indecent...
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At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on January 19th, Elizabeth Mulready, mother of Keane Mulready-Woods, delivered a victim impact statement describing the "cruelty and inhumanity" of her son's murder. The 17-year-old was killed in...
A man from Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, has been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment following his conviction for rape at the Central Criminal Court. Dilzar Hamad, aged 40, was found guilty by jury in March 2025 of raping a...
by Paul Neilan A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend on church grounds almost 21 years ago had "simply no basis" for claiming that the Court of Criminal Appeal had overturned his mandatory life sentence and substituted a 20-year term in...
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A man who travelled to Dublin City Centre armed with a knife and determined to attack a stranger has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court. Darragh Quigley, aged 26, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder...
A garda has received a suspended three-month sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for assaulting his then-wife, a fellow member of An Garda Síochána, in County Mayo in October 2012. Trevor Bolger (48), previously attached to Ballymun...
Two Slovak nationals have been convicted and sentenced at the Central Criminal Court following a sexual assault on two teenage girls on a disused railway line in County Mayo in March 2023. Rudolf Makula, aged 30, of Gleann Ard,...
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A 33-year-old man convicted of defiling a child at his home has been granted bail pending his appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal in Dublin. The man, whose identity is protected to safeguard the complainant, was convicted by...
by Paul Neilan Convicted murderer Raymond Donovan, who strangled his former girlfriend to death on the grounds of a church, has launched a High Court bid seeking his release from prison, claiming that the Court of Appeal substituted his...
A 34-year-old man from Finglas has admitted to conspiring to murder a Dublin father-of-two who was fatally shot at his home in 2018. Joseph Richards, with an address at Lanesborough Square, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to...
Christopher O'Neill has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the manslaughter of Martin Lynn on 30 July 2023. The 31-year-old punched Mr Lynn once to the head in an...
A Canadian drugs mule who was caught "literally red-handed" with just over €400,000 of vacuum packed cannabis at Dublin Airport has been jailed for three years. Mohamad Alaha (20) had just come off a flight from Canada when his luggage...
A woman from Kingscourt, Co Cavan, has been convicted and fined €750 following an assault at a concert venue in Dublin. Sarah Callan, aged 37, pleaded guilty at Dún Laoghaire District Court to a Section 2 assault that occurred on 20 June...
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Three men convicted of the kidnap and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney have had their conviction appeals dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Alan Harte, Alan O'Brien, and Darren Redmond, all from East Wall, Dublin,...
An Indian business student sexually assaulted a woman and "brazenly" masturbated in front of two others just weeks after arriving in Ireland, a court has heard. Rishabh Mahajan (30) of Gardiner St Lower, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty at Dublin...
A court has heard how a repeat offender was rumbled when he was caught with a mobile phone that he was unable to unlock, while messages on the device referred to a work presentation, despite the defendant saying it belonged to his...
A man from Belmullet, County Mayo, has brought a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission alleging gender discrimination and breaches of the Employment Equality Act 1998 during a meeting with the Erris Chamber of Commerce in April...
A man convicted of raping a woman as she slept beside her boyfriend and newborn baby in County Donegal has failed in his appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal. Shaun O'Donnell, aged 35, was sentenced to eight years'...
A man in his fifties and a woman in her forties have been sentenced to a combined eight and a half years imprisonment at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following their conviction for the systematic abuse of six children over several...
A repeat offender has been jailed for six weeks after getting into a car parked in a private driveway in south Dublin while on probation and later swallowing crack cocaine when he was in garda custody. Thomas Joyce (45), with an address...
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A young man from Donegal has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison, with the final eighteen months suspended for one year, following his conviction for oral rape. Jason McLaughlin of Cashel, Gleneely pleaded guilty to the...
A man from Castlefinn, County Donegal has been sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court following his conviction for rape. Kevin McGovern, aged 28, was found guilty by jury of one count of rape...
A garda with severe asthma has brought complaints of disability discrimination, harassment and victimisation before the Workplace Relations Commission, alleging he was ordered to return to frontline duties at Longford Garda Station during...
James McMahon, aged 31, of Riversdale Road, Clondalkin, has been sentenced to six years and nine months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, with the final two years suspended. McMahon pleaded guilty to stealing six vehicles...
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A man from County Donegal has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to sexual assault charges. The defendant, now aged 41, pleaded guilty in October to four sample counts of...
At Castlebar Circuit Court, two parents have admitted to multiple counts of child cruelty following an investigation into the abuse of their six children. The case emerged after two teenagers walked into a garda station in the west of...
A man has been remanded in custody pending sentence at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the attempted murder of a grandmother in Dublin city centre on November 16, 2023. The victim, originally from the north and...
A paramedic in Letterkenny has secured an award of €32,000 for racial discrimination from the Workplace Relations Commission following her dismissal over an incident at a petrol station. The EMT was fired for gross misconduct after...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a Riverstown man's drugs sentence was unduly lenient, yet he will serve no additional time in custody. James Murphy, aged 66, was convicted in 2021 of participating in a joint enterprise to supply...
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A man convicted of assaulting, raping and coercively controlling his partner over a six-week period has had his appeal against conviction dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Dean Ward, aged 38, formerly of County Wexford, was sentenced to...
A hospital clerical worker at Mayo University Hospital has been awarded €58,681.60 by the Workplace Relations Commission following a constructive dismissal complaint. The adjudicator found that the hospital's grievance management process...
A 29-year-old woman from Coolaney, Sligo, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to making a false criminal complaint at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Nicole Chambers alleged that a male prison officer had...
A teenager has been awarded €700,000 by the High Court following the HSE's admission of liability for failures in ante-natal care at Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar during 2009. The girl, now aged sixteen, sued the health authority...
By Isabel Hayes A father and son sold on a motorhome that had been stolen from the UK and fitted with fake plates eight times to an unsuspecting buyer who used his inheritance to buy it, a court has heard. John Tracey (52) and Jordan...
A firefighter employed part-time with Cavan County Fire Service has been awarded €15,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission following a successful complaint of penalisation under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. Cian...
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A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted Ruth Lawrence of murdering Anthony Keegan and Eoin O'Connor between April and May 2014. Justice Tony Hunt handed down two concurrent life sentences on Monday, backdated to October 2022....
A man has seen a charge against him of trespassing at a Ballsbridge home dismissed after a judge found the State had failed to establish the required evidence to make a case. Mohammed Bishet (30), of no fixed abode, had pleaded not guilty...
(Pictured: Ruth Kavanagh. Photo: Collins) By Isabel Hayes A dental nurse who left the scene after she broke a red light and knocked down a Leaving Cert student who was walking to school has been given a suspended sentence. Ruth Kavanagh...
A Dublin man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to assisting an offender in the movement and disposal of body parts belonging to Keane Mulready-Woods, a teenager murdered in Drogheda in January 2020. Stephen Carberry, aged...
By Claire Henry A man who carried out three robberies in two days while already on bail for another robbery has been jailed for six years. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Thomas Murray (43) of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to...
Glen Bride, aged 32 of Mount Olive Park, Kilbarrick, Dublin 5, has pleaded guilty before the Special Criminal Court to assisting in the movement and disposal of body parts belonging to murdered teenager Keane Mulready-Woods. The charge...
A man convicted of sexually assaulting his younger cousin over a four-year period has had his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal and will face retrial. The 29-year-old, who cannot be identified to protect the complainant, was...
Sean McDonald, aged 62, of Tawneymachugh, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to 11 representative counts of rape and sexual assault of a...
An on-bail offender who punched an off-duty garda in a nightclub has been given a fully suspended sentence. Anthony Ainscough (39) of Windmill Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of...
A 94-year-old man who woke up to find a burglar in his bedroom struck the intruder twice with a shoehorn and shouted at him to get out of his home, a court has heard. The burglar, Aaron Waddington (36), immediately fled the scene. He had...
A 27-year-old man from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in laundering proceeds from invoice redirection scams. Adeleke Adelani pleaded guilty to...
An 89-year-old man from Rockfield, Knock, Claremorris, Co Mayo, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for historical sexual abuse of a young child. Pat Salmon pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual...
A 37-year-old man from Castlefin, County Donegal, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court for the rape of an 18-year-old woman at an address in Convoy on 14 January 2018. Desmond Leitch was found guilty...
Eight care workers from Zimbabwe have testified before the Workplace Relations Commission regarding allegations of unpaid wages and financial exploitation linked to their recruitment by Unity Healthcare Services Ltd. The workers,...
A High Court judge has upheld a disciplinary tribunal finding of professional misconduct against suspended Roscommon solicitor Declan O'Callaghan concerning his handling of a 2006 Mayo land transfer. Mr Justice Micheál O'Higgins upheld...
An eighty-nine-year-old man from Rockfield, Knock, County Mayo has pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault against a young child in the mid-1990s. The Central Criminal Court heard that the offences occurred at his home between...
Eleven years on from when the bodies of two missing Dublin men were found bound and buried in a shallow grave on a lake island in the midlands, the only person to face trial over their deaths – Ruth Lawrence – has been found guilty of...
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At Dublin's Central Criminal Court, a trial has heard evidence concerning the disappearances of Eoin O'Connor and Anthony Keegan, who went missing from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan on 22 April 2014. Eoin, a 32-year-old drug dealer, sent a...
A key witness in the trial of Ruth Lawrence at the Central Criminal Court suffered a heart attack requiring hospitalisation during proceedings, creating significant complications for the case. The witness, who had provided crucial...
A 32-year-old man from Ballintra, County Donegal has been remanded in custody pending sentencing after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a woman while she slept at his home on Main Street, Ballintra on 13 December 2020. The case was...
A farmer from Dunmore, County Galway, has obtained High Court permission to challenge the residential zoning of his lands under the Residential Zoned Land Tax. Michael Knightly is seeking to quash the zoning decision imposed by Galway...
A jury will return to the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday to consider its verdicts for a fifth day in the trial of Ruth Lawrence – who stands accused of shooting a drug dealer and working "as a unit" with her boyfriend to murder him...
(File Picture: Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) The jury in the trial of Ruth Lawrence, who stands accused of shooting a drug dealer and working "as a unit" with her boyfriend to murder him and another man, have been given the option of...
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The Court of Appeal has upheld the convictions of Jason Bonney, aged 55, and Paul Murphy, aged 64, who were found guilty of acting as getaway drivers during the 2016 Regency Hotel attack in Dublin, in which Kinahan Cartel member David...
A 26-year-old man from north Dublin has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to attempted murder. Darragh Quigley of Carndonagh Road, Donaghmede, admitted the charge relating to an incident on Chatham Row, Dublin 2 on November 16,...
A Cavan man previously imprisoned for handling 117 stolen bicycles has received a suspended sentence for money laundering linked to the same offence. Dinas Bimbiras, aged 50, of Maple Drive, Drumgola Wood, Cavan, pleaded guilty at Dublin...
A man from County Monaghan has been sentenced to four years imprisonment following his conviction for sexual assault. James Rafferty, aged 21 and from Gola, Scotstown, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to sexually assaulting a...
A Castlebar man has pleaded guilty to three thefts totalling over €34,000 from a Lidl supermarket in Westport during the Christmas and New Year period of 2023. Mantas Kerusauska, aged 39, admitted to stealing €11,250 on Christmas Eve,...
(Picture: Ruth Lawrence denies murdering two men in 2014 Photo: Collins) by Alison O'Riordan The jury in the trial of Ruth Lawrence, who stands accused of shooting a drug dealer and working "as a unit" with her boyfriend to murder him and...
Two men have been sentenced at the Central Criminal Court following a serious assault arising from a feud between Traveller families in Mullingar, Co Westmeath. Michael Nevin, aged 41, of Grange Heights, Mullingar, was sentenced to ten...
by Alison O'Riordan A jury has returned to the Central Criminal Court today to consider its verdicts for a second day in the trial of Ruth Lawrence, who stands accused of shooting a drug dealer and working "as a unit" with her boyfriend...
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A ballet teacher from County Galway has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following his conviction for sexually assaulting two young girls at a dance school in County Mayo. Leighton Morrison, aged...
A 22-year-old UK national has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for importing cannabis from Thailand destined for Donegal. Jamie Kearns of Coventry entered signed pleas to possession of...
A Galway man has been sentenced to four years in prison, with the final year suspended, following a violent assault at a petrol station in Ballinrobe, Co Mayo in January 2023. Tommy Sweeney, aged 23, of Castlepark, Ballybane, pleaded...
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A ballet teacher from County Galway has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with twelve months suspended, following his conviction for the sexual abuse of two young girls during dance classes in County Mayo. Leighton Morrison,...
(Pictured: Accused Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) The jury in the trial of Ruth Lawrence, who stands accused of shooting a drug dealer and working "as a unit" with her boyfriend to murder him and another man, has begun its...
(File Picture: Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) The jury in the trial of Ruth Lawrence can return alternative verdicts of assisting an offender if they find the prosecution has not made out their case beyond a reasonable doubt that she was...
A 40-year-old woman from Ballina in County Mayo has pleaded guilty to possessing €62,000 worth of cannabis herb for sale or supply. Bernadette Muldoon, of St Patrick's estate, admitted the offence relating to drugs found at a different...
A man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for sexual offences against a woman in County Mayo. Jorge Paris, aged 62 and resident in Dublin, pleaded guilty to three...
(Pictured: Defence Counsel Patrick Gageby SC. Photo: Collins) Two protected witnesses who painted themselves as "innocents abroad" downplayed their own roles and cannot be trusted to convict Ruth Lawrence of murdering two men, her defence...
A man has been sentenced to fifteen months in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for two counts of animal cruelty connected to protests against asylum seeker accommodation at Thornton Hall in north Dublin. In June 2024, security...
A man has admitted careless driving causing the death of a woman in her 70s at a supermarket car park in County Mayo last year. The incident occurred on June 6, 2024, at Supervalu in Westport, when a lorry struck the pedestrian in the...
(File Picture: Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) Double murder accused Ruth Lawrence and her boyfriend acted as "a unit and a tag team" to "lure" a drug dealer to their home to murder him in a "highly calculated" crime, a prosecution...
A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in custody at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for the violent robbery of an off-duty garda in the Camden Road area on 22 January 2024. Evan Ward of Navan Road, Dublin 7, pleaded guilty to...
(File Picture: Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) Double murder accused Ruth Lawrence feared she would become a victim of human trafficking and had both stayed in and worked at women's refuges in the South African cities of Pretoria and...
A Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator has ordered a Cavan takeaway business to pay €154,828 in compensation to a Chinese national for serious employment rights violations sustained over two years. The worker, employed at Lam's...
A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for sexually abusing his eight-year-old cousin in County Sligo over a decade ago. The defendant pleaded guilty to five counts of oral rape...
A former garda has been remanded for sentencing assessment following his guilty plea to assaulting his then wife, also a member of An Garda Síochána, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Trevor Bolger, aged 48, previously stationed at...
At the Central Criminal Court, a jury heard that drug dealer Eoin O'Connor sent a text message on April 22, 2014, stating "have to go to country… if anything happens to me" before he and Anthony Keegan disappeared. Ruth Lawrence (45),...
A witness at the Central Criminal Court has testified that a fire was burning at a house in Mountnugent, County Meath, the day after two men went missing in April 2014. Vytautis Bitaris told the court he was present at Patricks Cottage on...
A Mayo man received a suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court on 17 October for harassment spanning over a year. Brendan Rowland, aged 30, pleaded guilty to sending 14 malicious greeting cards to a couple in Swinford...
A 70-year-old farmer from County Mayo has received a suspended sentence of seven months following his guilty plea to careless driving causing death. Martin Cullina was sentenced at Castlebar Circuit Court on Thursday after the three-car...
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A man who struck and fatally injured a young pedestrian at a crossing in Ballina, County Mayo, has received a fully suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. James Moyles, aged thirty-three, died on February twentieth, two...
A key witness has told the Central Criminal Court that he feared Ruth Lawrence, who is accused of murdering two men in April or May 2014. The 45-year-old from Mountnugent in Co Meath has pleaded not guilty to killing Anthony Keegan and...
A 35-year-old woman with no previous convictions who stole clothes from a shopping centre before attempting to flee with a security officer clinging to the bonnet of her car has been given a suspended sentence. Carley Hopkins (35) of...
A serial house burglar who broke into a house where a mother was at home with her infant has received a prison term of five years. The couple told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that the sense of security they once had in their own home...
(File Picture: Accused Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) Ruth Lawrence is "not a murderer" because it was her boyfriend who "murdered" drug dealer Eoin O'Connor and his friend, a key witness has told a Central Criminal Court trial. Stacey...
A witness has told the Central Criminal Court that Ruth Lawrence, the accused in a double murder trial, admitted to shooting drug dealer Eoin O'Connor but said the killing "went wrong" and her boyfriend "took over". Stacey Symes testified...
A man from Enniscrone has brought a complaint before the Workplace Relations Commission alleging religious discrimination after being issued a lifetime ban from a yoga studio in Ballina. Peter McKeon enrolled at Roots Wellness in...
A man suffered life-threatening injuries when stabbed multiple times during an assault on Austin Friars Street in Mullingar on August 2nd, 2024, arising from an ongoing feud between Traveller families. The Central Criminal Court heard...
(File Picture: Former Chief State Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy. Photo: Collins) It is likely that a drug dealer who went missing before his body was found on a lake island over ten years ago was shot in the abdomen before receiving...
A retired Deputy State Pathologist has testified at the Central Criminal Court that a Dublin man whose remains were discovered on an island in Lough Sheelin, County Cavan, died from two gunshot wounds to the head and neck. Dr Michael...
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Two men sought by United Kingdom authorities on charges connected to a 1975 RUC shooting have argued before the Court of Appeal that decades-long delays in pursuing their extradition amount to an abuse of process. John Edward McNicholl,...
At the Central Criminal Court, a dog handler has testified in the double murder trial of Ruth Lawrence that his specially trained German Shepherd gave an indication at a tarpaulin-covered area on Inchicup Island in Lough Sheelin, where...
Three men have been sentenced to a combined 43 years imprisonment following their guilty pleas to manslaughter in connection with the death of a pensioner in Co Sligo. At the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Paul McDermott imposed...
At the Central Criminal Court, families of two men missing since 2014 provided testimony in the murder trial of Ruth Lawrence. The 45-year-old, from Mountnugent in County Meath, has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Anthony Keegan and...
A 34-year-old man has received a two-year suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to assault causing harm and possession of a weapon. The incident occurred at Cloonishlawn, Ballina, on 21 November...
(File Picture: Trial judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt. Photo: Collins) The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering two men whose bodies were found on a lake island over a decade ago has been sent away until Thursday morning, having...
Three men with a combined 106 previous convictions pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Tom Niland at the Central Criminal Court on Monday. John Irving (31) of Foxford, Co Mayo; Francis Harman (58) of Ballina, Co Mayo; and John Clarke...
A Mayo woman seriously injured when struck by a Bus Éireann van in Ballina last May has expressed no ill-feeling towards the driver. At Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court on Friday, the court heard that Ann Bourke was briefly trapped...
An intensive care nurse at Mayo General Hospital has received a fully suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Court for forging prescriptions to obtain painkillers. Sinéad Donohoe, aged 42, of Scrigg, Ballyhaunis, pleaded guilty to two...
A man from Castlerea in County Roscommon has received a fully suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following what the judge described as a remarkable turnaround in his life. Ernest Ashman, aged 39, pleaded guilty to...
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