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A Cavan man has pleaded guilty to murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father at the family home in January 2025. Danny Heyneman was arraigned before the Central Criminal Court this after
(Pictured: Defendant Aaron Brady. Photo: Collins) A Ryanair cabin crew member has told a court how her sense of safety and peace has been “completely shattered” and how she had to resign from the job
A self-employed carpenter has been disqualified from driving for two years after gardai pulled him over in south Dublin and noticed he had glassy eyes and his speech was slurred. Eduard Hupalov (39),
Healthcare workers from Zimbabwe who said they were left “begging” from relatives and living in "freezing" accommodation after paying thousands in fees to secure jobs in Ireland which never materialis
A Cavan man who is accused of murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin in April. Danny Heyneman (32), with an address at Kilnav
A woman who punched a 17-year-old attendant at a Pink concert at the Aviva Stadium after mistaking him for someone who had assaulted her husband has been convicted and fined €750. Sarah Callan (37), o
(Pictured: Darren Redmond (L) Alan Harte (R). Photo: Collins) by Fiona Magennis Three men jailed for the kidnap and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney have failed in a bid to h
A firefighter who accused a senior officer of bullying with snide remarks about his weight and driving ability and by instigating the removal of kit from his locker has won €15,000 for penalisation on
(File Picture: Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) Ruth Lawrence, who a court heard found it funny that she murdered a man who said he would die for his friend, has been asked by the victim's family whethe
Care workers from Zimbabwe, who allege they paid thousands of euro each to a recruiter to secure work permits, have told a tribunal of living in "freezing" shared accommodation without pay after the j
By Alison O'Riordan and Brian Kavanagh The text message was ominous. At 5.57pm on the evening of April 22, 2014, Eoin O'Connor typed a message to a family member which read: “have to go to the country
Heart Attack Just a few days into Ruth Lawrence's trial, which was being heard 11 years after the garda investigation began, prosecution counsel Michael O'Higgins SC told the judge in the absence of t
A Cavan resident who was previously jailed for handling 117 stolen high-end bicycles has been given a suspended sentence for laundering the cash associated with it. Dinas Bimbiras (50) of Maple Drive,
(Pictured: Darren Jackson. Photo: Collins) A former IT worker has been jailed for 15 months for two acts of animal cruelty linked to protests against asylum seeker accommodation, which saw two pigs ha
A takeaway business accused of “violating and exploiting” a migrant worker for two years by putting him to work for up to 73 hours a week has been ordered to pay the man over €154,000 in compensation
(Picture: Ruth Lawrence denies murdering Eoin O'Connor and Anthony Keegan Photo: Collins) By Alison O'Riordan Drug dealer Eoin O'Connor, whose body was found on a lake island over ten years ago, had s
(Picture: Ruth Lawrence denies the murders of Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O'Connor (32) Photo: Collins) by Alison O'Riordan A witness has told the trial of Ruth Lawrence, who is accused of shooting a
(File Picture: Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) A key witness has told a jury that he is "terrified" of double murder accused Ruth Lawrence, who he said carried around "a little black gun" and would
(File Picture: Accused Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) Double murder accused Ruth Lawrence told a key witness that she had shot drug dealer Eoin O'Connor "but it went wrong", so her boyfriend "took
(Pictured: Retired Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis. Photo: Collins) A Dublin man, whose decomposing body was found covered in coal sacks and tarpaulin on a lake island over a decade ago, di
A dog handler has told a woman's double murder trial of the moment his specially trained German Shepherd gave him "an indication" at tarpaulin covered in undergrowth on a lake island where the decompo
(File Picture: Accused Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) The families of two men who went missing before their bodies were found on a lake island over a decade ago have told the trial of the woman acc
(File Picture: Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) A woman who is accused of murdering two men asked about taking a boat out on Lough Sheelin – where the deceased's bodies were eventually found – the da
(File Picture: Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) by Alison O'Riordan A Dublin woman shot a drug dealer and worked "as a unit" with her boyfriend to kill him and another man, with their bodies later fo
(File Picture: Ms Ruth Lawrence. Photo: Collins) A 45-year-old Dublin woman will go on trial tomorrow charged with the double murder of two men over a decade ago. Ruth Lawrence, who is originally from
Pictured: Alan Harte (43) is serving a 30-year sentence for the kidnap and torture of businessman Kevin Lunney (Photo: Collins) by Ryan Dunne One of the men jailed for the kidnapping and torture of Qu
Picture: Mr Justice David Keane tells sexual offender he is extremely fortunate' DPP accepted sexual assault pleas By Eimear Dodd A judge has said a former member of the Irish Defence Forces is “extre
By Paul Neilan The Court of Appeal has upheld that a serving Garda and his wife must leave a house in Co Cavan after their bid to overturn a High Court order failed. The High Court had been told that
A takeaway boss has been accused of “violating and exploiting” a migrant worker for two years by putting him to work for up to 73 hours a week and docking tens of thousands of euro from his wages to p
By Paul Neilan The Supreme Court has refused to hear a 67-year-old man's appeal against an order that he be extradited to Northern Ireland to be tried for the murder of a member of the Ulster Defence
A truck driver who agreed to transport just over one million euro worth of cannabis in his vehicle on the ferry has been jailed for four and a half years. Gerard Doran (60) of Cornadarragh, Belturbet,
(Pictured: Darren Redmond (L) Alan Harte (R). Photo: Collins) Lawyers for the State have urged the Court of Appeal to uphold the convictions of three men jailed for the kidnap and torture of Quinn Ind
The High Court has put a stay on the extradition of a 66-year-old man wanted in Northern Ireland to face trial for the murder of a part-time member of the Ulster Defence Regiment over 45 years ago. Ja
A migrant chef with no English was put to work for around €25 a day at a Chinese takeaway while working up to 73 hours a week to pay off an “illegal” €30,000 debt he took on as a “recruitment fee”, a