22 cases mentioning Ballina, Co. Mayo — 22 from Courts News Ireland, 0 from local newspapers.
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A yoga student banned for life from his teacher’s studio after an “outburst” about his opposition to celebrating Christmas last year has lost his claim for religious discrimination. Enniscrone, Co Sligo man Peter McKeon had pursued a compla
An "unfortunate situation" has led to the discharge of a jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering his friend in circumstances of "almost indescribable savagery". Liam O'Leary (33) had pleaded not guilty to the murder of 58-year-old J
A then-teenager who attacked another youth with a broken claw hammer during a violent brawl outside a school has had his sentencing hearing adjourned at Castlebar Circuit Court. Taylor Moran (23) of McDermott Street, Ballina, pleaded guilty
A murder accused told gardai that he was acting in self-defence when he "smashed" his flat mate's face with a glass and "gouged his eye out" after the deceased told him "you are dying tonight" and came at him with a knife. The defendant Lia
A witness has denied seeing a neighbour who was killed in an "almost indescribably savage" way moments earlier "beating the s**t out" of the man accused of his murder using a metal pole. Declan Forde today gave evidence in the trial of Liam
The occupant of an apartment where a man died in "almost indescribably savage" circumstances has told a murder trial of how she and her son "fled" for their lives after the accused barged into her home and told her he needed sex. Joanna For
An "incredibly kind" man died in circumstances of "almost indescribable savagery" involving serious violence, having had one eye removed from its socket and a knife inserted in his anus, a barrister has told a jury at the Central Criminal C
A 33-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to a murder alleged to have occurred at a Fr Peter McVerry Trust housing unit two years ago. Mr Justice Paul McDermott swore a jury of nine men and three women to hear the trial of Liam O'Leary, whic
A Co Mayo man has been jailed for 11 and a half years for abusing five children over a period spanning almost two decades. David Langdon (61) of St Patrick’s Estate, Ballina, pleaded guilty days before his scheduled trial at Castlebar Circu
A Mayo woman found with €62,000 of cannabis herb told gardaí she was holding the drugs under duress because of a drug debt. Bernadette Muldoon (40), of St Patrick’s estate, Ballina, pleaded guilty to possessing the drugs for sale or supply
A driver who hit and killed a young man at a pedestrian crossing in Co Mayo – with the victim using his final moments to save his niece's life – has received a fully suspended sentence. James Moyles (33) of Mount Assumpta Terrace, Ballina,
A yoga student who found himself banned for life from his teacher’s studio after an alleged “outburst” about his opposition to Christmas last year has accused her of discriminating against him on religious grounds. In her evidence however,
Three men who targeted and "brutally" assaulted Tom Niland, a vulnerable pensioner who they beat to death in his own home, have been sentenced to a combined 43 years in prison. Sentencing the men today, Mr Justice Paul McDermott said the vi
A man who viciously” assaulted his friend in front of his young daughter and threatened him with a hammer has been given a suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. Alex Masuku (34) pleaded guilty to assault causing harm and p
Three remorseless' criminals who beat pensioner Tom Niland to death in his home to steal his money had a combined total of 106 previous convictions, a court has heard. One of the three, John Irving (31), had 57 convictions including those f
A Mayo woman who was seriously injured when she was knocked down by a Bus Éireann van in Ballina last year has said she bears no grudge' to the driver. Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court heard that Ann Bourke (60) was briefly trapped under th
A jury has viewed CCTV footage showing 73-year-old Tom Niland walking into a shop near his house in Sligo about two hours before it is alleged three men broke into his home and assaulted him, leaving him with injuries that caused his death
A man has admitted dangerous driving causing the death of another man on Lord Edward Street, Ballina, Co Mayo last year. Keith O’Brien (49) of Lowvalley, Crossmolina, Co Mayo, was arraigned at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court today before J
A pensioner sustained injuries during an alleged break-in at his rural Sligo home that were similar to those from a "head-on crash", a medical witness is to tell a Central Criminal Court jury. The trial also heard today that gardai discover
A man has been jailed for a year and four months for stabbing another man in the face, neck and stomach with a broken beer bottle after a row in Ballina, Co Mayo four years ago. Stephen Lawrence (23) of Cloonishlawn, Ballina, pleaded guilty
A 24-year-old abbatoir worker has been jailed for two years for an unprovoked attack on two men that left one victim with tinnitus and permanent hearing loss. Gerry Norman, of Cluain na Rí, Ballina, Co Mayo, was sentenced to four years in p
Pictured: Jemima Burke at the High Court today (Photo: Collins) By Paul Neilan The State will not oppose the quashing of a public order conviction against Jemima Burke, a sister of teacher Enoch Burke, who today told the High Court her tria