26 cases mentioning Castlebar, Co. Mayo — 26 from Courts News Ireland, 0 from local newspapers.
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A couple in the west of Ireland has been sentenced for multiple counts of child neglect after a court heard details of squalid, filthy conditions endured by their two young autistic children. The 40-year-old father was jailed for 18 months
An aero-nautical engineer who damaged telecommunications masts at ten sites across Mayo and Galway was experiencing an acute psychotic episode caused by schizophrenia, a court has heard. Adrian Behan (44) has been found not guilty by reason
The trial has begun of a Co Mayo man caught destroying GPS cables as part of a spate of vandalism offences at substations and telecom masts across two counties. Adrian Behan (44) pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 33 offences carri
A man whose dog savagely mauled a woman, leaving her with life-changing injuries, has been jailed for four years for this and separate offences, including assaulting two gardaí. David Barrett (41) of Ballymacredmond, Knockmore, Co Mayo, ple
A Mayo man who hit his brother over the head with a shovel, knocking him unconscious, will be sentenced later pending the outcome of other cases in a protracted family dispute. PJ Higgins (47) pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to his b
Tesco bosses made a “fatal” error by failing to search bins for a missing €20 note in an investigation that led to the sacking of a veteran 61-year-old worker who was the main breadwinner at home, a tribunal has found. A Workplace Relations
by Fiona Magennis A 33-year-old man, who claims a judge “denigrated” his case by referencing prosecution remarks referring to it as a “Bart Simpson” defence, has been granted bail pending his appeal against his conviction for defiling a chi
A couple who subjected their children to years of “relentless, degrading” physical and emotional abuse and were caught when the victims handed secret recordings over to gardai have been jailed for a combined eight and a half years. Handing
Two teenagers who fled their home to report parental abuse gave gardaí over 180 secret audio recordings of their parents hitting or screaming at them and their siblings, a court has heard. The six siblings were all taken into care after the
by Paul Neilan A teenage girl has been approved a payout of €700K after the HSE admitted liability in ante-natal care given to her mother at Mayo University Hospital in 2009 that left the child with "an array" of neuropsychological difficul
A man who stole over €34,000 in multiple thefts within a single week from a supermarket in County Mayo has an ‘egregious addiction’ to gambling, a court has heard. The thefts took place at Lidl, New Road, Westport before and after Christmas
The parents of two girls who were sexually assaulted by their ballet teacher in a costume storage room in County Mayo have appealed for children to be better protected against predators. Leighton Morrison (49) videoed himself sexually assau
A man sitting in his car outside a petrol station suffered serious head injuries after he was attacked by a ‘hit squad’ with a slash hook and a machete, a court has heard. The victim suffered skull crush fractures and lost nearly two litres
A male ballet teacher who recorded himself sexually abusing two girls in a costume room during dance classes in County Mayo has been sentenced to eight years in prison, with 12 months suspended. Leighton Morrison (49) of Woodfield, Galway R
A woman who was sexually abused by a Jehovah’s Witnesses elder in County Mayo has told a court that he destroyed her childhood, adulthood, motherhood and her whole life. Jorge Paris (62) of Monastery Heath Court, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, was
An intensive care nurse at Mayo General Hospital who forged her own prescriptions when she became addicted to painkillers has been given a suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Court. Sinéad Donohoe (42) of Scrigg, Ballyhaunis, stole thre
A convicted drug-dealer has been given a fully-suspended sentence after a court heard he had made a remarkable turnaround' in his life and had trained towards being an addiction counselor. Ernest Ashman (39) pleaded guilty to possessing alm
A man whose four teeth were knocked out after he was hit with a pint glass outside a Mayo nightclub has been left with a dental bill of €11,000, a court has heard. Brazilian man Joao Hermino Sousa Correia (23) of Middletown, Manulla, Castle
A man has been convicted of defiling a child under the age of 17 at his home in Co Mayo six years ago. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the complainant, had pleaded not guilty to defilement on 15 July 2020. He was acq
A teenage boy was caught with child pornography when a hacker infected his laptop with malware in an attempt at sextortion, a court has heard. The accused, now aged 22, pleaded guilty during his trial earlier this year to possessing child p
A man accused of sexual assault and defiling a child after a staff party in Co Mayo told gardaí that he assumed she was over 18, a court has heard. The man, now aged 33, has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault on a date between July 14 and
The trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a staff party in Co Mayo five years ago has got underway. The 33-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault on a date bet
A man who pleaded guilty to harassing a woman and sharing intimate photos of her will be sentenced in Castlebar later this year. Daniel Humphreys (38) of McHale Road, Castlebar, admitted distributing or publishing an intimate image of a wom
A man who stole a bottle of gin and some clothing before assaulting two people, including a garda, is to be sentenced in July at Castlebar Circuit Court. Bernard McDonagh (30) of Gortnafolla, Turlough, Castlebar, affirmed signed guilty plea
A jury has been sworn in the trial of a man accused of sexual assault and defilement of a child in Co Mayo. The 33-year-old Mayo man pleaded not guilty at a sitting of Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court to one count of sexually assaulting a f
(File Picture: Survivor Ms Ciara Mangan. Photo: Collins) A 30-year-old woman who was subjected to “a predatory, violent rape” by a young man at a party when she was just 18 has said that her “healing is going to begin now” after her attacke