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Central Criminal Court2026-04-27

Man admits to murdering mother, attempted murder of father

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 afternoon, where prosecution senior counsel G

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Courts Reporting Scheme2026-03-19

Carpenter had 'glassy eyes' when gardai pulled him over

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), with an address at the Cavan Crystal Hot

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Courts Reporting Scheme2026-01-14

Woman who punched teen attendant at Pink concert is fined

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), of Cabra View, Kingscourt, Co Cavan, plea

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Court of Appeal2026-01-13

Kevin Lunney kidnappers lose conviction appeals

(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 have their convictions overturned at the

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Central Criminal Court2025-12-08

'Ruth of all evil': double murderer Lawrence gets two life terms

(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 whether she is "laughing now" after being hand

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The Dock2025-11-12

Symbiotic: how Ruth Lawrence became a double murderer

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, Woodlands in Ballyjamesduff, if anythi

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Central Criminal Court2025-11-12

Ruth Lawrence: What the jury didn't hear

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 the jury that he had some "unexpected new

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Dublin Circuit Criminal Court2025-11-10

Stolen bike handler avoids further jail for laundering cash

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, Drumgola Wood, Cavan, Co Cavan, had pre

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Central Criminal Court2025-10-21

Double murder accused said shot man died for friend, witness tells trial

(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 over", the Central Criminal Court has he

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Central Criminal Court2025-10-16

Families of missing men tell woman's murder trial of last contact

(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 accused of their murder about their last co

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Central Criminal Court2025-10-08

Woman to go on trial accused of 2014 double murder

(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 Clontarf, is accused of the murder of A

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Court of Appeal2025-05-02

Garda and wife must leave Cavan home after failed appeal

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 businesswoman Sylvia Fox bought two hous

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Workplace Relations Commission2025-02-05

Takeaway chef worked 70-hour weeks for under €3 an hour, tribunal told

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 tribunal has been told. The worker, Xiao

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