54 cases mentioning Donagh, Co. Fermanagh — 54 from Courts News Ireland, 0 from local newspapers.
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(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...
(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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
(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...
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 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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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 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...
A man who claimed he was “acting in the capacity of a vigilante” when he was caught with videos of child sex abuse will be sentenced later for possession and distribution of the material. Murilo Dos Santos (36) of North Circular Road,...
A drugs mule who claimed he was visiting Ireland because he was a big fan of Conor McGregor and he liked the look of Irish pubs in the movies has been jailed for importing cocaine. Anthony Matheus Rosas De Souza (29) also told custom...
A Dublin City Council employee who was caught transporting cannabis in his work vehicle has been given a suspended sentence. Tony Ward (53) of Balbutcher Way, Poppintree, Dublin 11, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to...
A serial offender who was awarded a diploma in addition studies but relapsed and went on to rob the same church three times during a burglary spree has been jailed for two and a half years. David Carroll (48) of Dorset Lane, Dublin 2,...
A Brazilian drugs mule who was intercepted at Dublin airport had swallowed 102 pellets of cocaine and stashed the rest in her vagina to pay off a loanshark debt of just €163, a court has heard. Kamila Henrique Lopes (28), who lives in...
There has been a “catalogue of errors” by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in a case against a man charged with setting fire to a house while his partner and child were inside and the “door was wide open” for the case against him...
A man who distributed the same child pornographic video on three occasions has been jailed for two years. Martin Stapleton (30) of Glenmore Green, Ballyboden, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to distributing child...
by Olga Cronin The High Court has ordered the extradition of a 23-year-old man wanted in the United Staes to face a manslaughter charge after a high-speed single-vehicle sports car crash which claimed the life of a young woman. Samuel...
An alleged fugitive, who is wanted in the United States to face a manslaughter charge after a high-speed sports car crash which claimed the life of a young woman, claims his life would be at risk should he be extradited there, the High...
By Aoife Nic Ardghail and Declan Brennan A woman who was robbed and beaten in the city centre is now “wary of helping homeless people,” a court has heard. The woman was going home from a night out when she was approached by Marese Craig...
A Dublin man whose use of child pornography was detected by Australian investigators has received a suspended jail sentence. Philip Nolan (30) of Ambervale Estate, Tallaght, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in the form of...
A Bulgarian grandmother tried to steal €10,000 cash from a medical student nine years after taking the same amount from a businessman leaving a bank, a court has heard. Verka Georgieva (49) was jailed for 21 months for stealing €10,000...
A woman who assaulted a female colleague on a city street, kicking her in the head and standing on her mouth when she screamed has been given a suspended sentence. Ann Byrne (34) with an address in St Donagh's Road, Kilbarrack, Dublin...
(Pictured: Tadhg O'Dalaigh. Credit: Collins) A retired priest whose conviction for indecently assaulting a schoolboy in the 1970s was quashed has been awarded legal costs for his successful appeal. The Catholic Church had funded Tadhg...
(Pictured: Retired priest Tadhg O'Dalaigh. Credit: Collins) The Catholic Church funded legal representation for a retired priest who successfully appealed his conviction for indecently assaulting a schoolboy in the 1970s, according to...
A retired priest jailed for indecently assaulting a schoolboy in the 1970s has had his conviction quashed over a trial judge's decision not to warn the jury about the dangers of convicting in the absence of corroboration. Tadhg O'Dalaigh...
A retired priest jailed for indecently assaulting a schoolboy in the 1970s must wait to hear the outcome of an appeal against his conviction. Tadhg O'Dalaigh (73), of Woodview, Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, had pleaded not guilty at...
Two men involved in the attempted robbery of a jewellery shop in which a shot was discharged above the shopkeeper's head have had appeals against the severity of their sentences dismissed. Melvin McNamara (36) and Michael Fogarty (45)...
A father of three who told a garda he would have him shot like his deceased colleague Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, has been jailed for 18 months. John Joyce (24) of St Donagh's Road, Donaghmede, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin's...
(Pictured: Ali Charaf Damache. Photo: Collins) The Court of Appeal will hear two sets of proceedings in October concerning an Irish-Algerian wanted by US authorities on international terrorism charges. Ali Charaf Damache (51), who had...
A Cork man jailed for a headbutt assault, which lead to doctors telling the victim's wife to “prepare for the worst”, has had his sentence cut on appeal. Kris Collins (25), with an address at Murphy's Rock, Old Mallow Road, Cork, had...
(Pictured: Ali Damache. Photo: Collins) An Algerian-born Irish citizen, who is wanted by US authorities on international terrorism charges, has been arrested in Spain. Ali Charaf Damache (50), who had been living here for more than a...
(Pictured: Ali Damache. Photo: Collins) An Algerian born Irish citizen, who admitted sending a menacing message to a Muslim activist in the United States, is set to appeal the three year jail term he has already served for the offence....
Man who was drunk and urinated in public avoids prison sentence A MAN who was drunk and urinated on a street in front of members of the public in what a judge called animalistic behaviour' has avoided a prison sentence after he was deemed...
by Ruaidhrí Giblin & Brian Kavanagh A Dublin man jailed for his part in a “mindless and savage” attack on a 27-year-old ‘model worker’ killed on his way to work has had his 12-year sentence reduced by two years on appeal. In March 2012...
An ex-soldier, who was jailed and forced to pay compensation from his Irish army pension for sexually assaulting a young boy, has had his jail term cut by the Court of Appeal. John Patterson (58), of Mourne Road, Drimnagh, had pleaded not...
Man charged with trespass and criminal damage at Lusk supermarket is refused bail A MAN charged with trespass and criminal damage at a North Dublin supermarket has been refused bail at Balbriggan District Court. Mark Kelly (35) appeared...
A former priest and school principal has had his appeal against conviction for sexually abusing a pupil rejected by the Court of Appeal. Con Desmond, (79), with an address as Woodlands, Kilrush Road, Ennis, Co Clare, had pleaded not...
Woman stole from supermarket as she was under pressure' A WOMAN stole items from a Balbriggan supermarket because she was under pressure' as it was her daughter's birthday and Christmas. Olivia Weldon (40) stole headphones, a pair of...
Probation bond for young man who kicked in door of parents' home A YOUNG man who kicked in the door of his parents' home and used threatening and abusive behaviour has been placed on a 12 month Probation Bond at Balbriggan District Court....
(Pictured: Judge Dermot Dempsey. Photo: Collins) A MAN who was drunk and urinated on a street in front of members of the public in what a judge called animalistic behaviour' may avoid a prison sentence if he is suitable for community...
The High Court will rule early next year on applications brought by anti water charges protesters seeking to be provided with legal aid in proceedings where they are accused of breaching orders not to interfere with the installation of...
(Pictured: Supporters of the Irish Water protesters during a march last month) by Aodhan O'Faolain Applications by anti-water charge protesters seeking to be provided with legal aid in proceedings where they are accused of breaching court...
Probation Act for man who stole wine A MAN who stole a bottle of wine from a Balbriggan supermarket has been given the benefit of the Probation Act. Kieran White (26) of Clongriffen in Dublin 13 pleaded guilty before Balbriggan District...
(Pictured: Ray D'Arcy gets his head shaved during Today FM's Shave or Dye 2014 Guinness World Record attempt) A MOTHER of five who was carrying out a bogus collection in aid of Today FM's Shave or Dye campaign for the Irish Cancer Society...
Dad of three who threatened to smash up car bound to peace for one year A FATHER-of-three who became aggressive to gardai when they threatened to seize a vehicle and threatened to smash up the car' has been placed on a peace bond for one...