50 cases mentioning Irishtown, Co. Mayo — 50 from Courts News Ireland, 0 from local newspapers.
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A Dublin man accused of assaulting a Tesco worker and damaging a garda station custody area has been granted bail after a court heard he had no legal representation due to the solicitors� strike. Brian Dunne (41) of Ringsend, Dublin 4,...
A man found walking back and forth on a Dublin city centre street playing the ukulele in the early hours of the morning has avoided a conviction, after a judge heard the defendant had been badly affected when he unknowingly consumed...
(Pictured: Michael Kelly. Photo: Collins) By Natasha Reid and Isabel Hayes A father who assaulted an umpire at an underage GAA match, leading to the victim suffering a concussion at the hands of others, has been given a three-month...
A man who fled from gardaí before being found with a Stanley knife in his backpack has been fined €100 and warned by a judge that he could face jail if he comes before the courts again. Diarmuid Aherne (45), of no fixed abode, had pleaded...
(Pictured: Michael Kelly. Photo: Collins) A court has heard how there were already tensions on a GAA pitch during an underage hurling match, when the father of one of the players ran at an umpire "swinging punches". Dublin Circuit...
By Fiona Ferguson A prolific offender with more than 230 previous convictions broke into a petrol station after missing his bus to look for food, money and items to sell, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. Stephen Shiels (40) was caught...
A man accused of falsely imprisoning and strangling a woman has seen his bail revoked after refusing to wait at Pearse Street Garda Station to sign on, telling a judge that the conditions there are so poor they "infringe his human...
A court has heard how a repeat offender was rumbled when he was caught with a mobile phone that he was unable to unlock, while messages on the device referred to a work presentation, despite the defendant saying it belonged to his...
A repeat offender has been jailed for six weeks after getting into a car parked in a private driveway in south Dublin while on probation and later swallowing crack cocaine when he was in garda custody. Thomas Joyce (45), with an address...
A man has seen a charge against him of trespassing at a Ballsbridge home dismissed after a judge found the State had failed to establish the required evidence to make a case. Mohammed Bishet (30), of no fixed abode, had pleaded not guilty...
By Claire Henry A Circuit Court judge and a senior defence barrister have commended gardaí for their bravery and fast-thinking when dealing with a 52-year-old man who brandished an imitation firearm in a residential estate on a summer...
A violent offender with 144 previous convictions who stomped on his friend’s head and continued to kick him while he lay unconscious on a packed Luas has been jailed for a year. The court heard that witnesses saw Gareth Duffy (44) being...
A High Court jury has awarded €505,000 in damages to a 62-year-old former League of Ireland and GAA player after it found that he was assaulted by members of An Garda Siochana. Michael Sheehan, from Hillquarter, Coosan, Athlone, Co...
(Pictured: Ms Ciara Kelleher. Photo: Collins) By Eimear Dodd A former financial services manager accused of conspiring to defraud investors told gardai that she wasn't part of Custom House Capital's “inner circle”, her trial has heard....
A jury has viewed CCTV footage showing Bray Boxing Club at the moment when a gunman shot one gym-goer dead and left two others injured. Detective Garda Alan Thompson said a grey or silver long-wheelbase van with a registration beginning...
(Pictured: Accused Mr Gerard Cervi. Photo: Collins) The Bray Boxing Club murder trial has heard from a number of witnesses who encountered a van that the prosecution contend was used in the fatal attack that morning. A Dublin Bus driver...
A man who fractured his then partner's nose and left her sitting in a pool of her own blood has been jailed for six months. Dubliner Dean McAuley (28) twice punched his then girlfriend in the face and struck her with his knee while she...
(Pictured: Wayne Fitzgerald. Collins) A man who used his ill father to withdraw over €9,000 from a dead man’s bank account has been given a suspended sentence. Wayne Fitzgerald (47) became aware of the existence of the account after the...
A man known to gardai as being "heavily involved in organised crime" and who was linked through DNA evidence to a submachine gun has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for five years. In passing sentence today, the presiding judge...
A man known to gardai as being "heavily involved in organised crime" and who was linked through DNA evidence to a submachine gun found in the passenger footwell of a car will be sentenced next week at the Special Criminal Court. Defence...
Two more men have been charged this evening at the Special Criminal Court with involvement in the attempted murder of Kinahan cartel target James Mago' Gately. Mr Gately was shot multiple times as he sat in his car at the Topaz filling...
A court has heard that a Dublin man awaiting sentence for plotting to murder Gary Hanley scolded one of his co-accused, telling him he had "fucked up" on the day he "went to court", in a recording secretly captured by gardai in a bugged...
Two Dublin men have appeared before an out-of-term sitting of the non-jury Special Criminal Court this evening charged with IRA membership. Paul Casey (49) and Robert O’Leary (41) were both arrested in Dublin on Tuesday morning by members...
A Detective Chief Superintendent has told the non-jury Special Criminal Court of his belief that a Dublin man was a member of the IRA. Conor Metcalfe (28), with an address at Monastery Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 is charged with...
Items found in the home of an IRA accused included "books with an IRA connection", an “Alan Ryan memorial society invitation”, an IRA keyring and a signed proclamation, the Special Criminal Court has heard. Conor Metcalfe (28), with an...
A 24-year-old man from County Tipperary has had his sentence upheld after appealing a conviction relating to the possession of explosives and a firearm. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against the six-year custodial sentence,...
A Dublin man accused of IRA membership failed to answer detectives' questions regarding suspected dissident activity, the Special Criminal Court has heard. David Nooney (53) of Coultry Green, Ballymun, Dublin 11 is pleading not guilty to...
Dylan Cahill, aged 24, of Lower Irishtown, Clonmel, County Tipperary, received a six-year sentence at the Special Criminal Court following guilty pleas to weapons and explosives charges. On 13 May 2015, gardaí conducting traffic...
A 24-year-old man from County Tipperary pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to possessing two pipe-bombs, a pistol, and ammunition discovered during a traffic stop in County Leitrim in May 2015. Dylan Cahill of Clonmel admitted...
A 24-year-old man from Clonmel in County Tipperary has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to possessing a firearm and explosive devices. Dylan Cahill admitted to having a .380 calibre Colt semi-automatic pistol and four rounds...
A convicted burglar who was caught handling a safe stolen from the home of a Voice of Ireland' talent show star after he dropped it from a third-floor balcony has been jailed for two years. The safe was taken from the Co. Meath home of...
A father of two who used a knife “as a tool” to cut the straps of handbags he snatched from women during a robbery spree around Dublin city has been jailed for six years. Thomas Murray (34) was identified in several of the robberies from...
A convicted burglar was caught handling a safe stolen from the home of a Voice of Ireland' talent show star after he dropped it from a third-floor balcony. The safe was taken from the Co. Meath home of Mark Guildea on May 5, 2014. A...
Two men who broke into a Dublin GAA club on semi-finals night, tied up the bar manager and a patron and made off with over €7,500 have been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Paul Reilly and Ray Donnelly used an imitation firearm to...
(File Picture: Prince Charles. Credit: Collins) A Dublin man who pleaded guilty to IRA membership was arrested in the run-up to Prince Charles' visit to Ireland and had explosive device components in his locker at Maynooth University, the...
Three Dublin men have been brought before the Special Criminal Court, charged with IRA membership. Jonathan Hawthorn of Ballintyre Downs in Ballinteer; James Geraghty of Dolphin House in Dolphin’s Barn; and Donal O Ceallaigh with an...
A Dublin man has been charged at the Special Criminal Court with possession of over a kilogram of explosives. Patrick Brennan (52) was arrested Thursday morning as part of an ongoing operation targeting dissident republican activity. Mr...
A Dublin man who murdered a "mentally challenged" 63-year-old man who had "the life strangled and squeezed out of him" has been jailed for life at the Central Criminal Court. Kenneth Cummins (28) with an address at Ringsend Park, Dublin...
A man appeared at an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday evening charged with IRA membership. Damien Metcalfe (30) was arrested in Dublin yesterday by members of the Special Detective Unit as part of...
A Dublin man on trial accused of murder phoned a friend from prison and told him that he strangled, smothered and beat a man to death, a jury has heard. Kenneth Cummins (28) and Sabrina Cummins (37), with an address at Ringsend Park,...
One of two siblings on trial for murder told gardai in interview he was prepared to use violence to rob €2,000 from a 63-year-old man but not kill him. Kenneth Cummins (28) and Sabrina Cummins (37), with an address at Ringsend Park,...
A 63-year-old man was beaten, stabbed with a fork, strangled and poisoned with cleaning fluids during a robbery, one of two siblings on trial for murder told gardai. Kenneth Cummins (28) and Sabrina Cummins (37), with an address at...
A Dublin man has been charged with IRA membership at an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court. Robert Day (54), of St Attracta Road, Cabra, Dublin 7 was charged at the non-jury court yesterday evening with membership of an...
A masked man robbed a pharmacy at knifepoint minutes after he visited the store to ask about aftershave. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that because of his earlier visit, gardaí had little problem identifying Craig Boothman (23) on...
A young Wicklow man has been jailed for his part in two armed robberies of school children. During one robbery Aaron Doyle punched a schoolboy in the face before taking his smart mobile phone. Doyle (19) of Cois Cairn, Old Connaught...
A 22-year-old man from Clonmel, County Tipperary, has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court ahead of trial scheduled for October. Dylan Cahill faces charges of membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish...
Three men appeared before the Special Criminal Court on Saturday following arrests by the Special Detective Unit as part of an investigation into dissident republican activities. Séamus McGrane, aged 60, from County Louth, was charged...
by Aodhan O'Faolain The High Court has dismissed a 70-year-old Dublin man's bid to remain in the council owned house that has been his family home since the 1950's. Edward Lattimore had challenged Dublin City Council's refusal to allow...
A man who has admitted booking in to a hotel under a false name to take photos of the Dublin headquarters of a number of specialist garda units told detectives in interview that he was not a member of the IRA. Corey Mulhall (43) was...
A BROTHER and sister made no reply when they were charged with the murder of 63-year-old Thomas Horan, who was found dead in his sheltered accommodation apartment in Dublin on Monday. The body of Mr Horan, who was believed to have...