33 cases mentioning Sligo, Co. Sligo — 33 from Courts News Ireland, 0 from local newspapers.
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(Pictured: Mr Jonathan Gill. Photo: Collins) A bail hearing for Jonathan Gill, who is wanted in Northern Ireland to face charges relating to the murder of gangland criminal Robbie Lawlor, has been adjourned to allow his lawyers time to go t
(Pictured: Jonathan Gill. Photo: Collins) The proposed extradition of Jonathan Gill, who is wanted in Northern Ireland in connection with the murder of gangland criminal Robbie Lawlor, could impact his right to a fair trial, his lawyers hav
A bail application for Jonathan Gill, who is wanted in Northern Ireland in connection with the murder of gangland criminal Robbie Lawlor, has been adjourned to allow his legal team to make a second application for senior counsel in the case
(Pictured: Jonathan Gill. Photo: Collins) The proposed evidence against Jonathan Gill, who is wanted in Northern Ireland in connection with the murder of gangland criminal Robbie Lawlor, would not be admissible under EU law, his barrister h
(Pictured: Andrew Cash Senior (L) & Mary Cash (R). Photo: Collins) A father who was a "cog" in a criminal enterprise to obtain a fake passport for his on-the-run son has been jailed for two years, while his "exceptional" daughter-in-law has
A hearing date for the proposed extradition of Jonathan Gill, who is wanted in Northern Ireland in connection with the murder of gangland criminal Robbie Lawlor in Belfast six years ago, is expected to be set by the High Court on Friday. Mr
A native Irish speaker who used a granite stone and a cement block while bludgeoning his grandfather to death outside his home in the Donegal Gaeltacht has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity by the majority verdict of a C
A murder accused who suffered serious sexual abuse at the hands of school caretaker Michael Ferry told doctors that the paedophile's release from prison had caused him to "spiral" and become obsessed with protecting people from further atta
by Fiona Magennis A criminal who raped and sexually assaulted his younger sister for seven years from when she was 11 is seeking to overturn his conviction, arguing that the trial judge was wrong to instruct the jury that the defendant’s si
(Pictured: Survivors Christopher, Amanda, Jessica and Helen Farrell pictured outside court this afternoon. Photo: Collins) By Niamh O'Donoghue and Eimear Dodd A now 70-year-old man who sexually abused five of his children, locking them in a
By Eimear Dodd A violent offender put an Irish Rail ticket inspector in a headlock, punched him several times and threatened to have him killed after being asked to leave a train for drinking alcohol, a court has heard. Gerry Nevin (32) was
A woman who made a false allegation that she had been sexually assaulted by a prison officer escorting her on a hospital visits has been jailed for 21 months. Nicole Chambers (29) alleged the prison officer had assaulted her in a hospital c
By Eimear Dodd A man who sexually abused his eight-year-old cousin while he was a teenager over a decade ago has been jailed for four years. The 28-year-old pleaded guilty to five counts of oral rape at an address in Sligo during the summer
by Ryan Dunne A Sligo B&B owner who raped a guest nearly 40 years his junior and claimed it was consensual has failed in an appeal against his conviction. “There is no reason to suppose that the jury did not faithfully apply the principles
Five days into his trial for the unlawful killing of 73-year-old Tom Niland, who was beaten by three men and left to die in the rural home where he lived alone, John Irving this morning changed his plea to guilty. Irving (31) became the thi
by Fiona Magennis A Sligo B&B owner who raped a guest nearly 40 years his junior and claimed it was consensual has appealed his conviction, claiming the trial judge should have addressed comments made in the prosecution’s closing speech whi
Pensioner Tom Niland was so badly beaten during an alleged home invasion that his neighbours did not recognise him walking along the middle of the road covered in blood, wearing odd shoes and with his eyes swollen shut, a Central Criminal C
A 27-year-old Galway man with connections to "Scourge of Sligo" crime boss Barry Young has had his five-year prison sentence for money-laundering halved after appeal. At the Court of Appeal today, Mr Justice Michael MacGrath said that the s
A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court to hear the trial of a 31-year-old man who denies the unlawful killing of 74-year-old Tom Niland in Sligo, where the accused is alleged to have entered the pensioner's home as a trespas
By Fiona Magennis A 27-year-old Galway man, who had connections to crime boss Barry Young and sought his help collecting “old bills” is appealing the severity of his five-year sentence for money-laundering, arguing the term imposed was “dis
Atlantic Technological University has been ordered to pay a lecturer more than 13 times what it claimed he was due for correcting student papers at the end of term last year. At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), the college insisted
(Pictured: Nigel Canavan. Photo: Collins) A jury has convicted a 39-year-old man of murder, rejecting his claim that he was provoked and defending himself from an attack by his ailing 58-year-old mother, whom he strangled and smothered to d
(Pictured: Accused Mr Nigel Canavan. Photo: Collins) A jury will return to the Central Criminal Court tomorrow to continue their deliberations in the trial of a man who denies murdering his mother by strangling and smothering her to death.
(Pictured: Accused Mr Nigel Canavan. Photo: Collins) A jury might regard as "bulls**t" the evidence of a man accused of murdering his mother that he acted in self-defence or was provoked into a total loss of self control when he caused her
(Pictured: Accused Mr Nigel Canavan. Photo: Collins) A man accused of murdering his mother has told his trial that she died in his presence during a "struggle" in which he defended himself after she attacked him with a knife, swung her hand
(Pictured: Accused Mr Nigel Canavan. Photo: Collins) A man accused of murdering his mother told gardai that after finding the deceased lying on her back on her kitchen floor, he first phoned a friend and waited about 20 minutes before calli
(File Picture: State Pathologist Dr SallyAnne Collis. Photo: Collins) A 58-year-old woman whose son denies her murder had been smothered and strangled and had bruises to her face, torso and limbs, along with stab wounds to both her legs and
(Pictured: Accused Mr Nigel Canavan. Photo: Collins) A man accused of murdering his mother seemed nervous and evasive when he spoke to gardai shortly after her death, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Detective Garda James Conneely told
A bookkeeper accused of murdering his mother told his then-wife that before her death, the deceased "went a bit mad", struck herself with a knife, swung her cane around and tried to pick a fight with him, a murder trial has heard. Nigel Can
It is the State's case that a mother who had a "glittering career" as a psychotherapist before she fell into the grip of alcoholism was strangled to death by her son in her home, a barrister has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court. Co
A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a 39-year-old man who denies murdering his mother in Sligo two years ago. Nigel Canavan with an address at Erris Gardens, Crossmolina, Co Mayo was arraigned before the Central Criminal Court today.
A recidivist criminal who raped and sexually assaulted his younger sister over a seven-year period has been jailed for 12 years. Kyle Jinks (31) was convicted at the Central Criminal Court on 21 sample counts of rape and four sample counts
A woman who was found in possession of a fake registration certificate for a caravan that had its identification number partly ground down has been spared jail. Margaret Doran (36) of Kimmage Manor, Kimmage, Dublin 6, pleaded guilty at Dubl