Cases and rulings mentioning Ballina from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Workplace Relations Commission
2026-05-07
Courts News Ireland
A man from Enniscrone, County Sligo, has lost a religious discrimination claim at the Workplace Relations Commission following his lifetime ban from a yoga studio in Ballina, County Mayo. Peter McKeon had pursued a complaint under the Equal Status Act 2000 against yoga teacher...
Central Criminal Court
2026-03-18
Courts News Ireland
A jury has been discharged in the trial of a 33-year-old man accused of murdering a 58-year-old at a housing unit on Tone Street in Ballina, County Mayo in October 2024. The Central Criminal Court heard that the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge. The trial, which began...
Courts Reporting Scheme
2026-03-13
Courts News Ireland
A 23-year-old man from Ballina has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following a violent incident outside St Mary's Secondary School in April 2021. Taylor Moran admitted attacking another youth with a claw hammer during a brawl involving a group of ten to twelve people in...
Central Criminal Court
2026-03-13
Courts News Ireland
A man has pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court following the death of his flatmate at an apartment on Tone Street, Ballina, County Mayo in October 2024. The prosecution alleges the deceased died from severe injuries sustained during an altercation,...
Central Criminal Court
2026-03-12
Courts News Ireland
A witness has denied observing the deceased wielding a metal pole against the man accused of his murder during an altercation at a Ballina apartment. Declan Forde gave evidence at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of Liam O'Leary, aged 33, who has pleaded not guilty to...
Central Criminal Court
2026-03-11
Courts News Ireland
A woman residing at a Peter McVerry Trust housing unit on Tone Street, Ballina, has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court describing how she and her son fled the apartment after the accused man forced his way inside and made unwanted sexual advances. The witness said she...
Central Criminal Court
2026-03-10
Courts News Ireland
At the Central Criminal Court, a jury heard opening arguments in the murder trial of Liam O'Leary (33), who denies killing 58-year-old John Casserly at a Peter McVerry Trust housing unit on Tone Street, Ballina, County Mayo, between 23 and 24 October 2024. Dean Kelly SC told...
Central Criminal Court
2026-03-09
Courts News Ireland
A 33-year-old man has entered a not guilty plea to murder at the Central Criminal Court. Liam O'Leary, formerly of Kiltimagh, is charged with the murder of John Casserly, aged 59, at Tone House on Tone Street in Ballina, County Mayo, between 23 and 24 October 2024. The alleged...
Courts Reporting Scheme
2026-02-09
Courts News Ireland
A 61-year-old man from Ballina in County Mayo has been sentenced to 11 and a half years imprisonment for sexually abusing five girls over nearly two decades. David Langdon pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Court to seven sample counts of sexual assault on children aged...
Courts Reporting Scheme
2025-11-05
Courts News Ireland
A 40-year-old woman from Ballina in County Mayo has pleaded guilty to possessing €62,000 worth of cannabis herb for sale or supply. Bernadette Muldoon, of St Patrick's estate, admitted the offence relating to drugs found at a different address on the same estate on 7 June last...
Courts Reporting Scheme
2025-10-24
Courts News Ireland
A man who struck and fatally injured a young pedestrian at a crossing in Ballina, County Mayo, has received a fully suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. James Moyles, aged thirty-three, died on February twentieth, two thousand twenty-four, after being hit by...
Workplace Relations Commission
2025-10-21
Courts News Ireland
A man from Enniscrone has brought a complaint before the Workplace Relations Commission alleging religious discrimination after being issued a lifetime ban from a yoga studio in Ballina. Peter McKeon enrolled at Roots Wellness in September 2024 and attended classes twice weekly...
Central Criminal Court
2025-10-16
Courts News Ireland
Three men have been sentenced to a combined 43 years imprisonment following their guilty pleas to manslaughter in connection with the death of a pensioner in Co Sligo. At the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Paul McDermott imposed sentences of 16 years on John Irving (31) of...
Courts Reporting Scheme
2025-10-14
Courts News Ireland
A 34-year-old man has received a two-year suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to assault causing harm and possession of a weapon. The incident occurred at Cloonishlawn, Ballina, on 21 November 2023. The accused entered the victim's...
Central Criminal Court
2025-10-13
Courts News Ireland
Three men with a combined 106 previous convictions pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Tom Niland at the Central Criminal Court on Monday. John Irving (31) of Foxford, Co Mayo; Francis Harman (58) of Ballina, Co Mayo; and John Clarke (37) of Ballina attacked the 82-year-old...
Courts Reporting Scheme
2025-10-13
Courts News Ireland
A Mayo woman seriously injured when struck by a Bus Éireann van in Ballina last May has expressed no ill-feeling towards the driver. At Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court on Friday, the court heard that Ann Bourke was briefly trapped beneath the vehicle on Kevin Barry Street on...
Central Criminal Court
2025-07-17
Courts News Ireland
A man has pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of Tom Niland at the Central Criminal Court, five days into his trial. John Irving, aged 31, of Shanwar, Foxford, County Mayo, changed his plea on the morning of July 17th. He is the third person to admit to manslaughter in...
Central Criminal Court
2025-07-15
Courts News Ireland
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage documenting movements in County Sligo and Mayo on January 18, 2022, the date of an alleged assault on 73-year-old Tom Niland at his home near Skreen. A garda detective presented a montage compiled from multiple camera...
Central Criminal Court
2025-07-14
Courts News Ireland
A pensioner was so severely beaten during an alleged home invasion that neighbours did not recognise him as he walked along the road covered in blood with swollen eyes, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Witnesses described the victim as "crying blood" with multiple...
Courts Reporting Scheme
2025-07-11
Courts News Ireland
A 49-year-old man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death following a fatal collision in Ballina last year. The defendant appeared before Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court on charges relating to the death of a 33-year-old man on Lord Edward Street on February 20,...
