Co. Mayo • 20 court reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Swinford from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A Mayo man who hit his brother over the head with a shovel, knocking him unconscious, will be sentenced later pending the outcome of other cases in a protracted family dispute. PJ Higgins (47) pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to his brother Michael Higgins at their address
A Mayo man has avoided a jail sentence for sending malicious cards to a couple in the wake of the murder of Joe Deacy in Swinford eight years ago. Brendan Rowland (30), pleaded guilty to one count of harassment between December 2018 and December 2019, when he sent 14 greeting car
Pictured: Jemima Burke at the High Court today (Photo: Collins) By Paul Neilan The State will not oppose the quashing of a public order conviction against Jemima Burke, a sister of teacher Enoch Burke, who today told the High Court her trial was like "something you would hear in
A 33-year-old man who stabbed a man in his own home in self defence because he believed his life was in danger has been acquitted of murder by a jury at the Central Criminal Court. The panel of nine men and three women returned their majority verdict to Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring
A jury deliberating in the trial of a Polish man charged with murdering a 24-year-old Mayo man today asked the trial judge to clarify certain issues in the case concerning self-defence and intent. The jury at the Central Criminal Court in the case of Matusz Batiuk (33) asked Ms J
A jury at the Central Criminal Court have begun their deliberations in the trial of a Polish man charged with murdering a 24-year-old Mayo man by stabbing him in the stomach with a knife. In delivering her charge to the jury today, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring told them that there
Murder accused Matusz Batiuk was entitled to defend himself when he was attacked in his own home, a defence barrister has told the Central Criminal Court. In his closing address to the jury, Vincent Heneghen SC, for Mr Batiuk, said the accused’s first words during a 999 call afte
Two forensic psychiatrists have said it is appropriate for the jury in the trial of a Polish man charged with the murder of a 24-year-old Mayo man to consider whether his responsibility was diminished at the time, as he suffers from a mental illness. Dr Jamie Walsh told the Centr
Murder accused Matusz Batiuk told gardaí “I did what I did to defend myself” and said he never meant to kill Michael McDonagh when he stabbed him once in the stomach, the Central Criminal Court has heard. The accused said Mr McDonagh and his friend Paul Maughan had been acting li
A pathologist has told the jury in the trial of a Polish man charged with the murder of a 24-year-old Mayo man that there is no way to determine the force used in the single stab wound, saying it was “unfortunate” that the knife severed a vital artery causing death. Dr Kathleen H
A key witness in a murder trial who told gardai that the accused man “went for” the deceased with a knife has now told a Central Criminal Court jury that he did not witness the fatal stabbing, while also admitting he broke into the accused's home and stabbed him months before. Pa
A Polish man intended to murder a man in Co Mayo when he reached for a knife and "plunged" it into his stomach, a prosecution barrister has told a trial jury. However, the accused man told gardai in his interviews that he believed his life was in danger when he grabbed the kitche
A Polish man will go on trial this afternoon accused of murdering a man in Co Mayo over two years ago. Matusz Batiuk (33), formerly of Carrabeg Estate, Swinford in Co Mayo was arraigned before the Central Criminal Court this afternoon. Mr Batiuk is charged with murdering Michael
A businessman and his wife have secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing a mortgage company and a receiver from selling a property the couple want to use for the benefit of their daughter, who has special needs. The interim order was granted in favour of James Murphy
Five members of staff at a Co Mayo care home at the centre of abuse allegations have launched High Court proceedings over an investigation and disciplinary process brought against them by the Health Services Executive. The five are all employed as nursing staff at the Aras Attrac
A Mayo man who stabbed Dublin GAA star Jonny Cooper hours after attacking a taxi driver has been given a seven year sentence with the final two years suspended. Mark Lavelle (32) was on the drug crystal meth when he carried out the frenzied and unprovoked attack. Lavelle, origina
A Mayo man was on crystal meth when he carried out a frenzied and unprovoked attack on Dublin GAA star Jonny Cooper hours after attacking a taxi driver. Mark Lavelle (32) originally from Bollingbrook, Swinford but with an address at Basin Street, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin
HARDY Bucks star Martin Maloney, who denies attacking two security men while he was making an appearance at a pub in Dublin, will stand trial in May. The 30-year-old actor, from Bollingbrook Drive, Swinford, Co. Mayo has pleaded not guilty to two assault charges following an alle
HARDY Bucks actor Martin Maloney is to contest a charge of attacking two bouncers following a row about a queue while he was making an appearance at a popular Dublin pub. The 30-year-old, from Bollingbrook Drive, Swinford, Co. Mayo made his third appearance at Dublin District Cou
FREE legal aid was granted today to “Hardy Bucks” actor Martin Maloney who is accused of attacking three men in a popular Dublin. Maloney became famous for playing the role of Eddie Durkan in the hit mock documentary programme which was set in a west of Ireland town and followed