21-year-old man acquitted of Donegal rape
A 21-year-old man has been acquitted at the Central Criminal Court of rape allegations arising from an incident in Donegal Town in July 2012. The accused had...
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Suspicions of off-duty garda led to €1.3 million cannabis bust
A father and son from Drogheda have had their appeals against prison sentences dismissed by the Court of Appeal following their conviction for cannabis...
Rape trial jury to resume deliberations
The jury in a rape trial at the Central Criminal Court is to resume deliberations tomorrow following over two hours of consideration today. The accused, now...
Does the media have a constitutional right to publish material, which overrides a jury verdict of defamation?
The Supreme Court has granted leave to appeal in McDonagh v Sunday World, a significant defamation case concerning the limits of jury verdicts and media...
Consensual sexual contact “not a blank cheque” to force sex on someone, trial jury told
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been told that prior consensual sexual contact does not permit subsequent forced intercourse. The trial concerns a...
Rape accused told gardai he was "very very sorry", trial hears
A man from Donegal Town is on trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of rape alleged to have occurred in July 2012. During garda interviews following...
Woman denies making rape allegation in response to being "mocked"
A trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence concerning an alleged rape in a Donegal town alleyway in July 2012. The accused has pleaded not...
Complainant tells trial medical examination was "nearly worse" than alleged rape
A trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence from a woman who alleges she was raped in an alleyway in Donegal Town in July 2012 when she was...
Roscommon man who stabbed his mother to death is committed to Central Mental Hospital
A 29-year-old man from Roscommon has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital following his acquittal on grounds of insanity for the 2011 stabbing death...
Roscommon man who stabbed his mother to death found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
A 29-year-old man from Roscommon has been found not guilty of murdering his mother by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. Paul Henry was charged...
Man who admitted role in killing Adil Essalhi to be sentenced in April
A 22-year-old man who admitted to manslaughter in connection with a fatal stabbing will be sentenced in April at the Central Criminal Court. Michael Kinsella,...
Mother was "prepared to sacrifice her own happiness and her marriage" for son who killed her, jury told
A man from Roscommon has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his mother by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. Paul Henry, aged 29, is charged...
Jury hears that man who stabbed his mother to death did not have capacity to form intent
A forensic psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that a 29-year-old Roscommon man lacked the capacity to form intent when he stabbed his mother to...
5 Notorious Irish Murder Cases
A court report summary cannot appropriately be drawn from this source material. The text is a feature article presenting five historical murder cases in...
Man stabbed mother to death month after he was released from mental health hospital
A Roscommon man pleaded not guilty to murdering his mother by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court on 15 February 2016. Paul Henry, aged 29, is...
Newspaper fined €75k over pre-trial coverage of serial killer's case
The Sunday World has been fined €75,000 for contempt of court following pre-trial coverage of a serial killer's case. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy imposed the...
ACC secures €3.89m summary judgement against directors of development firm
ACC Loan Management Ltd has secured summary judgement in the High Court for €3.893 million against three directors of a Mayo-based development company. Ms...
Court dismisses appeal over Corrib gas terminal planning permission as moot
The High Court has dismissed an appeal concerning planning conditions imposed on Shell's gas terminal development in County Mayo. Justice Dunne determined the...
Sligo man jailed for sexually abusing cousin he babysat
A 28-year-old man from Sligo has been sentenced to seven and a half years' imprisonment following his guilty plea to sexually assaulting his young cousin...
Car-jacking shattered victim's confidence, court hears
Two men were sentenced to four years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their guilty pleas to car-jacking. Francis Stokes, aged 29, of...
5 of Ireland’s Dumbest Crimes
A man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to making a false report concerning explosives at an Intel facility in County Kildare on January 13th,...
Book of evidence for IRA & explosives accused
A book of evidence has been served on two men following their arrest in County Longford in June 2015 as part of investigations into dissident republican...
Trial of Armagh man and son accused of assault cannot proceed this week
Eugene Hanratty Senior, aged 57, of Castleblaney Road, Crossmaglen, and Eugene Hanratty Junior, aged 34, of Dundalk Road, Armagh, face charges of assault...
7 of Ireland's Longest Serving Prisoners
In 2015, approximately 350 people were serving life sentences in Irish prisons, with life terms averaging around 18 years. However, a select number of...
Retrial for man following doubts over majority jury verdict
A man from Erris, County Mayo, will face a retrial following the Court of Appeal's decision to quash his careless driving conviction. Brendan Hegarty, aged...
Second Special Criminal Court unlikely to sit before Easter
A High Court judge indicated on 26 January 2016 that a second Special Criminal Court is unlikely to commence operations before the end of the current legal...
State appeals ruling that man charged with dangerous driving causing death is unfit for trial
The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed a Circuit Criminal Court ruling that a man charged with dangerous driving causing death is unfit to stand...
Widow settles damages action over husband's death at Galway Sportsgrounds for €500k
A widow from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, has settled her High Court damages action for €500,000 following the death of her husband at Galway Sportsgrounds....
No reduction in sentence for man who falsely imprisoned island couple on Valentine's night
Michael McMahon has been denied a reduction to his nine-year jail sentence following an appeal heard in the Court of Appeal. McMahon, aged 49 and resident in...
Judge "increasingly pessimistic" about establishment of second Special Criminal Court
A High Court judge presiding over the Special Criminal Court has expressed growing scepticism regarding the establishment of a second such court, which the...
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