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Ballinagh · June 09, 2021 Also covered in Kilcogy

Lunney investigation phone data obtained with invalid warrants, defence lawyers argue

(Pictured: Defence Counsel Mr Michael O'Higgins SC. Credit: Collins) Mobile phone data collected by gardai investigating the abduction and assault of Quinn...

Lack · June 08, 2021

Criminal with 161 previous convictions has 'crushing' six-year jail term reduced

A criminal with 161 previous convictions, who stole from Bewley's cafe while on bail for stealing from a whiskey museum, has had his ‘crushing’ jail-term cut...

Ballinagh · June 08, 2021 Also covered in Kilcogy

Lunney accused challenge admissibility of phone evidence

(Pictured: Defence Counsel Mr Michael O'Higgins SC. Credit: Collins) Lawyers defending four men accused of falsely imprisoning and causing serious harm to...

Ballinagh · June 04, 2021 Also covered in Kilcogy

Lunney accused told gardai: 'I know why you're here'

(Pictured: Luke O'Reilly. Credit: Collins) A man who denies assisting Kevin Lunney's abductors by buying bleach and providing the site where he was imprisoned...

Convoy · June 03, 2021 Also covered in Lack

Lee Canavan jailed for life for role in 'Daithi Douglas' murder

(Pictured: Lee Canavan. Credit: Collins) The Special Criminal Court has jailed Dublin man Lee Canavan for life for his role in the murder of David Daithí'...

Ballinagh · June 03, 2021 Also covered in Kilcogy

Kevin Lunney describes dragging himself along dark country road, fearing nobody would come to help

(Pictured: Accused Mr Luke O'Reilly. Credit: Collins) Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney feared that nobody would come to help as he dragged...

Cavan · June 03, 2021

Special Criminal Court rejects second jurisdiction application in two days

(Pictured: Defence Counsel Mr Brendan Grehan SC. Credit: Collins) Two men will go on trial for the murder of gangland figure Eamon Kelly at the Special...

Kilcogy · June 02, 2021 Also covered in Ballinagh, Derrylin

Kevin Lunney told to resign before attackers threatened to kill him, trial hears

(Pictured: Accused Mr Luke O'Reilly. Credit: Collins) Kevin Lunney was told to resign from Quinn Industrial Holdings by attackers who threatened to kill him,...

Aughavas · June 02, 2021

Psychic scammer loses appeal against €1.6m money laundering conviction

by Seán McCárthaigh A former psychic turned financier who is serving a seven-and-a-half-year jail term has lost his appeal against his conviction for a range...

Ballinagh · June 01, 2021 Also covered in Kilcogy

Special Criminal Court rejects argument that it has no jurisdiction to hear Lunney trial

(Pictured: Mr Justice Tony Hunt. Credit: Collins) The Special Criminal Court has rejected arguments that it has no jurisdiction to hear the trial of four men...

Ballinagh · May 31, 2021 Also covered in Kilcogy

Kevin Lunney accused to make 'jurisdictional' application

The Special Criminal Court trial of four men accused of falsely imprisoning Quinn Industrial Holdings executive Kevin Lunney has been delayed as lawyers...

Convoy · May 28, 2021

Businessman's memory 'riddled with problems', false imprisonment trial told

The memory of a businessman who was ambushed and attacked by a gang who demanded £50,000 from him is "riddled with problems", lawyers for the alleged driver...

Mayo · May 27, 2021

Accused withdrew from plan to extort businessman, defence say

A man withdrew from an "elaborate and extensive plan" to demand money from a businessman who was lured to a remote location and beaten with iron bars, his...

Lack · May 27, 2021

Teen who kicked defenceless man to death sentenced to life with review

by Eoin Reynolds A teenager who used "extreme violence" in kicking a defenceless man to death has been sentenced to life detention with a review after eight...

Longford · May 27, 2021

Gangland murder conspirator can be named

A Dublin man, who has admitted to conspiring to murder gangland criminal Wayne Whelan, may have his name published following a ruling from the Central...

Lack · May 24, 2021

10 years for rape and abuse of daughter

A father who sexually assaulted and orally raped his daughter has been jailed for ten years. Patrick Shiels (64) sexually abused his daughter during arranged...

Longford · May 24, 2021

Man admits trying to murder slain gangster Wayne Whelan

A man has admitted that he attempted to murder gangland criminal Wayne Whelan in a shooting in west Dublin nearly two years ago. His three co-accused also...

Ballinagh · May 21, 2021 Also covered in Kilcogy

Kevin Lunney abduction trial to proceed at month end

The trial of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) director Kevin Lunney will now proceed at the end of this month...

Lack · May 20, 2021

Speeding teen struck and killed Deliveroo rider

A teenage boy who struck and killed a Deliveroo rider after driving through a red light while speeding has been remanded in juvenile detention for two years....

Lack · May 20, 2021

Community Service over glass throwing

A father-of-two who threw a pint glass at a man but accidentally hit the man's sister in the face has been ordered to complete 150 hours of community service....

Convoy · May 20, 2021 Also covered in Lack

Lee Canavan guilty of murdering David 'Daithí' Douglas

(Pictured: Lee Canavan. Credit: Collins) The Special Criminal Court has found Dublin man Lee Canavan guilty of the murder of David Daithí' Douglas, who was...

Donegal · May 19, 2021

Nine years for 'horrendous' rape of woman in her own home

A man who raped his friend during a "horrendous" attack lasting an hour and a half in her own home has been jailed for nine years. The 38-year-old man, who...

Sligo · May 19, 2021

Murderer secretly filmed wife in shower

Wife murderer Rafal Karaczyn secretly filmed his wife in the shower and bath at the home they shared after she told him she no longer wanted him in her life....

Ballymote · May 19, 2021

Husband guilty of murder for strangling wife who wanted her own life

(Pictured: Superintendent Mandy Gaynor speaking outside court today. Credit: Collins) Rafal Karaczyn, who strangled his wife Natalia in their family home...

Lack · May 19, 2021

Alleged failure to challenge disputed evidence at murder trial 'unexplained', appeal told

The alleged failure of a convicted murderer's legal team to challenge disputed evidence at trial is "unexplained", his lawyers have told the Court of Appeal....

Crossmolina · May 18, 2021

Irish sex offender told fake profile he preferred 'younger girls but I guess you're okay'

(Pictured: Martin Jude Wall. Credit: Collins) An Irishman wanted in the United States, where he was convicted of trying to entice a child for indecent...

Sligo · May 18, 2021

Jury deliberating in trial of husband accused of murdering wife

The jury in the trial of Rafal Karaczyn, who has admitted killing but denies murdering his wife Natalia, will resume their deliberations at the Central...

Springfield · May 18, 2021

Man avoids jail for having child abuse material

A man who was caught with child abuse material after gardaí secured a warrant to search his home following the detection of certain online conversations has...

Sligo · May 17, 2021

Wife's wish to move on not a 'provocative act', prosecution tell murder trial jury

Rafal Karaczyn is not a cold-blooded killer who planned his wife's death, but a devoted father who lost all self control and caused the death of "the very...

Lack · May 17, 2021

Care worker gets suspended sentence for moving €600k in crime cash

(Pictured: Catherine Dawson. Credit: Collins) A care worker who was caught moving more than €600,000 in crime cash should now "devote herself" to her son...

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