'Psychic' Gold further sentenced on fraud charges
By Fiona Ferguson and Brion Hoban A would-be psychic' serving a jail term for the money laundering of €1.6 million has admitted having fake driving licences...
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Strokestown eviction pair released from prison
(Pictured: Michael Anthony McGann. Credit: Collins) Two men jailed over their interference with a bank's lawful takeover of a Co Roscommon farm, which was the...
Mandatory quarantine laws 'illogical and unreasonable', High Court told
Laws requiring people arriving into Ireland from certain countries to quarantine in designated hotels for up to 14 days are irrational, illogical and...
Strokestown eviction pair ask to be released from custody
(Pictured: Mr Michael Anthony McGann. Credit: Collins) Two men jailed over their interference with a bank's lawful takeover of a Co Roscommon farm, which was...
Former Sheffield Utd player jailed for moving €2.7m in heroin
A former professional footballer who was caught moving over €2.7 million in heroin has been jailed for four years. Keith Quinn (32) received a package...
Teen who defiled girl seeks reduction in sentence before transfer to adult jail
A young man who defiled a girl at a party when they were both aged 15 has asked the Court of Appeal to reduce his sentence before he is transferred to an...
Mortgage application fraudster avoids jail
A Leitrim man has received a fully suspended sentence for using fake documents in an attempt to procure a mortgage. Aidan McGovern (40) of Croi na Carraige,...
IRA conviction declared a miscarriage of justice
A man who spent 14 months in prison for IRA membership has had his conviction declared a miscarriage of justice after the Special Criminal court agreed there...
Mentally ill man jailed for attempted rape of child
By Brion Hoban and Fiona Ferguson A mentally ill man who attempted to rape a child that was in his mother's care has been jailed for three and a half years....
Alleged gunman 'up to his neck' in David Douglas murder, State say
The man alleged to have been the gunman who "executed" David Douglas five years ago was "crucially and significantly" involved in the planning of the murder...
Woman smeared 'PIGS' on prison cell wall in menstrual blood
A woman who kicked a garda in the groin and smeared the word “PIGS” in menstrual blood on a prison cell wall has been told by a judge that she should be...
Publican released after 115 days in Mountjoy
The High Court has directed that a businessman jailed over his failure to comply with an order to stay away from two properties in Co Monaghan be released...
Trusted family friend raped woman sleeping in own bed
A man has received a prison sentence of eight years with 18 months suspended for raping a young woman as she slept in her own bedroom. The Central Criminal...
Lidl sues IFA over milk allegations
Lidl Ireland has commenced defamation proceedings in the High Court against the Irish Farmers Association, its President Tim Cullinan, and Vice-President...
Glitch in online banking used to steal thousands
(Pictured: Prince Joseph Ncube. Credit: Collins) A young financial services worker who spotted a technical glitch in an online banking system and manipulated...
Garda Colm Horkan murder accused gets date for trial
(Pictured: Mr Stephen Silver. Credit: Collins) A 44-year-old man accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan in a shooting in Roscommon will go on trial...
Woman violently assaulted and raped in own home by Tinder date
A man who attacked and raped a woman in her home after meeting her on the dating app Tinder will be sentenced next month. During the attack Peter Loughran...
Acquitted IRA prisoner suffered 'classic case of miscarriage of justice', lawyers say
A man who spent 14 months in prison for IRA membership before his conviction was overturned suffered a "classic case of miscarriage of justice", his lawyers...
Man caught at Covid checkpoint with €95k in cocaine
A man who was caught at a Covid checkpoint transporting €95,000 of cocaine has avoided a jail term after a court heard of his extensive efforts to...
Former publican caught moving €2.5m in cocaine
A Cavan man caught transporting €2.5 million worth of cocaine in his transit van has been jailed for eight years. Former publican Charles Coyle (59) was...
Accused 'panicked' after arranging to meet dissident at murder scene, defence say
A man accused of perverting the course of justice in connection with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly had "every reason" to panic and not...
Scissor sister Mulhall challenges transfer to Limerick prison
(File Picture: Charlotte Mulhall. Credit: Collins) The High Court has reserved judgement in an application by convicted murderer Charlotte Mulhall for...
Teen jailed for 'completely senseless act of violence'
A teenager who stabbed a man with a screwdriver after asking him for a cigarette has been jailed for ten months. Dubliner Ross Crea (18) was aged 16 when he...
Man pretended to be Love/Hate actors to sexually exploit girl (14)
By Isabel Hayes and Declan Brennan A man who used fake Facebook accounts in the name of Love/Hate actors to induce a 14-year-old to share naked images of...
€7.5m settlement approved for boy who suffered serious injuries at birth
The High Court has approved a €7.5m settlement in a medical negligence action brought on behalf of a teenage boy who had sued the HSE over the management of...
Suspended sentence for man who punched partner
A man who attacked his then partner after returning home from a wedding has received a fully suspended sentence. Graham Shields (34) “lunged” at his then...
Cash posted to 'fictitious' person is forfeited to State
A judge has ordered that cash which was posted from the US to an allegedly fictitious person at a house in Sligo is to be forfeited as the proceeds of crime....
21-year-old admits to killing man in house fire
A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing a Monaghan man by setting fire to his house five years ago. Aaron McDonagh had originally...
Notorious con woman Damji won't get treatment she needs in UK, court told
A well-known con-woman who is the daughter of a property tycoon will not get the psychological care she needs if she is sent to the UK to serve a prison...
Johnson & Johnson worker jailed for spending company money on luxuries
A woman who stole more than €20,000 from her company social club and company credit card and spent the money on luxury holidays and shopping trips has been...
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