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Lack · October 27, 2020

Jury to deliberate for fourth day in Amanda Carroll murder trial

A jury will return to the Central Criminal Court tomorrow to consider its verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering his partner by strangling her in...

Killygordon · October 27, 2020

Date set for Jasmine McMonagle murder trial

A man accused of the murder of Donegal mother-of-two Jasmine McMonagle will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court next year. Richard Burke (28) of Forest...

Lack · October 23, 2020

Amanda Carroll murder trial jury ask judge if intoxication can negate intent

A jury considering their verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering his partner by strangling her to death after a "binge" drinking session have asked...

Lack · October 22, 2020

Jury deliberating in Amanda Carroll murder trial

A jury will return to the Central Criminal Court tomorrow to consider its verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering his partner by strangling her to...

Lack · October 21, 2020

Only doctor who can treat notorious UK con woman is in Ireland, High Court told

by Paul Neilan A notorious on-the-run con woman, who is the daughter of a wealthy property tycoon, is fighting her extradition to the UK because the only...

Lack · October 21, 2020

Amanda Carroll accused too drunk to form intent to murder, defence say

(Pictured: Mr Michael O'Higgins SC. Credit: Collins) Murder accused Sean Nolan was too drunk to form the intent to murder his partner Amanda Carroll, his...

Boyle · October 20, 2020 Also covered in Geevagh

Drunk, uninsured driver left cyclists with life-changing injuries

The Court of Appeal is to overturn the sentence imposed on an uninsured driver who crashed his car into two cyclists while four times over the drink driving...

Sligo · October 19, 2020

Formula 1 engineer appeals against sentence for 'life threatening' attack on landlord (81)

A Formula 1 engineer has appealed against his jail term for attacking his 81-year-old landlord, tying him up and leaving him in a locked room for 29 hours,...

Roscommon · October 19, 2020

Woman can't sue former Lotto operator over alleged negligent advice

(Pictured: Ms Mary Walsh. Credit: Collins) The High Court has dismissed an application by a woman, who was previously taken to court by her step-son for a...

Monaghan · October 19, 2020

Rapist foster father has sentence cut after comments on sentence remission

(Pictured: Court of Appeal President Mr Justice George Birmingham. Credit: Collins) A father of three has had 18 months cut from his 12-year sentence for the...

Longford · October 16, 2020

Man alleged to have armed himself with Pit bull called 'Buster' avoids jail

By Fiona Ferguson and Isabel Hayes A man who stood trial accused of assaulting two gardai after allegedly arming himself with a claw-hammer and a Pit bull...

Sligo · October 15, 2020

Provisional liquidators appointed to Pamela Scott operators

The High Court has appointed provisional liquidators to two related companies that operate 13 fashion retail stores in Ireland. The firms are Arzac...

Cavan · October 14, 2020 Also covered in Carney

Driver who killed motorcyclist after changing lanes avoids jail

John Tierney, aged 53, of Rockhouse, Gowna, County Cavan, received a fully suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to...

Cavan · October 14, 2020

Garda Adrian Donohue murder: victim impact statements in full

(Pictured: Caroline Donohoe, wife of the late Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, pictured arriving at court today. Credit: Collins) Victim Impact Statement of Ms...

Cavan · October 14, 2020

Aaron Brady sentenced to 40 years

(Pictured: Aaron Brady. Credit: Collins) "We had a loving, happy family, but in just 58 senseless seconds everything changed forever," the wife of murdered...

Lack · October 13, 2020

Georgian man jailed for role in large scale immigration scam

A Georgian national who facilitated the movement of illegal immigrants into Ireland by organising and distributing false identification cards and driving...

Monaghan · October 12, 2020

'Duped' student avoids jail for mule account scam

A student who was “effectively duped” into allowing a stolen cheque be lodged into his bank account has received a fully suspended sentence. Jonathan Angbalu...

Letterkenny · October 12, 2020 Also covered in Milford

Man fights extradition to North on charge of attempted murder of PSNI officer

A Dubliner accused of trying to kill a PSNI officer has appealed his extradition to the North, where he faces trial and a possible life sentence. Ciaran...

Convoy · October 09, 2020

Alleged gunman in James Gately murder bid goes on trial

A 28-year-old Meath man is alleged to be the gunman who tried to murder a father-of-two at a Dublin filling station in 2017, a Special Court trial has heard....

Lack · October 08, 2020

'Victim of housing crisis' lured into storing €465k in drugs

By Brion Hoban and Declan Brennan The father in a homeless family was “lured” into storing nearly half a million euro of heroin by accepting a loan so he...

Castlebar · October 08, 2020

Son whose murder conviction was quashed admits to manslaughter of mother

A son whose conviction for murdering his mother was overturned by the Supreme Court has pleaded guilty to her manslaughter in a "frenzied knife attack" over...

Lack · October 06, 2020

Chicken roll robber is jailed

A knife-wielding robber who forced one of his victims to buy him a chicken fillet roll has been jailed for three years. Sean Rausch (22) told the 19-year-old...

Monaghan · October 06, 2020

Judge praises threat victim's 'kind and generous spirit'

A judge has praised the "kind and generous spirit" of a woman toward a neighbour who had threatened her and her young son on Hallowe'en night. Dubliner Stuart...

Granard · September 30, 2020

Drug-driver fails in bid to overturn conviction based on omission of word 'or' in legislation

(Pictured: Ruling judge Ms Justice Una Ni Raifeartaigh. Credit: Collins) by Seán McCárthaigh A drug-driver has failed to overturn his conviction after the...

Lack · September 30, 2020

Farmer will not face second prosecution over tractor death of boy (14)

by Paul Neilan A Cork farmer will not be prosecuted for a second time over the death of a boy who fell from his defective tractor seven years ago, after the...

Letterkenny · September 28, 2020

Suspended sentence for 'brutal onslaught' too lenient

by Seán McCárthaigh A man is facing 18 months in prison for assaulting his former partner and threatening her with a knife at their Letterkenny home, after...

Lack · September 25, 2020

Accountant to be returned to jail for 'extreme domestic violence'

An accountant who stabbed his then partner with a knife in a case of “extreme domestic violence” has been sentenced to further time behind bars after the...

Cavan · September 25, 2020

Debt collector fails in appeal against jail term for threat to kidnap

by Seán McCárthaigh A debt collector has failed in his appeal against an 18-month jail sentence after being convicted of intimidating two innocent parties by...

Lack · September 24, 2020

Couple agree to leave unauthorised home, ending 'long-running saga'

A couple have agreed to leave a house they built in breach of the planning laws in two years' time. The property located outside Navan in Co Meath, that was...

Monaghan · September 24, 2020

Foster father seeks to have rape conviction overturned

(Pictured: Survivor Ms Ciara Monaghan. Credit: Collins) by Seán McCárthaigh A Tipperary man has launched a bid to have his conviction overturned for the rape...

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