Rapist father who claimed daughter initiated sex fails in appeal
A father who began raping his daughter when she was nine years old and later claimed she had initiated the sex has lost an appeal against the severity of his...
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Jail term cut for abuse of young girl
A Mayo man jailed for sexually assaulting a young girl has had his five year prison sentence cut on appeal. On October 22 last year Mark Walsh (32), with a...
Suspended sentence for 'life-changing' one-punch attack too lenient
by Seán McCárthaigh A man who left a soldier with life-changing injuries following a one-punch attack outside a nightclub will be sent to prison after his...
Father gets more jail for rape of daughter
(Pictured: Ms Jennifer Berry. Credit: Collins) by Seán McCárthaigh A father serving a ten-year prison sentence for raping his teenage daughter over a 12-year...
Retired postmistress fails in appeal against €2m heroin sentence
by Seán McCárthaigh The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by a Pakistani woman against a seven-year jail term imposed on her after she was caught trying...
Father has jail term cut for abusing daughter
The Court of Appeal has reduced an eight-year jail sentence imposed on a 69-year-old man for five counts of indecent assault on his young daughter at their...
Teen murder accused acted out of fear, defence tell jury
(Pictured: Defence Counsel Mr Michael Bowman SC. Credit: Collins) A teenager accused of murder acted in fear during a "terrifying brawl" after seeing his...
'Lonely and sad' scissor sister challenges prison transfer
(File Picture: Charlotte Mulhall. Credit: Collins) "Lonely and sad" murderer Charlotte Mulhall has brought a High Court challenge aimed at securing a transfer...
Man accused of being armed with Pit bull named 'Buster' admits new charges
A man who had been on trial accused of assaulting two gardai after allegedly arming himself with a claw-hammer and a dog called Buster has pleaded guilty to...
'Bite them Buster': gardai attacked by man with Pit bull, trial hears
A man on trial accused of assaulting two gardai was allegedly armed with a claw-hammer and a dog called Buster which he instructed to bite them, a jury has...
All Ireland club champ gets bail on ATM theft charges
A former All Ireland club champion charged in relation to the theft and attempted theft of ATMs in Cavan and Monaghan last year has been granted bail by the...
Kevin Lunney accused challenges non-jury trial
A Dublin man charged with the assault and false imprisonment of Quinn Industrial Holdings Director Kevin Lunney has brought a High Court challenge against the...
Interim examiner appointed to Cara Pharmacy group
The High Court has appointed an interim examiner to the Cara group of pharmacies, which employs over 160 people, despite the opposition of its directors. The...
Three time All-Ireland club champ charged over ATM thefts
A former All-Ireland club champion today became the fifth man to be charged in relation to the theft and attempted theft of ATMs in Cavan and Monaghan last...
Second home-schooled student brings action over calculated grades
A second home-schooled Leaving Cert student has brought an action over the Minister for Education's refusal to consider her application for calculated grades....
Bail for ATM theft accused
Three Monaghan brothers and another man charged with involvement in the attempted theft of ATMs in the border counties last year have been granted bail by the...
Senior Kinahan Cartel member caged over Hutch murder plot
(Pictured: Intended victim Mr Patrick "Patsy" Hutch. Credit: Collins) A senior Kinahan Cartel member and an accomplice have received sentences totalling 17.5...
Brothers before non-jury court over attempted thefts of ATMs
Three Monaghan brothers and another man have appeared before the Special Criminal Court this afternoon charged with their involvement in the attempted theft...
'Monster' jailed for sex assaults on grandchildren
By Declan Brennan and Fiona Ferguson A Co Monaghan farmer has been jailed for six years for sexual assaults on his grandchildren. The 67-year-old man, who...
Ryanair claims travel restrictions are unconstitutional
Ryanair has launched a High Court action aimed at setting aside what it claims are unconstitutional international travel restrictions announced by the...
Money pressures ahead of child's confirmation saw mum store drugs
A mother-of-three caught with €20,000 worth of cannabis under her stairs told gardai she was under financial pressure ahead of her child's confirmation, a...
Kevin Lunney accused fails in bid to have charges dismissed
A Dublin man accused of falsely imprisoning and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) director Kevin Lunney has failed in a bid to have the charges...
Abuser secretly filmed step-daughter
A Dublin man who sexually abused his step-daughter and secretly recorded her in the bathroom has been jailed for six years. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court...
High Court approves leading aircraft lessor's scheme with lenders
The High Court has approved a scheme of arrangement between Ireland-based aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital and its creditors. Nordic Aviation Capital...
Two more charged with involvement in attempted murder of Kinahan target
Two more men have been charged this evening at the Special Criminal Court with involvement in the attempted murder of Kinahan cartel target James Mago'...
Serial criminal with 341 priors did not count on 'falling in love'
A recovering drug addict has told a court that on his last release from prison he had put in place strategies to avoid relapse in every eventuality, except...
Adrian Donohoe murder accused rejects suggestion he shares psychopath characteristics
(Pictured: Accused Mr Aaron Brady. Credit: Collins) The man accused of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe has rejected a suggestion that he shares the...
Dublin dream destroyed by nightclub glassing
(Pictured: Stephen Howe. Credit: Collins) A plumber who suffered permanent damage to his sight in a nightclub glassing assault has said the attack destroyed...
Man who fled to UK is jailed over violent 2009 knife attack
A 29-year-old man has been jailed for his part in a violent late night knife attack 11 eleven years ago. Gardai who ran to the scene of the attack in a...
Girl sexually abused by three brothers in 'highly dysfunctional' home
A girl was sexually abused and exploited from the age of six by three of her older brothers in a highly dysfunctional home in Connacht, the Central Criminal...
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