Child abuse images discovered after worker brought laptop for repair
By Brion Hoban and Isabel Hayes A 66-year-old man who was caught with child sex abuse images over 10 years ago after he brought his laptop to work to be...
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Mum-of-three stored drugs after financial pressure ahead of confirmation
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...
Ireland's longest serving prisoner seeks temporary release
(Pictured: John Shaw's deceased partner-in-crime, Geoffrey Evans) The State’s longest serving prisoner is still seeking two days temporary release per year,...
Getaway driver set himself alight while trying to burn out car used in murder
The driver of the getaway car used in the murder of David Douglas accidentally set fire to his trousers while trying to burn the stolen vehicle, the Special...
Claim over alleged unlawful incarceration for failure to pay debt is struck out
The High Court has struck out a damages claim brought by a man who spent Christmas in Mountjoy prison 12 years ago for failing to pay his creditors. In his...
Rapist father "a highly manipulative person", appeal court finds
A man jailed for repeatedly raping his daughter has been found to be a “highly manipulative” person and allegations that his daughter confessed to telling...
"Arrogant" double rapist fails in appeal
A man who raped two women in his apartment after meeting them on a night out has lost an appeal against his conviction. Clement Limen (47) of North Court,...
Criminal with 53 previous convictions complains to judge about imprisonment "a week before Christmas"
(Pictured: Judge Melanie Greally. Credit: Collins) A man who drove a stolen motorbike at speed the wrong way around a roundabout and through red lights has...
NI man caught with child abuse imagery on phone avoids jail
(Pictured: Darren Magee. Credit: Collins) A man who was caught with images of child pornography on his phone has received a fully suspended sentence. Darren...
"A murder most disturbing": the sentencing of Boy A & Boy B in full
(Pictured: Patric & Geraldine Kriegel leaving court today. Credit: Collins) The teenage boy who murdered and sexually assaulted "lonely and vulnerable"...
Double murderer who bludgeoned special needs brothers to death told to "rot in hell"
A Mayo man who murdered two elderly brothers with special needs has been told to “rot in hell” by their family after losing an appeal against his conviction....
Visually impaired postman appeals sentence for causing death of pedestrian
(Pictured: David Byrne. Credit: Collins) An ex-postman with a degenerative eye disorder, who was jailed for dangerous driving causing the death of an elderly...
Driver involved in Essex deaths was paid €1K per migrant, court hears
One of the lorry drivers involved in a suspected conspiracy to traffic human beings into the UK was allegedly paid up to €1,000 per trafficked person, the...
11 years for robber who left shopkeeper with life-changing injuries after hammer attack
By Fiona Ferguson and Brion Hoban A robber who attacked a defenceless shopkeeper with a claw hammer leaving him with “life changing” injuries has been jailed...
Mule busted after travelling same route used in 36 prior drugs cases
A Brazilian drugs courier who swallowed over 60 pellets of cocaine to bring them into Ireland has being jailed for three years. Dogulas Fernades Ferreira (26)...
Man claimed computer downloaded child pornography
A man who was caught with child pornography videos on a hard drive six years ago has been given a six-month suspended sentence. Juan Sanchez (38) told gardaí...
Senior Ryanair exec says he was "left with no doubts" that O'Leary wanted him out
(Pictured: Mr Peter Bellew. Credit: Collins) Ryanair's Chief Operations Officer Peter Bellew has told the High Court that he "was shocked and devastated" and...
Essex migrant deaths: court hears of voice recordings on mobile phones
Recordings found on mobile phones belonging to the migrants found dead in a refrigerated trailer in Essex in October suggest “at least some” of them may have...
Warrant for alleged driver of migrant death trailer "fundamentally defective", court told
(Pictured: Ms Siobhan Stack SC. Credit: Collins) Lawyers for a northern Irish man alleged to have delivered the refrigerated trailer in which 39 migrants were...
20 months for hit-and-run driver who admitted drink driving
By Sonya McLean and Brion Hoban A father of one who alerted gardaí to the fact that he had been involved in a hit-and-run and later admitted that he had been...
Pensioner's abuse conviction is upheld
A pensioner jailed for abusing a teenage boy 30 years ago has lost an appeal against his conviction. John Barrow (74), with an address in Crolly, Co Donegal,...
Hit-and-run driver told gardai he had been drinking
A father of one who alerted gardaí to the fact that he had been involved in a hit and run later admitted that he had been drink driving, a court has heard....
Jury acquits "tiger-raid" accused on all charges
By Brion Hoban and Declan Brennan A jury has found a Dublin man not guilty of taking part in a €90,000 post office robbery during which three women were tied...
Senior Garda denies undermining whistleblower's claim
(Pictured: Garda Nicholas Keogh. Credit: Collins) By Paul Neilan A chief superintendent has denied he wrote that a whistleblower Garda made up a claim that an...
Extradition of men wanted for attempted murder of PSNI officer should be refused, lawyers say
A hearing into the proposed extradition of two men to Northern Ireland for the alleged attempted murder of a PSNI officer has opened at the High Court. Dublin...
O'Leary says he was "taken aback" by senior exec's decision to join rival
(Pictured: Mr Peter Bellew. Credit: Collins) Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has told the High Court that he was "taken aback" when the airline's COO Peter...
"Novel and startling" to exclude witness evidence due to lack of notes, court finds
Judges at the Special Criminal Court have said it would be "novel and startling" for surveillance officers evidence to be excluded due to their failure to...
Addict who staged talented musician's suicide has rest of sentence suspended
A Sligo woman who staged a talented musician's suicide in order to impede the prosecution of her brother, who has since been jailed for life for murder, has...
"Moronically stupid": disgraced politician's son lit firework in Copper's
(Pictured: Oliver Callely. Credit: Collins) Lawyers for a son of disgraced former Fianna Fail politician Ivor Callely have described his lighting of a...
Dispute over asthma treatment patents comes before commercial court
A dispute over patents for inventions used to treat asthma and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has come before the Commercial Court. The...
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