"Nothing untoward" about judge commenting on knife crime, appeal court finds
A 51-year old man jailed for a “frenzied” knife attack on his step-daughter and her partner has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence. Patrick...
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"Human life is priceless": man who killed poker opponent with boning knife
A meat factory worker, who used his boning knife to kill his poker opponent, entered the witness box during his sentence hearing to tell the court of his...
"Innocence and childhood" taken away after abuse at sleepovers
A teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by a man after she had been invited for two sleepovers has told a court that her “innocence and childhood were taken...
Strokestown eviction case won't be heard before end of term
An application by KBC bank for a High Court injunction requiring the family at the centre of the Co Roscommon eviction controversy to leave their home will...
Residents in dispute with Mansfield family over management company
A dispute between residents of a South Dublin housing estate and family members of the late businessman Jim Mansfield Senior, concerning the management of the...
Taxi driver unable to work nights after terrifying knife-point robbery
A taxi driver has indicated that he has been unable to work at night after he was robbed at knife-point while working in Dublin last year. The man's victim...
Man who beat neighbour to death with crowbar is committed to CMH
A 32-year-old man who beat his neighbour to death with a crowbar after breaking into his Sligo home has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital, having...
Jury convicts man of "violent and frenzied" post office raid
A Dublin man has been convicted of the armed robbery of a post office in January 2016. Keith Murtagh (34) of Mariners’ Port, Sheriff Street, Dublin was...
Dispute between drug charges priest and family over will to be heard in new term
A High Court dispute involving a Catholic priest, who is facing drug charges in the United States, and his siblings over their late mother's will will not be...
"Violent and frenzied" robbery accused must be "desperately unlucky" if innocent, prosecution say
The prosecutor in the trial of a man accused of the armed robbery of a post office has said the accused is desperately unlucky if he did not commit the crime....
Man apologises to Goffs over posts on social media
The part-owner of a horse sold in 2011 has apologised before the High Court to bloodstock sales firm Goffs for posts he made on social media about the...
Pensioner (70) who raped child jailed for nine years
A man who raped a child three times after bringing her to an underpass near her home has been jailed for nine years. The Dublin man (70) had pleaded not...
"Unacceptable" that dangerous mentally ill man lived "just doors down", victim's parents tell court
(Pictured: John O’Keeffe (L) spokesperson for the Loughlin family, Michael Loughlin (R) father of Jimmy Loughlin, speaking outside court. Credit: Collins) The...
Mum on morning walk punched unconscious in "appalling unprovoked attack"
A man who punched a woman repeatedly in the face and head as she was out for a walk with her friend has been jailed for two years at Dublin Circuit Criminal...
Man pleads not guilty to Sligo murder by reason of insanity
A murder trial jury has heard that a 32-year-old man admits attacking another man with a crowbar in a "vicious manner" which resulted in his death last year...
Chef wrote cheques to himself without having funds
A chef who transferred funds from one of his bank accounts to another when he did not have the funds to do so has been given a three year suspended sentence...
Accused who "smashed man's head in with crowbar" meets insanity criteria, psychiatrist says
A consultant forensic psychiatrist has told a murder trial that a 32-year-old man who harboured delusions that a stranger had raped someone known to him...
Man who claimed he mistook victim for wife is jailed for rape
A man who raped his wife's sister-in-law following a Christmas family gathering has been given a seven-year sentence with the final two years suspended. The...
Developer concerned about delays to €60m wind farm project
Two High Court challenges against An Bord Pleanala's decision to grant planning permission for a wind farm which will have some of the highest structures in...
Second man jailed for life for murdering mum-of-three Irene White
(Pictured: Jennifer McBride, daughter of murdered woman Irene White, leaving court today. Credit: Collins) by Natasha Reid A ‘close family friend’ has become...
Victim's terminally ill sister calls on State to prosecute "mastermind" behind murder
(Pictured: Kevin Winters, solicitor for Ann Delcassian, the sister of murdered Louth woman Irene White, speaking to media today. Credit: Collins) The...
Judge wants update from gardai over efforts to locate financial advisor
A High Court judge wants to be updated by An Garda Siochana over efforts to locate and bring before the court a financial advisor, accused of using investors...
Driver with vision disorder appeals conviction for causing death of pedestrian (70)
(Pictured: David Byrne. Credit: Collins) A man with a degenerative eye disorder, who was jailed for dangerous driving causing the death of an elderly...
Man who admitted stabbing poker opponent to death with "boning knife" is cleared of murder by jury
A meat factory worker has been cleared of murder, but convicted of the manslaughter of the poker opponent he killed with a boning knife from the factory’s...
Jail for man who "savagely" attacked partner after birthday binge
A man who “savagely” assaulted his partner after he had been out drinking and taking cocaine while celebrating his birthday has been jailed for 32 months....
Rape trial collapses after complainant leaves on ferry to UK
The rape trial of a Dublin man has collapsed after the complainant left on a ferry to the UK half way through her cross-examination. In directing the jury at...
Story of killing "a very simple one", prosecution tell murder trial
(Pictured: Prosecution counsel Mr Sean Guerin SC. Credit: Collins) A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the murder trial of a meat factory worker,...
Downey to launch Supreme Court bid to halt extradition over 1972 murder
(Pictured: Mr John Downey. Credit: Collins) An alleged IRA bomber given a so-called “comfort letter” by the UK Government has lost his latest challenge aimed...
Abuser's appeal over alleged jury pressure during bad weather is dismissed
A man jailed for indecently assaulting a babysitter almost 40 years ago has lost an appeal against his conviction. Lawyers for Patrick Patton (65), of...
Murder accused stabbed poker opponent after losing "all his money", trial hears
A meat factory worker told gardai that he ‘probably’ got the knife that he used on the factory’s ‘kill floor’ from his kitchen before using it to kill his...
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