Arsonist gets 10 years for attack on family's apartment
A man who set fire to an apartment with three children inside has been jailed for ten years. Ian O'Connor (29) of Emmet Crescent, Inchicore, Dublin threw a...
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Teen gets four years over violent escape from Oberstown
A teenager who hit the director of a children's detention centre on the head with a metal bar and "smashed up" the building during a violent escape has been...
Drug dealer who stabbed man to death in broad daylight guilty of murder by unanimous verdict
A father-of-one has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a fellow drug dealer who had threatened his family over a €100 debt. The accused had chased...
Monaghan man guilty of IRA membership
A Monaghan mechanic has been found guilty of IRA membership by the non-jury Special Criminal Court. James Joseph Cassidy (55) of Tullycollive, Castleblayney,...
Murder accused's situation like "Godfather III", defence team say
A murder accused’s barrister has likened his client’s situation at the time of the killing to that of Michael Corleone in the Godfather III, when he was...
Seven years for cancer survivor who transported €3.4m in cocaine
A middle-aged man in remission from cancer who transported over €3.4 million of drugs into the country has been jailed for seven years. Bernardus Jozef...
"I cried when I thought of how hard my husband had to work to get that money": carer jailed for stealing from retired GP
A woman who stole the proceeds of the sale of a retired GP's surgery when she was working as the victim's carer has been jailed for two years. Nermana Gojak...
Pair ran €5m "Ponzi scheme" that duped forestry investors
(Pictured: Garret Hevey. Credit: Collins) By Declan Brennan and Sonya McLean Two Dublin men ran a “Ponzi scheme” in which they induced dozens to invest over...
Drug dealer described stabbing man three times, murder trial hears
A murder accused told gardai that his first attempts to strike the deceased with a knife did not work so he ‘put more effort into it’. The drug dealer, who...
Jury view footage of murder accused chasing deceased with knife
A jury in a murder trial has been shown footage of the accused chasing the deceased while grasping a knife moments before he stabbed him to death. The jury...
Jealousy over friends' pay rises led shop worker to steal scratch cards
A former shop assistant manager admitted he stole over €10,000 worth of scratch cards because he had been jealous at his friends talking about pay rises, a...
Jail for man who tried to bring knife into Criminal Courts
A man who admitted attempting to carry a knife into the Criminal Courts of Justice complex in order to attack a man who was looking for bail has been jailed...
Man "shocked" to learn cannabis he moved was worth €1.6m
A man who transported over €1.6 million of cannabis in a van and was “shocked” to learn the value of the drugs has been jailed for six years. Gregory Kelleher...
Murder accused's sister-in-law thought lives were in danger, trial hears
A murder accused’s sister-in-law thought her family’s lives were in danger due to their windows constantly being smashed before the accused killed the man he...
Murder accused told gardai he would "get the fella" who broke windows
A murder accused told gardai he would ‘get the fella’ who had smashed his front window a couple of hours before he stabbed the deceased to death in broad...
Deceased attacked murder accused with knuckle duster, partner tells trial
The partner of a drug dealer on trial charged with murder has testified that the deceased had attacked him with a knuckle duster months earlier, and had...
Accused stabbed man to death outside shopping centre, trial hears
A prosecutor has told a murder trial that the accused told gardai that he was going to ‘sort out’ the deceased the night before he stabbed him to death...
Pair to be sentenced for their roles in dissident republican murder
Two men are to be sentenced for their roles in the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly, who was shot dead in a Meath car park six years ago in view...
Man goes on trial accused of Longford murder
A 26-year-old man will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court this afternoon, accused of murdering another man in Longford more than two years ago. Rihards...
No jail for musician caught with over €21k in cannabis
(Pictured: Brian Walton. Credit: Collins) By Aoife Nic Ardghail and Fiona Ferguson A Dublin musician who was caught with over €21,000 of cannabis has been...
Attacker twice jailed for assault on ex threatened her on day of release
A judge has elected not to reactivate the suspended sentence of a man who was jailed for twice attacking his former partner and who threatened her over the...
Jail for man over "monstrous" attack on ex-girlfriend
A man who attacked his ex-girlfriend and hit her head off a wall has been sentenced to two years with the final year suspended. Michael Donohue (20) with an...
Legal question over republican "on-the-run" letters in Downey extradition is finalised
(Pictured: Mr John Downey. Credit: Collins) The basis on which John Downey can appeal his extradition to Northern Ireland, where he is wanted in relation to...
Jail for mum-of-two who transported over €200k in cannabis
A mother of two who transported almost €200,000 worth of cannabis herb because she was put under pressure to clear the drug debt of her ex-partner has been...
Questions about historic role of Gardai in Downey case, lawyers say
(Pictured: Mr John Downey. Credit: Collins) A man wanted for the murder of two Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldiers in Enniskillen in 1972 will be told this...
"On the run" letters may have been used to gather evidence against republicans
(Pictured: Mr John Downey. Credit: Collins) Assurances given to so-called "on the run" republican paramilitaries by the UK Government may have been later used...
"No idea where she is": warrant for woman granted bail despite DPP objections
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Sligo woman who impeded an investigation into a killing and was released on bail, despite DPP objections, after the...
Six years for robber who duped taxi driver into driving him to and from crime
A robber who tipped a taxi driver who had “unwittingly” driven him to and from the crime scene has been jailed for six years. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court...
John Downey to be extradited over 1972 Enniskillen murder
(Pictured: Mr John Downey. Credit: Collins) John Downey, whose trial over the 1982 Hyde Park bombing collapsed, is to be extradited to Northern Ireland to...
Farmer brings High Court action over Strokestown eviction
A farmer has brought High Court proceedings against several parties including KBC Bank over an attempt to evict him, along with his two siblings, from their...
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