"Laughing and joking" pair sent down for life for "cruelly vicious" murder
(Pictured: Stephen Tynan. Credit: Collins) Two Dubliners have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering the cousin of one of them ‘over a few tablets’,...
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Suspended sentence over broken arm in case of "caregiver stress"
A Dublin man has avoided jail after he admitted repeatedly assaulting his brother who he was caring for. James Ahearne (49) fractured his brother's arm in one...
No jail for attacker who left victim with permanent vision impairment
By Brion Hoban A Dublin man who punched a former airline cabin crew member and broke his eye socket has being ordered to carry out 240 hours of community...
Gun jammed repeatedly when man tried to shoot ex-girlfriend in face
A mother-of-one has said that someone must have been looking over her the day that her ex-boyfriend’s gun repeatedly jammed as he tried to shoot her in the...
Freezing orders sought against financial advisor
A Dublin man is seeking freezing orders against a financial advisor and two of his companies over his alleged failure to return €159,000 advanced to him as an...
Stabbed father's children "witnessed something that no child should ever see", court hears
The partner of a father-of-six who was stabbed by his “life-long” friend has said that no child should ever have to see their dad lying in a garden covered in...
Community service for "jealous" attacker who left victim deaf in one ear
By Sonya McLean and Jessica Magee An apprentice electrician who left a schoolmate permanently deaf in one ear after he punched him in a fit of jealousy has...
Man who hit fellow coaching student with car avoids jail
(Pictured: Otis Reynolds. Credit: Collins) A Dublin man who hit a fellow soccer coaching student with his car has received a two year suspended sentence....
Man who stabbed "annoying" beggar in his own home is cleared of murder
A Limerick man has been cleared of murder but found guilty of the manslaughter of an ‘annoying’ beggar, whom he stabbed after going to his home with a knife...
Men wanted for alleged attempted murder of PSNI officer challenge their arrest
Lawyers for two men wanted in Northern Ireland for the alleged attempted murder of a PSNI officer have brought legal challenges against their arrest and...
Man who attacked stepson and threatened to slit his throat avoids jail
By Isabel Hayes & Brion Hoban A man who assaulted his adult stepson and threatened to slit his throat in a row over keeping the garden tidy has received a...
Serial burglar tells court he wants to become "honest member of society"
A man who stole 20 bottles of spirits worth up to €900 each from Copper Face Jacks nightclub in Dublin has told a judge he wants to become an “honest member...
Man guilty of tiger kidnapping at home of post mistress
A man has been convicted of a tiger kidnapping four years ago in which a postmistress, her daughter and an Italian student were abducted from their home....
Ex-Anglo exec's insurers are refused trial costs
(Pictured: Tiarnan O'Mahoney. Credit: Collins) A judge has refused to grant insurers the costs of two trials in which they covered a former senior Anglo Irish...
Judge warns jury about ID evidence in tiger kidnapping trial
The jury in the trial of a man accused of a tiger kidnapping four years ago has begun deliberations at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Paschal Kelly (53), with...
"Foot solider" helped criminal organisation murder David Douglas
A "foot soldier" helped a criminal organisation carry out the murder of David Douglas by driving one of the four cars used in the killing, the Special...
State's case "riddled with doubts and unanswered questions", defence tell tiger kidnap trial
A defence barrister has told a jury that the attitudes of some gardaí giving evidence in a tiger kidnapping trial was “reminiscent of a postwar Soviet block...
"This is a tragedy": murder trial collapses after "Prime Time" segment
(Pictured: Ms Justice Carmel Stewart. Credit: Collins) A murder trial has collapsed at the Central Criminal Court due to the content of last night’s Prime...
Man caught with child porn videos and images avoids jail
A man who was caught in possession of videos and images of child abuse eight years ago has avoided jail after a judge heard he since self-reported for...
On-the-run abuser sentenced to 7 years in absentia
A Dublin man who has been on the run since he went missing during his trial for sexually abusing his cousin has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in...
Jury deliberating in trial of man accused of musician's murder
The jury has begun deliberating in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Sligo man, charged with murdering a musician by stabbing him on either side of his...
"Mass of evidence" points to tiger kidnap accused's guilt, prosecution say
A prosecutor in a tiger kidnapping trial has told the jury that the “critical mass of evidence does not leave any room for reasonable uncertainty” other than...
Jail for homeless man who demanded €20k and weekly protection money
A homeless man who handed a threatening note into a shop demanding €20,000 with further weekly money instalments has been jailed for three years. Aoife...
Killing of "true gent" was "deliberate and conscious", prosecution tell jury
A prosecutor has told a jury that a murder accused inflicted two stab wounds to the neck of a vulnerable Sligo man with ‘deadly precision’. Paul Murray SC is...
Woman now "wary of helping homeless people" after attack by serial robber
By Aoife Nic Ardghail and Declan Brennan A woman who was robbed and beaten in the city centre is now “wary of helping homeless people,” a court has heard. The...
Disputed hotel will open to asylum seekers in early January, court told
Arrangements have been made to open a hotel, which is at the centre of a High Court dispute between a company that wants to buy it and its owner, as...
Murder accused withdrew admission before making prison confession
A Sligo man, who admitted killing a musician, later withdrew what he said was a ‘false admission’. However, he ultimately called gardai to confess, saying...
Businessmen allege "vulture fund" "concocted" situation to appoint receiver over property
Businessmen brothers Brian and David Stenson have claimed before the High Court that a "vulture fund" has "concocted" the wrongful appointment of a receiver...
Accused admits helping IRA transport mortar
(Pictured: Damhan McFadden. Credit: Collins) A Sligo man who was on trial accused of IRA membership has pleaded guilty before the non-jury Special Criminal...
Killing of musician "a moment of madness", murder accused told gardai
A man, who admitted killing a Sligo musician, told gardai that he would give his life for the deceased if he could. Keith Brady said that he was not a bad...
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