10 years for illegal immigrant who raped student in her home
By Isabel Hayes and Declan Brennan An illegal immigrant who raped a foreign student in the hall of her Carlow home after following her from a bus they had...
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No independent oversight of State requests for mobile phone data, High Court hears
Lawyers representing Graham Dwyer have told the High Court there are no independent oversights when State entities seek data from mobile phone service...
Murder accused takes the stand in his own defence
A murder accused has taken the stand in his defence and told his trial that he did not mean to harm the deceased and regrets every day what he did. Rihards...
Man who had "refuse chute" murder conviction quashed faces retrial
A Cork man found guilty of murdering a man he assaulted and forced into the refuse chute of an apartment building, where he got snagged and died, is facing a...
Dwyer asks High Court to strike down law that allowed phone records go before jury
(Pictured: Graham Dwyer. Credit: Collins) Graham Dwyer wants the High Court to strike down provisions of a law that allowed data from mobile phones be used by...
Bar manager avoids jail for stealing from employer after "series of personal tragedies"
A Carlow publican has received a two year suspended sentence for stealing over €8,500 from a former employer after a series of personal tragedies. Brian...
Dealer stabbed man to death after row over €300 drug debt
A drug dealer who admits stabbing a man to death following a number of rows over a €300 debt told gardai he wanted to teach the deceased a lesson, his murder...
Jury in staged suicide trial told they can return majority verdict
A jury has been given the option of reaching a majority verdict in the trial of a woman, charged with staging the suicide of the woman her boyfriend had...
Woman guilty of staging housemate’s suicide
A mother of one has been found guilty of staging her housemate’s suicide in order to impede the prosecution of her boyfriend, a convicted neo-nazi who had...
Father of two died from stab wound to heart
(File Picture: Professor Marie Cassidy. Credit: Collins) A father of two had drugs and alcohol in his system when he died from a stab wound to the heart,...
Alleged trespassers "demanded €10,000 per caravan" to leave business park, High Court told
A fund-appointed receiver has brought High Court proceedings aimed at removing alleged trespassers from a Co Mayo business park. The action has been brought...
Murder accused's partner feared revenge
The partner of a man accused of murdering an alleged drug dealer feared friends of the deceased would come for revenge following the fatal stabbing, a trial...
Jury deliberating in staged suicide trial
The jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a mother of one charged with staging the suicide of the woman her boyfriend had strangled in order to impede...
Wind-farm developer secures injunction against winding-up petition
A wind-farm developer has secured a temporary High Court order preventing a quarrying company from bringing a petition seeking to have it wound up, over what...
Jury asked to consider defences of duress and reasonable excuse
A jury has been told to consider the defences of duress and reasonable excuse in the trial of a mother of one charged with impeding her boyfriend’s...
Murder accused had been beaten up by deceased, partner tells trial
The partner of a Latvian man accused of murder has told his trial that he was beaten up by the deceased months before the fatal stabbing. Inita Rozkalne gave...
Murder accused told garda he was "going to sort out" deaceased
A murder accused told a garda that the deceased was "always at me" and that he was "going to sort him out" hours before he carried out the fatal stabbing, a...
"A series of most unfortunate events": Tribunal hears closing submissions
"A series of most unfortunate events" led to the circulation of a false rape allegation against garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe in 2013, lawyers...
Accused's violent childhood left her with "limited ability" to defy abusive partner, psychiatrist tells trial
A woman charged with impeding her abusive boyfriend’s prosecution by simulating the suicide of the woman he strangled would have found it difficult to defy...
Teen who killed schoolmate needs brain surgery, sentence hearing told
The sentencing of a teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year old in County Mayo has been adjourned while the defendant awaits brain surgery. The Central...
Suspect neo-nazi killer being "spoon fed" after injuries sustained in violent kidnap, trial hears
The suspect in a Cavan murder investigation is currently being spoon fed due to a traumatic brain injury sustained while trying to escape gardaí after...
Man has murder conviction quashed over jury's visit to rubbish chute in which homeless victim died
A Cork man found guilty of murdering a man he assaulted and forced into the refuse chute of an apartment building, where he got snagged and died, has had his...
Latvian man admitted stabbing man to death in row over broken windows
A Latvian father-of-one who admits stabbing a Polish man to death told gardai the deceased had smashed his apartment windows on Halloween night and he was...
Woman said she was "in fear for her life" when she simulated housemate's suicide
A mushroom picker told gardaí that she was in fear for her life when she simulated the suicide of her housemate on the orders of her killer. The 34-year-old...
Woman accused of simulating housemate's suicide told gardai of row over car loan
A mushroom picker on trial accused of simulating the suicide of her housemate, told gardai that she had agreed to sign for a car loan for the deceased’s...
State rejects manslaughter plea by murder accused
The State has rejected a plea of guilty to manslaughter in the trial of a 25-year-old charged with murdering a man in Longford in 2016. Rihards Lavickis, of...
Burglar tied up and threatened family with imitation firearm
A young Dublin father has been jailed for two years for his role in an aggravated burglary during which a husband and wife were tied up in their home and...
Victim's daughter tells simulated suicide trial that mother was "happy person"
The daughter of a 49-year-old Latvian woman, whose death was allegedly made by her housemate to look like a suicide, said her mother was a happy person with...
Woman accused of simulating housemate's suicide was "acting strangely", trial told
The trial of a 34-year-old Latvian woman, accused of simulating the suicide of her housemate in Co Cavan, has heard that she and a man were acting strangely...
Retired garda civil servant denies "going after McCabe" remark
(Pictured: Mr Cyril Dunne. Credit: Collins) By Gerard Cunningham A retired garda civil servant has denied telling a former colleague that the garda legal team...
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