Truck driver smuggled over €1m in cocaine into country
A Cavan truck driver who smuggled more than €1 million worth of cocaine into the country has been jailed for four years. Maurice McCreesh, of Ballyjamesduff...
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Childminder goes on trial for third time accused of causing serious harm to baby
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Credit: Collins) A jury has been sworn in for the second retrial of a Cavan child-minder accused of causing serious harm to a...
McCabe allegation discussed at meeting between gardai and lawyers before inquiry, tribunal hears
(Pictured: Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Credit: Collins) By Gerard Cunningham A decade-old indecent assault allegation against whistleblower Sergrant Maurice...
Witness tells Regency trial of moment men dressed as gardai started shooting
(Pictured: Former boxing union president Mel Christie, who gave evidence today. Credit: Collins) A man attending a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in...
Mum-of-two who stole over €460k to keep firm afloat has jail term cut
(Pictured: Lisa Lynch. Credit: Collins) A mother-of-two, who stole over €460,000 from a financial services firm to keep her ill husband's struggling business...
Father agreed to hold 10kg of cannabis after threat his son would be "killed by Christmas"
A Cavan man caught in possession of almost €200,000 of cannabis has been sentenced to two years in jail. Ronald Flynn (54) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit...
Surgeon jailed last month for indecent assault is released on bail pending appeal
(Pictured: Michael Shine. Credit: Collins) Retired consultant surgeon Michael Shine, jailed last month for indecently assaulting two patients in the 1970s,...
Criminal "frothing at the mouth" when he stabbed champion power lifter in the back
A Dublin man who stabbed a champion power lifter in the back with a scissors after being told to move on from a nightclub entrance has been jailed for 32...
"Anti-Corruption Taskforce" member jailed for hit and run on garda sergeant
A Mayo man who was a member of a group calling itself the Anti-Corruption Taskforce has been jailed for a hit-and-run of a garda sergeant. Joseph Doocey (51)...
Court reserves judgement in serial killer Nash's appeal
The Court of Appeal has reserved judgement on Mark Nash's appeal against his conviction for the “cold-case” killing of two women in Dublin, known as the...
Mayo man appeals conviction for murdering mother while high on drugs
A man serving a life sentence for the 2011 murder of his mother in Castlebar, County Mayo, has lodged an appeal against his conviction at the Court of Appeal....
Bookkeeper who stole €14k from creche avoids jail
(Pictured: Elizabeth Ingram. Credit: Collins) By Sarah-Jane Murphy & Brion Hoban A bookkeeper who claimed she always intended to pay back €14,000 stolen from...
"Shocking depravity": man gets 14-year sentence for repeated rape of children
A man who repeatedly raped his own daughter and an unrelated boy has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. The 46-year-old Mayo resident pleaded guilty at...
Father raped daughter while she was recovering from serious injuries
A Wicklow man who raped his daughter while she was recovering from serious leg burns has been jailed for 13 years for abusing her and her young cousin. The...
Suspended sentence for take-away burglar
By Jessica Magee and Hajar Akl A man who stole over €11,000 of equipment from a takeaway he was running for months has been given a two year suspended...
Decision to refuse access to Quinn investigation warrant information is upheld
A man whose Co Dublin premises was searched as part of a continuing garda investigation into a serious fire attack on a plant of the former Quinn group has...
“Dangerous" paedophile jailed for 18 years for rape and abuse of children over 30-year period
A man described by a judge as “a paedophile of the dangerous kind” has been jailed for 18 years for raping and abusing children for nearly three decades....
Nurse appeals conviction for murdering mother on Christmas Eve
A 39-year-old nurse sentenced to life in prison for murdering her mother on Christmas Eve must wait to hear the outcome of an appeal against her conviction....
Trial date set for men charged in connection with dissident republican murder
A date has been set for the trial of five men, charged in connection with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly. The 35-year-old father of two was...
Youth who armed himself during violent city centre brawl avoids jail
By Declan Brennan and Fiona Ferguson A young man who armed himself with an iron bar during a violent late night city centre brawl has been given a suspended...
Man (24) with 82 previous convictions is jailed for armed robbery
A man with 82 previous convictions has received a partially-suspended prison sentence of five years for his role in an armed robbery. Nathan Coakley (24) was...
Man has 10-year sentence for child porn increased after more images are analysed
A man serving a lengthy sentence for possession of child pornography has had his term extended by 18 months after further images and videos recovered in the...
Jail for man who led gardai on dangerous motorway chase
A Dublin man who led gardai on a dangerous motorway chase after he and an accomplice stole a suitcase from a parked car has been jailed for three and a half...
Former Sligo Mayor secures injunction against fund-appointed receiver
A former Mayor of Sligo and his wife have secured a High Court injunction preventing a fund-appointed receiver taking possession of two residential investment...
Athlone Town players secure injunction over FAI's plan to introduce new evidence in match fixing appeal
Two professional soccer players suspended for 12 months following an investigation into match fixing have secured temporary High Court injunctions over the...
Sligo resident raped two women he met on night out
By Sarah-Jane Murphy and Brion Hoban A father-of-one who raped two women in his apartment after meeting them on a night out in a nightclub has been jailed for...
No jail for teen who kicked army cadet in head in unprovoked group attack
A teenager who assaulted a young man on his graduation night, breaking his wrist and delaying his defence force career ambitions, has been given a suspended...
"Vulnerable" woman avoids jail over €210k drug haul
By Fiona Ferguson and Brion Hoban A “vulnerable” woman who was caught with €210,000 worth of drugs and a cocaine press in her kitchen has been given a...
State's failure to have border poll policy breaches Good Friday Agreement, campaigner says
(Pictured: L-R: Senator Mark Daly, Mr Raymond McCord, Solicitor Paul Farrell and Solicitor Ciaran O'Hare. Credit: Collins) A campaigner for victims of the...
Jury fail to reach verdict in Ravensdale double murder trial
A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a 34-year-old Dubliner charged with murdering two men who were on their way to sell him a car they had...
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