Mother suffering from personality disorder described son as "fake child" on day she killed him
A mother who was suffering from a personality disorder described her two-year-old son as a "fake child" on the day she killed him by stabbing a pair of...
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Judge to direct not guilty verdict in Sean FitzPatrick trial - the longest in Irish history
(Pictured: Mr Sean FitzPatrick. Credit: Collins) A judge has ordered that former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick be found not guilty of hiding...
Woman could have been paralysed by stab wound before inhaling fumes, murder trial hears
(Pictured: State Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy, who gave evidence today. Credit: Collins) A 36-year-old woman, whose body was found in her burning home,...
Monaghan man to stand trial accused of IRA membership
A Monaghan man accused of IRA membership will face trial at the Special Criminal Court next year. James Joseph Cassidy (53), of Tullycollive, Castleblaney,...
Serial killer Nash to appeal murder convictions
(Pictured: Mark Nash. Credit: Collins) Serial killer Mark Nash is set to bring an appeal against one of his double murder convictions in November. Nash was...
Case against IRA accused "a farce", defence tell court
The case against a Monaghan man accused of IRA membership, who was allegedly using his land and land belonging to his mother-in-law for dissident activity, is...
Priest jailed for indecently assaulting schoolboy has conviction quashed on appeal
A retired priest jailed for indecently assaulting a schoolboy in the 1970s has had his conviction quashed over a trial judge's decision not to warn the jury...
Nurse to appeal conviction for murdering her mother
(Pictured: Greta Dudko. Credit: Collins) A 39-year-old nurse sentenced to life in prison for murdering her mother on Christmas Eve will bring an appeal...
“Enormous and gross breach of trust”: jail for man who raped grand-niece
A man who molested and raped his grand-niece 25 years ago has been jailed for seven years for the “enormous and gross breach of trust”. The 66-year-old man,...
Eric Locke was "well able to control himself", prosecution tell jury
The barrister for a Dublin man, who strangled his ex-girlfriend in a city hotel, has said that the totality of the evidence supported his client having a...
Garda did not see any alleged attempts to "extract" IRA accused through car window
A Special Detective Unit garda has said he did not see any alleged attempts to extract a Louth man accused of IRA membership through a car window during his...
Community service for man caught ATM theft equipment
A university student caught with equipment used for retrieving bank cards from ATMs has been spared a jail sentence, after he pleaded to be allowed to remain...
Sentence almost halved for man who caused serious, permanent injuries to fellow drinker
A man who floored another customer in a pub, leaving him with irreversible injury, has had his prison sentence cut on appeal. Michael Lyons (55), of Currin,...
IRA accused made no response to certain material questions, trial hears
The Special Criminal Court trial of a Monaghan man charged with IRA membership has heard memos of garda interviews with the accused. Jim Smyth (44), with an...
Arrest of man on trial for IRA membership legal, court rules
The Special Criminal Court has ruled that a Monaghan man who was allegedly using his land for IRA activities was arrested legally. Jim Smyth (44), with an...
Singer Tommy Fleming says "Irish TV" broadcast hurt his career
(Pictured: Mr Tommy Fleming. Credits: Collins) Singer Tommy Fleming has told the High Court that his career has suffered after a television company broadcast...
IRA accused told armed detectives he was coming from "Mass"
A Monaghan man accused of IRA membership was using his mother-in-law's land for dissident activity, the Special Criminal Court has heard. Jim Smyth (44), with...
Senior HSE executive wins appeal against re-assignment
A senior executive with HSE has won her appeal against her employer's decision to temporarily re-assign her while a review into allegations of sexual abuse...
Monaghan man goes on trial accused of IRA membership
A Monaghan man was seen walking up a "dark, muddy laneway" near two derelict houses on the night he was arrested for IRA membership, the Special Criminal...
"Well made and viable" IEDs found in car stopped by gardai, trial hears
The Special Criminal Court trial of a Louth man accused of IRA membership has heard that two "very well made" and "viable" improvised explosive devices (IEDs)...
Judge urges Archbishop and Minister to resolve differences outside of court
A High Court judge has urged a Church of Ireland Minister and Archbishop Michael Jackson to meet each other and try to resolve their differences outside of...
Notorious garda murderer sentenced for throwing keg at jeweller's window
A 70-year-old convicted garda murderer, who spent over 30 years in prison, has received a partially suspended jail sentence for throwing a beer keg at a shop...
Farmer who told repo men to strip naked and get into pen with agitated boar is sent to jail
(Pictured: Donal Connaughton. Credit: Collins) A pig farmer who told two repossession men to strip naked and get into a pen with an agitated boar has been...
13-year sentence for man who raped and sexually abused nieces
A Longford man who sexually abused four of his nieces has been jailed for 13 years. The 49-year-old man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded...
"Significant threat to women” has sentence for sexual exploitation cut on appeal
A 23-year-old man “considered to be a significant threat to women” has had his sentence for the sexual exploitation of a 12-year-old over the internet cut on...
Church of Ireland Archbishop denies he is employer of Dublin-based Minister
Church of Ireland Archbishop Michael Jackson has denied claims he is the employer of a Dublin based Anglican Minister. Rev Obinna Ulogwara has asked the High...
IRA accused forcibly removed from car after being stopped by gardai, trial hears
Detectives investigating the alleged transportation of explosives from the country's midlands to the border region forcibly removed a man accused of IRA...
Surveillance evidence in IRA trial
A trial at the Special Criminal Court has heard surveillance evidence relating to the movements of two vehicles through counties Westmeath and Louth on 16...
Unlicensed, uninsured driver "panicked" and led garda on high speed chase
An uninsured driver who led gardaí on a high speed chase because he “panicked” has avoided a custodial sentence. Josh Redmond (20), who had no licence or...
"Violent struggle" in hotel room where man is accused of murdering ex-girlfriend, trial hears
A murder trial has heard that a ‘violent struggle’ took place in a Dublin hotel room, where the accused man is alleged to have strangled and suffocated his...
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