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Springfield · February 09, 2017

Murder accused told two days before statement that murder charge would be dropped, court hears

A former accused who turned prosecution witness in the trial of two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly was told two days before he...

Lack · February 08, 2017

Community service for college student who kicked assault victim in head

(Pictured: Adam McCarthy. Credit: Collins) By Isabel Hayes and Sonya McLean A college student who knocked a man unconscious and kicked him in the head during...

Springfield · February 08, 2017

Former murder accused turned State's witness describes role in shooting

A former accused man who turned prosecution witness has described to the Special Criminal Court his role in the shooting of dissident republican Peter...

Lack · February 07, 2017

Elderly man said it was his intention to kill estranged wife

An elderly man who said it was his intention to go to his estranged wife's home to kill her has been given a three year suspended sentence for attacking her...

Castleblayney · February 06, 2017

Community service for Armagh man caught trying to launder diesel

(Pictured: Paul Haughey. Credit: Collins) An Armagh father-of-five who was caught trying to launder thousands of litres of diesel in a rural property in...

Cavan · February 06, 2017

Challenge brought against new North-South interconnector

A High Court challenge has been launched against An Bord Pleanála's decision to allow EirGrid build a new North-South electricity interconnector. The action...

Springfield · February 06, 2017

Cartridges from scene match pistol, Peter Butterly murder trial hears

Discharged firearm cartridges found at the scene of the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly matched a pistol found almost a kilometre from the...

Springfield · February 03, 2017

Non-jury court rejects application to rule out evidence of murder accused's arrest

A woman has described hearing two gunshots on the afternoon a dissident republican was shot dead outside a pub across the road from her house. Peter Butterly...

Lack · February 03, 2017

Memorabilia collector "made serious error of judgement” in buying stolen shotgun

A memorabilia collector who bought a stolen shotgun at a market in a “serious error of judgement” has been given a two-year suspended sentence. Anthony...

Lack · February 03, 2017

Sean FitzPatrick lawyers accuse investigators of "crafting" statements

(Pictured: Accused Mr Sean FitzPatrick. Credit: Collins) Lawyers defending Sean FitzPatrick have accused investigators of crafting and creating statements in...

Lack · February 02, 2017

Court orders extradition of Dutch man arrested in swoop on alleged Kinahan gang property

(Pictured: Naoufal Fassih. Credit: Collins) A Dutch man arrested in Dublin during a garda swoop on an alleged Kinahan gang property has had his surrender to...

Springfield · February 02, 2017

Detective denies offering to drop murder charge before statement

Detectives investigating the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly have denied that offers to drop a murder charge were made to an accused man who...

Springfield · February 01, 2017

Murder trial hears from garda in charge of Witness Protection Program

A dispute over the admissibility of the evidence of an accused man who turned prosecution witness continued today at the Peter Butterly murder trial at the...

Springfield · January 31, 2017

Detective denies he "deliberately withheld" information about how murder accused turned State's witness

A detective in charge of the investigation into the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly has denied the suggestion that he "deliberately concealed"...

Castlebar · January 30, 2017

Law Society junior VP seeks judicial review over overcharging finding

A solicitor and junior Vice President of the Law Society has sued that body after one of its committees found that he had overcharged separate clients. The...

Sligo · January 30, 2017

Sligo man to stand trial accused of murder in November

A date has been set for the trial of a 29-year-old man charged with murdering a man in Sligo. Keith Brady of Cartron Estate, Sligo is charged with murdering...

Monaghan · January 30, 2017

Court dismisses assertion that prosecutors "ambushed" murder accused

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an “assertion” that prosecutors “ambushed” a man on trial for murder by “offering” lesser pleas to his co-accused mid-trial....

Springfield · January 30, 2017

Lawyers challenge evidence of murder accused turned State's witness

Defence lawyers at a dissident republican's murder trial are challenging the evidence of an accused man who turned prosecution witness. Peter Butterly (35)...

Edgeworthstown · January 27, 2017 Also covered in Ballymahon

Would-be burglar opened door to gardai, court hears

A would-be burglar told the occupants of a house he entered that someone was after him and replied "good" when they told him gardaí were on the way, a court...

Lack · January 27, 2017

Extradition hearing for Dutch man arrested in swoop on alleged Kinahan gang property

(Pictured: Mr Naoufal Fassih. Credit: Collins) A Dutch man who was arrested in Dublin during a garda swoop on an alleged Kinahan gang property should be sent...

Springfield · January 27, 2017

Argument over legality of detention of Peter Butterly murder accused continues

A dispute over the legality of the detention of two men alleged to have murdered dissident republican Peter Butterly continued today at the Special Criminal...

Lack · January 26, 2017

Men jailed for serious assault should have been acquitted due to lack of evidence, lawyers submit

Lawyers for two men jailed for a serious assault have claimed their clients should have been acquitted due to a lack of evidence. Cork men Bill O'Driscoll...

Springfield · January 26, 2017

Peter Butterly murder accused were "unlawfully detained", defence argues

Two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly were unlawfully detained on the side of the road, their barristers have argued at the Special...

Lack · January 26, 2017

Lead investigator denies “some sort of a crusade” against Sean FitzPatrick

(Pictured: Mr Sean FitzPatrick. Credit: Collins) The defence barrister for former Anglo chairman Sean FitzPatrick has put it to a lead investigator in the...

Springfield · January 25, 2017

Peter Butterly murder trial hears evidence of pistol find

A member of the Special Detective Unit has described finding a semiautomatic pistol on the side of a Meath road shortly after a dissident republican was shot...

Ballisodare · January 25, 2017

Sligo men to stand trial accused of IRA membership

Two Sligo men will face trial next year at the Special Criminal Court for alleged IRA membership. Damhan McFadden (27) of Kilmacowen, Ballysadare and Julian...

Springfield · January 24, 2017

Garda describes arresting absent murder accused

A garda has described arresting a man on the side of a Meath road after following the car he was told had just been used in the murder of a dissident...

Lanesborough · January 24, 2017

Dubliner "went crazy" in nightclub attack, court hears

A man with no previous convictions has pleaded guilty to carrying out two nightclub assaults which left one victim with a broken jaw. Dubliner Patrick...

Donegal · January 24, 2017

"Vulnerable" man sexually exploited teen girl he met online

A “vulnerable” artist who sexually exploited a 15-year-old girl he met on a youth mental health website will be sentenced next month. The court heard the...

Sligo · January 24, 2017

High Court orders extradition of man over alleged blackmail of UK farmer

The High Court has ordered the extradition of a father of seven to the UK on alleged charges including blackmail. High Court judge Ms Aileen Donnelly today...

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