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Bundoran · June 16, 2016 Also covered in Lack

Garda (40) who harassed colleague was suffering from early-onset dementia, psychiatrists say

(Pictured: Garda Donal Maguire. Photo: Collins) Two forensic psychiatrists have told a jury that a garda was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of...

Lack · June 16, 2016

Married man who intimidated sex worker has jail sentence cut in half

A married father-of-three, who intimidated a sex worker into withdrawing criminal allegations against him, has had his 18-month jail term reduced to nine on...

Bundoran · June 15, 2016

Garda pleads not guilty to harassment by reason of insanity

A Donegal garda has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of harassing a woman almost four years ago. Garda Donal Maguire (40) of Rock Road,...

Bundoran · June 15, 2016

Garda harassed female sergeant with Valentine's Card, emails and Facebook request

(Pictured: Gda Donal Maguire. Photo: Collins) A garda harassed a female sergeant by sending her a Valentine's Card, emails and a friend request on Facebook...

Letterkenny · June 15, 2016

Witness tells murder trial of discovering brother's "smashed" body

A jury at a murder trial has heard from a man who discovered his brother's battered body surrounded by smashed furniture and blood. Tomasz Michalkiewicz, a...

Carney · June 14, 2016

Uncle who raped his niece is jailed

A Cavan man who raped his 16-year-old niece has been jailed for six and a half years. The Central Criminal Court heard how the victim's mother did not go to...

Drumshanbo · June 14, 2016 Also covered in Carrick-on-Shannon

Judge orders return of stolen takeaway cash

A judge has ruled that cash stolen from the owner of a Leitrim takeaway be returned to him after his employee was stopped in Dublin Airport with the money on...

Letterkenny · June 14, 2016

Arthritic man living alone had head smashed in with television, murder trial to hear

There will be evidence that an arthritic Polish man living alone in an apartment was stabbed several times and had his head smashed in with a television, a...

Roscommon · June 14, 2016

Abuser appeals 18-year sentence for repeated rape of girl

A Clare man jailed for the “serial sodomisation” of a six-year-old child over three years has moved to appeal his 18 year prison sentence. The 26-year-old...

Ballymahon · June 13, 2016

Polish man "out of his depth" when he helped murderers, court hears

A Polish national who helped two older men find a man who was eventually murdered was "out of his depth" on the night of the crime, the Central Criminal Court...

Ballymahon · June 13, 2016

Cage fighter jailed for life for "shocking" murder of man left to drown in Shannon

The mother of a 23-year-old man who was beaten unconscious and left to drown in the River Shannon has said she cannot forget her son's "massacred face" when...

Letterkenny · June 13, 2016

Pair to stand trial accused of Donegal murder

The trial of two men accused of a Donegal murder will begin tomorrow at the Central Criminal Court. Dariusz Weckowicz (51), and Krzystof Grzegorski (22), both...

Killala · June 10, 2016 Also covered in Boyle

Former owner of Bartragh Island entitled to €700k in damages, High Court rules

The High Court has ruled that the former owner of an island is entitled to some €700,000 in damages. Mary Molloy brought proceedings in relation to Bartragh...

Convoy · June 10, 2016

Community service for man caught with €300k in prescription drugs

A man who agreed to transport boxes of prescription medication to pay off a drug debt has been ordered to do 240 hours of community service. Alan McDermott...

Buncrana · June 09, 2016 Also covered in Carndonagh

Donegal man who killed parents with axe found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity

The family of a paranoid schizophrenic man who killed both his parents has said they want to ensure that other families take action before mental illness...

Ballina · June 09, 2016 Also covered in Castlebar

Mayo man with 96 previous convictions fails in criminal damage appeal

A man with 96 previous convictions who fell “off the wagon” has had an appeal against sentence for breaking into a woman's house dismissed by the Court of...

Mayo · June 09, 2016

"Monster" who sexually abused daughters described as "kind and compassionate" in references handed to court

By Declan Brennan and Conor Gallagher A man who sexually assaulted his four young daughters in a “horror of a home” has been jailed for four and a half years....

Buncrana · June 08, 2016 Also covered in Carndonagh

Family of schizophrenic man sought help in weeks before he killed parents with axe

The family of a paranoid schizophrenic wanted to get psychiatric help for him in the weeks before he killed his parents with an axe, the Central Criminal...

Killala · June 07, 2016 Also covered in Boyle

Long-running dispute over Bartragh Island returns to High Court

A long-running legal dispute over the sale of an island off the west coast of Ireland has returned before the High Court. The action relates to Bartragh...

Lack · June 07, 2016

Cork man jailed for seriously assaulting wife to seek bail pending appeal

A Cork man given eight years for seriously assaulting his wife, who refused to give evidence against him at trial, is due to appeal his conviction in July....

Carndonagh · June 07, 2016

Man who killed parents believed he was "sending them to heaven", trial hears

A paranoid schizophrenic who believed he was sending his parents to heaven when he attacked and killed them has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of...

Longford · June 07, 2016

Sex offender who failed to notify gardai of changed address fails in appeal

A sex offender given jail time for failing to notify gardaí of his changed address has had an appeal against conviction dismissed on all grounds. Ian Bissett...

Longford · June 03, 2016

Five years for man who believed he was fighting demons when he pulled syringe on gardai

By Declan Brennan and Conor Gallagher A man who was hallucinating and believed he was fighting off demons when he pulled a syringe on gardai has been...

Lack · May 31, 2016

No jail for Italian man who violently beat ex-girlfriend

An Italian man who violently beat his ex-girlfriend and tore out her hair in front of their child has been given a suspended sentence after a judge said he...

Buncrana · May 30, 2016 Also covered in Letterkenny

Donegal man who falsely imprisoned partner will not return to jail despite "unduly lenient" finding

A man, who imprisoned his partner and was “sharpening knives at the end of the bed” while gardaí were outside, has been spared a return to jail despite a...

Raphoe · May 30, 2016

Donegal man to stand trial charged with pensioner's murder

A 53-year-old will go on trial next year accused of murdering a man in Donegal in 2012. Samuel James Clarke, from Magherennan, Raphoe, Co Donegal is charged...

Keenagh · May 26, 2016

Family must leave council house they occupied without permission

The High Court has made orders directing a family to leave a vacant council house they had moved into without permission. Longford Co Council secured orders...

Castleblayney · May 26, 2016

"Ringleader" of jewellery store robbery has sentence reduced on appeal

The “ringleader” of a jewellery store robbery, from a business which later had to be wound down, has had his jail term cut on appeal. Moise Rostas (25), with...

Lack · May 25, 2016

Meath man jailed for sexual abuse of teenage girl

A Meath man who sexually abused a young girl staying in his house has been jailed for five years. The 37-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect his...

Irishtown · May 25, 2016

Life sentence for man who murdered "mentally challenged" 63-year-old

A Dublin man who murdered a "mentally challenged" 63-year-old man who had "the life strangled and squeezed out of him" has been jailed for life at the Central...

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