Serial sex offender jailed for 10 years for molesting 14-year-old boy
A convicted sex offender has been jailed for 10 years for molesting a 14-year-old boy in a Kerry town over two years ago. John Prendiville (49) of no fixed...
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Roscommon man pleads guilty to manslaughter of mum-of-two
By Anne Sharkey A Roscommon man will be sentenced in March for the manslaughter of a mother of two in December 2013. Ray Gralton (23), of Mount Prospect in...
Rapist father has custodial portion of sentence tripled by appeal court
(Photo: Collins) Patrick O'Brien has been sentenced to 12 years in prison with the final three suspended for raping his daughter Fiona Doyle following a...
Widower of murdered mum Sylvia Roche Kelly has damages action against the State struck out
(Pictured: Mr Lorcan Roche Kelly. Photo: Collins) by Aodhan O Faolain The High Court has struck out an action for damages brought by the widower of murdered...
Murderer appeals conviction on grounds that gardaí “harvested” information after arrest for separate matter
A convicted murderer has brought an appeal against conviction on grounds that gardaí “harvested” evidence from him after telling his solicitor he was in...
55-day-long Peter Butterly murder trial collapses
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly (44). Photo: Collins) The 55-day-long trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has...
"Career Criminal" ambushed garda car transporting a prisoner and helped him escape
A garda car carrying a man to prison was ambushed by a group of friends in a bid to free the prisoner, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard. One of the...
"Spectacular breakthrough" led to DNA discovery, Grangegorman murders trial hears
(Pictured: Mark Nash (42). Photo: Collins) By Alison O'Riordan "A spectacular breakthrough" led to the DNA of two women, found dead at their sheltered...
Not guilty verdict sought in Peter Butterly murder trial after disclosure of previously redacted statement
The Special Criminal Court has been asked to direct a finding of not guilty in the case of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter...
Peter Butterly murder trial to hear more defence applications tomorrow
The Special Criminal Court will hear legal applications from the defence tomorrow in the trial of three Dubliners charged with murdering a dissident...
Ruling in Peter Butterly murder trial due tomorrow
The Special Criminal Court is due to rule tomorrow on a defence application to direct a finding of not guilty on the charges against three men charged with...
Serial sex offender to be sentenced for sexual assault of 14-year-old boy
A convicted sex offender will be sentenced next week for molesting a 14-year-old boy in a Kerry town over two years ago. John Prendiville (49) of no fixed...
Driver who killed man in “road rage homicide” has sentence reduced on appeal
A motorist who killed another in a “road rage homicide” has had his prison sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal. Karl Donohoe (33), of Fisherman's Wharf,...
Patrick O'Brien cannot be treated as a person for whom prison would be "impossible to tolerate", court finds
(Photo: Collins) An Ill and infirm Patrick O'Brien, who subjected his daughter Fiona Doyle to "shocking torture" over a number of years, cannot be treated as...
Peter Butterly murder trial adjourned until tomorrow
The Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican has been adjourned until tomorrow. Peter Butterly was shot dead in...
Former priest and school principal who sexually abused pupil loses appeal against conviction
A former priest and school principal has had his appeal against conviction for sexually abusing a pupil rejected by the Court of Appeal. Con Desmond, (79),...
Trial of man charged with murder of Elaine O'Hara to begin on Tuesday
(Pictured: Mr Graham Dwyer (41). Photo: Collins) A 41-year man has pleaded not guilty to murdering Elaine O'Hara in South Dublin more than two years ago and...
Man who killed 18-year-old in prolonged and "vicious" assault has sentence reduced on appeal
(Pictured: Flowers left by friends at Castle Road, Dundalk. Photo: Collins) The man who killed 18-year-old Niall Dorr in a prolonged and "vicious" assault in...
Closing submissions to be heard next week in Peter Butterly murder trial
Lawyers for three Dubliners charged with murdering a dissident republican will begin giving their closing submissions on Monday following an almost four-month...
State closes its case in three-month-long murder trial
The State has closed its case in the trial of three Dubliners charged with murdering a dissident republican outside a Meath pub almost two years ago. Peter...
Balbriggan District Court round-up
Woman stole from supermarket as she was under pressure' A WOMAN stole items from a Balbriggan supermarket because she was under pressure' as it was her...
Butterly murder accused told gardai he was stopped near scene of shooting because car had "conked"
(Pictured: Mr Sharif Kelly (44). Photo: Collins) A man on trial, charged with murdering a dissident republican, denied that clothes found in his car shortly...
Firearms residue found on clothing of two men on trial for Butterly murder
A forensic scientist has testified that firearms residue was found on the clothing of two men on trial charged with murdering a dissident republican almost...
Man who murdered pregnant ex-girlfriend must wait to hear outcome of conviction appeal
(Photo: Collins) A man who murdered his pregnant ex-girlfriend must wait to hear whether his appeal against conviction has been successful. Stephen Cahoon...
Westmeath man to be sentenced for false imprisonment and attempted rape
A Westmeath man has pleaded guilty to the false imprisonment and attempted rape of a woman last year. The 27-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the...
Man who raped two mentally impaired brothers has sentence reduced by Court of Appeal
A Connaught man who raped two mentally impaired brothers, his neighbours, has had his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal. The 25-year-old man, who cannot...
Swords District Court round-up
Teen sentenced to one month in prison after he failed to complete community service A TEENAGER who failed to attend appointments at the Probation Services...
Peter Butterly murder trial adjourned until New Year
The Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican has been adjourned until the New Year. Peter Butterly was shot...
Court to rule in the New Year on evidence admissibility in Peter Butterly murder trial
The Special Criminal Court will rule next month on the admissibility of a tranche of evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident...
Balbriggan District Court round-up
Probation bond for young man who kicked in door of parents' home A YOUNG man who kicked in the door of his parents' home and used threatening and abusive...
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