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Letterkenny · December 18, 2014

Man who sexually assaulted teenager at Dublin airport ordered to undergo full psychiatric assessment

A 51-year old man who sexually assaulted a teenager at Dublin Airport after wrestling her to the ground in public has been ordered to undergo a full...

Donagh · December 18, 2014

Man who urinated on street in what judge called "animalistic behaviour" may avoid prison sentence

(Pictured: Judge Dermot Dempsey. Photo: Collins) A MAN who was drunk and urinated on a street in front of members of the public in what a judge called...

Lack · December 18, 2014

Supreme Court halts woman's sex abuse claim against grandfather's estate

by Aodhan O'Faolain The Supreme Court has halted on grounds of delay a woman's action for damages against her now deceased paternal grandfather over alleged...

Ballinrobe · December 17, 2014

Former circus worker who tried to rob the GPO gets four-year sentence

A Mayo father of two who tried to rob a number of premises in the one day by handing staff a note telling them it was a raid has received a four year sentence...

Lack · December 17, 2014

Suspended sentence for aggravated burglary on home of 81-year-old man

A woman who claims she was put under pressure to carry out a burglary during which her ex-boyfriend attacked an 81-year-old man with a claw hammer has...

Springfield · December 17, 2014

Non-jury murder trial hearing submissions on evidence admissibility

The Special Criminal Court is hearing submissions on the admissibility of a tranche of evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident...

Carney · December 17, 2014 Also covered in Irishtown

Dublin man jailed for ten years for killing man with a hurley in road-rage incident must await appeal fate

A Dublin man who was given a ten year jail term for killing a father-of-three by savagely beating him with a hurley stick in a road-rage incident must wait to...

Carney · December 17, 2014

Sentence imposed on Patrick O'Brien for raping his daughter was too lenient, appeal court finds

(Pictured: Patrick O'Brien (75) Photo: Collins) The prison sentence imposed on the father of well known abuse victim Fiona Doyle was "unduly lenient" the...

Lack · December 16, 2014

Man who had sex with 16-year-old girl he contacted on Facebook to be sentenced next year

A man who had sex with a 16-year-old girl he contacted on Facebook will be sentenced next year. The father of three, who cannot be named to protect the...

Ballyshannon · December 16, 2014

Dublin father avoids jail for €12K cannabis possession after making "excellent progress"

A Dublin father caught holding €12,000 of cannabis at his home to repay a drug debt has avoided jail after a judge suspended a three year sentence. Jason...

Springfield · December 16, 2014

Witness tells murder trial his former co-accused are "screwed" due to evidence against them

A former murder accused-turned State witness has told the trial of his former co-accused that they’re ‘screwed’ due to the ‘evidence stacked up against them’....

Carney · December 15, 2014

Woman accused of murdering her former partner has trial date set

A date has been set for the trial of a 41-year-old woman charged with murdering her former partner in his South Dublin home. Mercy Peters, originally from...

Carney · December 15, 2014

Trial date set for seven charged with murder of Dale Creighton

(Pictured: The footbridge on St Dominic’s Road, Tallaght. Photo: Collins) A date has been set for the trial of seven Dubliners charged with murdering...

Lack · December 15, 2014

Man who sexually abused 13-year old girl having been in relationship with her mother has suspended sentence upheld

A man who engaged in sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl having been in a prior relationship with her mother, has had a three-year suspended sentence...

Charlestown · December 15, 2014

Former apprentice butcher stole €49,000 in takings on Christmas Eve

A former apprentice butcher who stole over €49,000 from his employer during a “drug-induced paranoia” in the early hours of Christmas Eve last year has had...

Buncrana · December 15, 2014 Also covered in Donegal Town

Garda whistleblower brings High Court challenge against internal disciplinary process

by Aodhan O'Faolain Garda whistleblower Keith Harrison has brought a High Court challenge aimed at stopping internal disciplinary proceedings against him over...

Carney · December 13, 2014 Also covered in Letterkenny, Donegal Town

Donegal chiropractor has five-year sentence for violent burglary reduced to two on appeal

A "very-well-thought-of" Donegal chiropractor has had his five year sentence for burglary reduced to two by the Court of Appeal. Kevin Ginty (47), of St...

Carrickmacross · December 13, 2014

Pensioner who sexually assaulted two young girls fails in sentence appeal

A 70-year-old bachelor described as a “dirty old man” several times by his trial judge has lost an appeal against sentences for sexually assaulting two young...

Springfield · December 11, 2014

Special Criminal Court to rule next week on admissibility of prosecution witness evidence

The Special Criminal Court will rule on Tuesday on the admissibility of a prosecution witness’s evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a...

Carney · December 11, 2014

Court of Appeal reduces man's jail term for "unusual and bizarre" sexual assault

A man with an interest in magic has had his jail term for sexual assault involving production of a knife in “bizarre circumstances" reduced by the Court of...

Carney · December 10, 2014

Clare man who raped and sexually assaulted his younger cousin has jail term reduced

A Clare man who sexually assaulted his younger cousin over a three year period and raped her has had his six year jail term reduced to four by the Court of...

Springfield · December 10, 2014

Non-jury court to rule on admissibility of key witness evidence

The Special Criminal Court is due to rule on the admissibility of a prosecution witness’s evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a...

Donegal · December 10, 2014

Man to stand trial next year charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls

A man charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls will stand trial next year at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The 51-year-old man, who...

Carney · December 10, 2014

Appeal court upholds 15-year sentence imposed on rapist for "outrageous" attack

A man who committed “outrageous” offences of rape and false imprisonment against a woman separated from her friends at a hen party, has had an application to...

Donagh · December 09, 2014

High Court will rule in New Year on anti-water charge protestors legal aid application

The High Court will rule early next year on applications brought by anti water charges protesters seeking to be provided with legal aid in proceedings where...

Springfield · December 09, 2014

Former murder accused turned State's witness tells trial he would have "lied through his teeth" if he stood trial for murder

The chief prosecution witness in the trial of three men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly last year told the Special Criminal Court...

Lack · December 09, 2014

Submissions for man wanted in US on terrorism charges are "extremist scenarios", High Court is told

Lawyers for the State have told the High Court that counsel for a man wanted in the US on terrorism charges had submitted “various extremist scenarios”. Ali...

Carney · December 09, 2014

Teenager sentenced to eight years for sexually abusing his step-sister

by Fiona Ferguson & Nicola Donnelly A Limerick teenager who sexually abused his younger step sister while babysitting her has been sentenced to eight years in...

Springfield · December 05, 2014

Non-jury court watches CCTV captured at scene of shooting of dissident republican

The Special Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage from the scene of the killing of a dissident republican last year. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car...

Roscommon · December 05, 2014

Pair jailed for their roles in robbery and stabbing of bus passenger and attack on taxi driver

by Sonya McLean and Fiona Ferguson Two men have been jailed for their roles in a number of violent crimes including stabbing a bus passenger during a robbery...

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