Drugs mule who transported €400k in cannabis has sentenced reduced by three years
A “hard-working” lorry driver who transported over €400,000 worth of cannabis from England to Ireland has had his ten-year sentence reduced by three years...
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Non-jury court rules arrest of three murder accused was lawful
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly (44)) The Special Criminal Court has ruled that three men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly...
Couple's bankruptcy set aside in first application of its kind
by Aodhan O'Faolain The High Court has annulled the bankruptcy of a couple who claim they were misled by a financial advisor and should never have been...
Arsonist could have burnt down "half of Leixlip", Judge says
(Pictured: Judge Martin Nolan) A Dublin youth who set fire to at least two vacant buildings causing almost €400,000 worth of damage has been jailed for a...
Albanian who impeded murder investigation has sentence reduced in Court of Appeal's first criminal case
An Albanian man, who was sent to prison for impeding a garda murder investigation, has had his sentence reduced by the new Court of Appeal. In the first...
Former murder accused turned prosecution witness had mobile phone seized in prison
A former murder accused turned prosecution witness had a mobile phone seized from him in Midlands prison, a court has heard. David Cullen (30), with a last...
Man who carried out ear-biting assault diagnosed with adult ADHD, court hears
(Pictured: James Mooney (22)) A doctor has told a court that a man who carried out an assault in which he bit off part of the victims ear has adult ADHD which...
Court rises early to consider submissions on evidence in Peter Butterly murder trial
(Pictured: Accused man Sharif Kelly (44)) The Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has risen...
Non-jury court sits late to hear submissions on admissibility of key evidence
(Pictured: Accused man Sharif Kelly (44)) The Special Criminal Court sat later than planned today to hear submissions on admissibility of evidence in the...
Galway man acquitted of charge of raping Sligo woman
by Declan Brennan & Sonya McLean A jury has acquitted a Galway man who was charged with raping a student the morning after they met in a Sligo night club and...
Extradition case against convicted murderer on the run here adjourned
(Pictured: Anthony Craig (66)) The case of a convicted murderer who was on the run here after his escape from an English prison has been adjourned. In July...
Court hears final submissions on admissibility of evidence in Peter Butterly murder trial
The Special Criminal Court has begun hearing final submissions from defence counsel on the admissibility of evidence against three men charged with murdering...
Man already serving life sentence for murder gets 12 years for shotgun possession
A man already serving life imprisonment for the murder of his best friend in Co. Kildare last year has been sentenced to 12 years for firearms offences at the...
Young man who was raped as a teenager admits to sexually assaulting his five-year-old niece
A young man who was himself raped and sexually assaulted along with his teenage brother has pleaded guilty to molesting his niece. The 21-year-old Dublin man,...
23-year-old denies Ballymun murder
A 23-year-old man has denied murdering a man and harming four other people near his north Dublin home two years ago. David Brannock of St Joseph’s Way,...
Alcoholic jailed for life for murder of Polish man who came to Ireland "for better life"
A 40-year-old has been convicted of murdering a Polish man in Co. Clare last year. Michael Maughan (40) of Stone Court, Ennis had pleaded not guilty to murder...
Soldier cleared of assaulting two gardai at 21st after-party
By Aoife Nic Ardghail & Fiona Ferguson A young Dublin soldier has been found not guilty of assaulting two gardai at his 21st after party in his home last...
New court to determine in December whether sentence handed down to rapist father Patrick O'Brien was too lenient
The new Court of Appeal will hear an application from prosecutors that the sentence handed down to the father of well known abuse victim Fiona Doyle was...
Members of armed garda unit continue giving evidence in Peter Butterly trial
Members of the public were permitted to enter the Special Criminal Court today for the second day running. Officers from the National Surveillance Unit had...
Judge tells murder trial jury that alcohol is not a defence to criminal responsibility
(Pictured: Mr Justice Paul Carney) A judge has told the jury in the trial of man accused of murder, that alcohol is not a defence to criminal responsibility....
Closing stages in trial of soldier accused of assaulting gardai
By Aoife Nic Ardghail & Fiona Ferguson Closing stages have been reached in the trial of a young Dublin soldier accused of assaulting two gardai. Naoise...
Legality of arrest key issue in trial of three men accused of murdering Peter Butterly
Members of the public were permitted to re-enter the Special Criminal Court this afternoon after a surveillance garda witness was escorted from the building...
Murder accused “would be known to drink a lot", trial hears
The trial of man who admits killing a Polish man in Co. Clare last year but denies murdering him, has heard that the accused “would be known to drink a lot.”...
Cork man who sexually abused his younger sister sentenced to five years
A 36-year-old Cork man who sexually abused his younger sister during their childhood and teens has been given a five year sentence. The man, who cannot be...
Man who attacked his former partner leaving her permanently disfigured fails in Supreme Court bid
by Aodhan O'Faolain A man who attacked his former partner leaving her with permanent facial disfigurement has failed to have appeal against his conviction...
Evidence of surveillance gardai in murder trial not to be published by order of non-jury court
Two surveillance gardaí gave evidence in a murder trial this morning but neither their identities nor their evidence can be published by order of the Special...
Gardai giving evidence in murder trial exit court through custody area
Surveillance gardaí exited the Special Criminal Court through the custody area of the courtroom yesterday because they could not walk "out into the public as...
Clare murder accused told gardai he went ‘berserk’
(Pictured: Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis) A man who admits killing a Polish man in Co. Clare last year but denies murdering him told gardai that...
Public excluded from court as first surveillance gardai give evidence in Peter Butterly murder trial
Members of the public were excluded from entering the Special Criminal Court today while surveillance gardaí gave evidence in the trial of three men charged...
Paramedic witnessed deceased being kicked in the head, murder trial hears
A paramedic has told the trial of a 40-year-old, who admits killing a Polish man in Co. Clare last year but denies murdering him, that he saw the deceased...
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