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Cavan · October 24, 2014

Community Service for man who told garda he would "bite her face off" and slammed her in to shop front

by Conor Gallagher & Nicola Donnelly An Offaly man who slammed a garda into a shop front has been given community service in lieu of a prison sentence. Garda...

Sligo · October 24, 2014

Drug addict suffered severe injuries and cut power to 4,000 homes while trying to steal electrical wiring

by Declan Brennan A Sligo born man suffered severe burns to his hands and feet while trying to steal copper wiring and lead flashing from an ESB sub station....

Springfield · October 24, 2014

Student on way home from school saw gunman, Peter Butterly murder trial hears

A sixth-year student on his way home from school saw a man with a gun stretch out his arm before two to three shots were heard in quick succession, the trial...

Springfield · October 23, 2014

"Technical glitch" delays murder trial ruling

Three judges have confessed to encountering a "technical glitch" of their own creation which has delayed the delivery of a ruling in a murder trial. Following...

Carney · October 22, 2014

Warren Dumbrell to await decision on Supreme Court appeal

A Dublin man who was twice convicted of the same murder and successfully appealed the first count must wait to hear whether his second appeal can be taken to...

Springfield · October 22, 2014

First witness to give evidence in Butterly murder trial tomorrow after 14 days of pre-trial applications

The first witness to give evidence in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly will be called before the non-jury...

Carney · October 22, 2014

Nurse who murdered her mother on Christmas Eve jailed for life

A 36-year-old nurse has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering her mother on Christmas Eve four years ago. Greta Dudko...

Donegal · October 22, 2014

Man charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls expected to indicate how he will plead in December

A man charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls will appear again before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in two months. The 51-year-old...

Carney · October 21, 2014 Also covered in Lack

Barrister tells jury that nurse accuse of murdering her mother lacked the necessary intent

The barrister for a nurse who killed her mother on Christmas Eve has said she did not have the intent necessary for murder because she was so intoxicated....

Bundoran · October 21, 2014

Garda accused of harassing a woman brought before court after arrest on warrant

by Declan Brennan and Sonya McClean A garda accused of harassing a woman has been brought before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on foot of a bench warrant...

Springfield · October 21, 2014

Peter Butterly murder trial "first case in the history of the State" to mention tracking device

The trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly is "the first case in the history of the State" where a tracking device has...

Bundoran · October 20, 2014

Bench warrant for garda accused of harassing women

by Declan Brennan A judge has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a garda charged with harassing a woman after the accused failed to appear for a court...

Carney · October 20, 2014

Jury sworn in for Ennis murder trial

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a 40-year-old accused of murdering a man in Co. Clare last year. Michael Maughan of...

Carney · October 20, 2014

Prosecutor tells jury "most people who commit murder are ordinary people like you and me"

A murder trial prosecutor has told a jury that ‘most people who commit murder are ordinary people like you and me’. Pauline Walley SC was giving her closing...

Lack · October 20, 2014

Father-of-seven who handed himself in to gardai after mugging sentenced to four years

A father of seven who handed himself into gardai after mugging a woman while he was under the influence of a head shop drug has been sentenced to four years...

Carney · October 17, 2014

Lithuanian grandmother died of blunt force trauma to the head, trial hears

(Pictured: Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis) The trial of a nurse charged with murdering her mother in their Dublin home has heard that the...

Springfield · October 17, 2014

SCC gives reasons for excluding public from court while surveillance gardai give evidence in murder trial

The Special Criminal Court has outlined its reasons for ordering the public's exclusion from court while surveillance gardai give evidence in the trial of...

Teemore · October 17, 2014

Former CIE bus driver pleads guilty in international drug importation trial

by Nicola Donnelly & Declan Brennan A FORMER CIE bus driver is to be sentenced later for soliciting two undercover gardaí to import cocaine from Brazil. Sunny...

Lack · October 16, 2014

Student who assaulted nightclub doorman ordered to pay compensation

A Laois man has been ordered to pay €9000 to a doorman he assaulted during a student night out in Dublin city centre. Conor Moonen (20) was a student in DCU...

Carney · October 16, 2014

Jury shown photographs of woman killed by her daughter

A murder trial jury has seen photographs of the body of a woman killed by her daughter on Christmas Eve four years ago. The Central Criminal Court was hearing...

Ballyjamesduff · October 16, 2014

Court appearance for man accused of tax offences and threatening to kill garda

A Cavan man accused of tax offences and threatening to kill a garda has appeared in the circuit court after being arrested in Westmeath on two outstanding...

Springfield · October 16, 2014

Public to be excluded from court while surveillance gardaí give evidence in murder trial

The Special Criminal Court has directed that members of the public be excluded from court while gardaí from the National Surveillance Unit give evidence in...

Carney · October 15, 2014

Jury shown bloodstained liqueur bottle in trial of nurse accused of murdering her mother

A jury has been shown the bloodstained glass bottle with which a nurse is understood to have killed her mother on Christmas Eve four years ago. The Central...

Springfield · October 15, 2014

Right to life of witnesses must be taken in to account, non-jury court hears

The non-jury Special Criminal Court will rule tomorrow on several legal issues which have arisen in the trial of three men charged with the murder of...

Springfield · October 14, 2014

Ruling to allow witnesses give evidence anonymously would be "extraordinary" and "departure from the common law", court told

A prosecution witness in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly, known only as Garda A' pending legal...

Carney · October 13, 2014

Charred passport of woman killed by daughter found in rubbish bin, jury hears

The charred passport of a woman killed by her daughter was found in their rubbish bin after the Christmas Eve attack, a jury has heard. A detective gave the...

Cootehill · October 13, 2014

Man who killed elderly bachelor in psychiatric unit jailed for eight years

(Pictured: Ian Harman) A man who admitted killing an elderly bachelor in a Co. Cavan psychiatric unit has been jailed for eight years. Ian Harman (50), of...

Carney · October 10, 2014

"You're not going to ruin my life anymore": Murder accused Nurse told gardai of row with mother

A nurse charged with murdering her mother on Christmas Eve told gardai that she hit her over the head with a glass bottle because the deceased had been trying...

Springfield · October 10, 2014

Court to rule next week on whether gardai can give evidence anonymously in murder trial

by Ruaidhri Giblin The Special Criminal Court will rule next week on whether gardaí from the National Surveillance Unit can give evidence anonymously in the...

Carney · October 09, 2014

Mother told murder accused daughter she was a bad parent, trial hears

The trial of a 36-year-old nurse, charged with murdering her mother, has heard that the deceased thought that her daughter was not a good parent and...

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