Murder accused told gardai that deceased was threatening him
A man accused of shooting his best friend in Co. Kildare last year told gardai the deceased was threatening him over money. Darren Wynne (21) of Ballyroe,...
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20-year-old died from shot to the head, jury hears
(Pictured: Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis) The Deputy State Pathologist has told the trial of three men accused of murdering a 20-year-old man in...
Witness tells murder trial of shooting
(Pictured: Accused man James Seery) The trial of three men accused of murdering a 20-year-old man in Co. Kildare last year has heard evidence that one of the...
Kildare murder trial opens
The trial of three men accused of murdering a 20-year-old man in Co. Kildare last year has heard the deceased was shouting on the phone shortly before he was...
Romanian murder trial starts on Wednesday
The trial of the man charged with murdering teenager Marioara Rostas six years ago will open tomorrow (Wednesday), after a fresh jury was sworn in. Alan...
Kildare murder trial adjourned
The trial of three men charged with murdering a 20-year-old man in Co. Kildare last year has been adjourned because a juror is "unwell”. James Seery (21) of...
Vera McGrath has "get out of jail free card" over 18-month sentence
A 65-year-old woman has been sentenced to 18 months for helping her husband’s killer dispose of his body in Co. Westmeath almost thirty years ago. But Vera...
Man acquitted of murdering his elderly father is returned to Central Mental Hospital
A 35-year-old man from Claremorris in County Mayo has been remanded to the Central Mental Hospital following his acquittal on a charge of murder at the...
Mayo man found not guilty of murdering his elderly father by reason of insanity
A 35-year-old man from Claremorris in County Mayo has been acquitted of murdering his 70-year-old father at their home in May 2012 on grounds of insanity. The...
65-year-old woman to be sentenced next week for materially assisting the killer of her husband
by Ruaidhri Giblin A 65-year-old woman will be sentenced next week for materially assisting the killer of her husband by disposing of evidence almost thirty...
Cork man jailed for life for murder of mum-of-three
by Ruaidhri Giblin A 37-year-old man has been jailed for life for murdering a woman he'd been “an item” with for three months. Darren Murphy of Dan Desmond...
“I just shot the aul lad…I’ll be going to jail now": Man accused of murdering elderly father had paranoid schizophrenia, court told
A 35-year-old Mayo man accused of murdering his elderly father has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court. John Biggins of Ballynalty, Cross, Claremorris...
Cork murder accused watched from hill "like Nero" as house burned, jury told
by Ruaidhri Giblin A man accused of murdering his girlfriend and setting fire to her home allegedly watched from above like Nero as the house burned with her...
Man formerly serving life sentence faces extradition over escaping English prison
by Anne Sharkey A 66-year-old man faces possible extradition to the United Kingdom following escape from an English prison where he was serving a life...
Gardai tell murder trial there was no discussion with accused before interview
A barrister for a Cork man charged with murdering the woman he said he loved has suggested that gardai had ‘a discussion’ with him before the recorder was...
Mayo man pleads not guilty to murdering elderly father by reason of insanity
A 35-year-old man from Claremorris in County Mayo has pleaded not guilty to murdering his elderly father by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court....
Algerian pleads guilty to attempted murder of wife
A 45-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of his wife in Dublin almost two years ago. Lounes Ouachek of St Dominic’s Terrace, Tallaght was...
Limerick man who beat schoolboy unconscious now "vastly better", court hears
A Limerick man who left a school boy with permanent brain damage after beating him unconscious in an unprovoked attack presents as “vastly better” than two...
Vera McGrath pleads guilty to disposing of evidence in husband's killing
A 65-year-old woman has admitted to being an accessory after the fact to her husband’s manslaughter at their Westmeath home almost 30 years ago. Vera McGrath...
Text messages between deceased and murder accused were of good nature, court hears
by Ruaidhri Giblin A murder trial has heard that text messages between the deceased and a man accused of her murder were of good nature in the hours before...
Balbriggan District Court round-up
Man charged with assaulting bouncer remanded on continuing bail A MAN who is alleged to have assaulted a bouncer causing the bouncer to break his ankle has...
Murder accused told gardaí knife "no sooner in my hands than it was in her neck"
A 37-year-old man accused of murdering a woman he'd been in a three month relationship with told gardaí that a knife was no sooner in his hands than it was in...
Murder accused told gardaí he lit deceased woman's home on fire because he didn't want her kids to find her
by Ruaidhri Giblin A 37-year-old man accused of murdering a woman he had been “an item” with for three months, told gardaí he lit her house on fire because he...
Cork murder accused "snapped" and grabbed nearby knife, jury will hear
by Ruaidhri Giblin A 37-year-old man has gone on trial accused of murdering a woman he had been “an item” with for three months. Darren Murphy of Dan Desmond...
Man sentenced to 8 years for violent sexual assault on teenager fails in Supreme Court bid
by Aodhan O'Faolain The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a Co Tipperary man's bid to have his appeal against the severity of his eight-year sentence for...
Local election candidate avoids jail
by Aodhan O'Faolain A local election candidate has avoided being sent to prison after she agreed to remove allegedly defamatory material about Bundoran Town...
Dublin man to be sentenced next month for assisting in disposal of friend's body
by Anne Sharkey A Dublin man will be sentenced for impeding the prosecution in a murder trial after he was found not guilty last month of murdering his...
Man to stand trial charged with murder of 36-year-old woman
A 37-year-old man is due to go on trial tomorrow accused of murdering a woman in Cork last year. Darren Murphy of Passage West, Co Cork has pleaded not guilty...
Man found not guilty of murdering his father by reason of insanity further detained for mental illness treatment
by Ruaidhhri Giblin A man who was found not guilty of murdering his father by reason of insanity has been deemed to be suffering from a mental illness and...
High Court orders arrest of local election candidate
by Aodhan O'Faolain The High Court has ordered the arrest of a candidate in this month's local elections over her failure to remove allegedly defamatory posts...
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