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Westport · May 15, 2014

High Court rules property assets not held in trust for Summerville Partnership

by Aodhan O'Faolain The High Court has ruled that a number of property assets are not held in trust for the children of a couple whom AIB have secured...

Carney · May 12, 2014

Dublin man sentenced to 10 years for attempted murder

A Dublin man has been jailed for eight years for shooting a 51-year-old man in the city last year. Thomas Ryan (32) of McKee Park in Cabra had pleaded guilty...

Irishtown · May 09, 2014

Pensioner fails in bid to hang on to council owned home

by Aodhan O'Faolain The High Court has dismissed a 70-year-old Dublin man's bid to remain in the council owned house that has been his family home since the...

Carney · May 09, 2014

Dublin man who killed his father with bayonet not guilty of murder by reason of insanity

A Dublin man, who killed his elderly father with a World War I sword hours after being released from prison, has been found not guilty of his murder by reason...

Donagh · May 08, 2014

Balbriggan District Court round-up

Dad of three who threatened to smash up car bound to peace for one year A FATHER-of-three who became aggressive to gardai when they threatened to seize a...

Carney · May 08, 2014

Man who stabbed father to death with bayonet was suffering from mental disorder, jury hears

Psychiatrists for both sides in a murder trial have testified that the accused was suffering from a mental disorder and met the criteria for an insanity...

Donagh · May 08, 2014

Mum who carried out bogus collection for Shave or Dye campaign given Probation Act

(Pictured: Ray D'Arcy gets his head shaved during Today FM's Shave or Dye 2014 Guinness World Record attempt) A MOTHER of five who was carrying out a bogus...

Claremorris · May 07, 2014

Mayo brothers to stand trial on explosives and IRA Membership charges

Two Mayo brothers who are charged with explosives and IRA membership offences will stand trial at the Special Criminal Court in December 2015. Colin Mannion...

Carney · May 06, 2014

Gunman who shot himself before shooting Charlie O'Neill to be sentenced for attempted murder

by Anne Sharkey A Dublin man will be sentenced next Monday for the attempted murder of a man in August 2013. Thomas Ryan (32) of McKee Park in Dublin has...

Carney · May 06, 2014

Dublin man on trial for murdering his elderly father with World War 1 bayonet

A 31-year-old Dublin man has gone on trial, charged with murdering his elderly father by stabbing him with a 100-year-old bayonet, a family heirloom from...

Kingscourt · May 01, 2014

Drunk driver who got suspended sentence for dangerous driving causing death jailed for three years by appeal court

by Aodhan O'Faolain A civil engineer who crashed and killed a man while drunkenly driving in the wrong direction down a dual carriageway has been sentenced to...

Mayo · April 14, 2014

Dublin supporter who told garda he would 'loaf the head off her' escapes prison sentence

A DUBLIN GAA supporter, who told a garda he would loaf the head off her' and threatened to kill other gardai following a day of drinking during last year's...

Lack · April 10, 2014

Man arrested after Alan Ryan Funeral jailed for IRA membership

A father-of-six arrested after a garda investigation in to paramilitary activity at the funeral of Alan Ryan has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for...

Manorcunningham · April 09, 2014

Sheep farmer agrees to allow ESB on to property

A landowner who the ESB and Eirgrid claimed had obstructed important upgrade work on the Co Donegal electricity network system has agreed to let the company...

Letterkenny · April 07, 2014

Man has indecent assault conviction quashed on first appeal under Supreme Court judgement

A man who was sentenced to two years for indecently assaulting his cousin nearly thirty years ago has had his conviction quashed in the first appeal brought...

Longford · April 03, 2014

Dundon and Killeen seeking garda and prison recordings in advance of Roy Collins murder trial

(Pictured: Wayne Dundon) Two Limerick men due to stand trial on a charge of murdering businessman Roy Collins five years ago are seeking recordings of...

Sligo · April 03, 2014

McGinley guilty of murdering Sligo pensioner

(Pictured: Eugene Gillespie's niece Aisling Tinsley (foreground) leaving Dublin Central Criminal Court today) A 30-year-old Sligo man has been jailed for life...

Sligo · April 02, 2014

Jury deliberating in Sligo murder trial

The jury has suspended its deliberations in the trial of a 30-year-old man accused of murdering a pensioner in his home in Sligo. Simon McGinley of...

Sligo · April 01, 2014

Deputy State pathologist gives evidence in Sligo murder trial

The trial of a 30-year-old Sligo man accused of murdering a pensioner in his home has heard evidence of injuries to the deceased from the Deputy State...

Ballina · March 31, 2014

No retrial of doormen who had assault convictions overturned

The Court of Criminal Appeal has ordered that there be no retrial of two nightclub doormen who had their convictions quashed for assaulting a drunken man who...

Sligo · March 31, 2014

Blood matching deceased’s found on candlestick holder, court hears

The trial of a 30-year-old Sligo man accused of murdering a pensioner in his home has heard that blood matching the deceased’s was found on a candlestick...

Sligo · March 28, 2014

Murder accused told gardai he hit and tied up pensioner

A 30-year-old Sligo man accused of murdering a pensioner in his home told gardai he hit him and tied him up. Simon McGinley of Connaughton Road, Sligo has...

Sligo · March 27, 2014

Pensioner's injuries were “a horrendous sight to behold”

The trial of a 30-year-old Sligo man accused of murdering a pensioner has heard that injuries to the deceased were “a horrendous sight to behold.” Simon...

Sligo · March 26, 2014

Trial of man accused of murdering pensioner hears 999 call

The trial of a 30-year-old Sligo man accused of murdering a pensioner has heard a 999 call in which the caller said a man was tied up in a house. Simon...

Sligo · March 25, 2014

Man on trial for murder of Sligo pensioner

The trial of a 30-year-old from Sligo accused of murdering a pensioner has heard that an anonymous 999 caller said a man was tied up in a house but...

Carney · March 24, 2014

Man convicted of murder of friend who died two years after he was shot begins appeal

A Dublin man has begun an appeal against his conviction for the murder of his friend who died two years after he was shot in the head. In February 2012...

Sligo · March 24, 2014

Man admits Sligo manslaughter but denies murder

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a 30-year-old who admits killing a man in Sligo but denies murdering him. TodaySimon...

Carney · March 24, 2014

Woman who admitted killing her 8-year-old son has sentencing adjourned

by Anne Sharkey A Cork woman who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her eight-year-old-son has had her sentence hearing adjourned for two weeks. Diane Ward...

Castlebar · March 18, 2014 Also covered in Carney

Man jailed for life for raping four daughters fails in appeal

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a life sentence imposed on a man convicted of raping four of his daughters over an 18-year...

Carney · March 18, 2014

Limerick man who beat school boy unconscious in unprovoked attack wins sentence appeal

A Limerick man who left a school boy with permanent brain damage after beating him unconscious in an unprovoked attack has successfully appealed against the...

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