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Swinford · January 20, 2014

Hardy Buck to fight assault charge

HARDY Bucks actor Martin Maloney is to contest a charge of attacking two bouncers following a row about a queue while he was making an appearance at a popular...

Carney · January 20, 2014

Man deemed unfit to stand trial for brother's murder

A 65-year-old Wicklow farmer with dementia and Parkinson’s disease has been deemed unfit to stand trial for the murder of his older brother in 2010. Cecil...

Carney · January 20, 2014

Cork man jailed for life for murder fails in appeal

A Cork man who was jailed for life for the murder of a young Englishman who had joked about his father being in a loyalist organisation has failed in an...

Carney · January 16, 2014

Melanie McNamara murder accused admits writing cell wall graffiti

The teenager charged with murdering Melanie McCarthy McNamara has admitted writing graffiti on his cell wall, which the State says bragged about killing her....

Carney · January 15, 2014

Melanie McNamara murder jury shown shotgun

A murder trial has heard that teenager Melanie McCarthy McNamara was bleeding profusely from her skull when she arrived at hospital after being gunned down in...

Carney · January 14, 2014

Melanie McCarthy murder accused bragged about shooting, jury hears

A jury has been told that the teenager charged with murdering 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara allegedly bragged about shooting her in graffiti on his...

Carney · January 13, 2014

Mother who cleaned up murder scene jailed for 18 months

A mother-of-one who cleaned up the scene of a murder carried out by a “recidivist criminal” has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Siobhan Whitaker (25)...

Carney · January 13, 2014

Man denies Dublin murder

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a man accused of murdering a man in north Dublin in 2012. Andrew Gibney (21) is charged with murdering Gerard...

Carney · January 13, 2014

Dublin Teenager pleads not guilty to Melanie McCarthy murder

A Dublin teenager has pleaded not guilty to murdering 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara in Tallaght almost two years ago. Daniel McDonnell of Brookview...

Irishtown · January 10, 2014

Brother and sister charged with murder of Thomas Horan

A BROTHER and sister made no reply when they were charged with the murder of 63-year-old Thomas Horan, who was found dead in his sheltered accommodation...

Castleblayney · January 07, 2014

Businessman charged over alleged €9 million diesel laundering operation

AN ARMAGH businessman has been charged in connection with an alleged €9 million a year diesel laundering operation. Company director Paul Haughey (34), a...

Carney · December 21, 2013

Woman to be sentenced later for assisting recidivist criminal

A mother-of-one is to be sentenced later for assisting a “recidivist criminal” who carried out a murder in Dublin four years ago by cleaning up the scene....

Brookeborough · December 20, 2013

Man who read statement threatening Irish in British Army acquitted of IRA membership

Pictured: Michael Kiely (MIDDLE) celebrating with friends as he left court after he was acquitted of IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court. A man who...

Springfield · December 20, 2013

Former Anglo clerk on €200k computer fraud charge

A FORMER Anglo Irish Bank clerk is to stand trial over an alleged €200,000 computer fraud. Gordon O'Brien, 42, a father-of-two, with an address at...

Cavan · December 18, 2013

Man convicted of Cavan murder

A Polish national will be sentenced to life in prison for murdering a Romanian man who was guarding two prostitutes in a Co. Cavan brothel last year....

Carndonagh · December 17, 2013

Man who became abusive to gardai who took his beer avoids prison

A MAN who became abusive to gardai after they took cans of beer from him at a County Dublin beach during the summer has avoided a prison sentence. Anthony...

Lack · December 17, 2013

Murder jury urged to use logic

by Anne Sharkey Members of a jury at the Central Criminal Court were asked to use logic in their verdict on the murder of a 25-year-old man stabbed more than...

Cavan · December 17, 2013

Cavan murder trial jury suspends deliberations for third night

The jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Polish national accused of murdering a Romanian man in Co. Cavan last year has suspended its deliberations...

Castlebar · December 16, 2013 Also covered in Carney

Man jailed for life for raping four daughters begins appeal

A man serving a life sentence for raping four of his daughters has launched an appeal against his sentence at the Court of Criminal Appeal. The 52-year-old...

Cavan · December 16, 2013

Deliberations in Cavan murder trial to resume tomorrow

The jury in the trial of a Polish national accused of murdering a Romanian man in Co. Cavan last year continues to consider its verdict. Przemyslaw Trebacz...

Cavan · December 13, 2013

Jury deliberating in Cavan murder trial

The jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Polish national accused of murdering a Romanian man in Co. Cavan last year has suspended its deliberations...

Longford · December 12, 2013

Pig-farmer Donal Connaughton granted bail pending appeal

A pig farmer who was jailed for 12 months for ordering two repossession men to strip naked and get into a pen with an agitated boar has been granted bail...

Carney · December 12, 2013

Man pleads guilty to attempted murder of his elderly mother

A 47-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempting to murder his elderly mother in a Waterford nursing home last year. Gerald Vollrath of Tramore Heights,...

Cavan · December 12, 2013

Jury to begin deliberations in Cavan murder trial

The jury is due to begin deliberating in the trial of a Polish national accused of murdering a Romanian man in Co. Cavan last year. Przemyslaw Trebacz (35) of...

Cavan · December 11, 2013

Accused was to get €74,000 from mother’s will

A Polish national accused of murdering a Romanian man by stabbing him to death in Co. Cavan told gardai he was receiving €74,000 from his mother’s will, the...

Brookeborough · December 11, 2013

Wife of CIRA statement reader tells court gardai acknowledged husband was not in IRA

The wife of a man who read out a Continuity IRA statement threatening Irish members of the British Army has told the Special Criminal Court that gardai...

Cavan · December 10, 2013

Accused told gardai stabbing was self-defence

A Polish national accused of murdering a Romanian man by stabbing him to death in Co. Cavan told gardai he was acting in self-defence, the Central Criminal...

Swinford · December 09, 2013

Legal aid for Hardy Buck

FREE legal aid was granted today to “Hardy Bucks” actor Martin Maloney who is accused of attacking three men in a popular Dublin. Maloney became famous for...

Lack · December 09, 2013

Decision after Christmas on extradition of men wanted over body in suitcase

A judge will not decide until after Christmas whether to extradite two men wanted Holland in connection with the death of a man whose body was found inside a...

Cavan · December 06, 2013

Two witnesses will not give evidence in murder trial, court hears

Two witnesses will not be giving evidence in the trial of a Polish national accused of murdering a Romanian man by stabbing him to death in Co. Cavan, the...

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