11 years for man (59) over rape and abuse of teenage girls
A 59-year-old man from Dunfanaghy, County Donegal has been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment following his conviction for the sexual abuse of two teenage...
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Leitrim PPN Members E-Bulletin – 10th March, 2025
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Family ‘overwhelmed’ by Sliabh Liag pair’s lack of remorse
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns were convicted of the murder of Robin Wilkin, 66, at the Central Criminal Court on Thursday following a two-month trial. Mr Justice...
Journalists speak of living in fear after harassment and threats from violent rapist
A man with convictions for rape, kidnapping and violence has pleaded guilty to harassing three female journalists at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Mark...
'The Plan': how two lovers came to throw a pensioner's body off Ireland's tallest cliffs
At the Central Criminal Court, Alan Vial and Nikita Burns have been convicted of the murder of Robert Wilkin, a 66-year-old man whose body was disposed of at...
Pair guilty of murdering pensioner whose body was thrown off Donegal cliffs
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns have been found guilty of murdering 66-year-old Robert Wilkin at the Central Criminal Court. The jury returned majority verdicts of...
€1.1m in cocaine hidden in car's secret compartment
A Moldovan national has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison following his conviction for drug trafficking at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court....
Sliabh Liag jury ask for definition of joint enterprise
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has sought clarification on the legal definition of joint enterprise whilst deliberating in the trial of two Donegal...
Jury begin deliberating in Sliabh Liag murder trial
A jury has begun deliberations in the Central Criminal Court in the murder trial of two Co Donegal residents. Alan Vial, aged 39, from Drumanoo Head in...
Murder accused told gardai he 'pushed and hit' partner
A man accused of murdering his partner at their County Meath home in August 2022 told gardaí during interview that he pushed and hit her following a dispute...
'High risk' criminal gets 12 years for rape and abuse of sister
A man has been convicted and sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for serious sexual offences against his sister. Kyle Jinks,...
Dangerous to act on Sliabh Liag accused's testimony, judge tells jury
At the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Paul McDermott has warned the jury that it would be dangerous to rely on the testimony of Alan Vial, who has...
Woman (23) a ‘bystander’ in Sliabh Liag murder, defence tell jury
At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of two people charged with the murder of Robert Robin Wilkin near Sliabh Liag in...
Sliabh Liag murder accused a 'cynical liar', prosecution tell jury
At the Central Criminal Court, the prosecution has described Alan Vial, aged 39, of Killybegs, County Donegal, as a "cynical liar" who fabricated his account...
Sliabh Liag pensioner wouldn't have died immediately from skull fractures if they were only injuries, pathologist tells trial
At the Central Criminal Court, the State Pathologist gave evidence in the trial of two individuals charged with the murder of a man alleged to have been...
Leitrim PPN Members E-Bulletin – 24th February, 2025
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Man wanted for 1979 UDR murder has extradition stayed
The High Court has placed a stay on the extradition of a 66-year-old man from Arva, Co Cavan, who is wanted in Northern Ireland for the murder of a part-time...
Woman avoids jail over fake caravan logbook
Margaret Doran (36), from Kimmage in Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of a false registration certificate for a caravan...
Donegal cliff murder trial adjourned as legal issue arises
The trial of Alan Vial and Nikita Burns at the Central Criminal Court has been adjourned for ten days to allow legal representatives to address an outstanding...
Second jury fails to reach verdict in Custom House Capital fraud conspiracy trial
A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the second trial of Ciara Kelleher, a former senior portfolio relationship manager at Custom House Capital Ltd. The...
Sliabh Liag accused denies lying to escape responsibility for pensioner's murder
Alan Vial, aged 39, of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, County Donegal, denied during cross-examination at the Central Criminal Court that he fabricated allegations...
Sliabh Liag murder accused tells trial he lied about pensioner sexually assaulting co-accused
A man accused of murdering a 66-year-old pensioner at Sliabh Liag in County Donegal has admitted to gardaí that he fabricated allegations of sexual assault...
Sliabh Liag murder accused takes stand and describes pensioner's body rolling off cliffs
A 39-year-old man accused of murder has testified at the Central Criminal Court that his co-accused struck the alleged victim with a rock, causing the...
Geologist used Google Street View to help identify possible source of murder weapon, trial hears
A geologist has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court that a bloodied rock allegedly used in the murder of a pensioner near Sliabh Liag in Donegal was...
Hungover man who realised cousin was using car to move drugs is spared jail
A hospital worker from Tallaght has received a fully suspended three-and-a-half-year sentence after pleading guilty to possession of drugs for sale or supply...
Brother concerned that Sliabh Liag accused was off medication and drinking, trial hears
At the Central Criminal Court, a witness told how he harboured growing concerns about his sister's wellbeing in the period preceding an alleged murder in...
Takeaway chef worked 70-hour weeks for under €3 an hour, tribunal told
A migrant chef employed at a takeaway in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, worked up to 73 hours weekly for approximately €25 daily while servicing an illegal...
Career criminal Harte must pay costs of Lunney abduction appeal
Alan Harte, who is serving a 30-year sentence for the false imprisonment and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney in County Cavan in...
Violent home invaders terrorised elderly couple and their family
Three men have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a violent home invasion in Monkstown, Co Dublin on August 21st, 2023. Michael Royal,...
'Ironically, he always wanted to be buried at sea': Sliabh Liag murder accused to gardai
Alan Vial, aged 39, of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Robert Robin Wilkin, a 66-year-old pensioner, on 25...
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