Retired Donegal garda brings High Court action over Gaeltacht allowance
A retired garda sergeant from Donegal has been granted High Court permission to seek judicial review of An Garda Síochána's handling of his application to...
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Man convicted in Mayo defilement case
A man has been convicted of defiling a child under 17 at his home in County Mayo six years ago. The accused, whose identity is protected to safeguard the...
Man Pleads Guilty to Dangerous Driving Causing Death in Ballina
A 49-year-old man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death following a fatal collision in Ballina last year. The defendant appeared before...
Violent rapist who harassed female journalists further jailed for breaching release conditions
Mark McAnaw, aged 53 and previously of Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to an additional ten months in custody following a breach of suspended...
Westport glass assault leaves victim with €11,000 dental bill
A Brazilian man has received a three-year suspended sentence following an assault outside a Westport nightclub that left his victim requiring extensive dental...
Pensioner's injuries suffered during alleged break-in similar to 'head-on crash', witness to tell trial
A trial has commenced at the Central Criminal Court concerning charges against John Irving of Shanwar, Foxford, County Mayo. The prosecution alleges that Mr...
Teenager caught with child pornography after his laptop was hacked
A man now aged 22 pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court to possessing child sexual abuse material discovered on his mother's laptop in County...
Jury sworn-in for Tom Niland unlawful killing trial
A jury of eight women and four men has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court to hear the trial of a 31-year-old man accused of the unlawful killing of...
Spanish national admits to drug conspiracy
A Spanish national has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to conspiracy to smuggle controlled drugs valued in excess of €13,000 into Ireland. Juan...
Man accused of sexual assault, defilement said he thought girl was 18 - Mayo trial
A 33-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and defilement of a child following an incident in County Mayo in July 2020. The trial, heard this...
Mr Fishy sunk: violent offender facing 15.5-year stint after he provided getaway cars for gangland shooting
A man from the Glenties area of Donegal has been sentenced to a total of 15.5 years in prison following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for...
Mayo woman admits assaulting two gardai at station
A 42-year-old Ballinrobe woman has admitted assaulting two gardaí at Claremorris Garda Station during an incident in June 2022. Rosemary Sweeney, of Bridge...
Ballina man jailed for broken bottle stab attack
A Ballina man has been sentenced to one year and four months in prison for stabbing another man with a broken beer bottle during an altercation in the town...
Man sexually assaulted teenage girl at staff party, Mayo jury hears
A man aged 33 has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a staff party in County Mayo in July 2020. The trial is taking place...
Mayo abbatoir worker jailed for 2 years for unprovoked attack on two men
Gerry Norman, a 24-year-old abattoir worker from Ballina, Co Mayo, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment with the final two years suspended at...
Serial arsonist gets seven years for blaze at home he also damaged 23 years ago
A 46-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment following a deliberate fire at a house in Shankill, Dublin in December 2024. Jason Flynn of...
Man (33) on trial for alleged sexual assault and defilement of child
A 33-year-old man from County Mayo has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault and child defilement at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. He denies...
Man admits to stealing gin and clothing before assaulting garda
Bernard McDonagh, aged 30, of Gortnafolla, Turlough, Castlebar, has affirmed guilty pleas to five charges at Castlebar Circuit Court. The charges arise from...
Mayo man (38) admits sharing intimate images of woman
A man from Castlebar has pleaded guilty to sharing intimate images of a woman without her consent on two separate occasions. Daniel Humphreys, aged 38 and...
Bilingual barrister comes to aid of 'nervous' translator
A bilingual barrister assisted proceedings at the Special Criminal Court today after an interpreter experienced difficulty during his first court appearance....
Migrant worker denied council home loans loses equality claim against housing minister
A migrant worker has vowed to appeal after the Workplace Relations Commission dismissed his discrimination complaint against the Minister for Housing, Local...
Love Where You Live judging this week, Youth organisations invited to apply for seed funding
Leitrim community groups are being judged for the Love Where You Live Awards on 7-9 July—make sure your volunteers are ready. Meanwhile, youth organisations...
Arranmore co-op worker who said she was forced to quit over 'cute hoorism' remark loses claim
A worker at Arranmore Island co-operative in County Donegal has failed in a constructive dismissal claim before the Workplace Relations Commission. Fiona...
Five-year sentence 'disproportionate' for money launderer with links to 'Scourge of Sligo', lawyers argue
A 27-year-old man from County Galway has brought an appeal against his five-year sentence for money laundering, contending the term was disproportionate....
'I have to have some regard to the public purse': Sliabh Liag murderers denied three senior barristers for appeal
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns, convicted of murdering Robert Wilkin near Sliabh Liag in County Donegal, have been denied legal aid for a third senior barrister...
Garda detective is 'abuser and perpetrator of domestic violence', ex-wife tells court
A garda detective has pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-wife in County Mayo in October 2012. Trevor Bolger, aged 48 and formerly attached to Ballymun...
€110,000 in Local Enhancement funding awarded to 148 Leitrim projects
Over €110,000 has been allocated across 148 community projects in Leitrim through the Local Enhancement Programme 2025. The bulletin also highlights PPN rep...
University's €15 rate for correcting dissertations deemed illegal deduction
At the Workplace Relations Commission, Atlantic Technological University has been ordered to pay an assistant lecturer €1,640.88 following a complaint under...
'Women shouldn’t have to live in fear going to work': Violent rapist gets 11 years for harassment and threats to three journalists
A man with previous convictions for rape and kidnapping has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for harassing three...
Pensioners can appeal extradition to NI over 1975 murder of RUC officer
Two men in their 70s have been granted leave to appeal their extradition to Northern Ireland on charges connected to the 1975 murder of an RUC officer. At the...
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