Fraudster jailed for role in €160k scam on finance companies
A man from Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty...
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Jury verdict 'like black cloud being lifted', abuse survivor tells court
A man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction for sexual assault. Paul O'Brien, aged 47, of...
Leitrim PPN Members E-Bulletin – 22nd April, 2024
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'Public Revelation': High Court battles over the Stardust Inquests
The High Court and coroner's court have examined competing legal arguments regarding the scope of verdicts available to the jury in the resumed inquest into...
Simeon Burke has public order conviction over court 'melee' quashed
A barrister from Castlebar has had his public order conviction overturned on appeal. Simeon Burke, aged 25, was convicted in July 2023 at Dublin District...
'Ripped apart': victim tells court that trial was as bad as abuse
A 52-year-old man from Longford has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment following his conviction on 52 counts of sexual assault at the Central Criminal...
11.5 years for father who 'poisoned' daughter's youth with years of rape and abuse
A man from Strokestown, County Roscommon, has been sentenced to eleven and a half years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction on...
Exams supervisor says 'cross country' routes risked getting stuck in 'silage traffic'
A Leaving Certificate supervisor has brought a complaint before the Workplace Relations Commission against the State Examinations Commission over mileage...
Pair admit to assisting the IRA
Two men from County Cavan have pleaded guilty to assisting the IRA at the Special Criminal Court. Desmond Smith, aged 64, of Kilnavara Crescent, and Stephen...
Gemma O'Doherty tells court any attempt to jail her for alleged contempt would be 'outrageous'
Activist Gemma O'Doherty appeared before the High Court on Wednesday following her arrest by An Garda Síochána on an application alleging contempt of court....
12 years for 'monster' who raped and abused two girls
A 59-year-old man has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the rape and sexual abuse of two girls during the 1990s...
Leitrim PPN Plenary on May 9 celebrates 10 years, seeks input on strategic plan
Join community groups at Canon Donohoe Hall in Mohill on Thursday 9 May (7–9 pm) for networking, presentations, and finger food. PPN wants your feedback on...
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Rapist's conviction for repeatedly attacking teenage school girl is upheld
A man from Donegal has failed in his appeal against conviction for the repeated rape of a teenage girl in July 2016. The Court of Appeal dismissed all grounds...
Start-up founders allegedly told 'didn’t have enough diversity' fail in claim against EI for second time
Three business founders from Longford have had their discrimination claim against Enterprise Ireland dismissed by the Workplace Relations Commission for a...
Man who beheaded wife to remain in Central Mental Hospital
A man convicted of killing his wife in Finglas, Dublin in 2021 has been returned to the Central Mental Hospital for continued treatment. Diego Costa Silva,...
'Pillar of community' who left musician neighbour with multiple broken bones after brutal attack to remain in jail
A 65-year-old man from Castleblayney Road, Crossmaglen, County Armagh, has failed in his appeal against conviction and sentence for assault causing harm. The...
Shillelagh attacker has prison term more than doubled
A Longford man's prison sentence for a pub assault has been substantially increased by the Court of Appeal. Edward Stokes, aged 33, of Ferriskill, Granard,...
'Fall Guy' jailed for 'disastrous' role in 'murky' north-south plant leasing scam
A 66-year-old man from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison following his guilty plea to deception offences at...
62-year-old admits killing his mother in house fire
A 62-year-old man from Donegal has pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of his mother by arson at the Central Criminal Court. Geunter Lohse admitted to the...
Payments under Brexit scrappage scheme for trawlers do not replace statutory redundancy, WRC rules
The Workplace Relations Commission has determined that compensation paid under the State's Brexit scrappage scheme does not satisfy statutory redundancy...
Husband who beheaded wife found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
A man from Charlestown, County Mayo, has been found not guilty of murdering his wife by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. The jury unanimously...
Murder accused believed wife was 'possessed by serpent', psychiatrists tell jury
Two consultant psychiatrists have testified at the Central Criminal Court that a man accused of killing and decapacitating his wife was suffering from...
'Road to Damascus' criminal who provided car used in Christy Keane hit gets 6.5 years
A man from Donegal has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court for providing a getaway vehicle used in an attempted...
‘Sometimes you have to behead somebody', man accused of murdering wife told gardai
A 35-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his 33-year-old wife at their home in Charlestown Place, Finglas, on 4 November 2021. The Central...
Husband decapitated wife in Dublin apartment, murder trial hears
A trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard allegations that Diego Costa Silva, aged 35, fatally attacked his wife at their apartment on Charlestown...
Brazilian man goes on trial accused of murdering wife
A 35-year-old Brazilian man pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court today to the murder of his wife at their home in Dublin in November 2021. Diego...
Banned for life driver in hit-and-run on off duty garda's car
A 39-year-old man with 174 previous convictions has been sentenced to 14 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for breaching conditions of a...
Ditch media takes action against local authorities over staff ethics registers
The High Court has granted Ditch Media Limited permission to pursue judicial review proceedings against Donegal and Wicklow County Councils over their...
Court hears of 'Road to Damascus' experience for Limerick criminal who provided car for Christy Keane hit
A 45-year-old man from Limerick has been remanded for sentencing following his guilty plea to making a vehicle available to an organised crime gang for use as...
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