Yousef Palani admits to murdering two men in Sligo, causing serious harm to third
A 23-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to two counts of murder and one count of causing serious harm. Yousef Palani, of...
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'Scourge' of Sligo gets 11 years for directing organised crime
Barry Young, aged 38, has been sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for directing a criminal organisation. Mr Justice Tony...
'No excuse for lawlessness': 15 years for Strokestown eviction vigilantes
Three men have been sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment following their conviction on fifteen charges relating to an armed attack on security personnel...
Limerick criminal jailed for helping McCarthy-Dundon gang in attempted murder of Christy Keane
A Limerick man has been sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, by the Special Criminal Court for assisting the...
Zimbabwean fraudster posed as child psychologist for years
A man with an address in County Louth has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for operating as a fraudulent child psychologist across public and private...
10.5 years for man who raped and sexually abused daughter
A man from Buncrana, County Donegal, has been sentenced to ten and a half years imprisonment following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for the...
Gemma O'Doherty confirms she controls Twitter account alleged to have breached court order
A woman from Kingscourt, County Cavan, has secured court orders requiring Twitter to disclose the identities of operators behind two accounts allegedly in...
Convicted murderer and gambling addict jailed for roles in moving machine gun
Two men have been sentenced at the Special Criminal Court for their roles in moving a submachine gun during a criminal operation in 2020. Robert Redmond, aged...
Woman raped by father as child hopes case will give others courage to tell their story
A 22-year-old woman from Buncrana, County Donegal, has delivered a powerful victim impact statement at the Central Criminal Court following her father's...
Judge faces unique situation of having to sentence terminally ill rapist
At the Central Criminal Court in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, two brothers have been convicted of sexually abusing their young cousin between 1999 and...
GSOC refused audio tapes in Simeon Burke case, as court notes 'covert recording' concerns
A Court of Appeal judge has refused the Garda Ombudsman Commission access to ambient audio recordings made during a court incident at the Four Courts in...
UK men caught with €2.3m in cannabis concealed under frozen chicken
Two British men pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing approximately €2.3 million worth of cannabis for sale or supply on 22 December...
Rape conviction quashed after jury concerned they were photographed, interview issue
A man's conviction for rape and sexual assault has been quashed by the Court of Appeal following concerns about jury impartiality and the handling of evidence...
Victim subjected to 'rape songs' by co-workers in aftermath of attack
A man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following his conviction for rape at the Central Criminal Court. Shane...
Mum of teen who died by suicide seeks more orders over alleged harassment by Gemma O'Doherty
A mother from Kingscourt, County Cavan, has returned to the High Court seeking orders to identify operators of Twitter accounts alleged to have breached an...
'Why does he keep assaulting people?': man who killed mother carried out multiple attacks since release
A man from Castlebar, County Mayo, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for two unprovoked assaults committed in...
Panel to oppose Enoch Burke's bid to halt appeal
A panel convened to hear a teacher's appeal against dismissal has indicated it will contest an attempt to halt proceedings, the High Court learned on Tuesday....
Woman tells High Court home has become 'living hell' due to excess noise
A woman from Lough Gowna in County Cavan has brought proceedings in the High Court against a manufacturing company and its alleged directors over noise...
Convicted murder and gambling addict helped move sub-machine gun
Two men pleaded guilty in the Special Criminal Court to unlawful possession of a RAK PM-63 submachine gun recovered during a garda operation on the N11 in...
Enoch Burke secures last-gasp injunction over dismissal appeal
A temporary High Court injunction halting an appeal hearing into a teacher's dismissal was granted on Thursday following an application brought in Tullamore,...
'When nature called': driver who said he had to urinate in bottle on delivery runs wins €15k
A van driver employed by an Italian food importer has been awarded €15,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission for breaches of working time legislation,...
Sligo murders accused changes counsel ahead of trial
A 22-year-old man charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in Sligo has changed his senior counsel ahead of trial. The accused...
Violent criminal who repeatedly punched pregnant partner has jail time doubled
A man with 86 previous convictions, including for domestic violence, has had his custodial sentence doubled following a Court of Appeal ruling. Jason Doyle...
Asylum seeker had UK conviction for sex assault before rape and attacks on women here
A man granted refugee status in Ireland despite a prior UK sexual assault conviction has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment at the Central Criminal...
Teacher in discrimination claim told she'd be 'better off selling traybakes' at protestant school, WRC hears
A teacher at a County Donegal school has brought a discrimination complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission in Letterkenny, alleging she was passed over...
'You can do what you like, traitor': Strokestown eviction attacker to judge
Three men have been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of offences arising from an armed attack on a repossessed farmhouse at Falsk, Strokestown,...
Extradition to Scotland refused on humanitarian grounds after judge notes severe prison overcrowding
A High Court judge has refused to extradite a man to Scotland on humanitarian grounds, citing severe prison overcrowding and inadequate mental health...
Jail for man who lied about sex attack on partner's sister being consensual
A 27-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Central Criminal Court for sexually assaulting his partner's teenage sister in...
Court makes orders preventing Gemma O'Doherty from harassing mum of teen who died by suicide
A mother from Kingscourt, County Cavan, has obtained High Court orders restraining former journalist Gemma O'Doherty from harassing her following the death of...
'Without a free press there is no democracy': Supreme Court rejects garda bid to access journalist's phone
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by the Garda Commissioner challenging the quashing of a search warrant that would have allowed access to...
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