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Rathmullan · December 01, 2025

Second man admits to helping in movement and disposal of Keane Mulready Woods remains

A second man has pleaded guilty to assisting an offender by helping in the movement and disposal of the body parts of murdered teenager Keane Mulready Woods,...

Lack · November 29, 2025

Buddhist monk 'in limbo' as he seeks extra time to lodge asylum appeal

by Paul Neilan A Tibetan Buddhist monk here has been left "in limbo" by the Irish State, which is refusing to give him an extension of time to lodge an appeal...

Lack · November 27, 2025

Grandfather held over €700k of cocaine and MDMA to pay €20k drug debt

By Fiona Ferguson A grandfather who agreed to hold over €700,000 worth of cocaine and MDMA to repay a €20,000 drug debt will begin a six-year jail term in the...

Donagh · November 27, 2025

Criminal who used weapons in city centre robberies jailed for six years

By Claire Henry A man who carried out three robberies in two days while already on bail for another robbery has been jailed for six years. Dublin Circuit...

Lack · November 27, 2025

Woman who caused death of cyclist gets fully suspended sentence

By Sonya McLean and Niamh O’Donoghue A 62-year-old woman who caused the death of a cyclist after her car crossed onto the other side of the road has been...

Lack · November 26, 2025

Judge jails offender for 'deeply traumatic series of sexual assaults'

(Picture: Mr Justice Paul McDermott, who jailed Thomas Osborne (25) for nine years for oral rape and sexual assault on 12-year-old girl Photo: Collins) By...

Lack · November 25, 2025

Horror crash driver walked away while friend lay dead in passenger seat, court hears

(Pictured: Jake Kelly. Photo: Collins) By Isabel Hayes and Sonya McLean A driver who crashed a car at speed into the back of an articulated lorry walked away...

Lack · November 25, 2025

15 months for man who distributed and was caught with child abuse material

By Eimear Dodd A 42-year-old man who distributed child abuse material and was caught with thousands of abuse images has been jailed for 15 months. Lucas...

Lack · November 25, 2025

Man jailed and ordered to leave country over €40k drugs haul

An Italian man has been jailed for three years and ordered to leave the country upon his release from prison after he was found in possession of over €40,000...

Lack · November 24, 2025

Meat factory worker wins €40k after WRC told boss went to home looking for 'massage'

A part-time meat factory worker who said she was “overwhelmed by fear” when her boss came to her home and told her he wanted “a head massage and some company”...

Lack · November 24, 2025

Man with intellectual disability jailed for historical rape and sexual abuse

By Claire Henry A man with an intellectual disability has been jailed for seven years for the historical rape and aggravated sexual abuse of a seven-year-old...

Rathmullan · November 24, 2025

Man admits to helping in movement and disposal of teen's body parts

A 32-year-old man has pleaded guilty to assisting in the movement and disposal of the body parts of murdered teenager Keane Mulready Woods, whose dismembered...

Mohill · November 24, 2025

Mohill Parish seeks readers and Eucharistic Ministers, free Advent retreat offered

The parish is urgently recruiting lay ministers to fill staffing gaps—training provided. Also: a free online Advent retreat from the Priory Institute, plus...

Manorhamilton · November 21, 2025

Man who worked as carer jailed for historic rape and abuse of niece

A Leitrim man who has worked as a carer has been jailed for six years for the repeated rape and sexual assault of his young niece over 40 years ago. Sean...

Leitrim · November 21, 2025

Sex assault conviction overturned after 'fairly sure' judge's charge

A man who was jailed for sexually assaulting his younger cousin over a four-year period will be retried after the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction....

Donagh · November 21, 2025

On-bail offender who punched off-duty garda avoids jail

An on-bail offender who punched an off-duty garda in a nightclub has been given a fully suspended sentence. Anthony Ainscough (39) of Windmill Road, Crumlin,...

Lack · November 21, 2025

Portuguese dentist jailed for 'campaign of terror' against ex with fake socials

A woman who created fake online dating profiles and Instagram accounts in her ex-partner's name during a "campaign of harassment" has been jailed. Over the...

Lack · November 20, 2025

Brazilian man jailed for skateboard attack which left victim with fractured skull

A Brazilian man who used his skateboard to strike a man outside a chipper, leaving him with a fractured skull and a bleed to the brain, has been jailed for...

Lack · November 20, 2025

Man gets eight years for killing sister's partner

A 24-year-old man, who told gardai he was "so drunk" that he couldn't remember fatally stabbing his sister’s partner with a kitchen knife, has been jailed for...

Lack · November 20, 2025

Violent offender jailed for 'horrific' assaults on women

A violent offender has been jailed for two years and nine months for carrying out “horrific” assaults on two women over Christmas time two years ago. Ronaldo...

Donagh · November 19, 2025

94-year-old struck home intruder with shoehorn

A 94-year-old man who woke up to find a burglar in his bedroom struck the intruder twice with a shoehorn and shouted at him to get out of his home, a court...

Lack · November 19, 2025

'Completely unacceptable' that State unable to facilitate fair trial process with psychiatric reports, senior judge says

(Pictured: Mr Justice Paul McDermott. Photo: Collins) A judge at the Central Criminal Court has expressed his sympathy to an "unfortunate" father who has...

Letterkenny · November 18, 2025

Money mule recruiter jailed for role in €100k invoice redirection scam

A money mule recruiter has received a consecutive 21-month prison sentence after a court found he was "up to his neck" in laundering €100,000 stolen as part...

Lack · November 18, 2025

Prosecutor who claimed he was overlooked for murder cases due to drink problem loses discrimination claim

A solicitor at the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions who claimed he was denied the chance to prepare a murder case for the State as an act of...

Lack · November 17, 2025

Man there for 'moral support' at fatal stabbing gets 3.5 years

A Carlow man who armed himself with a knife and a metal bar to lend “moral support” to a co-accused, who allegedly stabbed a father-of-two to death outside...

Knock · November 17, 2025 Also covered in Claremorris

'Self-proclaimed pillar of society' (89) jailed for historic abuse

By Claire Henry and Isabel Hayes An 89-year-old “self-proclaimed pillar of society” has been jailed for three years for the historical sexual abuse of a...

Roscommon · November 14, 2025 Also covered in Mayo

High Court upholds solicitor's misconduct finding over Mayo land transfer

A High Court judge has upheld a disciplinary tribunal finding of professional misconduct against suspended Roscommon solicitor Declan O'Callaghan concerning...

Lack · November 14, 2025

School teacher caught in child grooming sting gets 2.5 years

A school teacher who engaged in highly sexualised online conversations with young girls – including what he believed was a child of nine years old – and was...

Convoy · November 14, 2025 Also covered in Letterkenny

Serial rapist gets five years for attack on 18-year-old

A serial rapist with previous convictions for stalking and attacking women has been sentenced to five years in prison for raping an 18-year-old woman, after a...

Virginia · November 14, 2025

'The house was freezing cold, you wouldn’t sit in an open space – you’d be in bed': Zimbabwean care workers tell tribunal of conditions in shared accomodation

Care workers from Zimbabwe, who allege they paid thousands of euro each to a recruiter to secure work permits, have told a tribunal of living in "freezing"...

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