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Swinford · March 31, 2023

Man who stabbed home attacker in self defence is cleared of murder

A 33-year-old man has been acquitted of murder at the Central Criminal Court following a trial concerning a stabbing at a housing estate in Swinford, County...

Boyle · March 31, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

Roscommon eviction trial to resume after Easter break

A trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court concerning an alleged assault during an eviction has heard evidence from gardaí regarding search operations conducted...

Swinford · March 30, 2023

Murder trial jury ask judge about self defence and intent

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has sought clarification from Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring on self-defence and intent in the murder trial of Matusz Batiuk...

Mayo · March 30, 2023

Enoch Burke sacked for harassing colleague, breaching student's confidence, High Court told

At the High Court, Wilson's Hospital School in County Mayo presented evidence on the third day of proceedings arising from the dismissal of teacher Enoch...

Monaghan · March 30, 2023

Notorious criminal Mackin accepts he has 'made poor choices in the past'

Gerard Mackin, 40, has pleaded guilty to money laundering before the Special Criminal Court following his extradition from Spain in December. The charge...

Swinford · March 29, 2023

Jury begin deliberating in Mayo murder trial

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the case of a man charged with murdering a 24-year-old from County Mayo. Matusz Batiuk,...

Mayo · March 29, 2023

Enoch Burke case in delayed start

The High Court hearing into a dispute between teacher Enoch Burke and Wilson's Hospital School resumed on Wednesday morning with a delayed start. The case was...

Mayo · March 29, 2023

Principal tells court of feeling 'hunted' by Enoch Burke

A former principal of Wilson's Hospital secondary school in County Westmeath has given evidence in the High Court regarding allegations of misconduct against...

Ramelton · March 29, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Letterkenny

Garda identified defendant as attacker at Strokestown eviction farm

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a detective garda from Donegal testified that he identified one of four defendants as an attacker during a siege at a...

Carrickmacross · March 28, 2023

Housemate of garda killer treated as hostile witness after trial hears of statement change

A witness at the Special Criminal Court was treated as hostile after giving conflicting evidence in the trial of two men charged with a credit union robbery...

Swinford · March 28, 2023

Murder accused entitled to defend himself in own home, defence tell jury

At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of Matusz Batiuk, who denies murdering Michael McDonagh at a housing estate in...

Mayo · March 28, 2023

'What will we do with you?': Enoch Burke excluded from hearing after judge notes he'd 'test the patience of Job'

A High Court judge has excluded teacher Enoch Burke from the courtroom during the full hearing of his dispute with Wilson's Hospital School in County...

Boyle · March 28, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

Strokestown attack accused challenges mobile phone evidence

Four men have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an assault at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County...

Westport · March 27, 2023

Date set for retrial in Valerie French Kilroy case

A man accused of murdering his wife at their home in County Mayo will face a retrial at the Central Criminal Court later this year. James Kilroy, aged 49, of...

Swinford · March 27, 2023

Appropriate for jury to consider diminished responsibility, psychiatrists tell murder trial

Two forensic psychiatrists have testified at the Central Criminal Court that a jury should consider whether a man's criminal responsibility was diminished...

Castlebar · March 24, 2023 Also covered in Swinford

Murder accused said deceased man was 'acting like Gestapo'

The Central Criminal Court in Dublin heard evidence on March 24th regarding a fatal stabbing in Swinford, County Mayo. Matusz Batiuk, aged 33, formerly of...

Ballyhaunis · March 24, 2023

John Tighe to remain in prison for murdering infant son after appeal is rejected

John Tighe will remain in prison serving a life sentence following the dismissal of his appeal against conviction for the murder of his infant son. Tighe,...

Boyle · March 24, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

'NI mercenaries' video circulated before attack at Roscommon eviction farm, trial hears

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the trial heard that a social media video alleging Northern Irish "mercenaries" were responsible for an eviction circulated...

Boyle · March 23, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

Injured Belgian Shepard had to be euthanised at Roscommon eviction farm, trial hears

A veterinary surgeon has given evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the trial of four men charged in connection with an alleged attack on a rural...

Swinford · March 23, 2023

Stab wound of 12cm severed artery and caused death, Mayo murder trial hears

A pathologist told the Central Criminal Court in Dublin that a single stab wound measuring at least 12 centimetres in depth caused the death of a 24-year-old...

Letterkenny · March 23, 2023 Also covered in Lifford

'No one to stop me': the Jasmine McMonagle murder trial

A man has been convicted of the murder of a woman in County Donegal in January 2019. The victim, a 28-year-old mother, was fatally beaten and strangled in her...

Bundoran · March 23, 2023

Allegations against manager on ring buoy inspections rejected as 'hearsay', as unfair dismissal claim is upheld

A manager at Donegal Council who dismissed the county lifeguard supervisor over alleged failures to complete ring buoy safety inspections relied solely on...

Donegal · March 23, 2023

Jasmine McMonagle trial: ex cleared of murder, guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility

Richard Burke, aged 32, of Killygordon, County Donegal, has been found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility at the Central Criminal...

Swinford · March 22, 2023

Key witness tells trial he broke into murder accused's home and stabbed him

A key witness in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court gave conflicting evidence regarding events at a house in Swinford, County Mayo, on November 16,...

Strokestown · March 22, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Ramelton

Fire brigade officers give evidence at Strokestown eviction trial

Fire brigade officers gave evidence on day 13 of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court concerning an incident at a property near Strokestown, County...

Donegal Town · March 22, 2023 Also covered in Letterkenny

Jasmine McMonagle murder accused was suffering from mental disorder, psychiatrists tell trial

The Central Criminal Court in Monaghan heard testimony on 22 March from two psychiatrists who both concluded that Richard Burke was suffering from a mental...

Roscommon · March 21, 2023

Criminal caught for burglary 13 years ago after change in DNA sharing procedures

A man with a Roscommon address has been sentenced following a burglary in Dublin over a decade ago. Tomasz Bebenek, aged 34, of Harbour Road, Tarmonbarry,...

Strokestown · March 21, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Ramelton

Security guard tells trial he was cut with meat cleaver and doused in petrol during Strokestown eviction attack

A security guard gave evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court regarding an attack on a repossessed farm at Falsk, near Strokestown, County Roscommon, on 16...

Letterkenny · March 21, 2023 Also covered in Ballybofey, Lifford

'I went ballistic, absolutely f**king ballistic,' Jasmin McMonagle murder accused told gardai

Richard Burke, aged thirty-two and from Killygordon in County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the...

Swinford · March 20, 2023 Also covered in Ballyhaunis, Knock

Polish man goes on trial accused of Co Mayo murder

Matusz Batiuk, a 33-year-old man formerly residing in Carrabeg Estate, Swinford, Co Mayo, entered a not guilty plea at the Central Criminal Court on 20 March...

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