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Monaghan · March 20, 2023

Jury sworn in for Jasmine McMonagle murder trial

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan to hear the trial of a 32-year-old man charged with the murder of Jasmine McMonagle in...

Westport · March 20, 2023

Valerie French Kilroy murder trial collapses

The murder trial of James Kilroy at the Central Criminal Court collapsed on Monday due to an unexpected and complex matter that emerged during proceedings. Ms...

Swinford · March 20, 2023 Also covered in Ballina

Murder accused told gardai he stabbed man 'in own defence'

A 33-year-old Polish man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a 24-year-old at Carrabeg Estate in Swinford, Co Mayo on 16 November 2020. The Central Criminal...

Lifford · March 20, 2023

Jasmine McMonagle met a 'brutal death', jury told

A murder trial opened at the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan on 20 March regarding the death of Jasmine McMonagle at Forest Park, Killygordon, County...

Boyle · March 20, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

Strokestown eviction farm owner also had 170 acres, 'one or two' properties, trial hears

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a trial has heard that Michael McGann, whose Roscommon farm at Falsk was repossessed by KBC Bank in December 2018, held...

Mayo · March 20, 2023

Worker 'caught in middle' of funding shortfall caused by government department

A worker employed at a County Mayo job centre for disabled adults has secured a second Workplace Relations Commission ruling in her favour regarding unpaid...

Boyle · March 16, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

Security guard expected to see 'charred bodies' after alleged Strokestown attack

A security guard has testified at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the trial of four men accused of an assault on a rural Roscommon property in December 2018....

Sligo · March 16, 2023

Mortgage lender concedes in Supreme Court appeal over repossession order

A woman from Sligo has succeeded in her Supreme Court appeal against a mortgage lender's attempt to restore repossession proceedings on her family home....

Cavan · March 16, 2023

Lunney abductor Harte claims conviction and 30-year sentence should be set aside

The High Court has reserved its decision on a constitutional challenge brought by Alan Harte, who seeks to overturn his conviction and 30-year sentence...

Mayo · March 16, 2023

Enoch Burke in 'self-praise that beggars belief' judge finds, as school can enforce fine from next week

The High Court has ordered Enoch Burke to pay Wilson's Hospital School's legal costs arising from two pre-trial motions in their ongoing dispute. Mr Justice...

Westport · March 15, 2023

Valerie French Kilroy murder trial hits 'bump in the road'

At the Central Criminal Court, the murder trial of James Kilroy, aged 49, of Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, has been adjourned until Monday afternoon...

Cavan · March 15, 2023

Bus driver avoids jail for careless driving causing death of cyclist

A man has received a fully suspended one-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for careless driving causing the death of a cyclist. Mariusz...

Castlerea · March 15, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Jury finds Stephen Silver guilty of capital murder after two trials

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has found Stephen Silver guilty of capital murder following a retrial. Silver, aged 46, a mechanic from Aughaward,...

Charlestown · March 15, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

'Learned Impunity': the trial of garda murderer Stephen Silver

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted Stephen Silver of the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan in Castlerea, County Roscommon, on 17 June 2020....

Swinford · March 15, 2023

Couple secure injunction preventing receiver's proposed sale of house

A businessman and his wife from Lisheenbrawn, Swinford, County Mayo, have obtained a temporary High Court injunction preventing a mortgage company and a...

Castlebar · March 14, 2023 Also covered in Westport

Airbnb guest was staying at Valerie French Kilroy's home when she was killed by husband, trial hears

A man charged with murdering his wife in County Mayo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. James Kilroy, aged 49, of...

Boyle · March 14, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

Security guard tells trial of being attacked at Strokestown repossession farm

A security guard giving evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has described being attacked during a repossession at a rural property near Strokestown,...

Castlerea · March 14, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Jury to continue deliberating in Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

The jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of Stephen Silver continues deliberations in the case concerning the death of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea,...

Castlebar · March 14, 2023

Ammi Burke gets date for High Court challenge against Arthur Cox dismissal

A solicitor from Castlebar, Co Mayo is pursuing a High Court judicial review challenge against a Workplace Relations Commission decision rejecting her unfair...

Ballyshannon · March 14, 2023

Department store ordered to pay worker discriminated against due to post natal depression

The Workplace Relations Commission has ordered Edward Slevin & Co Ltd, trading as Slevins Department Store in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, to pay €5,500 in...

Castlerea · March 13, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

'This is not trial by expert, this is trial by jury': garda murder trial jury begin deliberations

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the trial of Stephen Silver, charged with the murder of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County...

Strokestown · March 13, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Convoy

'Like something out of the wild west', defence say of Strokestown eviction

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard testimony on 13 March 2023 in the trial of four men charged in connection with an attack on a repossessed farm near...

Monaghan · March 13, 2023

Notorious criminal Gerard Mackin admits to money laundering for crime gang

A man has pleaded guilty to money laundering before the Special Criminal Court following his extradition from Spain. Gerard Mackin (40), originally from west...

Westport · March 10, 2023

Mum died of strangulation, blunt force trauma and stab wound to neck, pathologist tells trial

At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, the Chief State Pathologist provided evidence that a woman from Westport, County Mayo, died from ligature...

Castlerea · March 10, 2023

'No rational basis or motivation' for shooting garda, defence tell murder trial jury

At the Central Criminal Court, defence counsel Dominic McGinn SC argued during closing submissions that Stephen Silver's shooting of Garda Colm Horkan at...

Castlebar · March 10, 2023 Also covered in Westport

Murder accused said he 'waited in long grass' for wife before 'dark and frenzied attack'

At the Central Criminal Court, a murder trial heard that James Kilroy, aged 49, a park ranger from Kilbree Lower, Westport, County Mayo, described to gardai...

Sligo · March 10, 2023

Man admits to directing criminal gang

A 37-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to directing a criminal organisation. Barry Young, with an address in Cranmore,...

Castlerea · March 09, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Murder accused had 'seething resentment' toward gardai, prosecution tell jury

Stephen Silver, aged 46 of Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, stands trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of murdering Garda Colm Horkan at...

Westport · March 09, 2023

Child of mother killed in rural home requested coco pops after gardai found body, trial hears

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence concerning the death of a forty-one-year-old occupational therapist discovered in a campervan...

Westport · March 08, 2023 Also covered in Castlebar

Valerie French Kilroy trial: accused described to gardai how he killed wife

James Kilroy, aged 49, of Kilbree Lower, Westport, County Mayo, stands trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of Valerie French Kilroy at...

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