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Leitrim PPN Members E-Bulletin – 26th March, 2024
Leitrim PPN News – latest funding, training opportunities, consultations, submissions & surveys, community news & what’s on in Leitrim.
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...
Leitrim PPN Members E-Bulletin – 26th February, 2024
Leitrim PPN News – latest funding, training opportunities, consultations, submissions & surveys, community news & what's on in Leitrim.
Woman raped and sexually abused by 'monster' grateful he has been exposed
A 59-year-old man has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to twelve counts including rape, oral rape, and sexual assault committed against two...
Judge rules Gemma O'Doherty must appear before High Court to answer alleged contempt
A High Court judge has ruled that Gemma O'Doherty must appear before the court to answer alleged contempt of an existing injunction. Mr Justice Mark Sanfey...
Ghanian fishermen say they are owed redundancy on top of decommissioning payout
Seven Ghanaian fishermen have brought claims before the Workplace Relations Commission alleging they are entitled to statutory redundancy payments in addition...
Man jailed for repeated sexual assaults on babysitter has jail term cut on appeal
A Roscommon man convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl employed as a babysitter has had his sentence reduced on appeal. Michael King, aged...
Learn to pitch your project, explore home retrofitting grants this week
Leitrim community groups can access a Making Great Pitches course and attend a Home Retrofitting Information Event. Plus: new Local Economic Community Plan...
Jail for man who threatened to go to State pathologist's home armed with AK
A man with over 60 previous convictions has been sentenced to 18 months in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for making a series of hoax phone calls...
Application seeking Gemma O'Doherty's possible committal to prison for alleged contempt is adjourned
An application seeking Gemma O'Doherty's possible committal to prison for alleged contempt of court has been adjourned for one week by Mr Justice Mark Sanfey...
Priest and community group resolve action over access to Donegal beach
A community group and a Catholic priest have resolved High Court proceedings concerning public access to Castlegoland beach in County Donegal. Save our Beach...
Claims of ageist pay discrimination at top levels of Prison Service dismissed
Three senior officials in the Irish Prison Service have failed in equality claims at the Workplace Relations Commission, alleging they faced age...
Bank entitled to possession of late Sligo woman's home in 'Life Loan' case
The High Court has ruled that Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank is entitled to take possession of a rural property in Ballinfull, County Sligo, following the...
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