'Obsessed' double murderer Palani told gardai he would have continued to kill
Yousef Palani, aged 23, appeared at the Central Criminal Court for sentencing following guilty pleas to two murders in Sligo in April 2022. Palani admitted to...
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'Unspeakable violence': Serial Killer Palani jailed for life
At the Central Criminal Court on 23 October 2023, Yousef Palani, aged 23, from Markievicz Heights in Sligo, was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment for...
Inmate further jailed for attack on officer in women's prison
A 39-year-old woman from Granard, County Longford, has been sentenced to twelve months in prison following an assault on a prison officer at the Dochas Centre...
Teacher guilty of abusing her male student in 1980s
A woman has been found guilty of indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy in the 1980s following a trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Jacintha McSherry...
Pair jailed over rape and sex assault of woman in van launch appeals over incorrect phone evidence
Two men from County Longford have appealed their convictions for rape and sexual assault at the Court of Appeal following issues with phone evidence presented...
Jury to continue deliberating in trial of teacher accused of abusing her male student
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court will resume deliberations tomorrow in the trial of a teacher accused of indecently assaulting a male student decades...
Stardust worker tells inquest that doors were 'always locked'
At the ongoing inquest into the Stardust nightclub fire of February 1981, witnesses have testified that emergency exit doors were secured with chains and...
Jury continue deliberations in trial of teacher accused of abusing her male student
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has continued deliberations in the trial of a Donegal woman accused of indecently assaulting a male student nearly four...
'A case where danger lurks': closing speeches in trial of teacher accused of abusing her male student
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a teacher accused of indecently assaulting a male student nearly four...
Teacher who groomed and repeatedly raped teenager gets 8 years
A man aged 54 from Erry, Clara, County Offaly, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment following his conviction on charges of sexually abusing a...
Teacher takes stand and tells jury she never abused child
A teacher from Donegal Town has denied charges of indecent assault against a male student alleged to have occurred nearly four decades ago. The 63-year-old...
Terminally ill man and trainee priest brother jailed for rape of young cousin
Two brothers have been sentenced to a combined seven years imprisonment following their conviction for the sexual abuse of their cousin over a four-year...
Teacher told gardai that student fantasised about her, trial hears
A 63-year-old teacher from Donegal Town has pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecently assaulting a male student in 1985 when she was a trainee educator...
Court rejects inquiry into detention of jailed Strokestown eviction vigilante
The High Court has dismissed an application for an inquiry into the detention of a Mayo farmer convicted in connection with a vigilante attack on security...
Teacher goes on trial accused of abusing boy in 1980s
A former English teacher has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with indecently assaulting a pupil during the 1980s. Jacintha McSherry...
'Christmas present' pair jailed after €2.3m in cannabis found hidden under frozen chicken
Two men have been sentenced to seven years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their arrest with cannabis worth €2.3 million concealed...
Enoch Burke to remain in prison as family members again removed from court
Teacher Enoch Burke will remain in Mountjoy Prison after refusing to comply with a court order to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School in County Mayo. Mr...
Love Where You Live 2025 awards ceremony at Lough Rynn Castle tonight
Leitrim PPN and the council celebrate community groups making a difference across the county. Winners announced tonight (Thursday 2 Oct) at Lough Rynn Castle...
Special Criminal Court convicts Armagh man of conspiracy to seal car allegedly used in Lordship robbery
The Special Criminal Court has convicted James Flynn, an Armagh man, of conspiring with garda killer Aaron Brady to steal a Volkswagen Passat on 22 and 23...
Two men cleared of notorious Lordship Credit Union robbery
Two men have been acquitted of robbery in connection with the 2013 Lordship Credit Union heist in Bellurgan, County Louth, during which Detective Garda Adrian...
Veteran Murder Squad detective denied cold case killer had head immersed in body parts
A retired detective sergeant from the Garda Technical Bureau has denied allegations made by Noel Long, convicted in connection with a 1981 murder in Cork. The...
Evidence points to 'inescapable conclusion' of 1981 murder accused's guilt, prosecution say
At the Central Criminal Court, prosecutors have submitted that forensic evidence in a cold case murder trial points inescapably to the guilt of the accused....
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...
'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...
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