NI man refused bail ahead of retrial on Lordship-related robbery charges
The Special Criminal Court has refused to grant bail to a man who is accused of conspiring to steal cars with garda killer Aaron Brady, due to concerns that...
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Banned, serial offending ex-GAA star spent just nine months in prison for driving over cyclist
(File Picture: Kevin McMenamin. Photo: Collins) A serial offending ex-Donegal GAA star who was banned from driving when he broke a red light and ran over a...
Gardai concerned about potential witness intimidation in Lordship-related trial
A detective inspector has told the Special Criminal Court that he is concerned about potential witness intimidation if a man accused of conspiring to steal...
Tattoo parlour owner jailed for sexually assaulting customers
A tattoo and piercing parlour owner has been jailed for eight years for sexually assaulting three of his customers, including a teenage girl. Serial offender...
The Leitrim Gathering 2025
May 23rd-25th 2025 Celebrating place, connection, and heritage with Leitrim people at home and around the world.
Supreme Court recognises State's 'duty of care' to mussel seed fishermen
Paul Neilan The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal by a group of commercial fishermen who argued that the State had a duty of care when granting access to...
Child rapist claimed he was having "love affair" with stepdaughter
By Claire Henry A man who told gardai he was having a consensual "love affair" with his stepdaughter has been jailed for nine-and-a half years for rape and...
Cocaine addict who killed drug dealer and 'trussed up' his body gets eight years
A cocaine addict who said he was acting in self-defence when he shot dead a drug dealer with his own gun – before “trussing up” his body in a suitcase and...
Retrial for man accused of conspiring to steal cars with garda killer Aaron Brady
A 34-year-old man who successfully appealed his conviction for conspiring to steal the getaway car used in a credit union robbery in which a garda was shot...
Mother of Steakhouse assassin tells court she was unable to recognise him as murderer gets life
The mother of murdered gunman Tristan Sherry (26) was unable to recognise her son because his face was so badly beaten when a group set upon him after he...
Strokestown eviction vigilante fails in appeal against 15-year sentence
(File Picture: PJ Sweeney. Photo: Collins) One of three men who took part in a “brutal and savage” vigilante attack on security workers guarding a repossessed...
Army chaplain forgives radicalised teen who tried to murder him as pair later embrace in court
(Pictured: Defence Forces chaplain Father Paul Murphy. Photo: Collins) A Defence Forces chaplain who was repeatedly stabbed by a teenage boy motivated by "a...
Nigerian woman who falsely claimed she had been trafficked to work as prostitute is jailed
A Nigerian woman who falsely claimed she had been trafficked into Ireland and forced to work as a prostitute has been jailed. “The gardaí put many hours into...
Road rager who stomped on driver as children begged him to stop avoids jail
(Pictured: Oisin Mullen. Photo: Collins) A car passenger, who repeatedly punched, kicked and stomped on a driver in front of his two children as they begged...
SPC induction training April 17, climate and environment clinic Wed 9
Leitrim PPN members can attend specialised training for Strategic Policy Committee roles on April 17 (10am–12pm), plus a climate, environment and biodiversity...
Autism service worker sacked over alleged 'not my circus' remark wins €12.5k for unfair dismissal
A worker who was dismissed from his job at a care home for the disabled after being accused of saying “not my monkey, not my circus” and leaving work when an...
Victim of 'predatory' rape says 22-month wait on sentence appeal put 'question mark' over justice
(File Picture: Survivor Ms Ciara Mangan. Photo: Collins) A 30-year-old woman who was subjected to “a predatory, violent rape” by a young man at a party when...
Judge tells survivor of childhood rape that system failed her
(Pictured: Ms Justice Melanie Greally. Photo: Collins) A Central Criminal Court judge has told a survivor of childhood rape that the system failed her after...
Mr Flashy's brother gets five years for firing assault rifle from back of house
A brother of well-known gangster Mr Flashy, who fired a semi-automatic rifle from the back of a Dublin house in a video-recorded "display of strength"...
Asylum seeker had 'substantial lack of knowledge' of professed faith
The High Court has refused to hear a Georgian man's challenge to a decision not to grant him asylum after he displayed a "substantial lack of knowledge" about...
Taxi driver who struck pregnant woman on busy street loses bid to overturn conviction
A taxi driver who struck a pregnant woman on a busy Dublin street has lost a bid to overturn his conviction for careless driving. Muhammad Butt (44) of...
Inland Fisheries worker who quit in wake of FOI request over letting of State property loses claim
A public servant who claimed she was being subjected to a “smear campaign” and objected to details of her commercial arrangement to manage a State property...
Jury takes just three hours to convict man who denied murder despite telling gardai: 'I am guilty, please lock me up'”
A jury has taken just three hours to convict a man who denied murdering his partner, despite evidence that he had beaten her, threatened her parents that he...
Supreme Court won't hear challenge to extradition over 1979 IRA murder allegation
By Paul Neilan The Supreme Court has refused to hear a 67-year-old man's appeal against an order that he be extradited to Northern Ireland to be tried for the...
'May you be haunted like I have been': victim addresses abuser in statement
A woman who was sexually abused by her cousin almost 25 years ago when she was eight years old has addressed him in her victim impact statement, telling the...
Brazilian brothel-keeper who was caught with €800k and child abuse material gets nine years
By Isabel Hayes and Sonya McLean A Brazilian brothel-keeper who ran a network across rural Ireland and was caught with almost €800k in various bank accounts...
Trucker jailed after sniffer dog found €1m in cannabis
A truck driver who agreed to transport just over one million euro worth of cannabis in his vehicle on the ferry has been jailed for four and a half years....
Family of shooting victim left in wardrobe 'baffled' at how killer continued with life 'as normal'
The sister of a man who was shot dead in a Dublin apartment has said she lived through a "nightmare" during a five-day search for her brother while his body...
'Courier' left rucksack with €200,000 at feet of co-accused
By Sonya McLean A man who was caught on CCTV handing over a rucksack containing just under €200,000 in criminal proceeds to a Dutch national has been jailed...
Pair accused of disposing of body parts of murdered teen Keane Mulready Woods get trial date
Two men accused of disposing of the body parts of murdered teenager Keane Mulready Woods have today received a date for trial at the Special Criminal Court....
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