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Castleblayney · November 02, 2022

Musician tells court there is 'no escape from torture' after vicious assault

Eugene Hanratty Senior, aged 63, of Castleblayney Road, Crossmaglen, Armagh, was convicted by jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following trial of assault...

Dromod · November 01, 2022

Surveillance garda saw 'the Monk' leave Dowdall's home, trial hears

A surveillance garda told the Special Criminal Court that he observed a man he recognised as Gerard Hutch departing Jonathan Dowdall's home on the Navan Road...

Ballyshannon · November 01, 2022

Cannabis 'chauffeur' is jailed

A man who allowed his vehicle to be used to transport nearly €60,000 worth of cannabis has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal...

Ballina · November 01, 2022

Man to go trial accused of deceiving Our Lady's Hospice

A 56-year-old man from Ballina in County Mayo appeared at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in connection with allegations relating to the sale of a Spanish...

Kingscourt · November 01, 2022 Also covered in Virginia

Man falsely registered himself as father to six in Irish passport scam

A man has been sentenced to three years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for falsely registering himself as the father of six children to facilitate...

Castlerea · November 01, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused's behaviour 'possible manifestations of abnormal mental state'

A consultant psychiatrist told the Central Criminal Court that Stephen Silver's behaviour following the fatal shooting of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at...

Castlerea · October 28, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused previously attacked psychiatric staff, trial hears

Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan at...

Convoy · October 27, 2022

Hutch and Dowdall met man caught with Regency rifles, surveillance garda tells trial

A surveillance garda told the Special Criminal Court that he observed Gerard Hutch and former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall meeting with a man later...

Castlerea · October 27, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused describes moment he shot detective 11 times

Stephen Silver, aged 46, a motorbike mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court regarding the death of...

Foxford · October 26, 2022 Also covered in Castlerea

Garda murder accused takes to stand in own trial

A 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Foxford, County Mayo, has testified at the Central Criminal Court that he was living in a shed without running water and...

Donegal · October 25, 2022

State tells Regency trial that CCTV footage shows Hutch and Dowdall travelling North together

The Special Criminal Court viewed CCTV footage on 25 October as part of the trial of Gerard Hutch, charged with the murder of Kinahan Cartel member David...

Castlerea · October 25, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Slain garda helped admit man accused of his murder to psych unit, trial hears

Detective Garda Colm Horkan, who was fatally shot two years prior, had assisted in admitting the man accused of his murder to a psychiatric unit in 2003, the...

Monaghan · October 24, 2022

High Court judge criticises SF TD's 'ill-informed' comments

A High Court judge has publicly refuted remarks made by a Sinn Féin TD regarding judicial willingness to travel outside Dublin to hear cases. Speaking at the...

Donegal · October 24, 2022

Bullet cases from Regency murder scene were fired by recovered AKs, trial hears

The Special Criminal Court heard that bullet cases recovered from the Regency Hotel murder scene were fired from three AK-47 variant assault rifles seized...

Castlerea · October 24, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Psychiatrist found no evidence of 'acute mental illness' in garda murder accused

A psychiatrist assessed Stephen Silver, the accused in Detective Garda Colm Horkan's murder, hours after the shooting at Castlerea Garda Station in County...

Letterkenny · October 20, 2022

AK-47s found just a month after Regency shooting, Hutch murder trial hears

A Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard evidence on 20 October 2022 regarding three AK-47 assault rifles recovered in County Meath approximately one month...

Castlerea · October 20, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused claimed detective was 'fumbling' with gun 'like an eejit'

Stephen Silver, aged 46, a motorbike mechanic from Aughavim, Foxford, County Mayo, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of Detective Garda...

Longford · October 19, 2022

WRC rejects mask exemption letter from suspended GP

The Workplace Relations Commission has rejected a discrimination complaint brought by a Longford man against a supermarket in the Axis Centre. John Ryan...

Castlerea · October 19, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Gda Colm Horkan "was trying to shoot me", murder accused told gardai

Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavain, Foxford, County Mayo, appeared before the Central Criminal Court where a video recording of...

Cavan · October 17, 2022

Man jailed for having 117 stolen bicycles

A man from Cavan has been sentenced to two years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possessing 117 stolen bicycles valued at approximately...

Castlerea · October 17, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused 'out of touch with reality' after shooting, trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a general practitioner testified that Stephen Silver appeared disconnected from reality in the hours following the fatal...

Donegal Town · October 14, 2022

Man jailed for rape and abuse of niece when he was teen

A 30-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, with the final 18 months suspended, for the rape and sexual abuse of his niece...

Foxford · October 14, 2022

Key witness tells trial he wanted to keep murder accused 'away from the guards'

A key witness in the Central Criminal Court trial of Stephen Silver, who is accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan, has testified that he...

Sligo · October 14, 2022

McGinley fails in second bid to overturn conviction for murder of Eugene Gillespie

Simon McGinley has failed in his second attempt to overturn his murder conviction at the Court of Appeal. McGinley, aged 38, was convicted in April 2014 of...

Donegal · October 14, 2022

€72k retirement fund transferred to money mule

A 21-year-old student from Dublin has received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to handling criminal proceeds and money laundering offences. Michael...

Monaghan · October 14, 2022

Care home hit by deadly Covid outbreak must pay nursing director €63k for unfair dismissal

A Monaghan care home has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay its former nursing director over €63,000 for unfair dismissal. The operator...

Castlerea · October 13, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

'If I didn't kill him, he'd have killed me': eyewitness tells garda murder trial he heard 'shooter'

A witness told the Central Criminal Court murder trial that he heard the accused man say "If I didn't kill him, he would have killed me" at the scene in...

Cavan · October 13, 2022

Notorious tiger kidnapper appeals conviction for abducting three women

A man with a last address in Cootehill, County Cavan, has appealed his conviction and 18-year sentence imposed by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role...

Castlerea · October 12, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused said deceased 'wasn't a very good' detective, trial hears

Stephen Silver, a forty-six-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavale near Foxford in County Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Detective Garda Colm...

Castlerea · October 11, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda breaks down as she describes gunman firing into colleague

A member of An Garda Síochána gave emotional testimony at the Central Criminal Court today describing the moment she witnessed a gunman fire multiple shots at...

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