Garda identified defendant as attacker at Strokestown eviction farm
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a detective garda from Donegal testified that he identified one of four defendants as an attacker during a siege at a...
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Housemate of garda killer treated as hostile witness after trial hears of statement change
A witness at the Special Criminal Court was treated as hostile after giving conflicting evidence in the trial of two men charged with a credit union robbery...
Murder accused entitled to defend himself in own home, defence tell jury
At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of Matusz Batiuk, who denies murdering Michael McDonagh at a housing estate in...
'What will we do with you?': Enoch Burke excluded from hearing after judge notes he'd 'test the patience of Job'
A High Court judge has excluded teacher Enoch Burke from the courtroom during the full hearing of his dispute with Wilson's Hospital School in County...
Strokestown attack accused challenges mobile phone evidence
Four men have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an assault at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County...
Date set for retrial in Valerie French Kilroy case
A man accused of murdering his wife at their home in County Mayo will face a retrial at the Central Criminal Court later this year. James Kilroy, aged 49, of...
Appropriate for jury to consider diminished responsibility, psychiatrists tell murder trial
Two forensic psychiatrists have testified at the Central Criminal Court that a jury should consider whether a man's criminal responsibility was diminished...
Murder accused said deceased man was 'acting like Gestapo'
The Central Criminal Court in Dublin heard evidence on March 24th regarding a fatal stabbing in Swinford, County Mayo. Matusz Batiuk, aged 33, formerly of...
John Tighe to remain in prison for murdering infant son after appeal is rejected
John Tighe will remain in prison serving a life sentence following the dismissal of his appeal against conviction for the murder of his infant son. Tighe,...
'NI mercenaries' video circulated before attack at Roscommon eviction farm, trial hears
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the trial heard that a social media video alleging Northern Irish "mercenaries" were responsible for an eviction circulated...
Injured Belgian Shepard had to be euthanised at Roscommon eviction farm, trial hears
A veterinary surgeon has given evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the trial of four men charged in connection with an alleged attack on a rural...
Stab wound of 12cm severed artery and caused death, Mayo murder trial hears
A pathologist told the Central Criminal Court in Dublin that a single stab wound measuring at least 12 centimetres in depth caused the death of a 24-year-old...
'No one to stop me': the Jasmine McMonagle murder trial
A man has been convicted of the murder of a woman in County Donegal in January 2019. The victim, a 28-year-old mother, was fatally beaten and strangled in her...
Allegations against manager on ring buoy inspections rejected as 'hearsay', as unfair dismissal claim is upheld
A manager at Donegal Council who dismissed the county lifeguard supervisor over alleged failures to complete ring buoy safety inspections relied solely on...
Jasmine McMonagle trial: ex cleared of murder, guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility
Richard Burke, aged 32, of Killygordon, County Donegal, has been found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility at the Central Criminal...
Key witness tells trial he broke into murder accused's home and stabbed him
A key witness in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court gave conflicting evidence regarding events at a house in Swinford, County Mayo, on November 16,...
Fire brigade officers give evidence at Strokestown eviction trial
Fire brigade officers gave evidence on day 13 of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court concerning an incident at a property near Strokestown, County...
Jasmine McMonagle murder accused was suffering from mental disorder, psychiatrists tell trial
The Central Criminal Court in Monaghan heard testimony on 22 March from two psychiatrists who both concluded that Richard Burke was suffering from a mental...
Criminal caught for burglary 13 years ago after change in DNA sharing procedures
A man with a Roscommon address has been sentenced following a burglary in Dublin over a decade ago. Tomasz Bebenek, aged 34, of Harbour Road, Tarmonbarry,...
Security guard tells trial he was cut with meat cleaver and doused in petrol during Strokestown eviction attack
A security guard gave evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court regarding an attack on a repossessed farm at Falsk, near Strokestown, County Roscommon, on 16...
'I went ballistic, absolutely f**king ballistic,' Jasmin McMonagle murder accused told gardai
Richard Burke, aged thirty-two and from Killygordon in County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the...
Polish man goes on trial accused of Co Mayo murder
Matusz Batiuk, a 33-year-old man formerly residing in Carrabeg Estate, Swinford, Co Mayo, entered a not guilty plea at the Central Criminal Court on 20 March...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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