Murder accused told gardai he 'pushed and hit' partner
A murder accused told gardaí that he “pushed” and “hit” his partner during an argument after he claimed he found her having a party with her brother and...
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'High risk' criminal gets 12 years for rape and abuse of sister
A recidivist criminal who raped and sexually assaulted his younger sister over a seven-year period has been jailed for 12 years. Kyle Jinks (31) was convicted...
Ballyseedy CEO gets 12 years as court finds he was 'committed to and invested in' €32m drugs venture linked to Sinaloa Cartel
Once respected business owner Nathan McDonnell was "committed to and invested in" the success of a €32m crystal meth operation by an organised crime group...
Dangerous to act on Sliabh Liag accused's testimony, judge tells jury
(Pictured: Trial judge Mr Justice Paul McDermott. Photo: Collins) A jury has been warned that it could be dangerous to act on the testimony of a man who has...
Animal charities settle XL Bully case
The case taken by a number of animal welfare charities objecting to the seizure and euthanasia of XL Bully dogs in their possession has been settled and can...
Woman (23) a ‘bystander’ in Sliabh Liag murder, defence tell jury
A "smouldering resentment" exploded into violence in which a murder accused struck a 66-year-old man six or seven times on the head with a rock before putting...
Violent teen who initiated Dublin city centre attack on US tourist is sentenced to detention
(Pictured: Victim Mr Stephen Termini. Photo: Collins) A teen offender who instigated a vicious, unprovoked on US tourist Stephen Termini in Dublin city...
Sliabh Liag murder accused a 'cynical liar', prosecution tell jury
A barrister has described a murder accused as a "cynical liar" who is attempting to make fools of a jury by claiming that he did not lay a finger on...
Child abuse material accused seeks to have Juvenile Diversion Programme refusal quashed
A young man who is accused of having child abuse material when he was a minor is seeking to quash a decision that he is "unsuitable" for entry into the...
Sliabh Liag pensioner wouldn't have died immediately from skull fractures if they were only injuries, pathologist tells trial
(Pictured: State Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster. Photo: Collins) A 66-year-old man would not have died immediately from two skull fractures that the State...
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Man wanted for 1979 UDR murder has extradition stayed
The High Court has put a stay on the extradition of a 66-year-old man wanted in Northern Ireland to face trial for the murder of a part-time member of the...
Woman avoids jail over fake caravan logbook
A woman who was found in possession of a fake registration certificate for a caravan that had its identification number partly ground down has been spared...
Electrician who walked off Children’s Hospital site in pay row wins constructive dismissal claim
An electrician who said he walked off the site of the National Children’s Hospital after his €33-an-hour pay was cut by €7 and his supervisor remarked that he...
Drug mule rumbled after behaving 'in guilty fashion'
A drug mule who was “behaving in a guilty fashion” while carrying almost 20kg of cannabis through Dublin Airport has been jailed for three and a half years....
Prowler who sent hundreds of 'depraved and disgusting' messages is jailed
(Pictured: Craig Coyle. Photo: Collins) A man who threatened to publish intimate images of a woman online, sent her hundreds of degrading and abusive emails...
Donegal cliff murder trial adjourned as legal issue arises
The trial of Alan Vial and Nikita Burns, who deny murdering 66-year-old Robert Robin' Wilkin before his body was put over Ireland's tallest cliffs, has been...
Second jury fails to reach verdict in Custom House Capital fraud conspiracy trial
(File Picture: Ms Ciara Kelleher. Photo: Collins) A jury has once again failed to reach a verdict in the second trial of a financial services manager accused...
Sliabh Liag accused denies lying to escape responsibility for pensioner's murder
A murder accused who has claimed that it was his former lover and co-accused who beat 66-year-old Robert Robin' Wilkin to death with a rock – and that she...
Sliabh Liag murder accused tells trial he lied about pensioner sexually assaulting co-accused
A man accused of murdering a 66-year-old and putting his body over the cliffs at Sliabh Liag in Donegal has accepted he lied to gardai when he claimed the...
Fake cattle baron jailed over €900k scam
A fake cattle baron who claimed he could buy livestock from a bank following the repossession of farms and sell the animals on for a significant profit has...
Cleaning supervisor who said he was falsely accused of sex harassment wins job back
A supervisor at a contract cleaning firm who said he was falsely accused of sexual harassment and sacked after running into a client has won his job back...
Sliabh Liag murder accused takes stand and describes pensioner's body rolling off cliffs
A man has taken the stand in his own defence to tell his murder trial that he was fighting with a pensioner – whose body was found in the waters beneath...
Geologist used Google Street View to help identify possible source of murder weapon, trial hears
A geologist has told a murder trial that she used Google Street View to help identify the possible source of a bloodied rock that was allegedly used to...
Young defendant who has podcasted about negative drugs experience is spared jail
By Claire Henry A young man who has spoken on radio and podcasts about his negative experiences with drugs after he was caught with €9k in cannabis during a...
'Out of Hand': the Dylan McCarthy manslaughter case
(Pictured: Sean Kavanagh (L) Calvin Dunne (R). Photo. Collins) Eamon McCarthy had been having a great night. Along with his son Dylan, he had gone out to...
Hungover man who realised cousin was using car to move drugs is spared jail
A hospital worker who was "hungover" when he unwittingly allowed his cousin to bring €360,000 worth of cannabis in his car before he smelled the drugs and...
Brother concerned that Sliabh Liag accused was off medication and drinking, trial hears
The brother of a woman accused of murdering a pensioner whose body went over Ireland's highest cliffs has told the Central Criminal Court that he was...
Teacher who mounted two-year campaign of 'vitriolic' harassment fails in appeal
A primary school teacher who mounted a campaign of "vitriolic" harassment against two people, writing hundreds of letters in which she used racist slurs and...
Takeaway chef worked 70-hour weeks for under €3 an hour, tribunal told
A migrant chef with no English was put to work for around €25 a day at a Chinese takeaway while working up to 73 hours a week to pay off an “illegal” €30,000...
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