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Carrickmacross · March 28, 2023

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...

Swinford · March 28, 2023

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...

Mayo · March 28, 2023

'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...

Boyle · March 28, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

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...

Westport · March 27, 2023

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...

Swinford · March 27, 2023

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...

Castlebar · March 24, 2023 Also covered in Swinford

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...

Ballyhaunis · March 24, 2023

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,...

Boyle · March 24, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

'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...

Boyle · March 23, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

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...

Swinford · March 23, 2023

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...

Letterkenny · March 23, 2023 Also covered in Lifford

'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...

Bundoran · March 23, 2023

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...

Donegal · March 23, 2023

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...

Swinford · March 22, 2023

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,...

Strokestown · March 22, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Ramelton

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...

Donegal Town · March 22, 2023 Also covered in Letterkenny

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...

Roscommon · March 21, 2023

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,...

Strokestown · March 21, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Ramelton

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...

Letterkenny · March 21, 2023 Also covered in Ballybofey, Lifford

'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...

Swinford · March 20, 2023 Also covered in Ballyhaunis, Knock

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...

Monaghan · March 20, 2023

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...

Westport · March 20, 2023

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...

Swinford · March 20, 2023 Also covered in Ballina

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...

Lifford · March 20, 2023

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...

Boyle · March 20, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

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...

Mayo · March 20, 2023

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...

Boyle · March 16, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

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....

Sligo · March 16, 2023

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....

Cavan · March 16, 2023

Lunney abductor Harte claims conviction and 30-year sentence should be set aside

The High Court has reserved its decision on a constitutional challenge brought by Alan Harte, who seeks to overturn his conviction and 30-year sentence...

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