Ukrainian refugee has €500k money laundering sentence more than tripled
A Ukrainian refugee who was caught “red handed” with a suitcase packed with €500,000 in crime cash has had her jail term more than tripled after the the Court...
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'Enthusiastic' Dublin rioter who had just turned 18 gets 3.5 years
A young man who “enthusiastically” took part in the Dublin riots on the day he turned 18, looting shops and helping to damage an abandoned garda car and bus,...
'Ironically, he always wanted to be buried at sea': Sliabh Liag murder accused to gardai
A man accused of murdering a pensioner whose body was found at the foot of Ireland's tallest cliffs told gardai that the discovery was ironic, as the deceased...
Career criminal Harte must pay costs of Lunney abduction appeal
(File Picture: Alan Harte. Photo: Collins) Career criminal Alan Harte, who is serving a 30-year sentence for the kidnap and torture of Quinn Industrial...
Violent home invaders terrorised elderly couple and their family
Three raiders who invaded a family home in the early morning, terrorising a couple in their 70s, their daughter and a six-year-old child, have been jailed....
Peter Butterly murderer fails in Supreme Court bid
(File Picture: Sharif Kelly. Photo: Collins) A man jailed for life for the murder of dissident Republican Peter Butterly, who was killed in an...
'You are denying me my human rights': Strokestown vigilante walks out of appeal
(Pictured L-R: PJ Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne. Photo: Collins) One of three men jailed for taking part in a “barbarous” vigilante attack on security...
66-year-old wanted for 1979 murder of UDR member to be extradited to NI
The High Court has ordered the extradition of a 66-year-old man who is wanted in Northern Ireland for the murder of a part time member of the UDR in Co Armagh...
High Court halts part of imminent XL Bully ban in rare move
The High Court has used its "very sparingly exercised" power to put a stay on a new regulation due to come into force tomorrow that would have allowed State...
Notorious sex offender Paget serving suspended sentence and on bail for 25 offences when he broke into woman's apartment
(File Picture: Jason Paget. Photo: Collins) Notorious sex offender Jason Paget was serving the suspended part of his 15-year sentence and was on bail for 25...
Pair sent to prison for meat cleaver fight over who was better chef after appeal
(Pictured Dawei Zhang (L) and Han Chung Tang (R). Photo: Collins) Two take-away workers who attacked one another with meat cleavers in a row over "who was the...
Charities seek High Court injunction over impending XL Bully ban
Six animal welfare organisations are seeking a High Court injunction that would halt the upcoming ban on owning XL Bully dogs, due to come into force on...
Convicted sex offender with intellectual disability avoids jail for having child rape video
A convicted sex offender with an intellectual disability who was caught by gardai with child abuse material in his home, including a video of a child being...
Driver theory impersonators who sat 88 tests for others are jailed
(Pictured: Alina Glont. Photo: Collins) By Eimear Dodd Two scammers who were involved in a scheme to impersonate learner drivers and sat 88 theory...
Sliabh Liag accused told gardai she was 'exaggerating' when she said she'd hit pensioner and dragged his body
A woman accused of murdering a pensioner whose skull was fractured and his body allegedly thrown over Ireland's tallest cliffs told gardai she was "a bit...
Driver theory test impersonators sat 88 tests for others
Two scammers involved in a scheme to impersonate learner drivers and sit the theory examination on their behalf sat a total of 88 tests, a court has heard....
Storm Éowyn response: Council helpline open, climate group meets Wed 29 Jan
Leitrim County Council's storm support line is live on 071 965 0471 (9am-5pm). Meanwhile, the Climate Action Linkage Group meets Wednesday at 7.30pm in...
Rock weighing 3.5kg stained with pensioner's blood, Sliabh Liag trial hears
A rock weighing 3.5 kilograms that was found at the top of Ireland's tallest cliffs contained hundreds of hairs and was heavily bloodstained with DNA matching...
Council employee caught moving cannabis in work lorry avoids jail
A Dublin City Council employee who was caught transporting cannabis in his work vehicle has been given a suspended sentence. Tony Ward (53) of Balbutcher Way,...
Fitness Instructor who 'loved helping people lose weight' jailed for moving weight
A 27-year-old fitness instructor has been jailed for six and a half years after he was caught transporting almost €4 million worth of cannabis. “My job is...
Pensioner had injuries not in keeping with fall from Sliabh Liag, pathologist tells trial
(Pictured: State Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster. Photo: Collins) A pensioner whose body was found near the bottom of Ireland's tallest cliffs suffered two...
Sliabh Liag murder trial jury view CCTV montage
The jury in the trial of a man and a woman accused of murdering a pensioner whose body was allegedly thrown off the Sliabh Liag cliffs in Donegal have been...
Violent criminal who left man with brain injury carried out knife robberies after being repeatedly released on bail
A violent criminal with 86 previous convictions who knocked a man unconscious on a Dublin city street, leaving him needing hospital treatment for over five...
Not possible to determine which blow caused fatal injury, pub melee murder trial hears
(File Picture: State pathologist Dr Heidi Okkers. Photo: Collins) It is not possible to determine whether a punch or kick caused the fatal injury that led to...
Cathal Crotty's wholly suspended sentence 'sends out wrong message', DPP tells appeal
(Pictured: Cathal Crotty. Photo: Collins) The wholly suspended sentence imposed on soldier Cathal Crotty, who beat Natasha O'Brien unconscious on a public...
Pensioner had previous 'aggressive' altercation with murder accused, Sliabh Liag trial hears
Three days before a pensioner was allegedly beaten with a rock and thrown off Ireland's highest cliffs, he had an aggressive altercation with the man accused...
Jail for man who sexually assaulted vulnerable woman
By Fiona Ferguson and Sonya McLean A man who sexually assaulted a vulnerable intoxicated woman has been jailed for two and a half years. The 47-year-old man,...
Sub-contracted worker's voice note about 'cocaine' and 'h*es' at Intel site was 'satire', lawyers say
A voice note recorded by a worker talking about “cocaine use, smoking joints” and having “h*es” on a subcontractor's site at Intel’s semiconductor plant has...
Sliabh Liag accused told friend she 'battered' man with rock and 'liked it'
A woman on trial for murdering a pensioner who was "put over" Ireland's highest sea cliffs told a friend that she had "battered" a man with a rock "until his...
12 years for 'vile' rape of young girl by father who posted about abuse online
A father who carried out the “most vile, confusing and terrifying” rape and abuse of his young daughter before posting about it online and drafting a letter...
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