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Castlerea · April 07, 2022

Man sentenced for threats to kill Castlerea gardai just days after death of Colm Horkan

A man has appealed his six-year sentence imposed in June 2020 for threatening to kill gardai at Castlerea garda station in County Roscommon. The appellant...

Rathmullan · April 07, 2022

Keane Mulready Woods murder trial to be delayed, court hears

Two men charged with the murder of Keane Mulready Woods will not stand trial next month as gardaí continue their investigation into the teenager's death and...

Cavan · April 04, 2022

Banned driver with mental illness avoids jail after evidence he was under influence of nephew

A Dublin man with a history of dangerous driving offences was handed a fully suspended four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 4 April 2022....

Cavan · April 04, 2022

Builder has €19m in debt written off as court approves PIA

The High Court has approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement enabling a 59-year-old building foreman from Blacklion, County Cavan, to write off approximately...

Sligo · April 01, 2022

Victim believed abuser had built shed for purposes of sexually assaulting her

A man aged 67 has appealed his sentence at the Court of Appeal following conviction for sexually assaulting a victim over a 12-year period beginning when she...

Castlebar · April 01, 2022

Ammi Burke's claim against Arthur Cox collapses after repeated interruptions

A claim of unfair dismissal brought by solicitor Ammi Burke against law firm Arthur Cox has been dismissed by the Workplace Relations Commission following a...

Castlebar · March 31, 2022

Ammi Burke has 'victim mentality', senior lawyer tells WRC hearing

A Workplace Relations Commission hearing into a solicitor's unfair dismissal claim against Arthur Cox has heard competing accounts of an office incident in...

Donegal · March 30, 2022

Man avoids jail for vicious robbery of first year student

A man convicted of robbing a university student on the Dublin City University campus in February 2021 has received a fully suspended sentence from Dublin...

Donegal · March 25, 2022

Gerry Adams ordered to pay costs to BBC for pre-trial hearings

A High Court judge has ordered Gerry Adams to pay the legal costs incurred by the BBC in two pre-trial motions relating to his defamation action against the...

Ballyshannon · March 25, 2022

Drugs "courier" in custody after appeal court quashes unduly lenient sentence

A man from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been remanded in custody following a Court of Appeal decision to quash his suspended sentence. Ciaran Lawn (43)...

Carrickmacross · March 25, 2022

"Cash-for-visas" company failed to pay employee for four months

A Monaghan-based company operating within Ireland's cash-for-visas scheme has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay a former employee...

Castlebar · March 25, 2022

Lawyer claiming unfair dismissal says adjudicator is "comrade" of opposing barrister

A solicitor from Castlebar, County Mayo, has sought the recusal of an adjudicator appointed to hear her unfair dismissal complaint against Arthur Cox...

Roscommon · March 23, 2022

Drugs mule avoids jail over €34k cocaine bust

A man from County Roscommon has received a fully suspended sentence following his conviction for possessing cocaine worth over €34,000. Conor Costello was...

Roscommon · March 23, 2022

Environmental group successfully resolves challenge to flood relief scheme

An environmental group has successfully resolved a High Court challenge to a County Roscommon flood relief scheme. Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE)...

Ballyshannon · March 21, 2022

Suspended sentence for €900k drug haul too lenient, Court of Appeal finds

A man from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, will face arrest if he fails to attend the Court of Appeal this week following the quashing of his suspended sentence...

Cavan · March 21, 2022

Application by Lunney abductor Harte must be on notice to DPP

The High Court has directed that an application by Alan Harte, who was convicted of kidnapping and torturing Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney,...

Ballymahon · March 15, 2022

Stolen power tools seller rumbled after victim found his drill at market

A man from Ballymahon in County Longford has received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possessing stolen power tools at a market in Dublin. Brian...

Sligo · March 15, 2022

Bus driver unfairly sacked after pruning branches at client's home

A bus driver employed by Boyce Coach Travel Ltd has been awarded €15,800 in compensation following an unfair dismissal ruling by the Workplace Relations...

Letterkenny · March 14, 2022

Court upholds conviction of Ghanian men for rape of student

Two men have had their convictions for rape upheld by the Court of Appeal. Boakye Osei, formerly of Burnfoot in County Donegal, and Kelvin Opoku, formerly of...

Leitrim · March 11, 2022

Judge failed to highlight differences between cases of rape accused, lawyers say

The Court of Appeal heard submissions today in appeals against conviction and sentence brought by two men in their twenties, convicted of rape offences...

Glenties · March 11, 2022

BBC entitled to any documents Gerry Adams may have on alleged IRA membership

The High Court in Dublin has ruled that the BBC is entitled to discover documents former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams may hold concerning his alleged IRA...

Rathmullan · March 08, 2022

Four years for man who cleaned up Mulready-Woods murder house

A man has been sentenced to four years in prison at the Central Criminal Court for cleaning up and removing blood-stained evidence from his Drogheda home...

Cavan · March 08, 2022

International crime gang member fails in bid to reduce sentence

Daniel Munteanu, a 32-year-old Romanian national resident in Co Meath, has failed in his Court of Appeal challenge against a six-and-a-half-year custodial...

Cavan · March 07, 2022

Jail term too severe for international gang member who stole over €120k, lawyers argue

A 32-year-old Romanian national is appealing a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed for his role in an international bank card skimming operation....

Virginia · March 07, 2022 Also covered in Castleblayney, Convoy

Former All-Ireland champ gets 10 years for ATM thefts with cross-border gang

Daniel O'Callaghan, a 32-year-old former All-Ireland club medallist from Crossmaglen, County Armagh, has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the...

Ballybay · March 04, 2022 Also covered in Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Convoy

Notorious ATM theft gang get combined jail sentences of 19.5 years

Three Monaghan brothers have been sentenced to a combined 19 years and six months imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for their roles in a cross-border...

Virginia · March 04, 2022 Also covered in Castleblayney, Convoy

17 testimonials handed in for cross-border criminal involved with notorious ATM gang

A man has been convicted at the Special Criminal Court following a trial relating to a series of ATM robberies across the border region. Daniel O'Callaghan,...

Enniskillen · March 01, 2022 Also covered in Edgeworthstown

NI driver who caused death of passenger consents to surrender

A 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death has consented to his surrender to Northern Ireland authorities at the High Court....

Mayo · February 28, 2022

British national alleged to have stabbed man to death to be extradited

A British national has been ordered to be extradited from Ireland to face trial in the United Kingdom on allegations of murder or manslaughter. Ms Justice...

Lanesborough · February 28, 2022

Postal worker caught with €80k in cannabis

A 26-year-old postal worker from Dublin has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison following his conviction on drug trafficking charges. Darren...

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