Environmental group used 'extreme language' to characterise council's actions, CEO says
The High Court heard submissions on whether Roscommon County Council has breached a settlement agreement relating to a flood relief scheme involving a...
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Environmental group claims council is in contempt of court
An environmental group has brought contempt of court proceedings against Roscommon County Council in the High Court, claiming the local authority breached a...
Murder accused's father testifies at trial
Paul Penrose gave evidence at the Central Criminal Court in a murder trial concerning his son, Stephen Penrose, aged 38, of Coolock, Dublin. Stephen Penrose...
Alleged IRA man wanted in NI claims no corresponding offence here
A 43-year-old man from Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, appeared before the High Court on 26 October 2021 to contest his extradition to Northern Ireland on six...
Permission granted to appeal quashing of 'tallest' wind farm development
A High Court judge has granted An Bord Pleanála permission to appeal a decision quashing planning permission for a 24-turbine wind farm near Lanesborough,...
Conviction for repeated abuse of young boy upheld
A man in his fifties has failed in his appeal against conviction for the historic sexual abuse of his younger cousin at a property in County Donegal during...
UK pair wanted over fatal street stabbing lodge objections to surrender
Two men arrested in County Mayo have lodged objections to their extradition at the High Court in Dublin in connection with a fatal stabbing in Carlisle, UK....
Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover gun stash too lenient, State says
The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed a suspended sentence imposed on a man convicted of unlawful possession of firearms at the Court of Appeal in...
Verdict in Lunney trial delayed
The Special Criminal Court has postponed delivery of its verdicts in the case of four men charged with abducting and torturing Kevin Lunney, a director of...
Court upholds bus driver's conviction for causing death of cyclist
The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of Osborn Irabor for careless driving causing the death of cyclist Mary White on November 17, 2014. Irabor, aged...
Financial advisor behind plan to rob businessman who was 'barbarically' beaten is jailed
A former financial advisor has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court following his conviction for orchestrating a robbery...
UK men wanted in relation to fatal street stabbing appear before High Court
Two men arrested in County Mayo have appeared before the High Court in Dublin in connection with a fatal stabbing in Carlisle, United Kingdom. Kane Hull, aged...
'New evidence' that man who murdered retired broker had mental illness
Simon McGinley (38) appeared before the Court of Appeal on 14 October seeking to have his murder conviction quashed on the basis of new psychiatric evidence....
Irishman caught in child abuse sting will be extradited to US
A 46-year-old man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, has been ordered to be extradited to the United States following a High Court ruling. The man was convicted...
'Highly organised' gang behind border ATM thefts, court hears
A man has been convicted at the Special Criminal Court of handling nearly €104,000 in proceeds from an organised ATM theft gang that stole approximately...
Garda shot during raid on criminal's home
A man has been convicted and sentenced following the shooting of a garda during a raid on a Dublin property in December 2017. Charles Moore, aged 48, of...
Alleged victim 'very abusive' towards manslaughter accused, trial hears
A manslaughter trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard evidence regarding the character of the deceased man in the case. Ronan Byrne, aged 31, of...
2022 Case Preview
As the Central Criminal Court prepared to resume following vacation in September 2021, several high-profile cases were scheduled for hearing over the...
Four get sentences totalling 33 years for gangland murder plot
Four men have been sentenced to a combined 33 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following their convictions in connection with a gangland...
Final day of evidence in Kevin Lunney abduction trial
The Special Criminal Court heard closing arguments on the final day of the trial of four men charged with the abduction and assault of Kevin Lunney, a Quinn...
Circumstances 'suspicious', lawyers for Lunney accused concede
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, closing arguments concluded on Wednesday in the trial of four men accused of the abduction and assault of businessman...
Kevin Lunney subjected to 'ordeal of callous brutality and gratuitous violence', prosecution say
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 3 August 2021, prosecutors outlined their case against four accused men charged in connection with the abduction...
Man who abused and filmed step-daughter with spy camera has jail sentence reduced
A Dublin man has had his jail sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal after challenging a conviction for sexually abusing his step-daughter and recording her...
IRA man who threatened accident victim to withdraw claim loses appeal
A Dublin man has lost his appeal against conviction for membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army. The Court of Appeal...
Man imprisoned, attacked teen with dumbbell during four-day 'reign of terror'
A man has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for a...
Judge asks if defence suggesting gardai engaged in 'hanky panky' by 'planting' DNA
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, the presiding judge questioned whether defence counsel was suggesting gardaí engaged in misconduct by planting DNA...
Four-day 'reign of terror' saw teen attacked, falsely imprisoned and sexually assaulted
A 19-year-old was subjected to a four-day ordeal of assault, false imprisonment and sexual abuse at a house in County Cavan between October 17th and 20th,...
'An unprecedented abuse': Rapist Murray gets 16 further years for death threats against lawyers
Michael Murray (50) has been sentenced to an additional 16 years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for harassment and death threats directed at...
€870k in drug money stashed at rural property
A Dublin man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment following a money-laundering conviction at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Jonathon O'Connor, aged...
Van allegedly used in Lunney abduction was parked unlocked on street, trial hears
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, evidence was heard that a Renault Kangoo van allegedly used in the abduction of Cavan businessman Kevin Lunney was...
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