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Donegal · December 12, 2022

Monk said he and other man shot David Byrne, Dowdall tells Regency trial

Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor, has given evidence at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin against his former co-accused Gerard "The Monk"...

Cavan · December 09, 2022

Serial arsonist who killed uncle has jail term increased

A serial arsonist whose fire claimed his uncle's life has had his prison sentence increased by the Court of Appeal. Daniel Murray, aged 40, of no fixed abode...

Monaghan · December 08, 2022

Caterer says 'entire business and livelihood' will end on Christmas Eve

A catering company owner has brought proceedings in the High Court seeking an injunction to prevent termination of a contract with a major Dublin bakery....

Castlebar · December 05, 2022

Young men must understand that ‘no means no’, High Court judge says

Patrick McLoughlin, aged 35, of Torboy, Moydow, County Longford, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, with the final eighteen months suspended,...

Rathmullan · December 05, 2022

Drogheda criminal admits facilitating Mulready-Woods murder

Paul Crosby (27), from Rathmullan Park in Drogheda, Co Louth, pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court on December 5th to facilitating the murder of...

Monaghan · December 02, 2022

Bugged conversations between Dowdall and Hutch admissible at trial, judges rule

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, judges ruled that approximately ten hours of recorded conversations between murder accused Gerard Hutch and former...

Sligo · December 01, 2022

Yousef Palani gets date for trial on double murder charges

A 22-year-old man from Sligo has been scheduled to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court in November 2023 on charges relating to two deaths and an...

Westport · November 30, 2022

Valerie French Kilroy murder trial postponed

A man accused of murdering his wife at their Westport home in June 2019 will stand trial in March 2023 instead of December this year. James Kilroy, aged 48,...

Monaghan · November 29, 2022

Nothing in Irish surveillance law to say it applies outside of State, Hutch defence team says

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 29 November, senior counsel for Gerard Hutch argued that Irish surveillance legislation contains no provision...

Roscommon · November 28, 2022

'Sick sex abuser' has jail sentence reduced by two years

A man from Co Roscommon has had his prison sentence reduced by two years following an appeal at the Court of Appeal. The 76-year-old was convicted in June...

Monaghan · November 28, 2022

'Doesn't matter a damn' where bug travels once placed lawfully, Regency trial hears

The Special Criminal Court heard arguments on the admissibility of audio surveillance recordings in the trial of Gerard Hutch, who denies murdering David...

Bundoran · November 28, 2022

Property developer allowed write off over €170m in debt in insolvency arrangement

The High Court has approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement allowing a former property developer to write off approximately €170 million in debt. The...

Monaghan · November 25, 2022

Garda bug sought under 'culture of secrecy', Hutch lawyers tell Regency trial

At the Special Criminal Court, defence counsel for Gerard Hutch have argued that a garda audio recording of conversations between Hutch and former Sinn Féin...

Castlebar · November 23, 2022

Parents who abducted own daughter 'heavily involved in substance abuse'

A 33-year-old man who abducted his two-year-old daughter from a health centre in County Mayo last October has had sentencing adjourned pending trial on...

Lanesborough · November 22, 2022

Graveyard flower seller jailed after being caught with €217k in unlicensed tobacco

A Dublin man has been jailed for two and a half years following his conviction for supplying untaxed tobacco products. Eamonn Lynch, 44, of Lanesborough...

Castlerea · November 17, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Jury fail to reach verdict in Detective Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been unable to reach a verdict in the trial of Stephen Silver concerning the death of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at...

Castlerea · November 17, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda Colm Horkan murder trial jury given majority verdict

The jury in the trial of Stephen Silver, a motorbike mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, has been instructed that majority verdicts are now...

Charlestown · November 17, 2022

'Unprecedented rise' in construction costs sees examiner appointed to social housing builders

The High Court has appointed an interim examiner to Blacklough Construction Limited following an application on grounds of cash-flow insolvency. The company,...

Longford · November 16, 2022

Minister rescinds decision to transfer murderer to UK after mother's action

The Minister for Justice has rescinded a decision to transfer Logan Jackson to a UK prison following legal action brought by Tracey Tully, mother of boxer...

Castlerea · November 16, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Jury continue deliberations in Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

The jury in the trial of Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, continued deliberations at the Central...

Foxford · November 15, 2022

Jury deliberating in Detective Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberating in the trial of Stephen Silver, aged 46, from Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, who is charged with...

Inniskeen · November 15, 2022 Also covered in Kingscourt

Family of UDR man murdered by IRA granted access to court file

The President of the High Court has ordered that the family of Corporal James Elliott, a part-time Ulster Defence Regiment member murdered by the Provisional...

Donegal · November 14, 2022

Gardai believed IRA firearms and explosives were being stored at ex-SF councillor's home

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, Inspector Padraig Boyce told the trial of Gerard Hutch, charged with the murder of Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne...

Virginia · November 11, 2022 Also covered in Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney

Member of notorious cross-border ATM theft gang fails in appeal

A member of a cross-border organised crime gang has failed in his appeal against a custodial sentence imposed for attempted ATM theft. Gerard Duffy, 32, of...

Claremorris · November 11, 2022

Solicitor jailed for stealing over €200k from clients

A former solicitor from Claremorris, County Mayo, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing over €200,000...

Castlerea · November 10, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

'This is not trial by expert, this is trial by jury', judge charges

At the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Paul McDermott has instructed the jury in the trial of Stephen Silver to apply common sense when evaluating...

Convoy · November 10, 2022

Court hears evidence of 'intergenerational' Hutch Criminal Organisation for first time

A senior garda has given evidence to the Special Criminal Court describing the structure and operations of the "Hutch Criminal Organisation" in proceedings...

Convoy · November 09, 2022

Jeep belonging to Regency accused had 'fresh valet smell', garda tells trial

A garda has given evidence at the Special Criminal Court trial of three men accused of involvement in the murder of Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne at the...

Castlerea · November 09, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

'Unsafe' to convict garda murder accused, defence tell jury

At the Central Criminal Court, defence counsel for Stephen Silver argued it would be unsafe to convict him of the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan,...

Castlerea · November 09, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Lawyer questions whether prosecution have proven Detective Garda Colm Horkan was a garda

At the Central Criminal Court, counsel for Stephen Silver, who denies murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan, has questioned whether the prosecution has...

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