Couple who reversed into off-duty garda and made false claim avoid jail
A husband and wife from Watermint Court, Royal Canal Park, Ashtown, have received fully suspended sentences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading...
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Judges reject defence bid to adjourn Lunney trial
The Special Criminal Court has rejected two defence applications in the trial of four men charged with the abduction and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings...
Defective batteries sparked fire that destroyed van allegedly used in Lunney abduction, trial hears
Detective Sergeant Jim McDevitt of Cavan Garda Station gave evidence at the Special Criminal Court concerning evidence in the trial of three men charged in...
Gangland criminal Wayne Whelan ran business with man who conspired to murder him
Wayne Ryan, aged 41, with an address in Longford but originally from Limerick, has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Wayne Whelan at Griffeen Glen...
DNA matching that of both Kevin Lunney and accused found in van, trial told
A forensic scientist told the Special Criminal Court that DNA matching Kevin Lunney and one of the accused men was found in a Renault Kangoo van examined in...
Eight years for killing vulnerable pensioner by setting fire to home
At the Central Criminal Court, a 21-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for the manslaughter of a pensioner in Carrickmacross, County...
'Sick sexual abuser' (75) jailed for rape of partner's daughter
A 75-year-old man from Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for...
Lunney accused replied 'no comment' in inference interviews
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, one of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney has been heard...
'Flagrant' contempt of witness who booked holiday to Ayia Napa sees him jailed and fined
A 20-year-old plasterer from Killala, Cork has been sentenced to two months imprisonment and fined €1,000 for contempt of court at the Central Criminal Court....
Man who twice attacked neighbour's home and tried to escape by swimming to Tyrone has jail sentence doubled
A man from Raphoe in County Donegal has had his prison sentence doubled by the Court of Appeal following two attacks on his neighbour's home and an assault...
Cyril McGuinness was 'like a crazy bastard', Lunney accused told gardai
Luke O'Reilly, one of four men charged in connection with the abduction of businessman Kevin Lunney, described Cyril McGuinness as "like a big crazy bastard"...
Sheriff challenges mandatory retirement age
A Sheriff from County Monaghan has initiated High Court proceedings seeking to overturn the mandatory retirement age requirement that would require him to...
'Forensic Casebook' found in home of Lunney accused, trial hears
The Special Criminal Court heard evidence on Tuesday that a forensic investigation textbook was discovered during a garda search of an accused man's Dublin...
Men accused of Mulready-Woods murder get date for non jury trial
Two men have been scheduled to stand trial at the Special Criminal Court in April 2022 on a charge of murdering teenager Keane Mulready-Woods. Paul Crosby,...
Former Dublin hurler has conditions of robbery sentence altered
A man convicted of robbing a post office in Co Longford has had the conditions of his sentence varied by the Court of Appeal. Alan Coyne (46) of Ballinaree...
Van allegedly used in Lunney abduction came from UK, trial hears
A Renault Kangoo van allegedly used in the abduction of businessman Kevin Lunney may have been brought to Ireland from the United Kingdom shortly before the...
Woman to be sentenced for role in taxi hijack
A 24-year-old woman from Letterkenny, County Donegal, will be sentenced in November following her guilty plea to unlawful seizure of a vehicle at Dublin...
'Blatant' contempt of witness who went to Ayia Napa instead of giving evidence sees him jailed
At the Central Criminal Court, Darragh O'Connor of Deermount, Deerpark, Cork was sentenced to two months imprisonment for contempt of court. Justice David...
Lunney prosecution 'highly likely' to close case next week
The Special Criminal Court has heard that prosecution evidence in the trial of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director...
Barrister in Lunney trial complains judge is 'rubbishing' defence case
During the trial of four men accused of abducting businessman Kevin Lunney at Ballinagh, County Cavan in September 2019, defence counsel Michael O'Higgins SC...
Kevin Lunney suffered 'extreme pain', trial hears
A medical examination of Kevin Lunney, director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, revealed extensive injuries sustained during an abduction and assault on...
Lunney trial hears of movements of van allegedly used in abduction
The Special Criminal Court heard evidence on Tuesday concerning a Renault Kangoo van allegedly used in the abduction of businessman Kevin Lunney in September...
Lunney trial hears of alleged contact with Cyril McGuinness phone
The Special Criminal Court heard evidence of mobile phone contacts the prosecution alleges were connected to the abduction and assault of businessman Kevin...
Man who arranged to meet dissident at murder scene is jailed
A man has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for perverting the course of justice during the investigation into a...
Man who raped partner's teenage sister is jailed for eight years
A man has been sentenced to eight years and nine months imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court following his conviction for the rape of his then partner's...
Contempt of court hearing in Cameron Blair related case is adjourned
A contempt of court hearing concerning two witnesses has been adjourned until Friday at the Central Criminal Court. Darragh O'Connor, aged 20, of Cork, and...
Blood found in horse box in Kevin Lunney accused's yard, judges hear
A forensic scientist told the Special Criminal Court that she discovered blood inside a horse box at a yard in Ballinagh, Co Cavan during an examination in...
18-month sentence for ramming neighbour's home with car too lenient, State says
The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed an 18-month custodial sentence imposed on a Donegal man, arguing it was unduly lenient. Leon Kelly, aged 34,...
Gardai devised 'extremely impressive" new ID method, Lunney trial hears
The Special Criminal Court heard that gardaí employed an "extremely impressive" identification procedure when examining CCTV footage related to the abduction...
Lunney trial judges reject bid to exclude CCTV evidence
The Special Criminal Court has ruled that mobile phone and CCTV evidence gathered during the investigation into the abduction and assault of businessman Kevin...
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