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Mayo · June 02, 2022

'I fear for my personal safety around this man': Landlord jailed for 'campaign of terror' against former tenant

A Mayo native has been sentenced to two years imprisonment, with sixteen months suspended, following his conviction for a sustained harassment campaign...

Sligo · June 01, 2022

Nine years for man (59) who twice raped woman after Tinder date

A 59-year-old man from Sligo has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction on charges arising from an...

Monaghan · June 01, 2022

Serial offender who posed as garda during 'vicious' robbery of teens gets seven years

A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for a series of violent offences...

Castlebar · May 27, 2022

Adjudicator ruled out calling gardai in Ammi Burke case

A Workplace Relations Commission adjudicating officer has dismissed an unfair dismissal complaint brought by Ammi Burke of Castlebar, Co Mayo, against Arthur...

Ballyshannon · May 25, 2022

Truck driver given suspended sentence for moving €900k in drugs is jailed after appeal

A 43-year-old truck driver from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by the Court of Appeal after his original...

Claremorris · May 24, 2022

Mayo solicitor admits stealing cash

A 68-year-old former solicitor from Claremorris, County Mayo, has been remanded on bail pending sentencing in November following his admission to four counts...

Ballyconnell · May 20, 2022

Sean Quinn allegedly "trespassing" on lands owned by his former companies, court hears

At the High Court on Friday, Mannok Cement Limited and Mannok Build Ltd sought an injunction to prevent Sean Quinn from trespassing on lands in Co Cavan,...

Ballyconnell · May 18, 2022

Mannok companies take action against Sean Quinn alleging trespass

Two Mannok companies have initiated High Court proceedings against Sean Quinn, alleging trespass on Swanlinbar Quarry in County Cavan. Mannok Cement Limited...

Donegal · May 10, 2022

Scammers diverted €71k retirement fund to money launderer's account

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a 21-year-old student pleaded guilty to handling the proceeds of crime and money laundering following a fraud scheme in...

Monaghan · May 09, 2022

Agri-food plant extension opposed by estate owner

An estate owner in County Cavan has initiated High Court proceedings challenging An Bord Pleanála's approval of a planning extension for an agri-food...

French Park · May 06, 2022

Former priest and Irish Times columnist jailed for sexual abuse

A former priest and Irish Times columnist has been sentenced to four years imprisonment following conviction for multiple sexual assaults on a schoolboy in...

Mayo · May 06, 2022

Michael Lynn takes stand in multi-million euro theft trial

Michael Lynn, a former solicitor aged 53 from Red Cross, County Wicklow, gave evidence in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the thirteenth week of his trial on...

Cavan · May 05, 2022

Environmental campaigner fails in challenge to weather mast at wind farm

An environmental campaigner has failed in a High Court challenge to overturn An Bord Pleanala's decision to permit a weather mast at a wind farm in Co Cavan....

Leitrim · April 29, 2022

Man carried sleeping teen from tent and raped her

A man has been convicted and sentenced at the Central Criminal Court for the rape of a teenage girl at a rural gathering in County Leitrim in July 2020. The...

Monaghan · April 29, 2022

Visiting Polish man jailed after admitting to rape

A Polish man has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to rape. Rafal Stojanowski, aged 36, admitted...

Castlerea · April 29, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Trial of man accused or murdering Garda Colm Horkan delayed until autumn

Stephen Silver, aged 45, of Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, is charged with the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan on Main Street, Castlerea, County...

Convoy · April 29, 2022

Gang member Rooney 'would've been better off with a banger' as State seeks to seize €72k Merc

At the Special Criminal Court, the State sought to seize a €72,000 Mercedes-Benz used by Thomas Rooney, a 52-year-old from Meath described as a mid-to-high...

Monaghan · April 26, 2022

Laid-off egg plant workers to get redundancy after reversing employer's liquidation

Three former workers at an egg production facility in County Galway have secured redundancy payments following a Workplace Relations Commission ruling, two...

Rathmullan · April 25, 2022

Provisional date for Keane Mulready-Woods murder trial

Two men have been given a provisional trial date of January 23, 2023 at the Special Criminal Court in connection with the death of a Drogheda teenager. Paul...

Granard · April 25, 2022

Garda officer subject to false allegation wins promotion delay case

A Garda inspector stationed in Mullingar has succeeded in his High Court challenge against the Commissioner's refusal to backdate his promotion following a...

Castlerea · April 08, 2022

Sentence for threatening to kill Castlerea gardai is reduced on appeal

The Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence imposed on a man convicted of making threats to kill gardai at Castlerea, County Roscommon. Enda Gavigan, aged 37...

Sligo · April 08, 2022

Eucharistic Minister 'living a lie' as child abuser

A man who served as a Minister of the Eucharist has had his appeal against his sentence dismissed at the Court of Appeal. The applicant, whose identity is...

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...

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