Colleague of Urantsetseg Tserendorj wins €20k over city centre safety fears
A former colleague of murdered office cleaner Urantsetseg Tserendorj has won a €20,000 claim for statutory redundancy after her bosses dismissed her safety...
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French woman was holding hands with partner when her death was caused by drug-dealing pickup driver on city street
(Pictured: Shaun Kelly. Photo: Collins) A drug dealer who caused the death of a French tourist by dragging her beneath his Ford Ranger pickup as she crossed a...
10 years for man who subjected partner's son to 'unspeakable' rape and abuse
A man has been jailed for 10 years for the “horrendous”, "unspeakable" rape and sexual abuse of his partner's son over the course of four years. The...
Arrest warrant issued for man who tried to murder wife after becoming resentful of her independence
The Central Criminal Court has ordered an arrest warrant after a man who attempted to murder his wife 12 years ago allegedly breached the terms of his release...
4.5 years for man who raped and abused sister during childhood
A man who raped and sexually abused his younger sister during her childhood has been jailed for four and a half years. The survivor had outlined how the abuse...
Husband who beheaded wife found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
Diego Costa Silva, who cut off his wife's head while suffering from a cannabis-induced psychosis, has been found not guilty of her murder by reason of...
Stardust families 'have waited longer than Moses in the desert without justice', barrister tells jury
The "sunlight" that has been shed on the evidence before the Stardust Inquests has "gone a long way in removing the stains, rumours, lies and mistakes" that...
Murder accused believed wife was 'possessed by serpent', psychiatrists tell jury
A man killed and decapitated his wife while suffering from a cannabis-induced psychosis that led him to believe she was possessed by a serpent and was going...
'Road to Damascus' criminal who provided car used in Christy Keane hit gets 6.5 years
A criminal who provided a getaway car for the attempted murder of notorious Limerick gangster Christy Keane and who had a "Damascus Road experience", claiming...
Health Minister did not have power to order mandatory quarantine, lawyers for 'Dubai Two' tell Supreme Court
(File Picture: Ms Niamh Mulreany & Ms Kirstie McGrath. Photo: Collins) The Minister for Health's order that travellers from certain states undergo mandatory...
‘Sometimes you have to behead somebody', man accused of murdering wife told gardai
A man accused of murdering his wife and cutting her head off told gardai that he heard voices in his head and that "sometimes you have to behead somebody...
Uncle gets 11 years for 'campaign' of rape that 'destroyed' nephew
A man who repeatedly and forcibly raped his nephew when the boy was a child and threatened to stab his parents during a campaign of abuse that "destroyed" the...
Husband decapitated wife in Dublin apartment, murder trial hears
A man who was suffering from a mental disorder decapitated his wife after attacking her with knives in their Dublin apartment, a barrister has told a jury at...
Man avoids jail for producing knife, assaulting stepson during short-lived 'dysfunctional' marriage
A man who assaulted his stepson and produced a knife during a dispute with his wife during their “dysfunctional” short-lived marriage has been given a...
Suspended sentence for then-teen who stabbed another in aftermath of Azzam Raguragui killing
(Pictured: Calistus Omoikhudu. Photo: Collins) A teenager who stabbed another in the aftermath of the fatal knife attack on Azzam Raguragui five years ago has...
Man (76) gets eight years for repeatedly raping teen (15) in 1980s
A now 76-year-old man who repeatedly raped a 15-year-old girl who was babysitting the children of a woman he was having an affair in the 1980s with has been...
'Complete and utter patsy' jailed for smuggling cannabis
A Canadian man who was found carrying over €590,000 of herbal cannabis in two suitcases in Dublin Airport was a “complete and utter patsy” in the operation, a...
Brazilian man goes on trial accused of murdering wife
A Central Criminal Court jury will be asked to consider an "insanity" verdict in the trial of a Brazilian man charged with murdering his 32-year-old wife at...
Date set for retrial over attempted murder of teenager
Two men will stand trial for a second time at the Central Criminal Court in October for the 2021 attempted murder of a teenager at a Dublin south inner-city...
Alcoholic ignored child's pleas for help as mother lay dead for four days
A chronic alcoholic who ignored his 11-year-old daughter’s pleas for help for her mother, who lay dead in their apartment for up to four days during Covid-19...
Banned for life driver in hit-and-run on off duty garda's car
A repeat offender with 174 previous convictions who drove in an “intolerable” and “outrageous” fashion despite being banned from driving for life has been...
Ditch media takes action against local authorities over staff ethics registers
The High Court has granted the publishers of The Ditch permission to bring proceedings against two local authorities that it claims have failed to maintain...
Survivior of rape at hands of friend's husband says society's perceptions 'all wrong'
By Eimear Dodd A woman has described how she was a “waking corpse” after being raped by a friend's husband who told "vulgar lies" that she had sexually...
Killer whose family difficulties were given too much prominence by judge has sentence increased
(Pictured: Andrew Lacey. Photo: Collins) A father-of-five who stabbed a man to death after being attacked on his way home from the pub has had his six-year...
€335k in tablets stashed in van's secret, lead-lined compartment
Gardaí found just under €335,000 worth of Xanax tablets in a secret, lead-lined compartment under the floor of a Renault van at Dublin Port last summer, a...
Man repeatedly stabbed partner in row over dinner
A man who repeatedly stabbed his former partner in the shoulder after a "dispute" about dinner has been jailed for 21 months. Moise Muhula (54) with an...
Christy Keane's sister jailed for stashing €124k in attic
(Pictured: Sandra Hehir. Photo: Collins) A sister of convicted drug dealer and gang "patriarch" Christy Keane, who was caught with €124k in crime cash in her...
Pair's acquittal on attempted murder charge is quashed
The Court of Appeal has ordered the retrial of two men accused of the attempted murder of a Dublin teenager, overturning a trial judge's direction that both...
Court hears of 'Road to Damascus' experience for Limerick criminal who provided car for Christy Keane hit
A criminal who provided a getaway car for the attempted murder of notorious Limerick gangster Christy Keane has had a "Road to Damascus experience" and turned...
Married schoolteacher's one-year sentence for sexual exploitation of girl (16) was too lenient, court finds
(Pictured: John Murphy. Photo: Collins) The one-year jail term handed down to a married secondary school teacher who sexually exploited a 16-year-old girl...
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