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Roscommon · December 14, 2020

'Racketeering gang' member jailed for aggravated burglary of escort flat

A 38-year-old Romanian man has been sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in an aggravated burglary...

Castleblayney · December 14, 2020 Also covered in Virginia

All-Ireland club champ gets book of evidence over ATM thefts

Five men, including a former All-Ireland club footballer, have had books of evidence served at the Special Criminal Court in relation to alleged thefts and...

Cavan · December 07, 2020

Bid to halt Lunney trial fails

Four men accused of falsing imprisoning and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney have had a pre-trial application to adjourn their case...

Letterkenny · December 04, 2020 Also covered in Milford

Bid to halt extradition on charge of attempted murder of PSNI officer fails

A man from Dublin has failed in his appeal against extradition to Northern Ireland on a charge of attempted murder of a Police Service of Northern Ireland...

Carrickmacross · December 03, 2020

Judge rules publican must remain in prison over contempt

A businessman must remain in Mountjoy Prison after a High Court judge found him in contempt of court orders relating to two properties in County Monaghan....

Strokestown · December 02, 2020 Also covered in Ballina

Strokestown Three in 'flagrant, deliberate and contrived breach' of court orders

Three men remain in custody at Mountjoy Prison following a High Court ruling that they must stay detained indefinitely until they comply with orders to vacate...

Carrickmacross · December 02, 2020

Publican remanded to prison faces punitive sentence for contempt

A Monaghan businessman has been remanded in custody to Mountjoy Prison by the High Court following his arrest by gardaí on allegations of repeatedly breaching...

Castlebar · December 01, 2020

Jail for convicted stalker who sexually assaulted wife

A man in his early forties has been imprisoned for three and a half years following his conviction on sexual assault and assault charges at the Central...

Ballina · November 30, 2020 Also covered in Strokestown

Strokestown three to remain in prison

Three men remain imprisoned in Mountjoy following their refusal to comply with High Court orders at a hearing last week. Michael Anthony McGann, Colm Granahan...

Donegal · November 27, 2020

'Little people grow up to be bigger and stronger', abuse victim tells attacker

A man appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to indecently assaulting a child in Dublin between 1982 and 1985. Thomas Deegan,...

Ballina · November 27, 2020 Also covered in Strokestown

Third man jailed after refusing to stay away from Strokestown farm

A man from Ballina, County Mayo, has been committed to Mountjoy Prison by Justice Leonie Reynolds after declining to provide undertakings to stay away from a...

Strokestown · November 26, 2020

Strokestown Two to remain in prison after refusing to give undertakings

Two men remain in custody at Mountjoy Prison after refusing to give undertakings to vacate a farm at Falsk, Strokestown, County Roscommon. Michael Anthony...

Charlestown · November 26, 2020

Tinder match put stolen €10k in Malawian woman's account

A 23-year-old Malawian national with an address in Charlestown, Dublin, received a fully suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after her bank...

Cavan · November 26, 2020

Lunney accused complains DNA evidence was 'planted' on van that went on fire

Four men accused of falsely imprisoning and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney appeared before the Special Criminal Court on 26...

Monaghan · November 26, 2020

Wind farm action admitted to Strategic Planning list

A High Court challenge brought by Coolberrin Wind Farm Ltd against An Bord Pleanála's refusal of planning permission for a grid connector in County Monaghan...

Strokestown · November 25, 2020

Pair remanded in custody over failure to vacate Strokestown farm

Two men have been remanded in custody following their failure to comply with High Court orders to vacate a farm at Falsk, Strokestown, County Roscommon....

Boyle · November 24, 2020 Also covered in Geevagh

Drunk driver has until New Year to pay €20k fine

A man from Geevagh, County Sligo, has been given until the end of this year to pay a €20,000 fine following an appeal decision at the Court of Appeal. Muiris...

Castlebar · November 24, 2020

Violent convicted stalker sexually assaulted wife in woods

A man with convictions for stalking and harassment of former partners was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court in Castlebar, County Mayo, of sexually...

Enniscrone · November 23, 2020

Businessman's dissident ordeal so bad he asked to be shot

A Co Down man has pleaded guilty to demanding money with menaces from a Mayo businessman in Omeath, Co Louth, in December 2017. Anthony Finglas, aged 49,...

Ballyshannon · November 20, 2020

Woman who staged murder victim's suicide charged with 33 new offences while on suspended sentence

A woman with a last address in Finisklin, Sligo, has been returned to prison after breaching the conditions of a suspended sentence imposed by the Central...

Convoy · November 17, 2020

Getaway driver who used own car to aid murder of innocent dad is jailed

A 23-year-old man from Ballyfermot, Dublin has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for his role as a getaway driver in the...

Cavan · November 17, 2020

Lunney trial should be halted due to Graham Dwyer mobile data case, defence say

A defence counsel for one of four men charged with the false imprisonment and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney has applied for the...

Castlebar · November 16, 2020

Son who killed mother shouts at prosecutor during sentence hearing

A man convicted of murdering his mother in County Mayo almost a decade ago will be sentenced for her manslaughter in February following a Supreme Court ruling...

Convoy · November 16, 2020

Getaway driver to be sentenced for role in murder of innocent family man

Eric Shorthall, aged 23 and resident in Ballyfermot, Dublin, is to be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court for his role as getaway driver in the May 2015...

Convoy · November 13, 2020

Property magnate Jim Mansfield Jnr 'didn't write', alleged victim tells trial

A witness at the Special Criminal Court has testified that property magnate Jim Mansfield Jnr could not have written a note allegedly used during an alleged...

Mayo · November 10, 2020

Husband withdraws marital rape appeal after warning from court

A man imprisoned for two counts of anal rape against his wife has withdrawn his appeal against his nine-year sentence following guidance from the Court of...

Ballyshannon · November 09, 2020

Bench warrant issued for woman who staged suicide of murder victim

A bench warrant has been issued at the Central Criminal Court for a Sligo woman who breached the conditions of her suspended sentence. Janice Brady, aged 29,...

Sligo · November 06, 2020

Formula 1 engineer loses appeal over attack and false imprisonment of landlord (81)

A Formula 1 engineer's appeal against a nine-year prison sentence for attacking and falsely imprisoning his elderly landlord has been dismissed by the Court...

Convoy · November 06, 2020

Jim Mansfield Jnr arranged meetings with IRA to help get back property, key witness tells trial

A key witness in the Witness Protection Programme has told the Special Criminal Court that Jim Mansfield Jnr arranged meetings with the New IRA and INLA to...

Ballina · November 06, 2020 Also covered in Strokestown

Judge orders arrest of occupiers of Strokestown eviction farm

Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds of the High Court has ordered the arrest of any person found in occupation of a farm at Falsk, Strokestown in County Roscommon. The...

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