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Sligo · February 16, 2022

Delivery driver forced to relieve himself into bottle, WRC hears

A delivery driver has brought a complaint of constructive dismissal against an Italian food importer to the Workplace Relations Commission following his...

Letterkenny · February 14, 2022 Also covered in Raphoe

Donegal Co Council seeks injunction preventing Frank McBrearty Jnr from attending meetings

Donegal County Council has applied to the High Court for an injunction to enforce the suspension of Councillor Frank McBrearty Jnr from attending council...

Ballina · February 11, 2022 Also covered in Ballisodare

Woman left paralysed speaks of relief after driver fails in bid to restore license

A woman left paralysed following a high-speed car crash near Ballisodare in 2010 has expressed relief after the Court of Appeal rejected the driver's second...

Ballymote · February 11, 2022

Growhouse 'manager' fails in bid to have 4-year jail term reduced

A 44-year-old Lithuanian man has failed in his appeal against a four-year custodial sentence imposed for managing a cannabis cultivation operation in...

Convoy · February 10, 2022

Use of phone records to convict 'ruthless' Kinahan hitman a breach of his privacy, appeal told

A Kinahan-linked man convicted of attempted murder is challenging his conviction on appeal, arguing that mobile phone records used to secure his conviction...

Ballinrobe · February 09, 2022 Also covered in Lecarrow

Woman who told colleague to 'shove his job up his ass' resolves action

A High Court action brought by a woman employed for more than two decades at a meat processing plant in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, has been resolved. Ms Lisa...

Mayo · February 08, 2022

Trial of solicitor Michael Lynn to begin tomorrow

A jury has been empanelled ahead of the trial of former solicitor Michael Lynn at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, which opens tomorrow. Mr Lynn, aged 53 and...

Crossmolina · February 08, 2022

Irish sex offender told to 'go live in a tent', extradition appeal hears

A man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, has appealed his extradition to the United States, where he faces allegations of breaching bail conditions related to a...

Boyle · February 08, 2022 Also covered in Claremorris, Geevagh

Drunk driver sacked from Iarnród Éireann job claims he was unfairly dismissed

A 32-year-old electrician from Geevagh, County Sligo, has claimed unfair dismissal from Iarnród Éireann after his contract was terminated while he was serving...

Carrickmacross · February 07, 2022

Serial conman who duped victims out of €150k has jail sentence increased

Michael McGauley, aged 49 and formerly of Highfield, Carrickmacross, has had his prison sentence increased following a successful appeal by the Director of...

Carndonagh · February 02, 2022

Fake tenant who took part in rent deposit scam avoids jail

A man convicted of his role in a rental deposit scam affecting six potential tenants in Dublin has been ordered to complete community service rather than face...

Longford · February 02, 2022

Hotel's credit card requirement discriminatory to Travellers, WRC finds

The Workplace Relations Commission has found that a Co Cork hotel discriminated against three Traveller women by enforcing a credit card requirement to secure...

Virginia · February 01, 2022 Also covered in Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney

Emotional scenes as members of notorious ATM gang remanded in custody

Three brothers were remanded in custody at the Special Criminal Court on February 1st pending sentencing following their guilty pleas to involvement in a...

Donegal · January 28, 2022

10-year sentence for repeated abuse is upheld

The Court of Appeal has upheld a ten-year custodial sentence imposed on a man convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing his young cousin in County Donegal...

Virginia · January 27, 2022 Also covered in Ballybay, Castleblayney, Convoy

Former GAA star will seek to have ATM theft charges thrown out, trial told

A 31-year-old man from County Armagh has pleaded not guilty to charges relating to a series of ATM thefts across the Border region. The accused faced the...

Virginia · January 26, 2022 Also covered in Ballybay, Castleblayney, Kingscourt

ATM theft defendant found hiding in toilet, Special Criminal Court hears

A man charged with attempted ATM theft and organised crime offences appeared before the Special Criminal Court in relation to an incident at the Riverfront...

Ballinrobe · January 26, 2022 Also covered in Lecarrow

Woman who told superior 'to shove job up his ass' bids to prevent termination

A receptionist and administrator employed by Martin Jennings Wholesale Limited in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, has brought High Court proceedings seeking an...

Cavan · January 25, 2022

Serial arsonist jailed for killing uncle in revenge blaze

A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for manslaughter following the death of his uncle in a house fire at Derrylurgan, Ballyjamesduff, County...

Charlestown · January 20, 2022

No jail for Revenue worker over tax refund scam for ex boyfriend

A former Revenue employee received a fully suspended eighteen-month sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for her role in generating fraudulent tax...

Convoy · January 20, 2022

Pair jailed for moving sawn-off shotgun

Two men have been jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their conviction for transporting a sawn-off shotgun in the Balbriggan area on 25...

Cavan · January 18, 2022

Ban on naming criminal who kidnapped and tortured Kevin Lunney is lifted

The High Court has lifted a gagging order that prevented the media from naming Alan Harte, a 40-year-old man convicted of kidnapping and torturing Kevin...

Donegal · January 17, 2022

'Model citizen' who lived under false name avoids jail

A Chinese national who lived under an assumed identity for eight years has received a fully suspended four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court....

Cavan · January 17, 2022

Serial arsonist 'more concerned about dog' than death of uncle, court hears

A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter following the death of his uncle in a house fire at Derrylurgan, Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan in August 2018 appeared...

Monaghan · January 17, 2022

Immigration scammer was claiming PUP, court hears

A Georgian national from Monaghan pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to his role in facilitating illegal immigration and money laundering...

Cavan · January 14, 2022

'No reason' why ban on naming Kevin Lunney attacker should remain, State tells court

The State has argued to the Court of Appeal that an anonymity order protecting a man convicted in the Kevin Lunney case should be lifted without further...

Roscommon · January 14, 2022

Row over flood relief scheme won't recede until after Easter

A High Court action concerning a flood relief scheme in Roscommon will not proceed to full hearing until after Easter. The Friends of the Irish Environment...

Virginia · January 13, 2022 Also covered in Castleblayney, Convoy

All-Ireland club football champ goes on trial accused of stealing ATMs for gang

A former All-Ireland club football champion has pleaded not guilty to 17 charges arising from a series of ATM thefts across the Meath and Cavan region. Daniel...

Ballina · January 12, 2022 Also covered in Falcarragh

Child rapist gets 10 years after victim's 'torture' in quest for justice

A man has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court in Sligo on 31 counts of sexual assault and rape...

Cavan · January 12, 2022

'A parent's worse nightmare': uncle raped nephew while babysitting

A 26-year-old man from Cavan has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty pleas to sexually...

Longford · January 11, 2022

Dispute over operation of EBS branches is resolved

A long-running dispute between EBS and Betty Martin Financial Services Ltd over the termination of an agency agreement to operate branches in Athlone,...

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