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Cavan · October 21, 2021

Verdict in Lunney trial delayed

The Special Criminal Court has postponed delivery of its verdicts in the case of four men charged with abducting and torturing Kevin Lunney, a director of...

French Park · October 19, 2021

Court upholds bus driver's conviction for causing death of cyclist

The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of Osborn Irabor for careless driving causing the death of cyclist Mary White on November 17, 2014. Irabor, aged...

Mayo · October 18, 2021

Financial advisor behind plan to rob businessman who was 'barbarically' beaten is jailed

A former financial advisor has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court following his conviction for orchestrating a robbery...

Castlebar · October 15, 2021

UK men wanted in relation to fatal street stabbing appear before High Court

Two men arrested in County Mayo have appeared before the High Court in Dublin in connection with a fatal stabbing in Carlisle, United Kingdom. Kane Hull, aged...

Sligo · October 14, 2021

'New evidence' that man who murdered retired broker had mental illness

Simon McGinley (38) appeared before the Court of Appeal on 14 October seeking to have his murder conviction quashed on the basis of new psychiatric evidence....

Crossmolina · October 11, 2021

Irishman caught in child abuse sting will be extradited to US

A 46-year-old man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, has been ordered to be extradited to the United States following a High Court ruling. The man was convicted...

Convoy · October 05, 2021 Also covered in Virginia

'Highly organised' gang behind border ATM thefts, court hears

A man has been convicted at the Special Criminal Court of handling nearly €104,000 in proceeds from an organised ATM theft gang that stole approximately...

Roscommon · October 05, 2021

Garda shot during raid on criminal's home

A man has been convicted and sentenced following the shooting of a garda during a raid on a Dublin property in December 2017. Charles Moore, aged 48, of...

Sligo · September 30, 2021

Alleged victim 'very abusive' towards manslaughter accused, trial hears

A manslaughter trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard evidence regarding the character of the deceased man in the case. Ronan Byrne, aged 31, of...

Rathmullan · September 07, 2021 Also covered in Castlerea, Foxford

2022 Case Preview

As the Central Criminal Court prepared to resume following vacation in September 2021, several high-profile cases were scheduled for hearing over the...

Longford · September 02, 2021

Four get sentences totalling 33 years for gangland murder plot

Four men have been sentenced to a combined 33 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following their convictions in connection with a gangland...

Cavan · August 06, 2021

Final day of evidence in Kevin Lunney abduction trial

The Special Criminal Court heard closing arguments on the final day of the trial of four men charged with the abduction and assault of Kevin Lunney, a Quinn...

Cavan · August 04, 2021

Circumstances 'suspicious', lawyers for Lunney accused concede

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, closing arguments concluded on Wednesday in the trial of four men accused of the abduction and assault of businessman...

Virginia · August 03, 2021

Kevin Lunney subjected to 'ordeal of callous brutality and gratuitous violence', prosecution say

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 3 August 2021, prosecutors outlined their case against four accused men charged in connection with the abduction...

Donegal · July 30, 2021

Man who abused and filmed step-daughter with spy camera has jail sentence reduced

A Dublin man has had his jail sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal after challenging a conviction for sexually abusing his step-daughter and recording her...

Donegal · July 30, 2021

IRA man who threatened accident victim to withdraw claim loses appeal

A Dublin man has lost his appeal against conviction for membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army. The Court of Appeal...

Cavan · July 30, 2021

Man imprisoned, attacked teen with dumbbell during four-day 'reign of terror'

A man has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for a...

Cavan · July 29, 2021

Judge asks if defence suggesting gardai engaged in 'hanky panky' by 'planting' DNA

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, the presiding judge questioned whether defence counsel was suggesting gardaí engaged in misconduct by planting DNA...

Cavan · July 29, 2021

Four-day 'reign of terror' saw teen attacked, falsely imprisoned and sexually assaulted

A 19-year-old was subjected to a four-day ordeal of assault, false imprisonment and sexual abuse at a house in County Cavan between October 17th and 20th,...

Cavan · July 29, 2021

'An unprecedented abuse': Rapist Murray gets 16 further years for death threats against lawyers

Michael Murray (50) has been sentenced to an additional 16 years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for harassment and death threats directed at...

Cavan · July 29, 2021

€870k in drug money stashed at rural property

A Dublin man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment following a money-laundering conviction at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Jonathon O'Connor, aged...

Cavan · July 28, 2021

Van allegedly used in Lunney abduction was parked unlocked on street, trial hears

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, evidence was heard that a Renault Kangoo van allegedly used in the abduction of Cavan businessman Kevin Lunney was...

Cavan · July 27, 2021

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...

Cavan · July 27, 2021

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...

Cavan · July 26, 2021

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...

Longford · July 26, 2021

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...

Cavan · July 23, 2021

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...

Carrickmacross · July 23, 2021

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...

Roscommon · July 23, 2021

'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...

Virginia · July 22, 2021

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...

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