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Castleblayney · December 21, 2021 Also covered in Virginia

Man admits role in ATM thefts by cross-border gang

A 27-year-old man from Castleblayney, County Monaghan has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to three offences arising from his involvement with a...

Roscommon · December 21, 2021

Environmental group in fresh challenge to flood relief scheme

The High Court has granted Friends of the Irish Environment permission to pursue judicial review proceedings challenging Roscommon County Council's approval...

Sligo · December 21, 2021

Dept of Agriculture official has some animal welfare convictions quashed after court error

The High Court has set aside certain convictions and suspended sentences imposed on a Department of Agriculture official in relation to animal carcass...

Cavan · December 20, 2021

Lunney kidnappers get combined 70 years

Three men have been sentenced following their conviction for the abduction and assault of Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, at Drumbrade,...

Monaghan · December 20, 2021

Delivery driver jailed for 'shocking' road rage attack

A delivery driver has been jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for a violent assault on another van driver. Aiman Khalel, aged...

Sligo · December 20, 2021

Gardai rescued woman from Tinder rapist after telling her to hang towel from balcony

Christopher Feeney (58) was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court of rape and sexual assault following a trial last September. The offences occurred at...

Ballina · December 20, 2021

'A decent man': the kidnap and torture of Kevin Lunney

Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, gave evidence at the Special Criminal Court detailing his abduction and assault in County Fermanagh in...

Cavan · December 17, 2021

Media remain gagged from naming criminal who inflicted serious injuries on Kevin Lunney

The High Court has extended an anonymity order protecting the identity of a man convicted of inflicting serious injuries on businessman Kevin Lunney during a...

Castleblayney · December 16, 2021 Also covered in Virginia

Second man admits to role in ATM thefts by cross-border gang

A Monaghan man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to possessing stolen cash linked to coordinated ATM thefts by a cross-border criminal...

Cavan · December 16, 2021

High Court application to keep criminal who seriously injured Kevin Lunney anonymous

An application to maintain the anonymity of a man convicted of serious offences against businessman Kevin Lunney came before the High Court on Thursday. The...

Letterkenny · December 14, 2021

Woman jailed for role in violent taxi hijacking

A 24-year-old woman from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment for her involvement in a violent taxi hijacking in Crumlin,...

Glenties · December 14, 2021

BBC seeks discovery on Adams' alleged association with IRA

The BBC is seeking discovery of documents relating to former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams's alleged association with the IRA in defending a defamation claim...

Letterkenny · December 14, 2021

Former vet wanted to face bestiality charges will be extradited to UK

The High Court at Letterkenny has ordered the extradition of a 36-year-old man to face serious charges in the United Kingdom. Oliver Lown, formerly residing...

Ballina · December 13, 2021 Also covered in Falcarragh

Four trials and 'six years of torture' before child rapist convicted, court hears

A man has been convicted at the Central Criminal Court in Sligo of sexually abusing a child over a five-year period in Donegal. Liam Carr, aged 59 and with an...

Longford · December 13, 2021

Jury finds UK man who repeated ran over Irish boxing champ guilty of murder

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted a UK man of the murder of Kevin Sheehy, a five-time Irish boxing champion, who was struck and run over...

Cavan · December 13, 2021

Kevin Lunney attacker remains anonymous after deadline extended

The Special Criminal Court has extended an order protecting the identity of a man convicted of inflicting the most severe injuries on businessman Kevin Lunney...

Longford · December 10, 2021

Jury must consider if UK man was provoked before he ran over Irish boxing champ

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has suspended deliberations in the trial of a British man accused of murdering Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy. The...

Longford · December 09, 2021

UK man 'could have kept driving' instead of 'thundering' jeep into boxer, prosecution say

At the Central Criminal Court, the prosecution closing argument in the trial of Logan Jackson concluded on December 9th. Mr Jackson, aged 31, of Coventry,...

Granard · December 09, 2021

Senior garda subjected to false accusations over dog shooting challenges promotion issue

A senior garda has brought judicial review proceedings in the High Court challenging a decision not to backdate his promotion to inspector. Inspector Tom...

Longford · December 08, 2021

Jeep murder accused told gardai he wasn't under threat when in vehicle, trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, a murder trial has heard evidence regarding the death of Kevin Sheehy, a five-time Irish boxing champion killed in...

Longford · December 07, 2021

Boxing champ suffered 'catastrophic skull fracture', pathologist tells murder trial

At the Central Criminal Court, a forensic pathologist gave evidence concerning the death of Kevin Sheehy, a five-time Irish boxing champion, who died on July...

Longford · December 06, 2021

Jeep did not stop as it ran over Irish boxing champ, murder trial hears

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence concerning the death of Kevin Sheehy, a five-time Irish boxing champion, who died after being...

Longford · December 03, 2021

Witness denies he and champion boxer were 'goading' murder accused

A witness at the Central Criminal Court has denied allegations that he and the deceased, Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy, goaded or threatened the accused....

Cavan · December 03, 2021

Serial driving offender claims he was under threat from nephew

A 36-year-old Dublin man pleaded guilty to endangerment, dangerous driving, and driving without insurance following a high-speed chase through west Dublin on...

Longford · December 02, 2021

Witness tells trial of how boxing champ fought to get up before jeep ran him over

A witness has described how a five-time Irish boxing champion fought unsuccessfully to rise from the ground before being struck by a vehicle for a second time...

Longford · December 02, 2021

'I had to let Kevin go': witness describes how champion cousin was run over three times

A witness at the Central Criminal Court has testified about the fatal incident involving Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy in Limerick city on July 1, 2019....

Carndonagh · December 02, 2021

Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover arms stash is upheld

Stephen O'Connor of Carndonagh, Dublin, has had his wholly suspended sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal. O'Connor pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of...

Longford · November 30, 2021

UK man "thundered" jeep into Irish boxing champ, prosecution tell murder trial

A 31-year-old British man has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of Kevin Sheehy, a five-time Irish boxing...

Bailieborough · November 29, 2021 Also covered in Virginia

'Family man' jailed for involvement with cross-border ATM gang

A 39-year-old man from County Armagh has been jailed for four-and-a-half years by the Special Criminal Court following his guilty plea to handling proceeds...

Longford · November 29, 2021

Jury sworn-in for trial of UK man who denies murdering Irish boxing champ

A 31-year-old British man pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court on 29 November 2021, following the death of Irish boxing champion Kevin...

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