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Longford · September 10, 2020

'Bite them Buster': gardai attacked by man with Pit bull, trial hears

A man is on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of assaulting two gardai at Sallynoggin Road on 16 October 2016. The defendant, aged 40 and from...

Bailieborough · September 07, 2020 Also covered in Castleblayney, Virginia

All Ireland club champ gets bail on ATM theft charges

A man with three All Ireland Club Championship medals with Crossmaglen Rangers has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court on charges relating to ATM...

Cavan · September 07, 2020

Kevin Lunney accused challenges non-jury trial

A Dublin man charged in connection with an incident involving Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney has initiated High Court proceedings challenging...

Bailieborough · September 01, 2020 Also covered in Castleblayney, Virginia

Three time All-Ireland club champ charged over ATM thefts

A 30-year-old man with three All-Ireland club championship medals has been charged with offences relating to ATM thefts across Cavan and Monaghan. Daniel...

Mayo · September 01, 2020

Second home-schooled student brings action over calculated grades

A 17-year-old home-schooled student from outside Dublin has initiated judicial review proceedings against the Minister for Education over the refusal to award...

Castleblayney · August 31, 2020 Also covered in Virginia

Bail for ATM theft accused

Four men have been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court following their appearance on charges relating to alleged ATM theft attempts across the border...

Castleblayney · August 25, 2020 Also covered in Virginia

Brothers before non-jury court over attempted thefts of ATMs

Four men appeared before the Special Criminal Court on Tuesday charged with involvement in attempted ATM thefts across Cavan and Monaghan during 2019. Gerard...

Monaghan · July 31, 2020

'Monster' jailed for sex assaults on grandchildren

A 67-year-old Co Monaghan farmer has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, following his conviction for sexual...

Cavan · July 29, 2020

Kevin Lunney accused fails in bid to have charges dismissed

A man accused of falsely imprisoning and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney has failed in his application to have the charges...

Donegal · July 28, 2020

Abuser secretly filmed step-daughter

A 50-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to six years and nine months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sexually abusing his step-daughter...

Mayo · July 15, 2020

Dublin dream destroyed by nightclub glassing

A man pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following an incident at a nightclub in Swords, Dublin in December 2017. The victim, then aged 19, sustained...

Boyle · July 13, 2020

Judge orders inquiry into detention of Chilean student in Mountjoy

A High Court judge has ordered an inquiry into the detention of a 33-year-old Chilean student held in the Dochas Centre at Mountjoy Prison. Ms Estefany...

Carrickmacross · July 13, 2020

Farmer whose cattle were shot by defence forces has bankruptcy extended

The High Court has extended the bankruptcy of John Hoey, a farmer from Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, by eight years. Ms Justice Teresa Pilkington's...

Monaghan · July 13, 2020

Man who fled to UK is jailed over violent 2009 knife attack

A man from Dublin has been imprisoned for his involvement in a serious knife attack that occurred on Dame Street in April 2009. Patrick Carter pleaded guilty...

Monaghan · July 10, 2020

'Completely bizarre': crack addict attempted multiple thefts while holding chihuahua

A man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison following a series of attempted car thefts in a Dublin housing estate while under the influence...

Cavan · July 06, 2020

Kevin Lunney accused to bid to have charges dismissed

Alan O'Brien, aged 39, with an address at Shelmalier Road, East Wall, Dublin 3, appeared before the Special Criminal Court on July 6th, 2020 to seek dismissal...

Drumlish · July 06, 2020

Court upholds sentencing of Queen's visit bomber

The Court of Appeal has upheld an eight-and-a-half year sentence imposed on a 70-year-old man convicted of placing an explosive device on a bus during Queen...

Castlebar · July 06, 2020

Murder, rape trials to be listed in courts across country in effort to clear backlog

The Central Criminal Court will resume jury trials from the end of August across multiple venues in an effort to address the significant backlog of cases...

Letterkenny · July 06, 2020

Man jailed over illegal dumping brings action against waste company

A businessman from County Donegal who was imprisoned for nine weeks in 2019 over illegal dumping has initiated High Court proceedings against another waste...

Monaghan · July 03, 2020

Senior officer denies 'squandering' leads in Adrian Donohoe investigation

A retired detective inspector giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court rejected claims that the garda investigation into the murder of Detective Garda...

Mayo · July 02, 2020

Seven-year sentence upheld for abuse of three sisters

A County Mayo man has failed in his appeal against a seven-year prison sentence imposed for the sexual abuse of three sisters over an eighteen-year period....

Riverstown · June 26, 2020

Woman has jail term increased for causing death of pedestrian during chase

A woman from Riverstown, County Sligo, has had her prison sentence increased by the Court of Appeal following a challenge by the Director of Public...

Monaghan · June 26, 2020

Thief told how to 'beat the system' with debit card scam

Ricardo De Freitas Correia, a 34-year-old Portuguese national with an address in Dublin 15, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to deception and...

Emyvale · June 24, 2020

HSE apologises, makes €4.6m payment to boy who suffered injuries at birth

A boy born at Cavan General Hospital in August 2017 with cerebral palsy has received a €4.6 million interim payment following settlement of his High Court...

Donegal · June 22, 2020

Garda's appeal over tribunal findings is dismissed

A Garda from Donegal has failed in his appeal to the Court of Appeal to have findings made against him by the Disclosures Tribunal overturned. Garda Keith...

Roscommon · June 18, 2020

Woman wants to sue former lottery operator over alleged advice on €3.3m win

A woman from County Roscommon is seeking High Court permission to pursue a negligence claim against the former National Lottery operator, An Post National...

Castlebar · June 16, 2020

Severely autistic man claimed penis abnormality drove him to seek naked pictures from boys

A man from Castlebar, County Mayo, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sexually exploiting children online. Mark...

Letterkenny · June 16, 2020

DPP appeals suspended sentence for 'protracted and brutal onslaught’

The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed a suspended sentence imposed on a Roscommon man convicted of assaulting and falsely imprisoning his...

Riverstown · June 15, 2020

DPP appeals driver's 12-month jail term for causing pedestrian's death

The Director of Public Prosecutions is appealing a sentence imposed on a Louth woman convicted of dangerous driving causing death. Eimear White pleaded guilty...

Monaghan · June 12, 2020

Essex Migrant Deaths: High Court orders extradition of alleged Irish 'ringleader'

A man from County Monaghan has been ordered by the High Court to face extradition to the United Kingdom on manslaughter and conspiracy charges relating to the...

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