Man admits to cleaning up Mulready Woods murder scene
A 52-year-old man from Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to cleaning up and removing evidence from a murder scene....
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Drugs bust defendant claimed he was in flat to use shower
A Donegal man and a Dublin man have been imprisoned following a drugs seizure at a flat in Carrickmines, Dublin, in January 2021. Ronan McCallig, aged 53, and...
Judge shouldn't have asked question about victim's intoxication, jailed pair argue
Two men convicted of rape have appealed their convictions at the Court of Appeal, arguing the trial judge erred in questioning a witness about the...
Boxer who rained down blows on Kevin Lunney with 'lethal weapons' fails in appeal
A man's appeal against a three-year-three-month prison sentence for assaulting two businessmen near Ballyconnell, County Cavan, has been dismissed by the...
Family anguish 'greater torment' than pain of attack, Kevin Lunney tells court
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, businessman Kevin Lunney delivered a victim impact statement describing the lasting trauma inflicted on himself and...
Violent attacker who had it 'in his mind' to rape victim (85) has sentence increased
A man from Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, has had his prison sentence increased following an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Shane Smith (32)...
Violent attacker said it was 'in his mind' to rape victim (85)
A man from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, is the subject of a Director of Public Prosecutions appeal against sentence at the Court of Appeal. Shane Smith, aged...
Sentence of serial conman who 'twisted the knife' was too lenient, DPP say
A serial fraudster from Carrickmacross is the subject of an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against the leniency of his sentence. Michael...
Teen brothers who abused sister were raised in 'toxic sexual environment', court hears
Two brothers whose guilty pleas were entered at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court in October 2019 have had their sentences reviewed at the Court of Appeal...
Planning permission for large scale chicken farm is quashed
The High Court has quashed planning permission for a large-scale poultry farm in Co Mayo. Mr Justice Anthony Barr made the order following An Bord Pleanála's...
Three men guilty of beating and mutilating Quinn director Kevin Lunney
Three men have been convicted of falsely imprisoning, beating and mutilating Kevin Lunney, director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, at the Special Criminal...
First Lunney accused found guilty
A man in his forties has been convicted by the Special Criminal Court of falsely imprisoning and assaulting Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial...
Judgement being delivered in Kevin Lunney trial
Judgment commenced at the Special Criminal Court on November 8th in the trial of four men charged with falsely imprisoning and assaulting businessman Kevin...
Irish man caught in US child abuse sting appeals extradition order
A 46-year-old man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, has appealed an extradition order to the United States at the High Court. Martin Jude Wall was arrested in...
Council not in contempt over flood relief scheme
The High Court has dismissed an application by Friends of the Irish Environment alleging that Roscommon County Council breached a court order regarding a...
Man sent child abuse imagery to date
A man from Claremorris in County Mayo has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, after pleading guilty to...
High Court to rule on whether council breached court order
The High Court will deliver a ruling this week on whether Roscommon County Council has breached a court order relating to a proposed flood relief scheme. The...
Murder accused admits to manslaughter, arson
Daniel Murray, aged 39 and of no fixed abode, appeared at the Central Criminal Court on charges relating to a house fire in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan in...
Bid to adjourn Lunney verdict until after Dwyer case opinion is rejected
The Special Criminal Court has rejected a defence application to adjourn the verdict in the trial of four men charged with the abduction and assault of Quinn...
Environmental group used 'extreme language' to characterise council's actions, CEO says
The High Court heard submissions on whether Roscommon County Council has breached a settlement agreement relating to a flood relief scheme involving a...
Environmental group claims council is in contempt of court
An environmental group has brought contempt of court proceedings against Roscommon County Council in the High Court, claiming the local authority breached a...
Murder accused's father testifies at trial
Paul Penrose gave evidence at the Central Criminal Court in a murder trial concerning his son, Stephen Penrose, aged 38, of Coolock, Dublin. Stephen Penrose...
Alleged IRA man wanted in NI claims no corresponding offence here
A 43-year-old man from Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, appeared before the High Court on 26 October 2021 to contest his extradition to Northern Ireland on six...
Permission granted to appeal quashing of 'tallest' wind farm development
A High Court judge has granted An Bord Pleanála permission to appeal a decision quashing planning permission for a 24-turbine wind farm near Lanesborough,...
Conviction for repeated abuse of young boy upheld
A man in his fifties has failed in his appeal against conviction for the historic sexual abuse of his younger cousin at a property in County Donegal during...
UK pair wanted over fatal street stabbing lodge objections to surrender
Two men arrested in County Mayo have lodged objections to their extradition at the High Court in Dublin in connection with a fatal stabbing in Carlisle, UK....
Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover gun stash too lenient, State says
The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed a suspended sentence imposed on a man convicted of unlawful possession of firearms at the Court of Appeal in...
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...
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...
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...
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