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Carrickmacross · June 25, 2021

Brother describes agony of standing 'helplessly' outside home where pensioner 'burned to death'

A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and arson following the death of a 61-year-old pensioner in a house fire in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan in March...

Cavan · June 23, 2021

Lunney trial hears from witnesses who made CCTV available to gardai

The Special Criminal Court trial of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney heard evidence from multiple...

Cavan · June 22, 2021

Lunney trial hears of alleged 'preparatory' trip

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, prosecutors presented evidence that one of three men accused of assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin...

Cavan · June 21, 2021

Man who disrupted dissident murder investigation should not be jailed, defence say

Ray Kennedy, aged 41, of Blanchardstown in Dublin, has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice at the Special Criminal Court following his...

Convoy · June 21, 2021

Kinahan cartel believed 'Mago' Gately was involved in Regency attack, court hears

The Special Criminal Court heard evidence on 21 June 2021 regarding David Duffy, aged 34, from Convoy, County Donegal, who pleaded guilty in April to...

Cavan · June 21, 2021

Lunney trial court views CCTV footage

The Special Criminal Court examined CCTV footage on Monday as part of the trial relating to the abduction and assault of Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn...

Rathmullan · June 18, 2021

Mulready-Woods murder accused served with non-jury court trial notice

Two men charged with the murder of a teenager in County Louth have been formally notified that their trial will proceed in the Special Criminal Court, a...

Cavan · June 18, 2021

Sergeant mediated between local gardai and Lunney accused, trial hears

A sergeant told the Special Criminal Court that he mediated between gardaí and one of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings...

Cavan · June 17, 2021

State says number used to book Las Vegas holiday is linked to Lunney accused

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, prosecutors presented evidence alleging that a phone number ending in 567 was linked to Darren Redmond in connection...

Monaghan · June 17, 2021

Pair avoid jail for assisting offender in 'far more serious criminal enterprise'

Two men have received fully suspended sentences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for assisting another man's escape from gardaí. Derek Mitchell, aged 27, and...

Lanesborough · June 16, 2021

High Court quashes planning permission for large-scale wind farm

The High Court has quashed An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission for a large-scale wind farm proposed near Lanesborough, County Longford....

Cavan · June 15, 2021

'It would be nice' if EU courts gave structure on accessing phone data, Lunney judge says

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, Mr Justice Tony Hunt expressed frustration regarding the absence of clear European Union guidance on police access to...

Cavan · June 14, 2021

Mass data retention is not unlawful, State argue in Lunney trial

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, counsel for the State submitted that gardaí were lawfully entitled to access mobile phone data during their...

Rathmullan · June 11, 2021

Keane Mulready-Woods murder accused to stand trial at non-jury court

Two men charged with the murder of a teenager in County Louth will stand trial at the Special Criminal Court, a non-jury venue, following an application by...

Cavan · June 11, 2021

Gardai breaking law for 'years and years' by seizing phone data, Lunney trial told

Four men have pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court to charges of falsely imprisoning and causing serious harm to Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn...

Westport · June 10, 2021

Husband of Valerie French Kilroy to strand trial for murder

A man accused of murdering his wife at their home in County Mayo will stand trial at the Central Criminal Court in October. James Kilroy, aged 47 and from...

Longford · June 10, 2021

Date set for man accused of murdering boxing champ

A trial date has been set at the Central Criminal Court for a British man accused of murdering an Irish boxing champion. Logan Jackson, aged 31 and with an...

Donegal · June 10, 2021

Man appeals IRA conviction after threat to shoot accident victim

A man from Dublin has appealed his conviction for membership of an unlawful organisation after a trial in the Special Criminal Court in 2018. Ciaran Maguire,...

Cavan · June 10, 2021

'Day of reckoning': defence in Lunney trial criticises government inaction of data law

A barrister representing one of three men charged with the abduction and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney has criticised the...

Cavan · June 09, 2021

Lunney investigation phone data obtained with invalid warrants, defence lawyers argue

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 9 June 2021, defence counsel challenged the validity of search warrants used to obtain mobile phone data in the...

Cavan · June 09, 2021

Lawyers to argue admissibility of phone evidence in Lunney trial

The Special Criminal Court heard submissions on the admissibility of mobile phone evidence in the trial of four men accused of falsely imprisoning and causing...

Cavan · June 08, 2021

Lunney accused challenge admissibility of phone evidence

Four men charged in connection with the abduction and serious assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney have mounted a challenge to the...

Cavan · June 04, 2021

Lunney accused told gardai: 'I know why you're here'

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, gardaí gave evidence in the trial of four men charged in connection with the abduction and assault of Kevin Lunney in...

Cavan · June 03, 2021

Kevin Lunney describes dragging himself along dark country road, fearing nobody would come to help

A director of Quinn Industrial Holdings told the Special Criminal Court how he dragged himself along a dark country road after being subjected to serious...

Convoy · June 03, 2021

Lee Canavan jailed for life for role in 'Daithi Douglas' murder

The Special Criminal Court has sentenced Dublin man Lee Canavan to life imprisonment for his role in the murder of David Douglas, a fifty-five-year-old who...

Cavan · June 03, 2021

Special Criminal Court rejects second jurisdiction application in two days

Two men charged with murder will proceed to trial at the Special Criminal Court following the rejection of a jurisdictional challenge this morning. Kenneth...

Cavan · June 02, 2021

Kevin Lunney told to resign before attackers threatened to kill him, trial hears

A man was forcibly removed from his car, imprisoned in a shipping container and subjected to serious violence during an assault lasting approximately 40...

Aughavas · June 02, 2021

Psychic scammer loses appeal against €1.6m money laundering conviction

A man from Aughavas, County Leitrim, has lost his appeal against conviction for money laundering and related offences at the Court of Appeal. Simon Gold, aged...

Cavan · June 01, 2021

Special Criminal Court rejects argument that it has no jurisdiction to hear Lunney trial

The Special Criminal Court has rejected jurisdictional challenges to its authority to try four men accused of assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director...

Cavan · May 31, 2021

Kevin Lunney accused to make 'jurisdictional' application

The Special Criminal Court has adjourned proceedings in the trial of four men charged with the false imprisonment of Quinn Industrial Holdings executive Kevin...

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