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Convoy · May 28, 2021

Businessman's memory 'riddled with problems', false imprisonment trial told

Two men have pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court to charges of falsely imprisoning a Mayo businessman at a location in County Louth in December...

Longford · May 27, 2021

Gangland murder conspirator can be named

A Dublin man has been permitted to be named following a ruling at the Central Criminal Court regarding his admission to conspiracy to murder. Cailean...

Mayo · May 27, 2021

Accused withdrew from plan to extort businessman, defence say

At the Special Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of two men charged with offences arising from an assault on a Mayo businessman in...

Longford · May 24, 2021

Man admits trying to murder slain gangster Wayne Whelan

A man from Longford has admitted attempting to murder gangland figure Wayne Whelan in a shooting in west Dublin in September 2019. Wayne Ryan, aged 41 and...

Cavan · May 21, 2021

Kevin Lunney abduction trial to proceed at month end

Four men stand charged with the false imprisonment and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney at Ballinagh, County Cavan on 17 September...

Convoy · May 20, 2021

Lee Canavan guilty of murdering David 'Daithí' Douglas

Lee Canavan has been convicted of the murder of David Douglas at the Special Criminal Court following trial in May 2021. The 55-year-old was shot six times at...

Ballymote · May 19, 2021

Husband guilty of murder for strangling wife who wanted her own life

A man from Sligo has been found guilty of murdering his wife at the Central Criminal Court. Rafal Karaczyn, aged thirty-five, of Crozon Park in Sligo, pleaded...

Sligo · May 19, 2021

Murderer secretly filmed wife in shower

A man from Sligo has been convicted of murder at the Central Criminal Court following the unlawful killing of his wife in April 2018. The court heard that...

Donegal · May 19, 2021

Nine years for 'horrendous' rape of woman in her own home

A man has been sentenced to nine years in prison by the Central Criminal Court for the rape of a woman in her Donegal home on August 9, 2017. The 38-year-old...

Sligo · May 18, 2021

Jury deliberating in trial of husband accused of murdering wife

A jury at the Central Criminal Court is continuing deliberations in the trial of a Sligo man charged with murder. Rafal Karaczyn, aged 35, of Crozon Park,...

Crossmolina · May 18, 2021

Irish sex offender told fake profile he preferred 'younger girls but I guess you're okay'

A man arrested in Crossmolina, County Mayo, is at the centre of extradition proceedings in the High Court following his alleged breach of probation conditions...

Sligo · May 17, 2021

Wife's wish to move on not a 'provocative act', prosecution tell murder trial jury

At the Central Criminal Court on 17 May 2021, closing speeches were delivered in the trial of a 35-year-old Sligo man charged with murdering his wife in April...

Cavan · May 17, 2021

Man who arranged to meet dissident on day he was murdered is found guilty of disrupting investigation

A man has been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court of disrupting the garda investigation into the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly in...

Ballymote · May 13, 2021

Murder accused demonstrated how he strangled wife with both hands

A man charged with murder at the Central Criminal Court has admitted to strangling his wife following a domestic dispute at their home in Crozon Park, Sligo,...

Ballymote · May 12, 2021

Wife told husband to 'never set foot' in home again, murder trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a jury has heard evidence of exchanges between Natalia and Rafal Karaczyn in the months before her death. Text messages and...

Sligo · May 11, 2021

Wife strangled by husband told him she wanted her own life, trial hears

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard that a woman expressed her desire for independence in text messages to her husband before her death....

Carndonagh · May 10, 2021

Suspended sentence over handguns stashed in Henry Hoover

A 45-year-old man from Carndonagh has received a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of firearms....

Cavan · May 07, 2021

Directors of foreign real estate company are jailed

Two directors of a real estate company have been imprisoned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following guilty pleas to defrauding clients. Sean Boylan, aged...

Ballymote · May 07, 2021

Husband described lying down beside wife's body after strangling her, witness tells murder trial

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that the accused man described lying beside his wife's body for ten to fifteen minutes after strangling her...

Monaghan · May 07, 2021

Gemma Greene launches second action against bail terms

A Dublin woman charged with dangerous driving following an alleged chase involving Garda vehicles on the M50 motorway has launched a second High Court...

Sligo · May 06, 2021

Husband strangled wife after she slept with other man, murder trial hears

A murder trial opened at the Central Criminal Court on May 6th, 2021, concerning allegations that a Sligo man killed his wife following her return home from...

Sligo · May 05, 2021

Jury sworn-in for trial of husband accused of murdering wife

A jury of nine women and three men has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court to hear the trial of a Sligo man charged with murder. Rafal Karaczyn, aged...

Cavan · May 04, 2021

Pair made false injury claim after reversing into off-duty garda

A man and woman pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to making false personal injury claims following a car accident on Griffith Avenue in May...

Monaghan · April 30, 2021

Rapist recorded part of his attack on woman in her own home

A man with links to County Monaghan has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years imprisonment for raping a woman in her Dublin home following their meeting on...

Convoy · April 26, 2021

Regency Hotel accused gets bail

A Dublin man accused of facilitating the 2016 murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court. Jason Bonney,...

Convoy · April 21, 2021

Regency Hotel accused may make bail if surety can be attached

A 59-year-old man accused of supplying logistical support in connection with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016 may be granted bail by the...

Donegal · April 21, 2021

Chinese national lived under false name for years

A 38-year-old Chinese national pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to living under a false identity for eight years. The man obtained a Northern...

Convoy · April 20, 2021

Three appear at night sitting of court charged in connection with Regency Hotel shooting

Three men appeared before the Special Criminal Court at an out-of-hours sitting charged in connection with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in...

Roscommon · April 19, 2021

Violent robber who targeted escorts is jailed

Samuel Pop, aged 27, from Charnwood Court, Clonsilla, Dublin, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment following a conviction for false imprisonment and...

Donegal · April 19, 2021

Woman raped by friend in own home

A man has pleaded guilty to orally raping a woman in her Donegal home on August 9, 2017, during an attack lasting approximately 90 minutes. The Central...

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