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Mayo · December 20, 2019

Rapist father "a highly manipulative person", appeal court finds

A County Mayo man convicted of raping his daughter between 2006 and 2010 has had his appeal against conviction dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The man, aged...

Monaghan · December 20, 2019

Claim over alleged unlawful incarceration for failure to pay debt is struck out

The High Court has struck out a damages claim brought by a man who was imprisoned in Mountjoy prison over Christmas 2007 for non-payment of debts. Mr Justice...

Sligo · December 19, 2019

"Arrogant" double rapist fails in appeal

A man convicted of raping two women at his Sligo apartment has failed in his appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal. Clement Limen, aged 47, of...

Mayo · December 18, 2019

NI man caught with child abuse imagery on phone avoids jail

A man from County Down pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of child sexual abuse material discovered on his mobile phone. The...

Castlebar · December 16, 2019 Also covered in Ballina

Double murderer who bludgeoned special needs brothers to death told to "rot in hell"

Alan Cawley, aged 32, of Four Winds, Corrinbla, Ballina, County Mayo, has lost his appeal against murder convictions at the Court of Appeal. Cawley was found...

Strokestown · December 13, 2019

11 years for robber who left shopkeeper with life-changing injuries after hammer attack

A man has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment following a hammer attack on a shopkeeper in Dublin in March 2017. John McKeon, aged 31 and with an...

Kingscourt · December 10, 2019

20 months for hit-and-run driver who admitted drink driving

A man has been sentenced to twenty months' imprisonment following a fatal collision on the Naas Road in Dublin on 31 January 2016. Anthony Corcoran, aged 39,...

Donegal · December 10, 2019

Pensioner's abuse conviction is upheld

A pensioner from Crolly, Co Donegal, has failed in his appeal against conviction for indecently assaulting a teenage boy over three decades ago. The...

Kingscourt · December 09, 2019

Hit-and-run driver told gardai he had been drinking

Anthony Corcoran, aged 39, of Newcastle, County Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to failure to remain at the scene with intent to...

Cavan · December 06, 2019

Jury acquits "tiger-raid" accused on all charges

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has acquitted Patrick Carroll on all charges relating to a €90,000 post office robbery in September 2014. The...

Milford · December 05, 2019

Extradition of men wanted for attempted murder of PSNI officer should be refused, lawyers say

Two Dublin men wanted in Northern Ireland on charges of attempted murder of a Police Service of Northern Ireland officer have had their extradition hearing...

Mayo · December 02, 2019

"Moronically stupid": disgraced politician's son lit firework in Copper's

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Oliver Callely (27) of Clontarf, Dublin, pleaded guilty to igniting fireworks at Copper Face Jacks nightclub on Harcourt...

Ballyshannon · December 02, 2019

Addict who staged talented musician's suicide has rest of sentence suspended

A woman from Sligo has had the remainder of her four-year prison sentence suspended by the Central Criminal Court following her conviction for impeding the...

Drumlish · November 29, 2019 Also covered in Edgeworthstown

Beef protest injunction lifted

The High Court has struck out injunctions that were secured in September against two men accused of blockading and intimidating workers at a pet food...

Donegal · November 28, 2019

Jailed pensioner appeals conviction for abusing teenage boy

A 74-year-old man from Crolly, County Donegal, appeared before the Court of Appeal on 28 November to challenge his conviction for sexually abusing a teenage...

Sligo · November 27, 2019

Sister who "staged" musician's suicide to help murderer brother may have rest of sentence suspended

A Sligo woman has been sentenced to four years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for staging a crime scene to obstruct the prosecution of her...

Carrickmacross · November 25, 2019

Scammer stole thousands from "vulnerable" woman

A 46-year-old man from Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, has been imprisoned for 14 months following a conviction at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing...

Mayo · November 22, 2019

Man tries to effect "citizen's arrest" on DPP solicitor

A lay litigant with addresses in County Mayo attempted to effect a citizen's arrest on a solicitor from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions...

Donegal · November 22, 2019

Men wanted for attempted murder of PSNI officer raise constitutional rights concerns

Two Dublin men wanted in Northern Ireland for the alleged attempted murder of a PSNI officer have sought access to documents relating to their arrest and...

Cavan · November 21, 2019

Accused are members of IRA "guerilla army", senior garda tells trial

A Detective Chief Superintendent has given evidence at the Special Criminal Court regarding two men charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Peter...

Cavan · November 20, 2019

IRA accused met with Old Bailey bomber Marian Price, trial hears

A man charged in connection with the March 2013 killing of dissident republican Peter Butterly met veteran republican Marian Price at a Dublin hotel in 2010,...

Cavan · November 19, 2019

Accused seen with slain Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, trial hears

A man charged in connection with the 2013 murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly was observed on multiple occasions with slain Real IRA leader Alan...

Sligo · November 18, 2019

Addict guilty of murdering talented Sligo musician after three trials

A 32-year-old man from Sligo has been convicted of murder at the Central Criminal Court following his third trial for the offence. Keith Brady of Cartron...

Carrick-On-Shannon · November 15, 2019

Speeding, over-the-limit driver left friend in vegetative state

A 23-year-old man from Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, has been sentenced to 40 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for dangerous driving...

Sligo · November 14, 2019

Man appeals conviction for raping two women

A man convicted of raping two women in Sligo town has launched an appeal against his conviction at the Court of Appeal. Clement Limen, aged 47, of North...

Sligo · November 14, 2019

Murder accused had heroin delivered to victim's home, jury told

A man accused of murdering a musician in County Sligo has heard prosecution counsel argue that his actions before and after the alleged killing demonstrate...

Convoy · November 14, 2019

"I had a bit of craic with D last night": trial hears of secret recording during Kinahan investigation

A conspiracy to murder trial at the Special Criminal Court has heard covert recordings from vehicles bugged by gardaí investigating the Kinahan organised...

Ballymote · November 13, 2019

Murder accused admitted stabbing popular local musician

Keith Brady, aged 32, of Cartron Estate in Sligo, stands charged with murder following the death of a local musician at New Apartments on Holborn Street in...

Monaghan · November 13, 2019

12-year prison sentence for man who raped foster daughter

A man has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction on charges of rape, oral rape, and sexual...

Leitrim · November 12, 2019

Jury convicts two men of raping woman who "blacked out" at party

Two Leitrim men have been convicted by jury of serious sexual offences following an 11-day trial at the Central Criminal Court. The jury of nine men and three...

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