Serial burglar avoids jail for stealing booze from Copper's
A 30-year-old man from Ballymun has received a two-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing twenty bottles of spirits valued at...
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"Street justice" for man who slashed woman's face, court hears
Jason Kane, aged 24 of St Attracta Road, Cabra, Dublin, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment following his guilty plea to assault causing harm and...
"Nothing untoward" about judge commenting on knife crime, appeal court finds
Patrick McMorrow, aged 51, of Caltragh Crescent, Sligo, has failed in his appeal against a ten-year sentence imposed for a knife attack at the Crozon Inn in...
Strokestown eviction case won't be heard before end of term
A High Court application by KBC bank for an injunction requiring three siblings to vacate their family home near Strokestown in County Roscommon will not be...
"Human life is priceless": man who killed poker opponent with boning knife
A meat factory worker has been convicted of manslaughter following the death of his poker opponent outside their home in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan on New...
Man who beat neighbour to death with crowbar is committed to CMH
A 32-year-old man from Sligo has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital following a not guilty verdict by reason of insanity for the death of his...
Jury convicts man of "violent and frenzied" post office raid
A Dublin man has been convicted of armed robbery at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a trial spanning ten days. Keith Murtagh, aged 34, was found...
"Violent and frenzied" robbery accused must be "desperately unlucky" if innocent, prosecution say
A man accused of armed robbery at a Dublin post office in January 2016 has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Keith Murtagh, aged 34, is...
"Unacceptable" that dangerous mentally ill man lived "just doors down", victim's parents tell court
A man has been found not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court for the killing of a twenty-year-old in Sligo. Richard McLaughlin, aged...
Man pleads not guilty to Sligo murder by reason of insanity
A 32-year-old man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of a 20-year-old in Sligo in February 2018. The Central Criminal Court heard that...
Accused who "smashed man's head in with crowbar" meets insanity criteria, psychiatrist says
A consultant forensic psychiatrist has testified at the Central Criminal Court that a man accused of murder in Sligo meets the criteria for a special verdict...
Second man jailed for life for murdering mum-of-three Irene White
A 47-year-old man from Riverstown, County Louth has been sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the murder of Irene White at the Central...
Victim's terminally ill sister calls on State to prosecute "mastermind" behind murder
A terminally ill woman whose sister was murdered fourteen years ago has called on the Director of Public Prosecutions to prosecute a third person in...
Developer concerned about delays to €60m wind farm project
Two judicial review challenges against An Bord Pleanála's approval of a wind farm development have been admitted to the High Court's fast-track commercial...
Judge wants update from gardai over efforts to locate financial advisor
A High Court judge has requested an update from An Garda Síochána regarding efforts to locate a financial advisor accused of misappropriating investor funds...
Jail for man who "savagely" attacked partner after birthday binge
A man from Achill Road in Ballybrack, Dublin has been sentenced to 32 months imprisonment following his conviction for assaulting his former long-term...
Man who admitted stabbing poker opponent to death with "boning knife" is cleared of murder by jury
A meat factory worker was convicted of manslaughter but acquitted of murder at the Central Criminal Court following a trial in July 2019. Tomasz Paszkiewicz...
Story of killing "a very simple one", prosecution tell murder trial
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the murder trial of a meat factory worker from Cavan. The accused, a 39-year-old, admits...
Downey to launch Supreme Court bid to halt extradition over 1972 murder
John Downey has lost a Court of Appeal challenge seeking to prevent his extradition to Northern Ireland in connection with the 1972 Enniskillen bombing. The...
Abuser's appeal over alleged jury pressure during bad weather is dismissed
A man convicted of indecently assaulting a young teenager in 1980 has had his appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Patrick Patton, aged 65, of Cashelard,...
Murder accused stabbed poker opponent after losing "all his money", trial hears
A 39-year-old meat factory worker has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter following the death of his housemate in Ballyjamesduff, County...
Garda tells trial he thought admission to killing was "a joke"
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that the accused man handed himself in to gardaí in Cork on 3 January 2018, three days after the fatal...
Bank wants injunction over Roscommon eviction heard "as soon as possible"
KBC bank has sought an expedited hearing of its High Court application for an injunction requiring three siblings to vacate their home near Strokestown,...
Pair jailed for helping move €350k in cocaine
Two men have been jailed for six years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their admission of involvement in transporting cocaine valued at €350,000....
Judge commends takeaway worker who came to dying man's aid
A takeaway worker from Cavan was commended by Justice Tara Burns at the Central Criminal Court for providing first aid to a fatally injured man on New Year's...
Murder accused admits killing housemate after row over poker game
A man has admitted fatally stabbing his housemate following a dispute over a poker game on New Year's Eve at their home in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan....
Drugs mule given "Hobson's choice" after fight with "connected man"
Emil Wyrebiak, aged 26 and resident in Ballinagh, Co Cavan, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of cannabis discovered in a vehicle...
Unclear how long killer's sentence was suspended for, judge hears
A man convicted of manslaughter in connection with a 2013 killing has been found guilty of criminal damage and production of a weapon at the Central Criminal...
No jail for sulky driver who attacked garda
Derek Heavey, aged 32, of Moeran Road, Walkinstown, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm and criminal damage...
Young Dublin man caught with drugs and cash avoids jail
A 22-year-old man from Dublin's North Strand has received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to drug offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Daryl...
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