State now accepts cannabis intoxication 'does not feature' in Christina Anderson case
A woman who stabbed a total stranger to death during a psychotic episode bears "zero" moral culpability for the killing due to her mental condition, her...
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14 years for brutal killing of Jasmine McMonagle
A man who previously threatened to kill his on-off partner before strangling her to death during a psychotic episode after taking unprescribed drugs has been...
Voice identification of Strokestown eviction accused unreliable, defence say
(Pictured: Accused Mr David Lawlor. Photo: Collins) By Declan Brennan Lawyers for a security professional accused of being part of a violent group which...
86-year-old woman put head first into wheelie bin
By Sonya McLean A man who attacked an 86-year-old woman by putting her head first into a wheelie bin after the victim had got lost en route to her home late...
Former priest and Irish Times columnist has abuse conviction quashed
A former priest and Irish Times columnist who was sentenced to four years in prison for sexual assaults on a school boy in the late 1990s has had his...
Notorious Limerick criminal Gerard Mackin jailed over crime cash bust
A notorious Limerick criminal with a previous conviction for nailing a man to a kitchen floor has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after being caught...
4.5 years for systematic rape and abuse of sisters too lenient, appeal court finds
The four-and-a-half-year jail sentence handed down to a man who systematically raped and abused his two younger sisters was a "substantial departure from the...
'A very radical proposition': dangerous driver jailed for 14 years argues he shouldn't have been let represent himself at trial
An intoxicated driver who was jailed for 14 years for causing the death of a 20-year-old woman in Co Meath has appealed his conviction, with his lawyers...
Case against Roscommon eviction accused 'fundamentally flawed', defence tells jury
A Donegal builder accused of participating in an armed attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse in County Roscommon has had his prosecution...
'Not one iota of evidence' against Lordship accused, lawyers for NI man tell trial
There is "not one iota of evidence" that the accused man James Flynn was at the Lordship Credit Union during the robbery in which Detective Garda Adrian...
Bray Boxing Club murder accused may be granted bail
(File Picture: Mr Gerard Cervi. Photo: Collins) The man accused of murdering an early morning gym-goer and the attempted murder of well-known coach Pete...
No case against Lordship accused, barrister tells trial
There is no case against one of the men accused of participation in the credit union robbery that resulted in the death of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, a...
Accused wanted to ensure repossessed farm guards would not return through violence and 'humiliation', State tells jury
(Pictured L-R: Mssrs David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) By Declan Brennan Four men accused of being part of a...
Tattoo allegedly glorifying Lordship robbery 'an extraordinary act of hubris', prosecution tell trial
A tattoo allegedly glorifying the robbery in which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was shot dead was an "act of hubris" by one of the men on trial for the...
Strokestown farm attackers 'bent on violence and domination', State tell jury
(Pictured L-R: Mssrs David Lawlor, Martin O Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) Those who carried out the attack on security men guarding...
Ryanair fails in bid to overturn €94k damages award
The Court of Appeal has dismissed appeals brought against a €94,000 damages award made to a Ryanair cabin supervisor who slipped on greasy de-icing fluid...
Organised gang with local knowledge targeted Lordship Credit Union, trial told
An organised criminal gang of at least five people with good local knowledge targeted the Lordship Credit Union for the robbery that resulted in the shooting...
Jury deliberating in trial of psychic accused of €10k deception
(Pictured: Accused Ms Debbie Paget. Photo: Collins) A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a “psychic medium” accused of deceiving two siblings of...
'Your father said you are to give me €10,000'; psychic goes on trial accused of deception
(Pictured: Accused Ms Debbie Paget. Photo: Collins) A self-described psychic medium who claimed she could see beyond the veil' has denied deceiving two...
Custom House Capital execs jailed over €61m investor fraud conspiracy
(Pictured: Paul Lavery (top left), John Mulholland (bottom) and Harry Cassidy (right) Credit: Collins) By Eimear Dodd Four senior executives of investment...
Combined 17.5 years for Regency Hotel getaway drivers
(Pictured: Paul Murphy & Jason Bonney. Photo: Collins) Two long-time friends of the Hutch family have received combined jail sentences totalling 17-and-a-half...
Monk's bid to recoup Regency legal costs runs into scheduling difficulty
(Pictured: Mr Gerard Hutch. Photo: Collins) "Difficulties have arisen" in the scheduling of a bid by notorious crime figure Gerard "The Monk" Hutch to recoup...
Former LOI player awarded €505k in damages after being assaulted by gardai
A High Court jury has awarded €505,000 in damages to a 62-year-old former League of Ireland and GAA player after it found that he was assaulted by members of...
200 victim impact statements to be read out in sentencing of Custom House Capital fraud conspirators
(Pictured: Harry Cassidy (L) and John Mulholland (R). Photo: Collins) By Eimear Dodd and Jessica Magee Four men who conspired in a multi-million euro...
20-year-old threatened to burn family's home down over alleged €500 debt
(Pictured: Jake Emmet. Photo: Collins) A young man with no previous convictions threatened to burn down the family home of someone he claimed owed a drug debt...
Mobster directed 20-strong West of Ireland gang
A mobster who directed a 20-strong member gang thanked gardaí for arresting him and had felt suicidal over his drug-debts, the Special Criminal Court has...
Violent criminal who hacked pensioner to death in own home is jailed for life
A violent criminal who brutally hacked a 76-year-old man to death with an axe in the victim’s sheltered accommodation has been sentenced to life in prison....
Strokestown accused told gardai he organised people to 'take back the house peacefully'
(Pictured: Mr Paul Beirne. Photo: Collins) A man accused of taking part in a vigilante attack on security men at a repossessed farm in Co Roscommon told...
Court orders winding-up of Monaghan hotel company
The High Court has made orders winding up a company involved in the running of the Nuremore Hotel in Co Monaghan, which owes Revenue over €680,000 in unpaid...
Monk to seek legal costs from the State
(Pictured: Mr Gerard Hutch. Photo: Collins) Notorious crime figure Gerard "The Monk" Hutch, who was acquitted last month by the Special Criminal Court of the...
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