Trial date set for man accused of murdering his mother
A 26-year-old man from Castlebar, County Mayo has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of his mother. Celyn...
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Two years for man who sexually assaulted woman with special needs
A 59-year-old Mayo man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following his guilty plea to sexually assaulting a woman...
Garda feared for life and fired shot after "hit team" member drove at him
A garda discharged his firearm at the Special Criminal Court after fearing for his life and that of a man he was restraining when a jeep was driven towards...
Woman raped by two men says attacks ruined her life
A woman has described how she was raped by two men after losing consciousness at a house party in County Leitrim in 2017. Following an eleven-day trial at the...
Ireland's longest serving prisoner seeks temporary release
John Shaw, aged 73 and Ireland's longest-serving prisoner, brought an appeal before the Court of Appeal challenging the Minister for Justice's refusal to...
Getaway driver set himself alight while trying to burn out car used in murder
Gareth Brophy, aged 25, of Reuben Walk, Dublin 8, pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Douglas at the Special Criminal Court. Mr Douglas, 55,...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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