Injured Belgian Shepard had to be euthanised at Roscommon eviction farm, trial hears
(Pictured L-R: Accused Messrs David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) A vet has told the Roscommon eviction trial that...
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€320k in organised crime cash found stashed in secret compartment
A man involved in organised crime has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a money laundering operation after he was caught driving a van...
Jasmine McMonagle trial: ex cleared of murder, guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility
Richard Burke, who beat his "on and off" partner Jasmine McMonagle to death as she crouched in a corner of her kitchen in a "senseless and horrific" attack,...
Allegations against manager on ring buoy inspections rejected as 'hearsay', as unfair dismissal claim is upheld
Council chiefs in Co Donegal who accused the county lifeguard supervisor of failing to get “life-or-death” safety inspections on ring buoys done only had...
Key witness tells trial he broke into murder accused's home and stabbed him
A key witness in a murder trial who told gardai that the accused man “went for” the deceased with a knife has now told a Central Criminal Court jury that he...
Pedestrian made false claim against Dublin Bus
(Pictured: David Gregan. Photo: Collins) A pedestrian who falsely claimed he was injured in a collision between a bus and a car will be given 150 hours of...
Fire brigade officers give evidence at Strokestown eviction trial
A fire brigade officer has told the Roscommon eviction trial that he prevented security guards re-entering a repossessed house after an attack by a large...
Jasmine McMonagle murder accused was suffering from mental disorder, psychiatrists tell trial
The man accused of murdering Jasmine McMonagle told a psychiatrist that he bought the mother-of-two a car for Christmas but later set fire to it after would...
'I'm going home': judge directs not guilty verdict in attempted murder trial
(Pictured: Ms Justice Eileen Creedon. Photo: Collins) A judge has taken the "exceptional measure" of directing a trial jury to find two men accused of the...
Criminal caught for burglary 13 years ago after change in DNA sharing procedures
A criminal who burgled a Dublin house was caught nine years later after a change in European DNA sharing procedures meant gardaí were able to identify his DNA...
Security guard tells trial he was cut with meat cleaver and doused in petrol during Strokestown eviction attack
(Pictured L-R: Accused Messrs David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) A security guard who worked at a repossessed farm...
'I went ballistic, absolutely f**king ballistic,' Jasmin McMonagle murder accused told gardai
Murder accused Richard Burke told gardaí he “went blank” when he started “punching the f**k out of” Jasmine McMonagle and strangling her with a rope, the...
Man's conviction for sex assault on girl (6) is overturned on appeal
A man jailed for sexually assaulting his daughter's six-year-old friend has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal because her lack of memory of...
Jury sworn in for Jasmine McMonagle murder trial
A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan to hear the trial of a 32-year-old man charged with the murder of Jasmine McMonagle in...
Murder accused told gardai he stabbed man 'in own defence'
A Polish man intended to murder a man in Co Mayo when he reached for a knife and "plunged" it into his stomach, a prosecution barrister has told a trial jury....
Jasmine McMonagle met a 'brutal death', jury told
Mother-of-two Jasmine McMonagle met a “brutal death” in her own home and was found in a “pool of blood” after she was strangled and had “blows reigned upon...
Polish man goes on trial accused of Co Mayo murder
A Polish man will go on trial this afternoon accused of murdering a man in Co Mayo over two years ago. Matusz Batiuk (33), formerly of Carrabeg Estate,...
Valerie French Kilroy murder trial collapses
The murder trial of James Kilroy, who admits killing his wife Valerie at their rural Co Mayo home, has collapsed at the Central Criminal Court this afternoon...
Strokestown eviction farm owner also had 170 acres, 'one or two' properties, trial hears
(File Picture: Mr Michael McGann. Photo: Collins) By Declan Brennan and Sonya McLean The mortgage holder for the repossessed Roscommon farm that was allegedly...
Worker 'caught in middle' of funding shortfall caused by government department
An employment advisor found herself "caught in the middle" of a funding shortfall caused by the Department of Social Protection's refusal to recognise salary...
Tourist spent weeks in coma and 'will never be the same again' after city attack
A young English tourist who suffered serious head injuries in an unprovoked attack during a weekend visit to Dublin has told a court that he was a "shell of a...
Young driver hit speeds of 140km/h on suburban streets
A young driver who led gardaí on a high-speed chase, reaching speeds of 140km/h on suburban streets and causing motorists and pedestrians to get out of his...
Security guard expected to see 'charred bodies' after alleged Strokestown attack
(Pictured L-R: Accused Messrs David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) A security guard has told the Roscommon eviction...
Enoch Burke in 'self-praise that beggars belief' judge finds, as school can enforce fine from next week
(Pictured: Mr Enoch Burke. Photo: Collins) The High Court has ruled that Enoch Burke must pay Wilson's Hospital school for legal costs it has incurred for...
Mortgage lender concedes in Supreme Court appeal over repossession order
A woman has won her Supreme Court appeal against a lower court's decision to remit previously struck out repossession proceedings brought against her by...
Lunney abductor Harte claims conviction and 30-year sentence should be set aside
(Pictured: Alan Harte. Photo: Collins) The High Court has reserved its decision in a challenge brought by Alan Harte, the career criminal who kidnapped and...
'Learned Impunity': the trial of garda murderer Stephen Silver
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted Stephen Silver of the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan in Castlerea, County Roscommon, on 17 June 2020....
'There is no need to be afraid': daughter of man killed in arson attack appeals to African community
The daughter of a man whose "complicated journey" from Angola ended in his death after an arson attack at his home has said that although she grew up with a...
Valerie French Kilroy murder trial hits 'bump in the road'
The murder trial of James Kilroy, who admits killing his wife Valerie at their rural Co Mayo home, has been adjourned until Monday as it has "unforeseeably...
Jury finds Stephen Silver guilty of capital murder after two trials
(Pictured: Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) After two trials at the Central Criminal Court a jury has found Stephen Silver, who shot Garda Colm Horkan 11 times...
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