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Castlefinn · November 07, 2019

10 years for "extreme" sexual abuse of cousin

A man has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction on twenty-four counts of indecent assault. Thomas...

Charlestown · November 07, 2019

IRA trial enters legal argument on "Dwyer" phone data point

At the Special Criminal Court, a trial concerning two men charged with membership of an unlawful organisation has entered legal argument over mobile phone...

Letterkenny · November 06, 2019

Two men guilty of raping "blind drunk" student

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted two men of raping a woman in County Donegal in February 2015. Boakye Osei, aged 29, of Tooban, Burnfoot,...

Leitrim · November 06, 2019

Complainant tells trial of receiving "soz" snapchat from rape accused

At the Central Criminal Court, a woman has given evidence of alleged sexual assaults following a party in a County Leitrim flat in 2017. The complainant told...

Cavan · November 06, 2019

Peter Butterly shooting an "IRA operation", State's witness tells trial

A witness in the Special Criminal Court has testified that the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly in Gormanston, County Meath on 6 March 2013 was...

Sligo · November 06, 2019

Murder accused tells victim's brother he is "deeply ashamed"

A 32-year-old man charged with murder at the Central Criminal Court has expressed remorse through his legal counsel. Keith Brady of Cartron Estate, Sligo,...

Sligo · November 05, 2019

Judge warns jurors not to be "Poirot or Sherlock Holmes"

A judge at the Central Criminal Court has warned jurors at a murder trial not to conduct independent investigations into the case. Mr Justice Alexander Owens...

Sligo · November 04, 2019

State rejects accused's manslaughter plea

A 32-year-old man from Cartron Estate in Sligo entered a plea of not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of another Sligo...

Donegal · November 04, 2019

State has failed to prove rape complainant did not consent, lawyers for accused say

Two men accused of raping a college student in County Donegal in February 2015 are on trial at the Central Criminal Court. The defendants, aged 29 and 33 and...

Cavan · November 01, 2019

Six years for man who violently threatened, trapped and attacked ex in hotel room

A 35-year-old man from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan has been sentenced to six years imprisonment following his conviction for serious offences against his...

Letterkenny · November 01, 2019

Men wanted for attempted murder of PSNI officer fail in latest appeal

Two Dublin men wanted in Northern Ireland for the alleged attempted murder of a Police Service of Northern Ireland officer have failed in their latest legal...

Donegal · November 01, 2019

Rape accused replied "no comment" when asked about link, trial hears

A 29-year-old man accused of rape has made no comment when questioned about forensic evidence linking him to the alleged offence, the Central Criminal Court...

Charlestown · October 31, 2019

Non-jury court listens to secret fast-food recording

The Special Criminal Court is hearing evidence in the trial of two men accused of involvement in the 2013 killing of dissident republican Peter Butterly. The...

Donegal · October 31, 2019

Man denies he "swapped over" with fellow rape accused

At the Central Criminal Court, a 29-year-old man has denied allegations that he and a co-accused exchanged sexual activity with a woman during an incident in...

Donegal · October 30, 2019

Rape accused's semem found on complainant's underwear, trial hears

A 29-year-old man accused of rape has had his trial at the Central Criminal Court hear evidence that semen matching his profile was discovered on the alleged...

Donegal · October 25, 2019

Gardai never offered rape accused an interpreter, lawyers say

A 33-year-old non-national man and a 29-year-old co-accused, both resident in Donegal, have pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape following an alleged...

Donegal · October 24, 2019

Gardai told rape accused that footage showed him "pouring drink" into complainant's mouth

A 33-year-old Donegal man accused of rape has denied allegations that gardaí presented video evidence showing him pouring alcohol into a woman's mouth at his...

Donegal · October 23, 2019

Trial of men accused of raping student resumes

The trial of two men accused of raping a student in County Donegal has resumed at the Central Criminal Court following four days of legal argument. Both...

Mayo · October 23, 2019

Media barred from naming mother who smothered child

A woman was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the High Court of murdering her three-year-old daughter at their family home in County Mayo. The media...

Letterkenny · October 22, 2019

Murderer inflicted "inexplicable" stab wounds to back of victim's tongue

A man convicted of murdering a fellow Polish national in Letterkenny, Co Donegal has had his appeal against conviction dismissed by the Court of Appeal....

Cavan · October 22, 2019

Soldier who broke nearly every bone in ex's face withdraws appeal against €150k damages award

A former soldier has withdrawn an appeal against a €150,000 damages award in the Court of Appeal following an assault on his former partner. Jonathan...

Charlestown · October 22, 2019

State's witness not prosecuted for alleged perjury over fears he wouldn't return to Ireland

A State's witness who allegedly committed perjury during a previous murder trial was not prosecuted over concerns he would not return to Ireland, the Special...

Mayo · October 21, 2019

Rapist "institutionalised" and abused in industrial school, court hears

A man from County Mayo has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the rape and sexual abuse of his stepdaughter over an...

Claremorris · October 21, 2019 Also covered in Castlebar

Further delay in sentencing for manslaughter of boy (17)

A teenager convicted of the manslaughter of a 17-year-old boy in Claremorris, County Mayo in 2015 has had his sentencing further delayed to allow for...

Ballyhaunis · October 21, 2019 Also covered in Castlebar, Letterkenny

Man has suspended sentence doubled for violent disorder at grandfather's funeral

A 27-year-old man from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has had his suspended sentence for violent disorder doubled by the Court of Appeal. Johnny McDonagh was...

Monaghan · October 18, 2019

No commendation for helping save drowning woman "sinister", "Whistleblower" says

A Garda has told the Disclosures Tribunal that he was denied a commendation for helping rescue a drowning woman because of his status as a whistleblower....

Donegal · October 17, 2019

Complainant "upset and in shock", nurse tells rape trial

A nurse has described a female student as appearing upset and in a state of shock following alleged rapes by two men in Co Donegal in February 2015. Giving...

Monaghan · October 17, 2019

"We are not going to allow this whistleblower to win": garda says he was "trapped" in stressful job

A Garda has told the Disclosures Tribunal that he believes he was deliberately confined to stressful desk duties at Athlone Garda Station because he made a...

Donegal · October 16, 2019

Rape complainant moaning and saying "harder", friend tells trial

A trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence concerning allegations of rape against two men from County Donegal in February 2015. The complainant,...

Charlestown · October 16, 2019

IRA accused seen meeting Butterly murderer, trial hears

An accused man was observed meeting two individuals convicted in connection with the fatal shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly one day after the...

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