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Strokestown · February 01, 2019

Teen caused thousands in damage to Oberstown during escape

A 19-year-old from Strokestown, County Longford, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to criminal damage, assault causing harm, and assault while...

Cavan · February 01, 2019

Tiger kidnapper gets 18 years

A man from Cootehill, County Cavan, has been sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment following his conviction on multiple charges related to a tiger...

Castleblayney · January 30, 2019

IRA accused had "republican posters", trial hears

A 55-year-old mechanic from Castleblayney, County Monaghan, is standing trial at the Special Criminal Court on a charge of membership of an unlawful...

Castleblayney · January 29, 2019

IRA trial hears of find in remote border area

A 55-year-old mechanic from Castleblayney, County Monaghan, has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself as the Irish...

Sligo · January 28, 2019

New date set for murder trial that collapsed over "Prime Time" segment

A man charged with murder in County Sligo will face trial for a third time in November 2019 after his previous trial collapsed at the Central Criminal Court....

Enniskillen · January 28, 2019

"Unfair" to extradite man over 1972 Enniskillen murder, lawyers say

A man arrested on a European Arrest Warrant faces extradition proceedings in the High Court over allegations connected to a 1972 bombing in Enniskillen,...

Roscommon · January 28, 2019

Convicted rapist sues over delay in review of alleged perjury by prison guards

A man convicted of rape has initiated High Court proceedings challenging the Director of Public Prosecutions over an alleged delay in reviewing a decision not...

Ballisodare · January 25, 2019 Also covered in Dromahair, Manorhamilton

Court convicts man over training mortar find

A man has been convicted of membership of an unlawful organisation by the Special Criminal Court following a trial in Dublin. Julian Flohr, aged 37, of...

Cavan · January 25, 2019

Tiger kidnapper had "Dickensian upbringing", court told

Paschal Kelly, aged 53, of Cootehill, County Cavan, has been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of false imprisonment, robbery, and threatening to...

Raphoe · January 25, 2019

"Nothing short of miraculous" that no one injured during 180kmh chase

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment, with the final twelve months suspended, following a high-speed car chase across...

Ballina · January 22, 2019 Also covered in Castlebar

Drunk driver fails in appeal against 5-year jail term for causing death

A man from Ballina in County Mayo has failed in his appeal against a five-year custodial sentence for causing a fatal collision while driving under the...

Claremorris · January 21, 2019 Also covered in Castlebar

Youth's manslaughter sentencing adjourned after brain surgery

A teenager convicted of manslaughter following the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in Claremorris in December 2015 has had his sentencing adjourned at the...

Castlebar · January 18, 2019 Also covered in Ballina

Double murderer's appeal holding up inquest

A man convicted of murdering two elderly brothers in Castlebar in July 2013 has had his appeal held up pending legal submissions, which is now delaying an...

Mayo · January 18, 2019

Ireland's longest serving prisoner in fresh bid for temporary release

The Court of Appeal heard a procedural application on Friday concerning John Shaw, aged 73, who has been in custody since 1976. Shaw and another man were...

Boyle · January 18, 2019 Also covered in Castlerea

8 years for man whose gun jammed when he tried to shoot ex-girlfriend in head

A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison at the Central Criminal Court for the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend in County Roscommon. Gerard...

Mayo · January 17, 2019

Rape victim sent message indicating she would "cancel charges", appeal court hears

A man convicted of raping his daughter between 2006 and 2010 in County Mayo and abroad has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal. The 47-year-old was...

Drumlish · January 16, 2019

Irish language rights independent of fair trial rights, lawyers for Queen's visit bomber say

A man from Drumlish, County Longford, has challenged his conviction at the Court of Appeal, arguing that his constitutional right to conduct proceedings in...

Drumlish · January 15, 2019

Queen's visit bomber claims Irish language rights were "decimated and destroyed" at trial

A man from Drumlish, County Longford, has appealed his conviction for possessing an explosive substance and making hoax bomb threats during a state visit in...

Mayo · January 11, 2019

Victim says relatives "manipulated" her into visiting rapist father

A County Mayo man convicted of raping his daughter between 2006 and 2010 when she was aged seven to eleven has had his case heard in the Court of Appeal. The...

Enniskillen · December 21, 2018 Also covered in Letterkenny

Alleged "on-the-run" bomb accused has bail terms relaxed

A 66-year-old man arrested in County Donegal in November on a European Arrest Warrant has had his bail conditions relaxed by the High Court. John Downey is...

Convoy · December 21, 2018

UK drug dealer (62) caught with €300k in prescription tablets

A 62-year-old British man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, with the final 12 months suspended, for possession...

Belturbet · December 20, 2018

Murderer who slit man's throat for no known reason loses appeal

Gerard Manning, aged 38, of Limerick but originally from Belturbet in County Cavan, has had his murder conviction upheld following an appeal to the Court of...

Donegal · December 20, 2018

Freezing orders made against financial advisor

The High Court has granted freezing orders against a financial advisor and two associated companies following allegations that approximately €159,000 advanced...

Sligo · December 19, 2018

Christmas bail for IRA accused

A 37-year-old man from Caltragh in Sligo has been granted temporary bail over Christmas by the Special Criminal Court pending a verdict in his case. Julian...

Boyle · December 18, 2018 Also covered in Carrick-on-Shannon, Castlerea

Gun jammed repeatedly when man tried to shoot ex-girlfriend in face

A Dublin man has been remanded in custody pending sentencing at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend...

Donegal · December 18, 2018

Freezing orders sought against financial advisor

A Dublin man has sought freezing orders from the High Court against a financial advisor and two associated companies over the alleged non-return of €159,000...

Ardara · December 14, 2018

Community service for "jealous" attacker who left victim deaf in one ear

An apprentice electrician from Donaghmede has received a non-custodial sentence after pleading guilty to causing serious harm to a schoolmate at Dublin...

Raphoe · December 14, 2018

Man who hit fellow coaching student with car avoids jail

A 21-year-old Dublin man has received a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting a fellow soccer coaching student with his car at...

Letterkenny · December 12, 2018

Men wanted for alleged attempted murder of PSNI officer challenge their arrest

Two Dublin men wanted in Northern Ireland for the alleged attempted murder of a police officer have challenged their arrest and detention in Co Donegal...

Monaghan · December 07, 2018

Serial burglar tells court he wants to become "honest member of society"

A 29-year-old man from Ballymun pleaded guilty to burglary at Copper Face Jacks nightclub in Dublin on 27 May 2017. Jason Whelan admitted stealing...

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