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Convoy · June 19, 2018

"Family man" jailed for his part in kneecapping

A man from Lucan has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for his involvement in a kneecapping incident in County Dublin in...

Donegal · June 18, 2018

"Predator" father (78) jailed for repeated rape of daughter

A 78-year-old man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to five sample charges of rape. The...

Ballyhaunis · June 18, 2018

Asylum seeker jailed for raping former girlfriend

A 25-year-old asylum seeker has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for rape following his guilty plea at Dublin Central Criminal Court. The man pleaded...

Cavan · June 15, 2018

Legal argument in trial of childminder accused of causing serious harm to baby

A retrial concerning a Cavan childminder accused of causing serious harm to an infant continued before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Friday with legal...

Cavan · June 15, 2018

Indo editor denies telling colleague that McCabe was "a paedophile"

Fionnan Sheahan, editor of the Irish Independent, has denied telling a former colleague that garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe was "a paedophile"....

Drumcliff · June 13, 2018

Dublin man pleads guilty to having handgun and silencer

A 28-year-old Dublin man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to unlawful possession of a firearm and silencer. Andrew O'Keeffe, with an address...

Cavan · June 13, 2018

Infant had brain haemorrhages, bruising, detached retinas and rib fractures, trial hears

A consultant paediatrician has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that medical evidence points to serious non-accidental injury in a case involving a...

Cavan · June 12, 2018

Childminder goes on trial accused of causing serious harm to baby

A retrial opened at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 12 June 2018 concerning a Cavan childminder accused of causing serious harm to a ten-month-old infant....

Mayo · June 08, 2018

Abuser whose rape conviction was overturned will not face third retrial

A 73-year-old man from County Mayo will not face a third retrial following a Court of Appeal ruling. His rape conviction, overturned in February 2018, will...

Cavan · June 05, 2018

Journalist "floored" by allegations against McCabe

Journalist Michael Clifford told the Charleton Tribunal that he was initially shocked when he first learned of allegations of sexual abuse against Sergeant...

Cavan · June 01, 2018

Bus driver jailed for 15 years for rape of stepdaughter and abuse of children

A Cavan bus driver has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison following conviction for the sexual abuse of three children at the Central Criminal Court....

Drumlish · June 01, 2018

Appeal court having enough difficulty finding English-speaking judges, president remarks

The President of the Court of Appeal acknowledged significant staffing difficulties on Friday during case management for an appeal from County Longford. Mr...

Monaghan · May 31, 2018

Court quashes conviction of man jailed for brandishing meat cleaver at hospital

A man's conviction for threatening to kill a relative whilst brandishing a meat cleaver at University College Hospital Galway has been quashed by the Court of...

Convoy · May 31, 2018

Man to be sentenced over false imprisonment of family

A 26-year-old Dublin man has been remanded in custody pending sentencing at the Special Criminal Court following his guilty pleas to assault and false...

Buncrana · May 31, 2018

Howlin tells tribunal he had "duty" to put journalist's allegations on record

At the Charleton tribunal, Labour leader Brendan Howlin testified that he felt obliged to place information received from journalist Alison O'Reilly on the...

Westport · May 30, 2018

Youth jailed for five years over 11-hour "rampage" at detention centre

A 19-year-old man from Limerick has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his involvement in an 11-hour disturbance...

Cavan · May 30, 2018

Appeal sought in cases that have "far-reaching implications" for peat industry

Two peat extraction companies have sought permission to appeal High Court decisions rejecting their challenges to An Bord Pleanála determinations that their...

Cavan · May 18, 2018

Callinan tells tribunal he "never sought to discredit" McCabe

Former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan told the Charleton Tribunal on Friday that he never sought to discredit Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Mr Callinan denied...

Donegal · May 16, 2018

Man (78) to be sentenced for regularly raping daughter

A 78-year-old man from County Mayo has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to five sample charges of rape committed against his daughter between 1973...

Castlebar · May 15, 2018

Son who murdered mother while high on drugs fails in conviction appeal

A man from Castlebar, County Mayo, has failed in his appeal against a murder conviction at the Court of Appeal. The 25-year-old was sentenced to life...

Roscommon · May 14, 2018

Additional Brexit case referred to European Court of Justice

A High Court judge has referred an extradition case to the Court of Justice of the European Union to determine how Brexit will affect the transfer of suspects...

Cavan · May 14, 2018

Suspended sentence for young man who sexually assaulted cousin

A 21-year-old man from Cavan has received a three-year suspended sentence following his guilty plea to sexually assaulting his 15-year-old cousin at the...

Drumlish · May 14, 2018

Queen's visit bomb plotter seeks to have appeal heard in Irish

A 67-year-old man from Drumlish, County Longford, has sought to have his appeal heard in Irish at the Court of Appeal. Donall Billings was convicted by the...

Clones · May 11, 2018

No files portraying whistleblower and former press officer as targets, tribunal told

The Charleton tribunal was told that no files exist on garda computer systems portraying whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe or former press officer...

Ballyhaunis · May 10, 2018 Also covered in Castlebar

5-year sentence for offering boy (13) €50 for sex is cut to 12 months on appeal

A man from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, has had his five-year prison sentence reduced to twelve months following a successful appeal against his original...

Sligo · May 10, 2018

No evidence on garda computers to support negative briefing allegations, tribunal told

A forensic examination of computers and mobile devices used by senior gardaí has uncovered no evidence supporting allegations made by former press officer...

Roscommon · May 08, 2018

Serial Killer Nash's conviction for Grangegorman Murders is upheld

The Court of Appeal has upheld the murder conviction of Mark Nash for the killings of two women in Grangegorman, Dublin, in 1997. A three-judge panel, led by...

Roscommon · May 03, 2018

Irishman wins case against Greek revenue demand for €1.5m

An Irish truck driver from County Roscommon has successfully challenged a €1.5 million tax penalty demand issued by Greek authorities through the Irish...

Monaghan · May 02, 2018

Haulier sues over alleged false mileage on trucks

A haulier from County Monaghan has brought proceedings in the High Court against two related commercial vehicle firms based in Monaghan and Armagh, alleging...

Longford · May 01, 2018

Sex offender Luckwill jailed for repeatedly breaching child protection order

A convicted sex offender has been sentenced to two years imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for multiple...

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