Man guilty of tiger kidnapping at home of post mistress
Paschal Kelly, aged 53, with an address in Cootehill, County Cavan, has been convicted of tiger kidnapping, false imprisonment and robbery at Dublin Circuit...
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Judge warns jury about ID evidence in tiger kidnapping trial
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the trial of Paschal Kelly, aged 53, from Cootehill, Co. Cavan, who has pleaded not guilty...
"Foot solider" helped criminal organisation murder David Douglas
A 20-year-old man has been remanded in custody pending sentencing at the Special Criminal Court following his admission to facilitating the murder of David...
State's case "riddled with doubts and unanswered questions", defence tell tiger kidnap trial
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the defence barrister in a tiger kidnapping trial has submitted that the State's case against Paschal Kelly, aged 52 and...
"This is a tragedy": murder trial collapses after "Prime Time" segment
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has collapsed following broadcast content on RTÉ's Prime Time programme concerning the legal defence of...
Jury deliberating in trial of man accused of musician's murder
A jury at the Central Criminal Court is deliberating in the trial of a Sligo man charged with the murder of a musician. Keith Brady, aged 31 and from Cartron...
On-the-run abuser sentenced to 7 years in absentia
A man in his twenties has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in absentia at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction for sexually abusing a...
"Mass of evidence" points to tiger kidnap accused's guilt, prosecution say
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, prosecution counsel has outlined what it characterises as compelling evidence linking Paschal Kelly, aged 52, from...
Jail for homeless man who demanded €20k and weekly protection money
A 31-year-old homeless man has been jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to demanding money with menaces. Brendan...
Killing of "true gent" was "deliberate and conscious", prosecution tell jury
A 31-year-old man from Cartron Estate in Sligo is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with murdering Martin Kivlehan, a 59-year-old musician,...
Disputed hotel will open to asylum seekers in early January, court told
The High Court heard on Thursday that the 39-room Shannon Key West Hotel at Rooskey, on the Leitrim-Roscommon border, is set to accommodate asylum seekers...
Murder accused withdrew admission before making prison confession
A Sligo man charged with murder at the Central Criminal Court has pleaded not guilty to killing a musician but guilty to manslaughter. Keith Brady, aged 31,...
Accused admits helping IRA transport mortar
A 29-year-old man from Ballysodare in County Sligo has pleaded guilty before the Special Criminal Court to assisting an unlawful organisation by transporting...
Killing of musician "a moment of madness", murder accused told gardai
A man charged with murder in connection with the death of a Sligo musician has told gardaí that the killing was "a moment of madness" following drug use....
Unusual meeting between prisoners held on "humanitarian grounds", superintendent tells trial
A superintendent has told the Central Criminal Court that he facilitated an unusual meeting between two detained siblings on humanitarian grounds rather than...
Former accused turned State's witness describes role in shooting of dissident republican
A protected State's witness testified at the Special Criminal Court on the circumstances surrounding the 2013 shooting death of dissident republican Peter...
Murder accused said he was "off his head" when he stabbed musician
A 31-year-old man from Sligo town is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with murdering a local musician in August 2015. The accused has pleaded...
Detective tells trial he believes tiger kidnap accused has links to organised crime
A detective has testified at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he holds the view a man accused of involvement in a €90,000 tiger kidnapping in 2014 has...
Butterly murder accused pleads guilty to impeding firearms investigation
A man has pleaded guilty before the Special Criminal Court to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a former murder accused who became a State witness....
Accused told gardai he "never murdered anyone"
Keith Brady, of Cartron Estate in Sligo, is charged with the murder of Martin Kivlehan, a musician, at his home on Holborn Street between 2nd and 3rd August...
Detectives who identified tiger kidnap accused previously took part in his arrest, trial told
A man from Cootehill, County Cavan, has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an alleged tiger kidnapping in September...
Man admits helping IRA carry out murder of dissident republican
A man from Cavan has pleaded guilty before the Special Criminal Court to assisting an unlawful organisation in the murder of dissident republican Peter...
Downey to seek discovery of UK state documents in extradition fight
A High Court hearing into the extradition of John Downey (66) to face charges relating to the deaths of two UDR soldiers in Enniskillen on 25 August 1972 has...
Musician likely to have been incapacitated when stabbed to death, trial hears
At the Central Criminal Court, a pathologist has given evidence that a musician found dead in his Sligo home was severely intoxicated at the time of his...
Murder accused taken from court in ambulance
A man on trial at the Special Criminal Court for the murder of a father-of-two was removed from proceedings in an ambulance after falling unwell before the...
Musician slumped in chair or sitting on ground when wound inflicted, expert tells jury
A scenes of crime expert has told the Central Criminal Court that a musician found dead in his Sligo home was likely in a seated or recumbent position when...
Tiger kidnap trial enters seventh week
The trial of Paschal Kelly, aged 52 and from Cootehill, Co. Cavan, has entered its seventh week at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Mr Kelly has pleaded not...
Luas attacker apologises to commuter
A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting a commuter on a Luas tram on 11 November 2016. Lee Murray, formerly of...
Scene appeared "staged" to look like suicide, witness tells murder trial
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence that the death scene of a 59-year-old Sligo man appeared staged to resemble a suicide. Keith...
Jury to consider intoxication level of man accused of murdering talented musician
A jury at the Central Criminal Court is hearing evidence in the trial of a 31-year-old Sligo man charged with murdering Martin Kivlehan in the town during...
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