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Lack · December 12, 2022

Boys who trapped, attacked and tried to force girl to give them oral sex have detention sentences suspended

By Eimear Dodd Two teenage boys who trapped, attacked and stole a girl's phone in an attempt to force her to perform oral sex have been given detention...

Killygordon · December 12, 2022

Monk said he and other man shot David Byrne, Dowdall tells Regency trial

(File Picture: Jonathan Dowdall. Photo: Collins) Ex-Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has taken to the stand against his former co-accused Gerard The...

Ballyjamesduff · December 09, 2022

Serial arsonist who killed uncle has jail term increased

A serial arsonist who burned his uncle to death as he slept at home has had his sentence increased at the Court of Appeal after the State successfully argued...

Lack · December 09, 2022

Dowdall to 'finally' give evidence against Hutch on Monday, despite unknown witness protection status

(File Picture: Jonathan Dowdall. Photo: Collins) Jonathan Dowdall, a former co-accused of Gerard The Monk' Hutch who has turned State's witness, will...

Lack · December 08, 2022

Dowdall can give evidence against former co-accused Hutch, judges rule

(Pictured: Presiding judge Ms Justice Tara Burns. Photo: Collins) Judges at the Special Criminal Court trial of Gerard The Monk' Hutch, who is accused of the...

Monaghan · December 08, 2022

Caterer says 'entire business and livelihood' will end on Christmas Eve

The owner of a firm that has been providing catering services to staff at Brennan's bakery in Dublin for almost 30 years has claimed before the High Court...

Carney · December 08, 2022

Notorious child rapist 'Rossi' Walsh has conviction overturned

(File Picture: Stephen Rossi' Walsh. Photo: Collins) Notorious criminal and child rapist Stephen Rossi' Walsh has had his conviction for indecent assault...

Lack · December 08, 2022

Cabin crew manager loses claim that Aer Lingus uniforms 'sexualise' female attendants

An Aer Lingus cabin crew manager who said female flight attendants were being “sexualised” by uniform rules requiring them to wear heels and nylons has lost...

Lack · December 07, 2022

Dowdall had DPP 'over a barrel', Hutch lawyers say

(Pictured: Defence Counsel Mr Brendan Grehan SC. Photo: Collins) The dropping of the murder charge against Jonathan Dowdall was an "incredibly powerful...

Lack · December 06, 2022

'Irrational, illogical and inconceivable' that decision to drop Dowdall murder charge wasn't 'quid pro quo' for statement, Hutch lawyers say

(Pictured: Jonathan Dowdall. Photo: Collins) Lawyers for murder accused Gerard The Monk' Hutch have suggested it is "irrational, illogical and inconceivable"...

Lack · December 06, 2022

Dad-of-two had no defensive wounds, pathologist tells murder trial

(Pictured: Chief State Pathologist Dr Linda Mulligan. Photo: Collins) A Dublin father-of-two died from a lack of oxygen to his brain after numerous...

Lack · December 05, 2022

No jail for man who breached safety order and sent over 300 threatening messages to ex

A man who sent his former partner over 300 threatening and abusive messages in a two-week period has been given a suspended sentence. Judge Elma Sheahan...

Lack · December 05, 2022

11.5 years for man who raped partner after barrage of degrading attacks

By Claire Henry and Declan Brennan A man who raped his partner after subjecting her to a barrage of degrading attacks, including those where he urinated and...

Castlebar · December 05, 2022

Young men must understand that ‘no means no’, High Court judge says

A High Court judge has commented that too many sexual offence cases “seems to be a lack of understanding of the simplest of words ‘no’”. Ms Justice Mary Ellen...

Rathmullan · December 05, 2022

Drogheda criminal admits facilitating Mulready-Woods murder

Drogheda Criminal Paul Crosby, who was accused of murdering teenager Keane Mulready-Woods, has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court this morning to...

Lack · December 05, 2022

Senior Garda denies 'soft-pedalling evidence' against Dowdall

(Pictured: Jonathan Dowdall. Photo: Collins) A senior garda has denied that he "soft-pedalled evidence" on the "limited facts" that former Sinn Fein...

Lack · December 02, 2022

Evidence against Graham Dwyer 'overwhelming', State tells appeal

(File Picture: Graham Dwyer. Photo: Collins) There is still "overwhelming" evidence against Graham Dwyer to preserve his conviction for the murder of Elaine...

Lack · December 02, 2022

'Not a criminal mastermind': lockdown left street trader stuck with fake fashion gear

(Pictured: Thomas Kenny. Photo: Collins) A judge has noted that a street trader, who bought hundreds of items of fake branded clothing in February 2020 but...

Lack · December 02, 2022

Rapist child abductor Murray fails in challenge to prison sanctions for throwing bible at judge

Convicted rapist and child abductor Michael Murray has lost his High Court challenge against a disciplinary sanction imposed on him by the prison authorities...

Monaghan · December 02, 2022 Also covered in Lack

Bugged conversations between Dowdall and Hutch admissible at trial, judges rule

(Pictured: Presiding judge Ms Justice Tara Burns. Photo: Collins) Judges at the Special Criminal Court have ruled that ten hours of conversations between...

Sligo · December 01, 2022

Yousef Palani gets date for trial on double murder charges

A 22-year-old man charged with murdering two men and attempting to murder another one in Sligo will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in November next...

Lack · December 01, 2022

Ex-RTE journalist fails in bid to overturn sex assault conviction

(Pictured: Mícheál Ó Leidhin. Photo: Collins) A former RTÉ journalist who was jailed for 15 months for sexually assaulting a woman while she slept has lost...

Westport · November 30, 2022

Valerie French Kilroy murder trial postponed

The Central Criminal Court trial of a man accused of murdering his wife in Mayo in 2019, which was due to begin in December, has been postponed until March of...

Lack · November 30, 2022

Vodafone employee who stole €22k gets suspended sentence

A Vodafone employee who stole €22,500 from the company by issuing refunds to his bank account after the till had been balanced for the day has been given a...

Monaghan · November 29, 2022

Nothing in Irish surveillance law to say it applies outside of State, Hutch defence team says

(Pictured: Mr Brendan Grehan SC. Photo: Collins) Gerard Hutch’s defence team have told his Special Criminal Court murder trial that there is nothing in Irish...

Lack · November 29, 2022

Provisional liquidators appointed to wind farm services company

The High Court has appointed joint provisional liquidators to a firm based in Ireland that is part of a group of companies which provides mechanical and...

Lack · November 28, 2022

Three years for teen who raped girl (15) outside her home

By Eimear Dodd A teenager who followed a 15-year-old girl, repeatedly raped her outside her home and asked to record the sustained attack on his phone has...

Lack · November 28, 2022

Gardai describe life-changing impact of shootout in which gunman tried to murder them

Two gardai have described the life-changing impact of an ordeal in which they were forced to take cover behind the wheel of their patrol car for nearly 30...

Ballyfarnon · November 28, 2022

'Sick sex abuser' has jail sentence reduced by two years

A “sick sexual abuser” who was jailed for nine years after being convicted of orally raping and sexually assaulting his partner’s daughter in the late 1990s...

Monaghan · November 28, 2022 Also covered in Lack

'Doesn't matter a damn' where bug travels once placed lawfully, Regency trial hears

(Pictured: Prosecution Counsel Sean Gillane SC. Photo: Collins) Conversations between Regency Hotel murder accused Gerard The Monk' Hutch and ex Sinn Fein...

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