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Leitrim · October 26, 2018

Sentence for having explosives and handgun is upheld

A 24-year-old man from County Tipperary has had his sentence upheld after appealing a conviction relating to the possession of explosives and a firearm. The...

Monaghan · October 25, 2018

Man assaulted garda with glass bottle, causing permanent damage

A man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a garda with a glass bottle at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Christopher Reilly, aged 28, of Cabra, Dublin, assaulted...

Donegal · October 25, 2018

Business owner spared jail for using fake documents to get mortgage

A Dublin business owner has been ordered to complete 240 hours of community service for using fraudulent documents to secure a €71,000 mortgage. Kevin Molloy,...

French Park · October 24, 2018

Three buses observed cutting fatal crash corner, expert tells trial

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a forensic collision investigator gave evidence that at least three Dublin Bus vehicles were observed cutting the corner at...

French Park · October 24, 2018

Dublin bus driver guilty of careless driving causing death of cyclist

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has found Osborn Irabor, a Dublin Bus driver aged 58 from Tyrrelstown, Dublin, guilty of careless driving causing the...

Ballymote · October 24, 2018

Provisional liquidator appointed to Vodka firm

The High Court has appointed a provisional liquidator to Taiga Shtof Ltd, a company based at Laburnum House, Fairgreen Road, Ballymote, County Sligo, which...

French Park · October 23, 2018

Dublin bus driver goes on trial accused of causing death of cyclist

Osborn Irabor, a Dublin Bus driver aged 58 from Tyrrelstown, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to careless driving causing the death of cyclist Mary White at...

Arva · October 22, 2018

Suspended sentence for farm labourer (86) who raped and abused children over 60 years ago

An 86-year-old man from Arva, County Cavan, has received an eight-year suspended sentence at the Central Criminal Court for the sexual abuse of two siblings...

Edgeworthstown · October 22, 2018 Also covered in Ballymahon

Serial burglar replied "good" when told of garda call

A man from Edgeworthstown in Longford has received a partially suspended sentence after pleading guilty to trespassing with intent to commit an offence at a...

Kiltimagh · October 22, 2018 Also covered in Castlebar, Knock

Disqualified driver nearly collided with walkers during chase

A man from Kiltimagh, County Mayo, has failed in his appeal against a five-year prison sentence imposed for dangerous driving. Martin Maughan (32) was...

Cavan · October 22, 2018

Tiger kidnapping trial continues in legal argument

The trial of Paschal Kelly (52), from Cootehill, County Cavan, has continued at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court with legal argument conducted in the jury's...

Donegal · October 22, 2018

Revenue in bid to wind up Limerick FC

The High Court has adjourned an application by the Revenue Commissioners to wind up Limerick FC, a League of Ireland Premier Division club. The Collector...

Cavan · October 16, 2018

Legal argument in tiger kidnapping trial

Paschal Kelly, aged 52, from Cootehill, County Cavan, stands trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for charges arising from an alleged tiger kidnapping in...

Cavan · October 15, 2018

Detective tells tiger kidnap trial of seeing man in ski mask

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a detective gave evidence in the trial of a man accused of tiger kidnapping. Detective Garda Eamon Keane described observing...

Arva · October 15, 2018

"Unbelievable courage” of siblings who reported sexual abuse suffered 60 years ago

At the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Michael White commended two siblings from Arva, County Cavan for their "unbelievable courage" in reporting childhood...

Cavan · October 12, 2018

English-language student thought raiders would kill her

An Italian language student giving evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has described the moment armed raiders entered the bedroom where she was sleeping...

Cavan · October 11, 2018

Postmistress describes family's abduction from home during "tiger" kidnapping

A postmistress and her daughter gave evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court describing their ordeal during a tiger kidnapping at their Malahide home in...

Monaghan · October 11, 2018

Pair jailed over armed pharmacy raid

Two men have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their guilty pleas to attempted robbery at a pharmacy in Kilbarrack on January 26,...

Cavan · October 10, 2018

Man goes on trial accused of "tiger kidnap" of postmistress

A man with an address in Cootehill, County Cavan, has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an alleged "tiger...

Monaghan · October 10, 2018

Convicted killer held up shops with knife and fork

Mark Bissett (33) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to attempted robbery and robbery following two incidents in Ranelagh, south Dublin in...

Roscommon · October 08, 2018

Farmer jailed for third time for contempt

A County Roscommon farmer has been jailed for three weeks for contempt of a High Court order at the High Court in Dublin. Mr Justice Michael Twomey imposed...

Convoy · October 08, 2018

"The type of thing you see committed by Isis": men set fire to car while prisoner was in boot

The Court of Appeal has substantially increased prison sentences imposed on two men convicted of setting fire to a vehicle containing a bound and gagged...

Cavan · October 04, 2018

Three go on trial accused of murdering dissident republican

Three men have been arraigned at the Special Criminal Court on charges of murdering a dissident republican shot dead outside a public house in Meath over five...

Ardara · October 03, 2018

Victim left deaf in one ear after being attacked by schoolmate in "fit of jealousy"

An apprentice electrician pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to causing serious harm to a schoolmate at a nightclub in the capital on 3 July...

Drumcliff · July 31, 2018

Jail for man arrested during confrontation with armed gardai

A Dublin man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court for possessing a 9mm Beretta handgun and silencer. Andrew O'Keeffe,...

Convoy · July 31, 2018

Attacker was on bail for notorious violent burglary, court hears

Donal O'Hara (26), of Glin Park, Coolock, Dublin 17, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment with one year suspended by the Special Criminal Court for...

Longford · July 31, 2018

13-year prison sentence upheld for man who raped and abused nieces

A Longford man convicted of sexually abusing four of his nieces has had his 13-year prison sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal. The 50-year-old man pleaded...

Cavan · July 31, 2018

Extradited murderer apologises to dissident republican's family

Dean Evans, aged 27, received a mandatory life sentence at the Special Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the murder of Peter Butterly, a 35-year-old...

Mayo · July 27, 2018

Man jailed for repeated rape of daughter is given early date for appeal

A 47-year-old man from County Mayo, convicted of multiple sexual offences against his daughter, has been granted an early appeal hearing date by the Court of...

Strokestown · July 27, 2018

Teen who caused €50k damage to Oberstown is sentenced to 4 years

A man from Strokestown, County Longford, has been sentenced to four years in prison for causing over €50,000 in damage to Oberstown Children Detention Campus...

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