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Bundoran · November 28, 2022

Property developer allowed write off over €170m in debt in insolvency arrangement

The High Court has approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement allowing a former property developer write-off approximately €170m in debt owed to parties...

Lack · November 25, 2022

Man with intellectual age of 14 is jailed for rape when he was teen

A man with the intellectual capacity of a 14-year-old, who was 16 years old when he raped a girl the same age, has been jailed for two years. In her victim...

Monaghan · November 25, 2022 Also covered in Lack

Garda bug sought under 'culture of secrecy', Hutch lawyers tell Regency trial

(Pictured: Defence Counsel Mr Brendan Grehan SC. Photo: Collins) The permission to deploy a garda bugging device that recorded conversations between Regency...

Lack · November 25, 2022

Irish Twitter VP gets injunction preventing termination of employment

(File Picture: Ms Sinead McSweeney. Photo: Collins) An Irish senior executive with Twitter has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing the social...

Lack · November 24, 2022

Kinahans 'want to be the biggest gang in Europe', Hutch told Dowdall

(Pictured: Mr Gerard Hutch. Court Art: Mike O'Donnell) The Special Criminal Court has heard a recording of Regency Hotel murder accused Gerard The Monk' Hutch...

Lack · November 23, 2022

Jail for fraudster caught with card cloning machine

A man who was caught with six false passports, a machine used to clone ATM cards and 17 magnetic strips has been jailed for two years. Lateef Tiamiyu (38) of...

Castlebar · November 23, 2022

Parents who abducted own daughter 'heavily involved in substance abuse'

A couple who abducted their own daughter, prompting a nationwide Child Safety Alert, were “heavily involved in substance abuse” at the time, a court has...

Lanesborough · November 22, 2022

Graveyard flower seller jailed after being caught with €217k in unlicensed tobacco

A graveyard flower seller has been jailed for his role in supplying shops and private homes with untaxed tobacco products. When Revenue officials moved in on...

Lack · November 21, 2022

Former youth worker jailed for trying to rape boy (13)

By Isabel Hayes A former youth worker who sexually assaulted and attempted to rape a teenage boy who was visiting him in his mobile home 10 years ago has been...

Lack · November 21, 2022

Man caught with child abuse material avoids jail

A man who was caught with close to 100 files of child abuse material has been given a suspended sentence. Paul O'Dowd (37) admitted to gardaí that the 78...

Lack · November 21, 2022

Judge directs HSE appear before court over 'dramatic' rise in special needs assessment cases

A senior High Court judge has said that the "dramatic" recent increase in the number of actions against the HSE over the assessment of children with special...

Lack · November 21, 2022

Intellectually disabled man had €85k worth of drugs in shed

By Eimear Dodd An intellectually disabled man has walked from court after being handed a fully suspended sentence for having over €85,000 worth of drugs in...

Castlerea · November 17, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Jury fail to reach verdict in Detective Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

(Pictured: Mr Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) A jury at the Central Criminal Court has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of Stephen Silver, who accepts...

Castlerea · November 17, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda Colm Horkan murder trial jury given majority verdict

(Pictured: Trial judge Mr Justice Paul McDermott. Photo: Collins) The jury in the trial of a motorbike mechanic accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm...

Lack · November 17, 2022

Judges to listen to 10 hours of Hutch recordings, despite hearing bug was outside of State

Judges at the Special Criminal Court have ruled that they will listen to ten hours of conversations between murder accused Gerard The Monk' Hutch and ex-Sinn...

Charlestown · November 17, 2022

'Unprecedented rise' in construction costs sees examiner appointed to social housing builders

The "unprecedented" rise in the cost of building materials has seen the High Court appoint an interim examiner to a construction company that is currently...

Longford · November 16, 2022

Minister rescinds decision to transfer murderer to UK after mother's action

(Pictured: Parents of Irish Champion boxer Kevin Sheehy – Kevin Snr and Tracey Tully. Photo: Collins) The Minister for Justice has rescinded a decision to...

Castlerea · November 16, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Jury continue deliberations in Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

The jury in the trial of a motorbike mechanic accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan will continue their deliberations at the Central Criminal Court...

Lack · November 15, 2022

Art teacher who forged insurance documents for 'ghost broker' is jailed

An art teacher who forged hundreds of driver licenses and no claims bonus documents for a car insurance “ghost broker” has been jailed for two years. Elena...

Foxford · November 15, 2022

Jury deliberating in Detective Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberating in the trial of a man accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Stephen Silver (46), from...

Inniskeen · November 15, 2022 Also covered in Kingscourt

Family of UDR man murdered by IRA granted access to court file

(Pictured at the Four Courts are Jonathan Larner, Liaison Officer Ulster Human Rights Watch, alongside Lester Elliott, Jim Elliott and Cyrill Elliott. Photo:...

Lack · November 14, 2022

Man avoids jail for rape of siblings after victims ask court not to imprison him

By Claire Henry and Eimear Dodd A man who pleaded guilty to the rape and sexual assault of his younger siblings has been handed a suspended prison sentence...

Lack · November 14, 2022

Senior Qatari Royals may contest Irish court's ability to hear defamation claim

Senior members of the Qatari Royal family and a group of companies that own several luxury hotels may contest the High Court's jurisdiction to hear a damages...

Donegal · November 14, 2022

Gardai believed IRA firearms and explosives were being stored at ex-SF councillor's home

(File Picture: Jonathan Dowdall. Photo: Collins) A search warrant was obtained for former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall's home on the basis that...

Lack · November 11, 2022

Boys trapped, attacked and tried to force girl to give them oral sex

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 warned they may face a...

Lack · November 11, 2022

Walking Home: The Murder of Urantsetseg Tserendorj

Ulambayer Surenkhor did not even stop to change his slippers as he left home. It was just after 9:30pm, and he had taken a phone call from his wife saying...

Virginia · November 11, 2022 Also covered in Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney

Member of notorious cross-border ATM theft gang fails in appeal

One of three Monaghan brothers who were part of a notorious cross-Border gang that stole an "eye-watering" amount of money from ATMS has failed in an appeal...

Lack · November 11, 2022

Teen found guilty of murdering Urantsetseg Tserendorj

A 16-year-old boy who stabbed Uransetseg Tserendorj as she walked home from work in Dublin's city centre has been found guilty of her murder following a...

Claremorris · November 11, 2022

Solicitor jailed for stealing over €200k from clients

A former solicitor who stole over over €200,000 from four families who were his clients has been jailed for 18 months. David Doyle (68) with an address at...

Castlerea · November 10, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

'This is not trial by expert, this is trial by jury', judge charges

(Pictured: Mr Justice Paul McDermott. Photo: Collins) A Central Criminal Court judge has told the the jury in the trial of Stephen Silver, who denies...

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