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Lack · November 01, 2022

Urantsetseg Tserendorj murder accused 'went for the jugular', prosecution tell trial

A teenage boy took a knife and "went for the jugular" when he stabbed a mother of two as she walked home from work in Dublin city centre, a prosecution...

Lack · November 01, 2022

Christmas shoppers thought they were under terrorist attack

A young man who drove his car at a number of pedestrians, narrowly missing a number of Christmas shoppers and their children, has been jailed for six months....

Ballina · November 01, 2022

Man to go trial accused of deceiving Our Lady's Hospice

A Mayo man has had a trial date set in relation to an alleged deception concerning the sale of a property in Spain that belonged to Our Lady’s Hospice in...

Kingscourt · November 01, 2022 Also covered in Virginia

Man falsely registered himself as father to six in Irish passport scam

A man who falsely registered himself as the father of six babies in order to facilitate their mothers in securing Irish passports for their children has been...

Ballyshannon · November 01, 2022

Cannabis 'chauffeur' is jailed

A "chauffeur" who allowed his car to be used for the transportation of almost €60,000 worth of cannabis has been jailed for 20 months. David Murray (33) of...

Castlerea · November 01, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused's behaviour 'possible manifestations of abnormal mental state'

(Pictured: Witness Dr Brenda Wright. Photo: Collins) Garda murder accused Stephen Silver’s behaviour was bizarre and inappropriate and he did not seem to...

Castlerea · October 28, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused previously attacked psychiatric staff, trial hears

(File Picture: Accused Mr Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) Murder accused Stephen Silver assaulted staff members of a psychiatric unit nine months before he...

Castlerea · October 27, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused describes moment he shot detective 11 times

(Pictured: Accused man Mr Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) Stephen Silver has described to a Central Criminal jury the moment he struggled to take Detective...

Greencastle · October 27, 2022 Also covered in Convoy, Killygordon

Hutch and Dowdall met man caught with Regency rifles, surveillance garda tells trial

A surveillance garda saw Gerard The Monk' Hutch and former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall meeting the man who was later caught with three AK-47 assault...

Foxford · October 26, 2022 Also covered in Castlerea

Garda murder accused takes to stand in own trial

(Pictured: Accused man Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) The man accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan has told his own trial that he is diagnosed...

Lack · October 25, 2022

Man caught with over 28,000 images of child sex abuse

A man has been jailed for 15 months after he was caught with over 28,000 images of child sex abuse. Charles Dwan’s (66) home was searched after gardaí were...

Castlerea · October 25, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Slain garda helped admit man accused of his murder to psych unit, trial hears

(Accused Mr Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) Detective Garda Colm Horkan, who was shot dead two years ago, helped to have the man accused of his murder...

Donegal · October 25, 2022

State tells Regency trial that CCTV footage shows Hutch and Dowdall travelling North together

The Special Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage of what the State says is Gerard The Monk' Hutch making two separate journeys to Northern Ireland with...

Lack · October 25, 2022

Fraudster jailed for stealing €150k from Polish community

A fraudster who stole over €150,000 from businessmen in the Polish community by promising returns on investments of up to 73% has been jailed for three years....

Lack · October 24, 2022

Marital rape accused believed wife consented, trial hears

A man on trial for repeatedly raping his wife using household objects while she was allegedly unconscious has said he believed his wife consented to all...

Monaghan · October 24, 2022

High Court judge criticises SF TD's 'ill-informed' comments

(Pictured: Mr Justice Paul McDermott. Photo: Collins) A High Court judge has criticised claims by a Sinn Fein TD that judges are unwilling to travel outside...

Donegal · October 24, 2022

Bullet cases from Regency murder scene were fired by recovered AKs, trial hears

Bullet cases found at the Regency Hotel murder scene were fired by three AK-47 assault rifles which were recovered during a gardai operation a month after the...

Lack · October 24, 2022

Hotel staff due combined €70k in redundancy payments

Four staff at a Co Kildare hotel have secured orders for statutory redundancy against their former employer after being left on layoff after the first...

Castlerea · October 24, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Psychiatrist found no evidence of 'acute mental illness' in garda murder accused

(Pictured: Accused Mr Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) A psychiatrist who assessed garda murder accused Stephen Silver hours after the shooting of Detective...

Lack · October 21, 2022

Ex-soldier gets suspended sentence for having 'extreme' child abuse material

By Eimear Dodd & Claire Henry A former member of the Irish Defence Forces has been given a 16-month suspended sentence for the possession of "extreme" child...

Lack · October 21, 2022

ODCE can use seized Delaney documents as part of FAI investigation

(File Picture: Mr John Delaney. Photo: Collins) The High Court has ruled that over one thousand seized documents relating to former FAI CEO John Delaney are...

Lack · October 21, 2022

Suspended sentence for man who sent explicit videos to FG TD

(Pictured: Gerard Culhane. Photo: Collins) By Sonya McLean and Eimear Dodd A man who sent sexually explicit videos to a Fine Gael TD during the 2020 general...

Lack · October 20, 2022

Community service for 'wanton thuggery'

A man who took part in smashing up a car and the downstairs windows of a home in an act of “wanton thuggery” has received a sentence of 240 hours community...

Letterkenny · October 20, 2022

AK-47s found just a month after Regency shooting, Hutch murder trial hears

Three AK-47 assault rifles wrapped in a rug and white shirts were found in the boot of a car following "an intervention" by gardai just a month after Kinahan...

Lack · October 20, 2022

Court upholds 11-year sentence for repeated rape and abuse

A 40-year-old man convicted of the rape and sexual assault of his younger sister over a number of years, which included penetration of the victim with a...

Castlerea · October 20, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused claimed detective was 'fumbling' with gun 'like an eejit'

(Pictured: Accused Mr Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) Garda murder accused Stephen Silver told officers during interviews the day after the shooting that...

Lack · October 20, 2022

Challenge to proposed restoration of Meath classical school over bat roosting

A High Court challenge has been launched over plans to renovate and restore a protected building that had previously been used as a well-known secondary...

Castlerea · October 19, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Gda Colm Horkan "was trying to shoot me", murder accused told gardai

Picture: Stephen Silver, who denies murdering Gda Colm Horkan in 2020. (Photo: Collins) By Ryan Dunne Stephen Silver, who denies murdering Det Gda Colm Horkan...

Longford · October 19, 2022

WRC rejects mask exemption letter from suspended GP

Pic: WRC (Collins) By Stephen Bourke The Workplace Relations Commission has refused to accept a letter from suspended Derry GP Anne McCloskey as evidence of...

Cavan · October 17, 2022

Man jailed for having 117 stolen bicycles

A man has been jailed for two years for having 117 stolen bicycles, with an estimated value of €50,000, in what a judge described as offending of "almost...

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