Man who assaulted garda sergeant claims he is being “set up” and “framed”
A Mayo man convicted of assaulting a garda sergeant has maintained his innocence, claiming he was "set up" and "framed" by gardaí. Joseph Doocey, aged 51,...
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Sligo man to face second murder trial next year
A 30-year-old man from Sligo is to stand trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court in November 2018 following the discharge of a jury that could not...
Court upholds 15-year sentence for violent burglar who "hacked and slashed" 11-year-old
Michael Maughan, aged 24, of The Campsite, Moneen, Castlebar, Co Mayo, has lost his appeal against a 15-year prison sentence imposed for aggravated burglary....
Serial thief caught with signal jammer for car break-ins
A man from Dublin has been sentenced to three years and three months imprisonment following his conviction for possessing signal jamming devices used to...
Jury fail to reach verdict in trial of addict accused of murdering musician
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict in a murder trial. Keith Brady, aged 30, of Cartron Estate, Sligo...
Jury deliberating in trial of addict accused of murdering musician
A jury at the Central Criminal Court is to resume deliberations on Monday in the trial of Keith Brady, aged 30 of Cartron Estate, Sligo. Mr Brady has pleaded...
Jury must consider if murder accused was too intoxicated to form intent
A jury at the Central Criminal Court is to consider whether a 30-year-old man from Sligo was too intoxicated to form the intention to murder when he inflicted...
Murder accused told gardai he was "out of it" when he stabbed musician
Keith Brady, aged 30, of Cartron Estate in Sligo, stands trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of murdering Martin 'Matt' Kivlehan, aged 59, at New...
Widow's action against financial advisor over €400k lost on foreign properties is resolved
A High Court action taken by a widow who lost over €400,000 on foreign property investments has been resolved to the satisfaction of all parties involved....
Murder accused told gardai he stabbed musician in neck
A 30-year-old man accused of murdering a Sligo musician told gardai he stabbed the victim in the neck but could not recall his motive, the Central Criminal...
Murder accused told gardai he had been "hard done by"
At the Central Criminal Court, a murder trial heard that the accused claimed he had been treated unfairly and denied involvement in a fatal stabbing. Keith...
Teenager who killed 17-year-old will be sentenced as adult
A teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old in Claremorris on 19 December 2015 will be sentenced as an adult when he returns to the Central Criminal Court in...
High Court orders extradition of man wanted in connection with murder of NI prison officer
The High Court has ordered the extradition of a 40-year-old man to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to the death of prison officer David Black. The...
Brother and sister under investigation for murder were allowed meet in garda custody, trial hears
A brother and sister arrested during a murder investigation were permitted to meet while in garda custody at Sligo Garda Station, the Central Criminal Court...
Trial hears murder accused told gardai: "if I could give my life for his I would"
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that a Sligo man told gardai he was deeply sorry for the death of a 59-year-old and would sacrifice his own...
"Don't say anything, they are trying to stitch us up": trial hears of murder accused's arrest
A 30-year-old man from Cartron Estate in Sligo has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a 59-year-old man...
Sex offender jailed for defilement of boy he met through website
A Cavan man has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to offences against a 14-year-old boy....
Musician may have been too drunk to defend himself, murder trial hears
At the Central Criminal Court, the Deputy State Pathologist gave evidence in the murder trial of a 30-year-old Sligo man accused of fatally stabbing a...
"A gentleman who wouldn't hurt a fly": murder trial hears how musician was found dead in his home
A musician found dead in his Sligo home with a knife on his chest and stab wounds to his neck was remembered as a "gentleman who wouldn't hurt a fly" as a...
Dissident leader to be sentenced over Royal visit explosion plot
Seamus McGrane, aged 63, of Little Road, Dromiskin, County Louth, has been remanded in custody pending sentencing at the Special Criminal Court on 7 December....
Court upholds rapist's eight-year sentence
A man from Carrigallen, County Leitrim, has had his eight-year prison sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal following his conviction for serious sexual...
Sligo woman pleads guilty to impeding investigation into killing
A 33-year-old woman from Sligo has pleaded guilty to impeding the apprehension of a man suspected of involvement in a killing in the town. Janice Brady, of...
Sligo bachelor died from two stab wounds to neck, murder trial hears
A 30-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a 59-year-old bachelor at the Central...
Former GAA coach and serial abuser jailed for indecently assaulting boys
A 75-year-old farmer from Cloonloo, County Sligo, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment following his conviction for indecently assaulting two young...
Serial killer's appeal to continue in December
The Court of Appeal hearing into Mark Nash's conviction for the 1997 Grangegorman murders in Dublin will conclude in December. Nash, aged 44, was found guilty...
Forensic scientists “put to the pin of their collar" during serial killer's trial, State tells appeal
Mark Nash is appealing his 2015 conviction for the murder of two women whose bodies were discovered in sheltered accommodation in Grangegorman twenty years...
Teen who killed schoolboy is suffering up to 10 "seizure like episodes" per day, court hears
A teenager convicted of manslaughter in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old in Claremorris, County Mayo, is experiencing an epileptic-type...
Pregnant shopkeeper overpowered would-be robber after he pointed blade at her stomach
A man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the attempted robbery of a flower shop on Aungier Street in Dublin on 26 November 2015. Andrew Cash,...
Notorious serial killer Mark Nash opens appeal against conviction for Grangegorman murders
A man convicted of two murders in Dublin two decades ago has initiated an appeal against his conviction at the Court of Appeal. The defendant was found guilty...
Man stole equipment from takeaway he had been running
A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to burglary at a takeaway in Castlebar, County Mayo on 18 May 2015. Yasir Ali of Lighthouse Apartments, East Wall, Dublin...
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