"Talented footballer" jailed over violent disorder at Finglas pub
A 27-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for violent disorder at a public house in Finglas. Dean Thomas of Glenties Drive pleaded...
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Criminals withdraw appeals after being reminded of court's "full powers"
At the Court of Appeal on 25 June 2018, two appellants withdrew challenges to their prison sentences after being informed by President Mr Justice George...
Trial date set for IRA accused
A 53-year-old man from Castleblayney in County Monaghan has been committed for trial at the Special Criminal Court on a charge of membership of an unlawful...
Third re-trial of childminder accused of causing serious harm to baby collapses
The third re-trial of a Cavan childminder accused of causing serious harm to a baby has collapsed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Sandra Higgins, aged 37 of...
Wallace believes there was "orchestrated campaign" against McCabe
At the Charleton tribunal in Dublin on 21 June 2018, Dáil Deputy Mick Wallace gave evidence regarding allegations of a campaign to undermine Garda...
€100k surety approved for fugitive solicitor granted bail on appeal
A former solicitor from Maynooth, County Kildare, has been granted bail on appeal at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following approval of a €100,000...
"Family man" jailed for his part in kneecapping
A man from Lucan has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for his involvement in a kneecapping incident in County Dublin in...
"Predator" father (78) jailed for repeated rape of daughter
A 78-year-old man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to five sample charges of rape. The...
Asylum seeker jailed for raping former girlfriend
A 25-year-old asylum seeker has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for rape following his guilty plea at Dublin Central Criminal Court. The man pleaded...
Legal argument in trial of childminder accused of causing serious harm to baby
A retrial concerning a Cavan childminder accused of causing serious harm to an infant continued before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Friday with legal...
Indo editor denies telling colleague that McCabe was "a paedophile"
Fionnan Sheahan, editor of the Irish Independent, has denied telling a former colleague that garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe was "a paedophile"....
Dublin man pleads guilty to having handgun and silencer
A 28-year-old Dublin man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to unlawful possession of a firearm and silencer. Andrew O'Keeffe, with an address...
Infant had brain haemorrhages, bruising, detached retinas and rib fractures, trial hears
A consultant paediatrician has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that medical evidence points to serious non-accidental injury in a case involving a...
Childminder goes on trial accused of causing serious harm to baby
A retrial opened at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 12 June 2018 concerning a Cavan childminder accused of causing serious harm to a ten-month-old infant....
Abuser whose rape conviction was overturned will not face third retrial
A 73-year-old man from County Mayo will not face a third retrial following a Court of Appeal ruling. His rape conviction, overturned in February 2018, will...
Journalist "floored" by allegations against McCabe
Journalist Michael Clifford told the Charleton Tribunal that he was initially shocked when he first learned of allegations of sexual abuse against Sergeant...
Bus driver jailed for 15 years for rape of stepdaughter and abuse of children
A Cavan bus driver has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison following conviction for the sexual abuse of three children at the Central Criminal Court....
Appeal court having enough difficulty finding English-speaking judges, president remarks
The President of the Court of Appeal acknowledged significant staffing difficulties on Friday during case management for an appeal from County Longford. Mr...
Court quashes conviction of man jailed for brandishing meat cleaver at hospital
A man's conviction for threatening to kill a relative whilst brandishing a meat cleaver at University College Hospital Galway has been quashed by the Court of...
Howlin tells tribunal he had "duty" to put journalist's allegations on record
At the Charleton tribunal, Labour leader Brendan Howlin testified that he felt obliged to place information received from journalist Alison O'Reilly on the...
Man to be sentenced over false imprisonment of family
A 26-year-old Dublin man has been remanded in custody pending sentencing at the Special Criminal Court following his guilty pleas to assault and false...
Youth jailed for five years over 11-hour "rampage" at detention centre
A 19-year-old man from Limerick has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his involvement in an 11-hour disturbance...
Appeal sought in cases that have "far-reaching implications" for peat industry
Two peat extraction companies have sought permission to appeal High Court decisions rejecting their challenges to An Bord Pleanála determinations that their...
Callinan tells tribunal he "never sought to discredit" McCabe
Former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan told the Charleton Tribunal on Friday that he never sought to discredit Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Mr Callinan denied...
Man (78) to be sentenced for regularly raping daughter
A 78-year-old man from County Mayo has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to five sample charges of rape committed against his daughter between 1973...
Son who murdered mother while high on drugs fails in conviction appeal
A man from Castlebar, County Mayo, has failed in his appeal against a murder conviction at the Court of Appeal. The 25-year-old was sentenced to life...
Additional Brexit case referred to European Court of Justice
A High Court judge has referred an extradition case to the Court of Justice of the European Union to determine how Brexit will affect the transfer of suspects...
Suspended sentence for young man who sexually assaulted cousin
A 21-year-old man from Cavan has received a three-year suspended sentence following his guilty plea to sexually assaulting his 15-year-old cousin at the...
Queen's visit bomb plotter seeks to have appeal heard in Irish
A 67-year-old man from Drumlish, County Longford, has sought to have his appeal heard in Irish at the Court of Appeal. Donall Billings was convicted by the...
No files portraying whistleblower and former press officer as targets, tribunal told
The Charleton tribunal was told that no files exist on garda computer systems portraying whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe or former press officer...
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