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Cavan · July 27, 2017

Charleton Tribunal completes first module

The Charleton Tribunal has concluded its first module of proceedings examining allegations that garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe was targeted by a...

Donegal · July 26, 2017

Retired teacher (77) to face historic abuse charge

A 77-year-old retired teacher with an address in County Donegal has been ordered by the High Court to be extradited to the United Kingdom to face a charge of...

Glenties · July 26, 2017

High Court to decide on extradition of man wanted in connection with murder of NI prison officer

A 40-year-old man arrested in County Donegal is awaiting a High Court decision on his extradition to Northern Ireland. Damien Joseph McLaughlin, with an...

Westport · July 26, 2017

Singer Tommy Fleming awarded damages over TV station's copyright breach

A High Court judge has awarded €150,000 in damages to singer Tommy Fleming, his wife Tina Mitchell Fleming, and their company TF Productions following an...

Monaghan · July 26, 2017

Garda tells Tribunal she never received "instruction" to inform Commissioner's Office that allegation was false

A garda inspector testified at the Charleton tribunal that she received no instruction to inform the Office of the Garda Commissioner that an allegation of...

Castlebar · July 25, 2017 Also covered in Ballina

Cawley found guilty of "wanton, savage" double murder of elderly brothers

A 30-year-old man from Ballina has been convicted of the murder of two elderly brothers at the Central Criminal Court. Alan Cawley was found guilty of killing...

Carrigallen · July 25, 2017

Non-jury court to deliver verdict in trial of IRA accused arrested in connection with murder of NI prison officer

A three-judge panel at the Special Criminal Court will deliver its verdict on Monday in the trial of a Dublin man accused of membership of an unlawful...

Letterkenny · July 25, 2017 Also covered in Lifford, Milford

Two wanted over attempted murder of PSNI officer granted leave to seek judicial review

Two men sought by Northern Irish authorities in connection with the attempted murder of a PSNI officer have been granted leave to pursue judicial review at...

Ballina · July 24, 2017 Also covered in Castlebar

Jury have to consider whether double murder accused had mental disorder

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberating in a double murder trial concerning a 30-year-old man from Ballina, County Mayo. Alan Cawley has...

Letterkenny · July 24, 2017 Also covered in Lifford, Milford

Men wanted on charge of attempted murder of PSNI officer seek garda records

Two men wanted in Northern Ireland on charges of attempted murder of a PSNI officer and possession of explosives with intent to endanger life have brought...

Letterkenny · July 24, 2017

Jail for serial phone thief

A 28-year-old man from Tallaght has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to stealing five iPhones...

Cavan · July 22, 2017

Whistleblower bullied and called a "rat", barrister tells tribunal

A garda whistleblower was subjected to hostility and bullying within the Cavan-Monaghan division, the Charleton tribunal heard. Sergeant Maurice McCabe's...

Ballina · July 21, 2017 Also covered in Castlebar

Mayo man took decision to kill elderly brothers in "acts of extreme violence", State tells jury

At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of a 30-year-old Ballina man charged with the murders of two elderly brothers in...

Roscommon · July 20, 2017

71-year-old woman to be extradited on charge of assisting in rape of her daughter

A 71-year-old UK citizen with an address in County Roscommon has been ordered to be surrendered to British authorities to face charges of assisting in the...

Ballina · July 20, 2017 Also covered in Castlebar

Intoxication led Mayo man to extremely violent acts, psychiatrist tells murder trial

A State forensic psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that a Mayo man was voluntarily intoxicated when he killed two elderly brothers with special...

Cavan · July 20, 2017

Whistleblower forced to "retreat to garda station" after confrontation with accuser's family

A tribunal examining allegations of a smear campaign against garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe heard evidence relating to incidents that occurred in...

Ballina · July 19, 2017 Also covered in Castlebar

Murder accused did not have mental disorders in law, forensic psychiatrist tells trial

A forensic psychiatrist for the State has told the Central Criminal Court that a Co Mayo man accused of murder did not have mental disorders recognised in...

Glenties · July 19, 2017

"Real risk" man wanted in connection with NI prison officer murder would face "inhumane treatment"

A 40-year-old man from Belfast, arrested in County Donegal in March on a European Arrest Warrant, appeared before the High Court on 19 July to contest his...

Cavan · July 19, 2017

Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe no longer trusts anybody, tribunal hears

At the Charleton tribunal on 19 July, the inquiry into whether Sergeant Maurice McCabe was targeted by a smear campaign heard testimony from Superintendent...

Carrigallen · July 18, 2017

Car was used in murder of NI prison officer, prosecution say

At the Special Criminal Court, the prosecution presented evidence that a Toyota Camry allegedly used in the November 2012 fatal shooting of Northern Ireland...

Ballina · July 18, 2017 Also covered in Castlebar

Mental disorders diminished killer's responsibility, psychiatrist tells trial

A consultant psychiatrist has testified at the Central Criminal Court that a 30-year-old man accused of killing two elderly brothers in Castlebar was...

Boyle · July 17, 2017

Parents of Natalie McGuinness tell court they will never recover from her loss

The parents of Natalie McGuinness, a 23-year-old from Sligo, addressed the Central Criminal Court on 17 July following the case of Oisín Conroy, who was found...

Ballina · July 17, 2017 Also covered in Castlebar

"The extreme of violence": murder accused told gardai he poured boiling water over disabled pensioner’s genitals

A man from Ballina, County Mayo, has admitted killing two disabled brothers but denies murder charges relating to their deaths in Castlebar on 10 July 2013....

Letterkenny · July 14, 2017

Man to be sentenced over serial iPhone theft

A 28-year-old man from Tallaght has pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to his involvement in the theft of five iPhones from mobile phone stores...

Cavan · July 14, 2017

Social worker tells tribunal she received "sanitised version" of McCabe file

A social worker with Tusla told the Charleton tribunal that she received an incomplete version of files relating to Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice...

Castlebar · July 14, 2017 Also covered in Ballinrobe

Mayo resident stole €11k worth of equipment from takeaway

A Ballinrobe man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to burglary at a Castlebar takeaway in May 2015. Yasir Ali, aged 29, admitted stealing...

Castlebar · July 13, 2017 Also covered in Ballina

Man accused of murdering elderly brothers posed as doctor in pub, trial hears

A man is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of two elderly brothers found beaten to death in their Castlebar home in July 2013....

Cavan · July 13, 2017

Garda liaison tells tribunal he never saw notification with false McCabe allegation

A garda sergeant assigned as liaison officer with Tusla told the Charleton tribunal he never received a 2014 notification containing a false allegation of...

Castlebar · July 12, 2017 Also covered in Ballina, Newport

Carer becomes emotional as she tells trial of finding bloodied bodies of elderly "gentlemen"

A carer became emotional while testifying at the Central Criminal Court as she described discovering the bloodied bodies of two elderly brothers at their...

Convoy · July 10, 2017

Louth man jailed for IRA membership

A Luth man has been sentenced to three years in prison following his conviction for membership of an unlawful organisation. Michael Connolly, aged 45, of...

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