Wind-farm developer secures injunction against winding-up petition
A wind-farm developer operating in County Sligo has obtained a temporary High Court injunction preventing a quarrying company from pursuing a winding-up...
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Jury asked to consider defences of duress and reasonable excuse
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been instructed to consider defences of duress and reasonable excuse in the trial of a 34-year-old woman charged with...
Murder accused told garda he was "going to sort out" deaceased
At the Central Criminal Court, a garda gave evidence that a murder accused had expressed intent to "sort out" the deceased hours before a fatal stabbing in...
Murder accused had been beaten up by deceased, partner tells trial
At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, the trial of Rihards Lavickis, a 25-year-old Latvian man from Annaly Court, Longford, heard evidence relating to the...
"A series of most unfortunate events": Tribunal hears closing submissions
The Disclosures Tribunal heard closing submissions on its first module of inquiry concerning false allegations of sexual abuse made against garda...
Accused's violent childhood left her with "limited ability" to defy abusive partner, psychiatrist tells trial
A trial at the Central Criminal Court heard evidence that a 34-year-old woman accused of impeding the prosecution of her partner in connection with a death...
Teen who killed schoolmate needs brain surgery, sentence hearing told
A teenager convicted of manslaughter in connection with a fatal stabbing in County Mayo has had his sentencing adjourned pending brain surgery. The Central...
Suspect neo-nazi killer being "spoon fed" after injuries sustained in violent kidnap, trial hears
A 34-year-old Latvian woman is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with impeding the prosecution of a man suspected of murdering Antra Ozolina, a...
Latvian man admitted stabbing man to death in row over broken windows
A 25-year-old Latvian man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a Polish construction worker at the Central Criminal Court. Rihards Lavickis of Annaly...
Woman accused of simulating housemate's suicide told gardai of row over car loan
A 34-year-old woman from Latvia is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a man in connection with...
Woman said she was "in fear for her life" when she simulated housemate's suicide
A 34-year-old Latvian woman is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a man in connection with the...
State rejects manslaughter plea by murder accused
A 25-year-old man charged with murder in Longford in 2016 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, but the State has rejected the lesser plea. Rihards Lavickis, of...
Woman accused of simulating housemate's suicide was "acting strangely", trial told
A 34-year-old Latvian woman has pleaded not guilty to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a man in connection with a death in Co Cavan. The trial at...
Burglar tied up and threatened family with imitation firearm
A Dublin man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for his role in an aggravated burglary at a home in Crumlin on 7 December 2013. Declan Maxwell, then...
Victim's daughter tells simulated suicide trial that mother was "happy person"
A daughter testified at the Central Criminal Court that her mother, a 49-year-old Latvian woman, was a contented and healthy person with no medical ailments....
Retired garda civil servant denies "going after McCabe" remark
A retired garda civil servant has denied telling a colleague that the garda legal team was "going after" Sergeant Maurice McCabe, a garda whistleblower. The...
Woman faked housemate's suicide out of "fear", jury to hear
A 34-year-old Latvian woman has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a person in connection with a...
Woman to go on trial charged with simulating suicide of homicide victim
A 34-year-old woman is set to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a man in connection with a...
Schoolboy (18) sexually assaulted cousin (15) after "developing crush"
A County Cavan man pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to sexually assaulting his 15-year-old cousin as she slept beside him at his home in May 2015....
Retired garda chief apologises over congratulatory circular
A retired garda chief superintendent has apologised to the Charleton Tribunal for a 2011 circular sent to stations in the Cavan-Monaghan division...
Cannabis "gardener" has balance of sentence suspended on appeal
A Polish national has successfully appealed his sentence for cannabis cultivation at Cavan Circuit Criminal Court. Stanislaw Gronski, aged 44, of Hill Lodge,...
Reserved judgement in State's bid to dismiss Peter Pringle damages claim
The High Court has reserved judgement on the State's application to dismiss a damages claim brought by Peter Pringle, whose murder conviction was overturned...
Drug mule in poor health avoids jail over €50k cannabis bust
A Lithuanian man charged with importing cannabis worth €58,820 through Dublin Airport has received a fully suspended three-year sentence. Egidijus Sniauksta,...
State bids to dismiss damages claim by man wrongly convicted of 1980 garda murder
The State has sought dismissal of a damages claim brought by a man whose murder conviction was quashed after he spent nearly fifteen years in prison. The High...
Cage fighter who beat man and left him to drown in Shannon has murder conviction upheld
The Court of Appeal in Dublin has upheld murder convictions against two men in the death of a 23-year-old in June 2014. Leszek Sychulec, aged 35, from Drinan,...
Dispute over facts of IRA firearms case
A man from County Dublin has had his sentencing adjourned at the Special Criminal Court following a dispute over the facts of a firearms case. Eamon McNamee,...
PHD student jailed for life after brutally murdering mum-of-three for pay
A man from Castleblayney, County Monaghan has been sentenced to life imprisonment following his guilty plea to murder at the Central Criminal Court. Anthony...
Barrister who examined McCabe tells tribunal his "conscience remains clear"
A senior barrister who cross-examined garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe at the 2015 O'Higgins Commission of Investigation has told the Charleton...
Students to be allowed return to rented house
Four students renting a property at Lifford Park, South Circular Road, Limerick have been granted the right to return to their home following a High Court...
Man left brother with brain injury after "vicious" assault while "mentally unstable"
A Ballina man has received a three and a half year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to assaulting his brother in...
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