States drops charge against childminder accused of causing serious harm to infant
The Director of Public Prosecutions has discontinued proceedings against a Cavan childminder who faced allegations of causing serious harm to an infant....
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Defence put alleged "inconsistencies" to investigating garda in rape trial
A garda leading the investigation into an alleged rape in County Donegal was cross-examined at the Central Criminal Court regarding the handling of evidence...
Investigator told DPP of "inconsistency" between complainant's account and CCTV footage, trial hears
A garda investigator has told the Central Criminal Court that he identified an inconsistency between CCTV footage and a complainant's account in an alleged...
Drumm gets suspended sentence over illegal "Maple 10" loan scheme
David Drumm, former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank, has received a fully suspended sentence of fifteen months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his...
Alleged rape victim was "drunk but herself", trial hears
A trial at the Central Criminal Court heard evidence yesterday concerning allegations against a 19-year-old youth charged with rape in County Donegal. The...
Jury view CCTV footage of teens before and after alleged rape
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage from Donegal Town showing a teenager accused of rape before and after the alleged offences on St...
Alleged rape victim (18) breaks down in cross-examination
An 18-year-old woman testified at the Central Criminal Court regarding allegations that she was raped in Donegal Town on March 18, 2016, following St...
Owner of debt recovery business used fake documents to get mortgage
A Dublin businessman has admitted to submitting fraudulent documents to obtain a €71,000 mortgage from Ulster Bank in April 2016. Kevin Molloy, aged 49, of...
Legal argument in trial of teen accused of raping girl (16)
A trial at the Central Criminal Court concerning charges of rape and sexual assault allegedly committed in County Donegal in March 2016 has entered legal...
Teen goes on trial accused of raping girl (16)
A trial has begun at the Central Criminal Court concerning allegations of rape and sexual assault following an incident in Co Donegal on St Patrick's Day...
"Help help please": girl (16) tells trial she texted friend during alleged rape
A trial began at the Central Criminal Court on charges arising from an alleged rape in County Donegal in March 2016. The complainant, now aged 18, gave...
Homeless man issued threatening note in "bizarre" attempt to get cash
A homeless man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to demanding money with menaces following an incident at a store in Clontarf on 16 July 2017....
Man who robbed pizzeria with chainsaw-wielding accomplice avoids jail
A 25-year-old man has received a fully suspended sentence for his involvement in an armed robbery at a pizzeria in Tallaght in September 2015. Craig Dempsey,...
"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...
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....
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