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Lack · June 15, 2022

Teen (18) who raped girl when he was a juvenile is jailed

By Peter Murtagh An 18-year-old who was a juvenile when he orally raped and sexually assaulted a teenage girl has been jailed for 21 months. There were...

Lack · June 14, 2022

Lidl unfairly sacked deputy manager who discounted €7 worth of baked goods

Lidl has been ordered to pay over €21,000 to a deputy manager who was unfairly sacked over discounting €7.20 worth of baked goods for himself to buy close to...

Lack · June 14, 2022

Sergeant's allegations that investigation was 'a sham' were 'very disturbing', retired senior garda tells trial

(Pictured: Retired Garda Sergeant Paul Barry. Photo: Collins) A retired senior garda officer has told the Disclosures Tribunal that she was "hurt" and...

Lack · June 03, 2022

'Not a shred of humanity': sentences totalling 66 years over gang rape of girl (17)

(Pictured: Marcos Vinicius De Silva Umbelino (L) and Eduardo Dias Ferreira Filho (R). Photo: Collins) Five men who took part in the gang rape of a 17-year-old...

Lack · June 03, 2022

Retired garda tells tribunal he couldn't have conspired to put sergeant 'in harm's way'

A retired Garda superintendent has told the Disclosures Tribunal that he could not have conspired with other senior gardaí to place a sergeant in the same...

Lack · June 02, 2022

Chief Superintendent tells tribunal he was 'taken aback' by medical cert

A Garda Chief Superintendent has told the Disclosures Tribunal that he was "taken aback" by a medical certificate issued to a sergeant that cleared him as...

Mayo · June 02, 2022

'I fear for my personal safety around this man': Landlord jailed for 'campaign of terror' against former tenant

(Pictured: Thomas Armstrong. Photo: Collins) By Sonya McLean and Jessica Magee A woman has told a court that she fears for her personal safety around her...

Sligo · June 01, 2022

Nine years for man (59) who twice raped woman after Tinder date

By Isabel Hayes and Sonya McLean A Sligo man who twice raped a woman he had just met on Tinder has been jailed for nine years. Christopher Feeney (59) was...

Monaghan · June 01, 2022

Serial offender who posed as garda during 'vicious' robbery of teens gets seven years

A serial offender who posed as a garda during a "vicious" robbery of two teenagers he carried out while on bail has been jailed for seven years. Dylan Murphy...

Lack · May 31, 2022

Senior garda tells tribunal of 'huge effect' of allegations

A Garda Superintendent whom a sergeant accused of "covering up" a child sex abuse allegation says he was prevented from doing his job due to the conditions of...

Lack · May 31, 2022

Jail for man (66) who abused sister-in-law in 1970s

(Pictured: Albert Tucker. Photo: Collins) By Claire Henry A Dublin man has been jailed for four years after being convicted on multiple counts of indecent...

Lack · May 30, 2022

Supreme Court upholds miscarriage of justice finding in case of mentally ill man jailed for murdering infant son

(File Picture: Mr Yusuf Ali Abdi. Photo: Collins) The Supreme Court has, in a significant decision, upheld a finding that the case of a mentally ill man who...

Lack · May 30, 2022

Jail for man who stabbed mother's partner while in drug-induced psychosis

A man who stabbed his mother's partner in the neck during a drug-induced psychosis has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for causing him serious harm...

Lack · May 27, 2022

Kinahan Cartel helper made 'schoolboy error' of using own name, judge notes

(File Picture: Martin Aylmer. Photo: Collins) A criminal made the "schoolboy error" of using his own name and car when he imported tracking devices that the...

Castlebar · May 27, 2022

Adjudicator ruled out calling gardai in Ammi Burke case

The Workplace Relations Commission official in charge of Ammi Burke’s unfair dismissal case last month considered the option of calling gardaí in to remove...

Lack · May 27, 2022

Garda says he was told by senior officer to 'cover up' child sex abuse allegation

(Pictured: Retired Garda Sergeant Paul Barry. Photo: Collins) A former Garda sergeant says he was told by his superior to "cover up" the alleged sexual abuse...

Lack · May 26, 2022

Former garda detective jailed for multiple sex attacks on sister in 1970s

By Claire Henry and Declan Brennan A former garda detective has been jailed for four years for multiple sex attacks on his younger sister in the 1970s. The...

Lack · May 26, 2022

'A simple case of greed and theft': State gives closing speech in Michael Lynn trial

(Pictured: Prosecution barrister Patrick McGrath SC. Photo: Collins) The case against former solicitor Michael Lynn is “a simple case of greed and theft” and...

Ballyshannon · May 25, 2022

Truck driver given suspended sentence for moving €900k in drugs is jailed after appeal

A truck driver who avoided a jail term after being caught ‘red-handed’ transporting drugs worth an estimated €900,000 has been jailed for four years after the...

Lack · May 25, 2022

Investigation into complaint over handling of child sex allegation a 'sham', sergeant claimed

(Pictured: Retired Garda Sergeant Paul Barry. Photo: Collins) by Paul Nielan A former garda sergeant has told the Disclosures Tribunal that an investigation...

Claremorris · May 24, 2022

Mayo solicitor admits stealing cash

A former solicitor has been remanded on bail for sentence next November after he admitted to stealing cash from a number of people. David Doyle (68) with an...

Lack · May 24, 2022

Money mule avoids jail

By Claire Henry A pizzeria manager has been given a two-year suspended sentence for allowing his bank account be used for money laundering when he was a...

Lack · May 24, 2022

Former sergeant says he 'puked up guts' on return to work due to stress

(Pictured: Retired Garda Sergeant Paul Barry. Photo: Collins) A former sergeant who claims he was bullied and harassed by garda management has told the...

Lack · May 23, 2022

McVerry Trust offers counselling to man who stabbed mother's partner in neck

The Peter McVerry Trust has offered addiction counselling to a man who stabbed his mother's partner in the neck during a drug-induced psychosis, the Central...

Swanlinbar · May 20, 2022 Also covered in Ballyconnell

Sean Quinn allegedly "trespassing" on lands owned by his former companies, court hears

(Pictured: Sean Quinn) by Aodhan O'Faolain Former billionaire Sean Quinn said he could not attend today at a High Court hearing aimed at preventing him from...

Lack · May 20, 2022

Former garda "physically sick" at being in same room as alleged bully

(Pictured: Paul Barry at the Disclosures Tribunal. Photo: Collins) By Paul Neilan A former garda sergeant has told the Disclosures Tribunal that he was...

Lack · May 19, 2022

Former sergeant tells tribunal he hated returning to work

(Pictured: Retired Garda Sergeant Paul Barry. Photo: Collins) A former garda sergeant has told the Disclosures Tribunal that he "hated" being forced to return...

Lack · May 19, 2022

Aramark ordered to pay €45k to catering manager for unfair dismissal

A manager at catering firm Aramark has been awarded €45,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal after a ruling that his redundancy during the first pandemic...

Swanlinbar · May 18, 2022 Also covered in Ballyconnell

Mannok companies take action against Sean Quinn alleging trespass

(File Picture: Sean Quinn. Photo: Collins) Two companies that were once part of the Quinn Group have launched High Court proceedings against former...

Lack · May 17, 2022

Retired sergeant claimed senior garda prevented proper investigation of child sex assault allegation

A retired Garda sergeant claimed that the proper investigation of a child sexual assault allegation was prevented by a superintendent who bullied and harassed...

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