Sentence for threatening to kill Castlerea gardai is reduced on appeal
A judge erred in imposing a nine-year jail term on a man who threatened to kill former colleagues of Detective Garda Colm Horkan in a sentence hearing that...
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Man sentenced for threats to kill Castlerea gardai just days after death of Colm Horkan
A man who man threatened to kill gardai stationed at Castlerea was jailed for six years days after their colleague Garda Colm Horkan was shot dead in the line...
Pensioner's conviction for abusing granddaughter (9) is upheld
A 71-year-old man who was jailed for five years for repeatedly sexually assaulting his nine-year-old granddaughter while he was babysitting her has lost his...
Keane Mulready Woods murder trial to be delayed, court hears
The trial of two men accused of murdering Keane Mulready Woods will not go ahead next month as scheduled as gardai continue to investigate the killing and...
Child abuse victims tell court of devastating effects on lives
By Declan Brennan & Sonya McLean Three child abuse victims who were attacked in their own beds as they slept have told a court of the devastating effects of...
Gay man's challenge against State's refusal to grant him asylum is dismissed
The High Court has rejected a gay man's challenge against a decision denying him international protection and asylum status in the State. The man, who cannot...
Builder has €19m in debt written off as court approves PIA
The High Court has approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement allowing a 59-year-old man to write-off over €19m in debt. The PIA was approved in respect of Mr...
Banned driver with mental illness avoids jail after evidence he was under influence of nephew
By Declan Brennan and Fiona Ferguson A repeatedly banned dangerous driver who claimed his nephew was in the car threatening him with a Taser during a garda...
Protruding cash bundle led to €16k crime cash find
By Brion Hoban & Isabel Hayes A "foot solider" who was caught with over €16,000 in crime cash when a garda noticed a bundle of cash sticking out of his pocket...
Victim believed abuser had built shed for purposes of sexually assaulting her
A sexual predator, whose victim believed had built a shed in his garden for the purpose of committing sex assaults against her, has complained that the...
Ammi Burke's claim against Arthur Cox collapses after repeated interruptions
Sacked solicitor Ammi Burke’s unfair dismissal claim has been thrown out by the Workplace Relations Commission after her summons request for additional...
Ammi Burke has 'victim mentality', senior lawyer tells WRC hearing
A senior partner at top law firm Arthur Cox has said she believes sacked solicitor Ammi Burke has a “victim mentality” and “no understanding of how to behave...
Pair have convictions for murdering dissident republican upheld
(Pictured: Sharif Kelly. Photo: Collins) Two men convicted of the gun murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly have lost appeals against their...
Man avoids jail for vicious robbery of first year student
One of two men who viciously attacked and robbed a first year student on a university campus has received a fully suspended sentence. Alex Cullen (27) and...
Jail for man who followed and punched man who broke into his home, leading to fatal fall
(Pictured: Ian Moore. Photo: Collins) By Fiona Ferguson & Brion Hoban A man who followed and punched a father-of-four who broke into his home, leading to a...
Lawyer claiming unfair dismissal says adjudicator is "comrade" of opposing barrister
By Stephen Bourke Solicitor Ammi Burke, who is seeking her old job back at one of Ireland’s top law firms, has demanded the adjudicator appointed to hear her...
Gerry Adams ordered to pay costs to BBC for pre-trial hearings
(Pictured: Former SF Leader Gerry Adams. Photo: Collins) By Aodhan O'Faolain A High Court judge has ordered Gerry Adams to pay the legal costs of two...
"Cash-for-visas" company failed to pay employee for four months
By Stephen Bourke A firm promoting Irish property investments under the government’s cash-for-visas scheme has been ordered to pay a former employee €12,400...
Drugs "courier" in custody after appeal court quashes unduly lenient sentence
By Peter Doyle A man who avoided a jail term after being caught "red-handed" transporting drugs worth an estimated €900,000 was remanded in custody this...
Drugs mule avoids jail over €34k cocaine bust
(Pictured: Conor Costello. Photo: Collins) A drugs mule who was caught by gardai while he was moving over €34,000 in cocaine has received a fully suspended...
Garda claimed discrimination after breakfast cut short
A garda who claimed a work experience student at a hotel “smirked at” him and made his family cut their breakfast short because he’s a foreign national has...
Environmental group successfully resolves challenge to flood relief scheme
An Environmental group has successfully resolved a High Court challenge it brought against decision to approve a controversial County Roscommon flood relief...
No jail for man who threatened to kill and throw acid on woman's face
(Pictured: Jack Cleary. Photo: Collins) A man who threatened to throw acid in the face of a woman and kill her after the breakdown of their relationship has...
Cocaine mule's nerves led to stop by garda patrol
A man who aroused the suspicions of gardaí because of his nervous and agitated behaviour has been jailed for two and a half years for carrying just over...
Taxi driver jailed for causing serious harm to newly wed German man
(Pictured: Tajudeen Balogun. Photo: Collins) A taxi driver has been jailed for careless driving causing serious harm after he hit two young German newly-weds...
Mum says son who stabbed her partner in neck 'deserves second chance'
A mother whose son stabbed her partner in the neck in their family home has told the Central Criminal Court that the defendant "deserves a second chance in...
Suspended sentence for €900k drug haul too lenient, Court of Appeal finds
A man who avoided a prison sentence after being caught ‘red-handed’ transporting drugs worth an estimated €900,000 will be the subject of an arrest warrant if...
Application by Lunney abductor Harte must be on notice to DPP
(Pictured: Alan Harte. Photo: Collins) The High Court has directed that an application by Alan Harte, the career criminal who kidnapped and tortured Quinn...
Trial of Romanian man accused of murdering fellow national to resume next week
The trial of a Romanian man who denies the murder of a fellow national found severely beaten in a Dublin park will resume next week. The Central Criminal...
Start-up ordered to pay co-founder who claimed redundancy was a 'sham'
Financial services start-up Gecko Governance has been ordered to pay nearly €8,000 to one of its co-founders, who claimed before the Workplace Relations...
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