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Mayo · February 18, 2022 Also covered in Lack

Late court sitting sees extradition of UK man wanted over fatal street stabbing

(Pictured: Kane Hull (L) & Liam Porter (R). Photo: Collins) A British man who is one of two males wanted over a fatal street stabbing in Carlisle is to be...

Virginia · February 18, 2022 Also covered in Castleblayney, Convoy

Former GAA star guilty of ATM thefts with notorious cross-border gang

(Pictured: Daniel O'Callaghan. Photo: Collins) The Special Criminal Court has found that a GAA club All-Ireland winner was involved with a cross-border gang...

Lack · February 16, 2022

Man who bit and threatened to kill gardai while on bail gets suspended sentence

(Pictured: Leon Travers. Photo: Collins) By Isabel Hayes & Brion Hoban A man who bit a garda and threw a fan at another after threatening to have "a bullet...

Mayo · February 16, 2022 Also covered in Sligo

Delivery driver forced to relieve himself into bottle, WRC hears

A delivery driver says he was forced to relieve himself into a bottle because he was under pressure to make cross-country runs lasting up to 10 hours for an...

Greencastle · February 16, 2022

Bargaintown owner received 'eccentric and absurd' correspondence about property, High Court hears

The owner of the Bargaintown chain of furniture stores has secured a High Court injunction requiring several parties to vacate a commercial property it...

Donagh · February 15, 2022

Decision to drop arson charges reversed after victim complained, accused claims

There has been a “catalogue of errors” by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in a case against a man charged with setting fire to a house while his...

Lack · February 15, 2022

Boy whose 'pathway' to raping cousin began with viewing porn at young age has sentence suspended

By Declan Brennan & Brion Hoban A teenage boy whose pathway to raping his young cousin was the viewing of adult pornography on his mobile phone at an early...

Lack · February 14, 2022

Sex assault charges dropped after judge rules informal identification was unfair

A man has had charges of sexually assaulting a school girl on the LUAS dropped after a judge ruled that an informal identification of him by the teenager was...

Lack · February 14, 2022

Rapist gets six years for attack on woman he invited for coffee

A man who raped a woman he had invited out for coffee has been jailed for six years following a trial at the Central Criminal Court. Edmond Cikalleshi (49) of...

Letterkenny · February 14, 2022 Also covered in Raphoe

Donegal Co Council seeks injunction preventing Frank McBrearty Jnr from attending meetings

Donegal County Council is seeking a High Court order to enforce the suspension of one of its elected members, Councillor Frank McBrearty Jnr, preventing him...

Ballina · February 11, 2022 Also covered in Ballisodare

Woman left paralysed speaks of relief after driver fails in bid to restore license

(File Picture: Victim Ms Lydia Branley. Photo: Collins) A women who was left paralysed after the car she was a passenger in crashed into a field at high speed...

Lack · February 11, 2022

The Monk & ex Sinn Fein councillor fail in bid to halt Special Criminal Court trial

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch and former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall have lost their High Court actions aimed at preventing them from being tried before...

Ballymote · February 11, 2022 Also covered in Lack

Growhouse 'manager' fails in bid to have 4-year jail term reduced

A cannabis growhouse "manager" who was caught "red-handed" alongside the teenage "gardener" has lost his bid to have his jail term reduced. Danius...

Convoy · February 10, 2022

Use of phone records to convict 'ruthless' Kinahan hitman a breach of his privacy, appeal told

The use of mobile phones records to convict a "ruthless" Kinahan hitman of the attempted murder of James Mago' Gately was a breach of his right to privacy...

Lack · February 10, 2022

Fisherman died from single stab wound to heart, murder trial hears

(Pictured: Retired Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis. Photo: Collins) A fisherman who entered a teenage boy's home in the early hours of the morning...

Ballinrobe · February 09, 2022 Also covered in Lecarrow

Woman who told colleague to 'shove his job up his ass' resolves action

A woman who told a senior colleague she claims had bullied her to "shove his job up his ass" has resolved her High Court action aimed at stopping her employer...

Lack · February 09, 2022

Mum who drove drunk with kids in car may be discharged from indictment

By Declan Brennan and Sonya McLean A health care student who drove home drunk from a friend's house party with her young children in the back of the car may...

Lack · February 08, 2022

Rape victim pictured 'all the ways she could end her life', court hears

By Claire Henry & Sonya McLean A woman has described to the Central Criminal Court how she would lay in bed and picture all the ways she could end her life...

Crossmolina · February 08, 2022

Irish sex offender told to 'go live in a tent', extradition appeal hears

(Pictured: Martin Jude Wall. Photo: Collins) An Irish man who was jailed for trying to entice a child for indecent purposes was told to “go and live in a...

Lack · February 08, 2022

Trial of taxi driver accused of causing serious harm collapses

The trial of a taxi driver whose car struck an elderly woman has collapsed after a judge ruled that there was a lack of evidence to convict her of careless...

Lack · February 08, 2022

Supreme Court rejects extradition sought on 1999 offences

The Supreme Court has refused to order the extradition of a Polish man wanted in his home country to serve a prison sentence for "relatively minor" drugs...

Boyle · February 08, 2022 Also covered in Claremorris, Geevagh

Drunk driver sacked from Iarnród Éireann job claims he was unfairly dismissed

An electrician jailed for smashing his father’s car into a group of cyclists while driving drunk and uninsured claims he was unfairly dismissed from Iarnród...

Mayo · February 08, 2022

Trial of solicitor Michael Lynn to begin tomorrow

(Pictured: Michael Lynn. Photo: Collins) A jury has been empanelled in the multi-million euro theft trial of former solicitor Michael Lynn, which is due to...

Carrickmacross · February 07, 2022

Serial conman who duped victims out of €150k has jail sentence increased

A serial conman who, according to a senior judge, had “twisted the knife” into his victims when he duped them out of almost €150,000, has had his jail...

Lack · February 07, 2022

Jim Mansfield Jnr jailed for 18 months for perverting course of justice

(Pictured: Jim Mansfield Jnr. Photo: Collins) Property magnate Jim Mansfield Jnr, who ordered the destruction of CCTV footage showing him with a former...

Lack · February 04, 2022

Garda whistleblower says serious allegations 'ignored' by management

(Pictured: Retired Sergeant William Hughes. Photo: Collins) A retired Garda Sergeant has said he was ignored by management when making "the most serious...

Lack · February 03, 2022

UK pair wanted over fatal stabbing argue charges are unclear

Two British men wanted over a fatal street stabbing have argued that they should not be surrendered to the UK because of a lack of clarity on the charges they...

Lack · February 03, 2022

Taxi driver goes on trial accused of careless driving causing serious harm

A taxi driver has denied she was driving carelessly when her car hit an elderly woman crossing the road on a winter's morning five years ago. Sinead Roche...

Longford · February 02, 2022

Hotel's credit card requirement discriminatory to Travellers, WRC finds

A Co Cork hotel has been ordered to pay compensation of €16,000 to three Traveller women after the Workplace Relations Commission ruled they were...

Carndonagh · February 02, 2022 Also covered in Culdaff

Fake tenant who took part in rent deposit scam avoids jail

(Pictured: Robert Long. Photo: Collins) A fake tenant in a rental scam that defrauded six potential tenants out of almost €11,000 by taking deposits for an...

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