Gardaí received bomb threats on eve of Queen's visit to Ireland, trial hears
A man charged in connection with bomb threats made to Longford garda station during a state visit by Queen Elizabeth II in May 2011 has pleaded not guilty to...
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IRA accused granted bail
Two men from County Sligo have been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court following their arrest in Co Leitrim during an operation targeting dissident...
Two men charged with IRA membership
Two men from County Sligo have been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army. Damhan McFadden, aged 27, of...
Probation Act for man who shot burglar at elderly father's farm
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a 51-year-old man from Inniskeen, County Monaghan, was given the benefit of the Probation Act after pleading guilty to...
74-year-old man charged in connection with killing of M15 spy is granted bail
A 74-year-old man has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court following his arrest in County Donegal on charges relating to the 2006 killing of Denis...
Issues over interconnector case referred to European Courts
A High Court judge has referred legal questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding cost allocation in proceedings connected to the...
Dutch skipper of former "Atlantic Dawn" fails in appeal against conviction for breaching fishing regulations
A Dutch skipper has failed in his appeal against conviction for breaching EU fishing regulations in Irish waters. Gerrit Plug, aged 59, was found guilty by...
Application to jail father of family who illegally moved in to council house
An application to commit to prison the father of a family accused of unlawfully occupying a local authority house in Kenagh, Co Longford, was adjourned by the...
74-year-old man charged with withholding information over killing of MI5 agent
A 74-year-old man appeared before the Special Criminal Court on Thursday charged with withholding information relating to the 2006 killing of Denis Donaldson,...
Retired D4 guesthouse owner jailed for historic abuse of niece
A retired guesthouse owner has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment following his conviction for the sexual abuse of his young niece during a 1985 summer...
Jail for IRA man caught with assault rifles in Slane
Shane Rowan, aged 39, from Forest Park, Killygordan, County Donegal, has been sentenced to seven and a half years' imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court...
Sentence cut for attempted cash van robbery
A man's sentence for attempted robbery of a cash-in-transit van has been reduced by the Court of Appeal. Joseph Warren, aged 32, was convicted by jury at...
Donegal man pleads guilty to possession of AK47-type rifles
A 39-year-old man from Killygordan in County Donegal has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin to multiple charges including possession of...
Great-granddad received "chilling" text messages during garda detention
A man from Cabra West in Dublin has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, following his conviction for involvement...
DPP to appeal Pearse McAuley's 12-year sentence for attacking estranged wife
The Director of Public Prosecutions will argue before the Court of Appeal in November that a 12-year prison sentence imposed on a man for attacking his...
Self-proclaimed "whistle-blower" found guilty of harassing garda
A Dublin man has been convicted of harassing a garda sergeant through approximately 50 online posts and harassing phone calls over a two-year period. Sean...
Longford man was in "dire financial circumstances" when he allowed IED construction at his home
A 29-year-old man from Ballymahon, County Longford, has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court, with one year...
Paedophile jailed for abusing his daughter
A man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final year suspended for three years, at the Central Criminal Court for the sexual abuse of his...
Ruling on dangerous driving causing death trial overturned
The Court of Appeal has overturned a Circuit Court ruling that a man was unfit to stand trial for dangerous driving causing death. Robert Harrison, aged 25,...
Assault rifle accused faces additional charge
A 39-year-old man from Killygordan in County Donegal has been charged with unlawful possession of ammunition before the Special Criminal Court. Shane Rowan...
Harassment accused considers himself "whistleblower", trial hears
A man charged with harassing a garda sergeant considers himself a whistleblower exposing police corruption, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. Sean...
Charge of harassment dropped against garda who was committed to Central Mental Hospital
A harassment charge against a garda from Bundoran, County Donegal has been withdrawn at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Garda Donal Maguire, aged 40, had...
Polish man who dropped television on murder victim's head is jailed for life
At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on 5 July 2016, Krzystof Grzegorski, aged 22, was found guilty of the murder of Bogdan Michalkiewicz, 41, at Westside...
Skipper of one of world's largest trawlers appeals conviction for breaching fishing regulations
Gerrit Plug, a 59-year-old Dutch national, has appealed his conviction for breaching European Union fishing regulations in Irish waters. Plug was found guilty...
Pair appeal convictions for abuse committed more than 40 years ago
Two men convicted of historical sexual abuse have brought appeals against their convictions to the Court of Appeal. Francis McLoughlin, aged 66, of Mahanagh,...
Jury to continue deliberating in Donegal murder trial
A jury in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court will resume deliberations tomorrow after nearly three hours of consideration on Monday. The defendant,...
Notorious serial killer Mark Nash seeks damages over trial delay
A five-judge Supreme Court heard an application by convicted serial killer Mark Nash seeking damages over delays in his prosecution for murders in Dublin....
Jail for violent car-jacker
A man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in two violent car-jackings committed on the same night in...
Murder accused freed after three years in custody
A Polish man has been released from custody at the Central Criminal Court after three years in detention. Justice Patrick McCarthy directed the jury to acquit...
Murder accused started drinking at age 14, trial hears
At the Central Criminal Court, a 22-year-old man from Letterkenny, County Donegal has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection...
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