'Life affirming' case sees teen adopted by foster mum
The High Court has formally approved the adoption of a non-national teenager by the woman who had cared for the child for many years after their birth mother...
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All-Ireland club football champ goes on trial accused of stealing ATMs for gang
A former All-Ireland club football champion has pleaded not guilty to possessing more than €400,000 in cash that was stolen from ATMs by a criminal gang in...
Man jailed for defiling teenage cousin (16)
A man who defiled his teenage cousin on the grounds of a church has received a prison sentence of 30 months. The 32-year-old man, who cannot be named to...
Child rapist gets 10 years after victim's 'torture' in quest for justice
(Pictured: Liam Carr. Photo: Collins) By Isabel Hayes & Sonya McLean A child rapist who repeatedly abused a teenage boy over 25 years ago has been jailed for...
'A parent's worse nightmare': uncle raped nephew while babysitting
The parents of two small children who were sexually abused by their uncle while he was babysitting have described the attacks as “a parent's worst nightmare”....
Dispute over operation of EBS branches is resolved
A legal action arising out of a decision by EBS to terminate an agency agreement with a financial services company to operate three of the building society's...
Monaghan brothers admit involvement in cross-border ATM gang
Two Monaghan brothers admitted to their involvement with a cross-border gang that used excavators to carry off ATMs by entering guilty pleas to a number of...
'Daddy was a hero': UK man gets life for brutal murder of Irish boxing champ
(Kevin Sheehy's mother Tracey Tully hugs a supporter outside court today. Photo: Collins) The mother of Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy has said that his...
Man admits role in ATM thefts by cross-border gang
A man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to attempting to steal a restaurant ATM in Cavan and to moving cash for a cross-border gang. Ciaran...
In society's interest that producer of child abuse material continues with rehabilitation, court rules
(Pictured: Robert Traynor. Photo: Collins) It is in society’s interest that an IT worker who made child abuse material and was caught with nearly two thousand...
Dept of Agriculture official has some animal welfare convictions quashed after court error
The High Court has set aside certain convictions and sentences imposed on an official with the Department of Agriculture who admitted having dead and injured...
Environmental group in fresh challenge to flood relief scheme
The High Court has allowed an environmental group to bring a fresh challenge against a controversial flood relief scheme being constructed by Roscommon County...
'A decent man': the kidnap and torture of Kevin Lunney
Kevin Lunney spoke slowly and calmly as he described the fear he felt that nobody would come to help as he crawled along a country road, shivering from the...
Gardai rescued woman from Tinder rapist after telling her to hang towel from balcony
A woman who was raped by a man she met on Tinder was rescued by gardaí after she hung a towel on his balcony, identifying his apartment, a court has heard....
Former GAA coach who raped and beat boy is jailed
By Brion Hoban and Sonya McLean A former GAA coach who groomed, raped, beat and harassed a boy he mentored at their local club has been jailed for nine years....
Guilty of murder: jury unanimous in convicting husband who said stroke diminished responsibility
Alan Ward has been found guilty by unanimous jury verdict of murdering his wife Catherine Ward by stabbing her to death in their Dublin home two years ago....
Delivery driver jailed for 'shocking' road rage attack
(Pictured: Aiman Khalel. Photo: Collins) A delivery man has been jailed for attacking another van driver with a wheel lock after a “minor road rage incident”...
Lunney kidnappers get combined 70 years
(Pictured: Presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt. Photo: Collins) The Special Criminal Court has imposed a 30-year prison sentence on the man known as YZ, who...
'Could have happened to any of us': driver fined for hitting elderly man
A driver has been fined €750 for hitting an elderly man who was attempting to cross the road and who was left with serious injuries. Jessy Feval (31) struck...
Victim in court to see rapist weep and ask for conviction to be quashed
A woman who was raped 20 times by her sister’s partner when she was a schoolgirl was in court today as her attacker wept and asked for his conviction to be...
Media remain gagged from naming criminal who inflicted serious injuries on Kevin Lunney
The media are to remain gagged from naming the criminal known as YZ, who inflicted most of businessman Kevin Lunney's serious injuries during his kidnap...
No jail for man who snapped and drunkenly shared garda intelligence board
(Pictured: Noel Shannon. Photo: Collins) By Brion Hoban and Fiona Ferguson An electrician who leaked pictures of garda intelligence containing the personal...
Jury deliberating in trial of husband accused of murdering wife
(Pictured: Trial judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt. Photo: Collins) If Alan Ward intended to kill his wife Catherine Ward when he stabbed her to death, the jury in...
Drugs available 'all over Instagram and Facebook', court hears
A self-confessed drug dealer told gardai that drugs are available "all over Instagram and Facebook”, the circuit court has heard. The former fruit and veg...
Second man admits to role in ATM thefts by cross-border gang
(Pictured: Stephen Duffy. Photo: Collins) A Monaghan man has become the second male to admit to his involvement in the thefts of ATMS by a destructive...
High Court application to keep criminal who seriously injured Kevin Lunney anonymous
An application to extend an order preserving the anonymity of the criminal known as YZ, who inflicted most of businessman Kevin Lunney's serious injuries...
Jail for man who sexually assaulted daughter's friend
A man who sexually assaulted his daughter’s best friend while the child was staying in their family home has been jailed for two years. The now 54-year-old...
Closing speeches in murder trial of husband accused of stabbing wife to death
A murder trial jury must consider what Alan Ward intended when he drove a knife into his wife Catherine Ward's body, a barrister for the prosecution has told...
Woman jailed for role in violent taxi hijacking
A woman who took part in the violent hijacking of a taxi been jailed for 20 months. Nikkita Brogan (24) released the taxi driver’s seatbelt so that the men...
Former vet wanted to face bestiality charges will be extradited to UK
The High Court has ordered the extradition of a former veterinary surgeon who is wanted in the UK to face multiple charges of sexual activity with animals and...
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