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Bundoran · June 27, 2016

Garda who harassed female colleague is committed to Central Mental Hospital

A garda from Bundoran, County Donegal, has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital following a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity at Dublin...

Letterkenny · June 27, 2016

Murder accused made video confession, trial hears

Krzystof Grzegorski (22) made a video confession from England after learning his co-accused had been arrested for a killing he carried out, the Central...

Ballymahon · June 27, 2016

Suspended sentence for man who falsely imprisoned murder victim

At the Central Criminal Court, Symon Tarkowski, a Polish national aged 28 from Tullamore, County Offaly, received a suspended sentence of five years for his...

Letterkenny · June 24, 2016

Murder accused has only "flashbacks" due to drink

At the Central Criminal Court, Dariusz Weckowicz has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Bogdan Michalkiewicz on 13 May 2013 at Westside Apartments in...

Letterkenny · June 23, 2016

Murder accused "100% sure" he didn't kill, trial hears

Two men stand accused of murdering Bogdan Michalkiewicz on May 13, 2013, at Westside Apartments in Letterkenny, County Donegal. The Central Criminal Court...

Letterkenny · June 23, 2016

Accused told gardai he was "more than 100% sure" he wasn't killer

At the Central Criminal Court, a former Detective Sergeant gave evidence regarding statements made by a man accused of murder. Michael Carroll told the court...

Letterkenny · June 22, 2016

Pathologist tells murder trial of "highly unusual" injuries to deceased

A consultant pathologist with 28 years' experience told the Central Criminal Court that she had never encountered injuries of the type found on a man...

Letterkenny · June 21, 2016

Deceased's DNA matched blood found on murder accused's clothes, trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a forensic expert testified that blood found on clothing and a shoe belonging to Dariusz Weckowicz matched that of Bogdan...

Buncrana · June 20, 2016 Also covered in Carndonagh

Donegal man who killed parents with axe is comitted to Central Mental Hospital

A 43-year-old man from Carndonagh, County Donegal, has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, Dublin, following a verdict of not guilty by...

Sligo · June 20, 2016

Father sexually abused daughter "nearly every day" for a decade

A man in his fifties appeared before the Central Criminal Court in relation to serious sexual offences committed against his daughter over a decade-long...

Letterkenny · June 20, 2016

Blood on ceiling of home, murder trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a detective from the Garda Technical Bureau described evidence gathered at an apartment in Westside, Letterkenny, following the...

Letterkenny · June 17, 2016

Murder accused got on knees to deny involvement in killing, witness tells jury

A witness at the Central Criminal Court told the jury that a man accused of murder knelt down and swore on his knees that he had not been involved in the...

Bundoran · June 16, 2016

Garda found not guilty of harassing married colleague by reason of insanity

A garda from Bundoran, County Donegal, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of harassing a married female sergeant at a Dublin garda station...

Letterkenny · June 16, 2016

Murder accused was "aggressive" on day of alleged killing, trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a witness told a murder trial that one of the two accused appeared intoxicated and displayed unusual aggression on the date of...

Bundoran · June 16, 2016

Garda (40) who harassed colleague was suffering from early-onset dementia, psychiatrists say

A garda from Bundoran, County Donegal, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of harassment against a married...

Bundoran · June 15, 2016

Garda pleads not guilty to harassment by reason of insanity

A member of An Garda Síochána from Bundoran, County Donegal, has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with harassment offences. Garda Donal...

Bundoran · June 15, 2016

Garda harassed female sergeant with Valentine's Card, emails and Facebook request

A garda stationed in Bundoran, County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to two counts of harassment against a female sergeant at Dublin...

Letterkenny · June 15, 2016

Witness tells murder trial of discovering brother's "smashed" body

At the Central Criminal Court, a jury in a murder trial heard evidence from the brother of the deceased, who discovered his sibling's badly beaten body at...

Roscommon · June 14, 2016

Abuser appeals 18-year sentence for repeated rape of girl

A man from Clare has appealed an 18-year prison sentence imposed for the sexual abuse of a child over a three-year period. The 26-year-old, who cannot be...

Drumshanbo · June 14, 2016 Also covered in Carrick-on-Shannon

Judge orders return of stolen takeaway cash

A judge at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has ordered the return of cash stolen from a Leitrim takeaway after it was recovered from an employee at Dublin...

Cavan · June 14, 2016

Uncle who raped his niece is jailed

A man from Cavan has received a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence following his conviction for the rape of his teenage niece in the mid-1990s. The Central...

Letterkenny · June 14, 2016

Arthritic man living alone had head smashed in with television, murder trial to hear

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard evidence today of a violent attack on a Polish man at Westside Apartments in Letterkenny, Co Donegal....

Ballymahon · June 13, 2016

Cage fighter jailed for life for "shocking" murder of man left to drown in Shannon

A cage fighter and another man have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 23-year-old man who was beaten unconscious and left to drown in...

Ballymahon · June 13, 2016

Polish man "out of his depth" when he helped murderers, court hears

A 28-year-old Polish national has been remanded on bail pending sentence after pleading guilty to false imprisonment and withholding information in connection...

Letterkenny · June 13, 2016

Pair to stand trial accused of Donegal murder

Two men from Letterkenny, County Donegal, are to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of Bogdan Michalkiewicz. Dariusz Weckowicz, aged 51,...

Killala · June 10, 2016 Also covered in Boyle

Former owner of Bartragh Island entitled to €700k in damages, High Court rules

The High Court has awarded approximately €700,000 in damages to Mary Molloy, the former owner of Bartragh Island in Killala Bay, County Mayo. Ms Justice...

Convoy · June 10, 2016

Community service for man caught with €300k in prescription drugs

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a man from Dublin has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service after pleading guilty to possession with intent to...

Ballina · June 09, 2016 Also covered in Castlebar

Mayo man with 96 previous convictions fails in criminal damage appeal

A man with 96 previous convictions has failed in his appeal against a sentence for criminal damage imposed at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. Anthony Foody,...

Buncrana · June 09, 2016 Also covered in Carndonagh

Donegal man who killed parents with axe found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity

A man from Carndonagh, County Donegal, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of the murder of his parents at their home on October 22, 2014. Julian...

Mayo · June 09, 2016

"Monster" who sexually abused daughters described as "kind and compassionate" in references handed to court

A man from County Mayo has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction on eight counts of...

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