Man sent child abuse imagery to date
By Isabel Hayes & Brion Hoban A man with "low level" cognitive ability who sent child abuse imagery to a UK man he was dating online has been jailed for one...
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Irish man caught in US child abuse sting appeals extradition order
An Irish man caught in a police sting after he sent a nude selfie to a fake 13-year-old girl has launched an appeal against the decision to extradite him to...
Council not in contempt over flood relief scheme
The High Court has rejected claims that Roscommon County Council has breached a court order regarding a proposed flood relief scheme. Friends of the Irish...
Most special needs assessment cases resolved on consent, judge notes
A High Court judge has asked "as neutrally as possible" whether actions aimed at compelling the HSE to assess the requirements of special needs children...
High Court to rule on whether council breached court order
The High Court will rule later this week on whether Roscommon County Council has breached a court order in relation to a proposed flood relief scheme. The...
Man threatened to kill garda taking him to hospital
A young man who threatened to have a bullet put in a garda's head before biting her colleague will be sentenced to 150 hours of community service, provided he...
Murder accused admits to manslaughter, arson
A murder accused has admitted to manslaughter and arson over the death of a Co Cavan man in a house fire three years ago. Daniel Murray (39) of no fixed abode...
Murder accused dispenses with second legal team, rehires in part
Stephen Penrose, who is accused of murdering a man who met a "gruesome death" in a Kildare woods, has this afternoon "re-engaged" his solicitor, while his...
Abuser jailed for years of 'insidious' offending against four nieces
An abuser who engaged in “persistent, nasty and insidious” offending over a 12-year period against his four nieces, three of whom were children when the abuse...
Bid to adjourn Lunney verdict until after Dwyer case opinion is rejected
(Pictured: Mr Michael O'Higgins SC. Photo: Collins) The Special Criminal Court has rejected a defence bid to have the verdict in the trial of four men accused...
Environmental group used 'extreme language' to characterise council's actions, CEO says
The CEO of Roscommon County Council has denied claims by an environmental protection group that the local authority has breached an agreement over the halting...
Learner driver avoids jail for causing serious injuries to cyclist
A woman convicted of causing serious injuries to a cyclist after running her over while driving unaccompanied as a learner driver has been given a suspended...
Covid lockdown may have pressurised jury, serial abuser submits
The announcement of the first Covid lockdown in March last year may have put pressure on the jury in the case of a "true predator" who was later jailed for...
Man avoids jail for sharing child abuse material
A father-of-one who was caught with child abuse material after he shared such an image on Facebook has been given an 18-month suspended sentence. Ye Lin Aung...
Environmental group claims council is in contempt of court
An Environmental Protection group has claimed before the High Court that Roscommon County Council has breached an agreement over the halting of works on a...
Alleged IRA man wanted in NI claims no corresponding offence here
A Co Donegal man wanted in Northern Ireland for alleged terrorism offences has told the High Court that two of charges against him do not correspond with the...
Murder accused's father testifies at trial
The father of Stephen Penrose, who is accused of murdering a man whose decapitated body was found in a Kildare woods, has told a jury that the deceased was a...
Bar manager caught with 'stomach churning' child abuse material is jailed
A bar manager who was caught in possession of “stomach churning” files depicting children being sexually abused has been jailed for one year. A laptop...
Permission granted to appeal quashing of 'tallest' wind farm development
A High Court judge has allowed An Bord Pleanala to appeal his decision to quash planning permission for a wind farm which would include one of the tallest...
Conviction for repeated abuse of young boy upheld
A middle-aged man who was jailed for the historic sex abuse of his younger cousin at their grandmother’s home in the 1980s has lost his appeal against his...
UK pair wanted over fatal street stabbing lodge objections to surrender
Two men wanted in the UK in relation to a fatal street stabbing there have lodged objections to their extradition at the High Court in Dublin. Kane Hull (28)...
Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover gun stash too lenient, State says
The suspended sentence imposed on a man who allowed two handguns to be hidden inside his Henry Hoover at the height of a gangland feud was too lenient, the...
Teenager who defiled girl (13) is jailed
A youth who defiled a 13-year-old girl at a house party when he was 16 years old has been jailed for one year. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard the...
Verdict in Lunney trial delayed
The Special Criminal Court has delayed delivering its verdicts in relation to four men accused of abducting and torturing Quinn Industrial Holdings director...
Court upholds bus driver's conviction for causing death of cyclist
(Pictured: Osborn Irabor. Photo: Collins) The driver of a double-decker bus whose careless driving caused the death of a cyclist has lost his appeal against...
Financial advisor behind plan to rob businessman who was 'barbarically' beaten is jailed
A one time successful financial advisor who was behind a plan to rob a businessman, who was badly beaten by men claiming to be in the Continuity IRA, has been...
10 years for uncle who repeatedly raped niece
By Brion Hoban & Fiachra Gallagher A man who raped his niece on multiple occasions while she babysat his children has been jailed for 10 years. The man (54),...
UK men wanted in relation to fatal street stabbing appear before High Court
(Pictured: Kane Hull (L) Liam Porter (R). Photo: Cumbria Constabulary) Two men wanted in relation to a fatal stabbing in the UK last month have appeared...
'New evidence' that man who murdered retired broker had mental illness
A murderer has asked for his conviction to be quashed because of new evidence that he had an undisclosed mental condition when he attacked a retired broker in...
Irishman caught in child abuse sting will be extradited to US
An Irishman who was convicted of trying to entice a child for indecent purposes before fleeing home is set to be extradited to the United States. The High...
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