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Monaghan · December 17, 2015

Bail for Cork man charged with IRA membership and explosives offences

A 52-year-old man from Cork has been granted bail at the Special Criminal Court following charges relating to IRA membership and explosives offences. Martin...

Monaghan · December 15, 2015

Cork man charged with IRA membership and explosive possession

A 52-year-old man from Cork has been charged at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin with membership of an unlawful organisation and possession of an...

Louisburgh · December 10, 2015

Gardaí had “agenda” to obtain confession from murder convict “no matter what”, appeal court told

Bryan Ryan, aged 31, originally from Blanchardstown but with an address in Louisburgh, County Mayo, is serving a life sentence for the murder of Ian Tobin in...

Cavan · December 10, 2015

Dublin man pleads guilty to killing Adil Essalhi after five-day trial

A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Adil Essalhi following a five-day trial at the Central Criminal Court. Michael Kinsella, aged 22, with...

Cavan · December 09, 2015

Witness was asked for saw, murder trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a resident of an apartment complex in Tyrellstown, Dublin 15 has given evidence in the trial of Michael Kinsella (22), who has...

Cavan · December 08, 2015

Prosecution witness wrote letter to judge, murder trial hears

A prosecution witness told the Central Criminal Court that she wrote to the late Mr Justice Paul Carney claiming a convicted killer had pressured her into...

Cavan · December 08, 2015

Murder trial jury hears of body found partially submerged in ditch

At the Central Criminal Court, a jury heard evidence on Tuesday in the trial of Michael Kinsella (22), of Swiftbrook Close, Tallaght and Ardkeen, Cavan, who...

Castlebar · December 08, 2015

GAA player jailed for punching opponent during football match is free to leave prison after successful appeal

A GAA player from Castlebar, County Mayo, has been released from prison following a successful appeal against his sentence for assault. Michael Prendergast...

Carrickmacross · December 08, 2015

Monaghan man arrested in connection with arms cache discovery is released on bail

A 43-year-old man from Monaghan charged with membership of an unlawful organisation was released on bail at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today,...

Buncrana · December 07, 2015 Also covered in Letterkenny

Sentence doubled for Donegal man over worst case of dangerous driving in Irish history

A man from Buncrana, Co Donegal, has had his sentence doubled following a Court of Appeal finding that his original jail term was unduly lenient. Shaun Kelly,...

Buncrana · December 07, 2015 Also covered in Letterkenny

Appeal court considering new sentence for man whose dangerous driving caused the deaths of eight people

The Court of Appeal in Letterkenny is reconsidering the sentence imposed on a Buncrana man convicted of dangerous driving that caused eight deaths on a...

Cavan · December 03, 2015

Jury discharged in trial of Dublin man accused of murdering Adil Essalhi

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been discharged in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering Adil Essalhi in 2011. Michael Kinsella, aged 22 and...

Donegal Town · December 03, 2015

Stephen Cahoon found guilty of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend for second time

A jury at the Central Criminal Court unanimously found Stephen Cahoon guilty of murder on 3 December following his third trial over six years. Cahoon, aged...

Mayo · December 02, 2015

"Unknown" party trying to pass themselves off as company behind online car parts retailer Mick's Garage, court told

Crean Solutions Ltd, which operates the online car parts retailer MicksGarage.com, brought proceedings before the High Court alleging that fraudulent...

Donegal · December 01, 2015

Dissident drove man to kneecapping without knowing it was to be a “deliberate execution", appeal court hears

The Court of Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of a man convicted of murder in connection with a dissident republican shooting in Donegal. Martin...

Donegal · December 01, 2015

Donegal wind farm works successfully challenged by environmentalist

Environmental activist Peter Sweetman has successfully challenged Donegal County Council's decision to permit construction works at wind farm sites during...

Letterkenny · November 30, 2015

NI man given life sentence for role in dissident republican murder moves to appeal conviction

A man serving a life sentence for his role in a dissident republican murder in Donegal in 2008 has lodged an appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal....

Cavan · November 30, 2015

Family of infant who died two days after birth at Cavan Hospital settle action

The family of an infant who died two days after birth at Cavan General Hospital have settled their action against the HSE for €70,000 in the High Court....

Longford · November 30, 2015

Van driver who hit cyclist causing severe brain trauma is jailed for one year

A 21-year-old man from Longford has been sentenced to one year in custody at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a dangerous driving incident in...

Carrickmacross · November 29, 2015

Monaghan man appears at out-of-hours sitting of non-jury court charged with IRA membership

A 43-year-old man from County Monaghan has been charged with membership of an unlawful organization styling itself the Irish Republican Army. The man was...

Letterkenny · November 27, 2015

Derry man tells murder trial that he "saw red" when pregnant ex-girlfriend told him baby wasn't his

A Derry man has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court denying murder but admitting he caused the death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend. Stephen Cahoon,...

Inniskeen · November 27, 2015

Armagh ATM accused is legally detained, judge rules

A 24-year-old man from County Armagh has been declared legally detained following a High Court ruling on Friday. Adam Grant of Silverbridge was remanded in...

Roscommon · November 27, 2015

Mental health services in Roscommon are "in a state of crisis", judge says

A High Court judge has dismissed an action by senior HSE executive Helen Earley challenging her temporary reassignment during investigations into mental...

Letterkenny · November 26, 2015

PSNI officer agrees that prosecution witness in trial of man accused of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend is "suggestible"

Stephen Cahoon, aged 43, with an address at Harvey Street in Derry, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jean Teresa Quigley at Cornshell Fields in Derry...

Swinford · November 25, 2015

Aras Attracta employees challenge investigation

Five nursing staff members at Aras Attracta residential unit in Swinford, County Mayo, have initiated High Court proceedings challenging an investigation and...

Roscommon · November 20, 2015

Judge Desmond Hogan retires after 15 years on the Bench

Judge Desmond Hogan of the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court retired today after fifteen years on the bench. The Athlone-based judge's final sitting was marked by...

Longford · November 17, 2015

Man believed he was fighting off demons when he pulled syringe on gardai after injecting head shop drug, court hears

Trevor Curtis (35), of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two offences. On April 14, 2014, he was found in a laneway off...

Cavan · November 17, 2015

Lithuanian woman flown into country to marry Bangladeshi man so he could get visa, court hears

A Lithuanian woman pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to providing false information and using forged documents in connection with an attempted...

Buncrana · November 16, 2015 Also covered in Letterkenny

Two-year jail term for worst case of dangerous driving in history of the State is found too lenient

A man sentenced to two years imprisonment following his guilty plea to dangerous driving that caused eight deaths in County Donegal in 2010 will face...

Castlebar · November 12, 2015 Also covered in Claremorris

Woman settles action against former employer and insurer over income protection payments

A woman from Claremorris, County Mayo, has settled her High Court action against her former employer and an insurance company over disputed income protection...

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