Van allegedly used in Lunney abduction was parked unlocked on street, trial hears
A van allegedly used in the abduction and assault of businessman Kevin Lunney was left unlocked on a Dublin street where a member of the National Surveillance...
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Murderer to stay in jail after Supreme Court rulings make appeal unviable
A 30-year-old man has lost his appeal against conviction for murdering his girlfriend and mother of his infant son. He had acknowledged that since he lodged...
Couple who reversed into off-duty garda and made false claim avoid jail
By Isabel Hayes & Brion Hoban A husband and wife who falsely tried to claim they had been injured in a car accident after the husband reversed into an...
Judges reject defence bid to adjourn Lunney trial
(Pictured: Presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt. Photo: Collins) The Special Criminal Court has rejected an application by defence lawyers to adjourn the...
4.5-year jail term for man who raped friend while child slept in same bed
A man who raped his friend while she was sleeping in her daughter’s bed with the child lying beside her has been jailed for four and a half years. The...
Gangland criminal Wayne Whelan ran business with man who conspired to murder him
Gangland criminal Wayne Whelan previously ran a car sales business with one of the men who conspired to murder him, the Central Criminal Court has heard. The...
Defective batteries sparked fire that destroyed van allegedly used in Lunney abduction, trial hears
Defective walkie-talkie batteries caused a fire that destroyed a van allegedly used in the abduction and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin...
Eight years for killing vulnerable pensioner by setting fire to home
A 21-year-old man has been jailed for eight years for killing a vulnerable pensioner by setting fire to his home five years ago. Aaron McDonagh (21), of no...
'Sick sexual abuser' (75) jailed for rape of partner's daughter
By Sonya McLean & Stephen Bourke A 75-year-old man described as a “sick sexual abuser” has been jailed for nine years after being convicted of orally raping...
DNA matching that of both Kevin Lunney and accused found in van, trial told
(Pictured: Accused Mr Darren Redmond. Photo: Collins) A scientist found DNA matching that of Kevin Lunney in the same van where he found DNA matching one of...
Teen who punched girl and threatened others at Cameron Blair murder scene is sentenced
A teenage boy who punched a girl and threatened others with a butter knife outside a house party where 20-year-old college student Cameron Blair was murdered...
Lunney accused replied 'no comment' in inference interviews
One of the four men accused of abducting and assaulting Kevin Lunney replied "no comment" when asked by gardai to account for being captured driving a van in...
Man who twice attacked neighbour's home and tried to escape by swimming to Tyrone has jail sentence doubled
A Donegal man who twice rammed his neighbour's home with his car, broke her jaw and tried to escape gardaí by swimming to Tyrone has had his jail sentence...
'Flagrant' contempt of witness who booked holiday to Ayia Napa sees him jailed and fined
A 20-year-old plasterer has been jailed and fined for going on holiday to Ayia Napa instead of giving evidence in the trial of a teenager who committed...
Sheriff challenges mandatory retirement age
A County Monaghan Sherrif has brought a High Court challenge aimed at setting aside the Minister for Justice's decision that he must retire when he turns 70...
Cyril McGuinness was 'like a crazy bastard', Lunney accused told gardai
(Pictured: Cyril McGuinness. Photo: Collins) Cyril McGuinness, who allegedly organised the abduction of businessman Kevin Lunney, was "like a big crazy...
Pub operator fined over asbestos clean-up
A company operating a number of pubs has been fined €7,500 in a Health and Safety Authority prosecution for exposing two staff members to the risk of inhaling...
No supporting evidence against father, defence tells Munster Abuse trial
There is no supporting evidence to prove a father sexually abused three of his children, a defence barrister has told the Central Criminal Court trial of five...
Violent criminal gets 12 years for killing homeless man by pushing him down rubbish chute
A criminal with a "serious propensity for violence" has been jailed for 12 years for killing a vulnerable homeless man by pushing him down a rubbish chute....
'Forensic Casebook' found in home of Lunney accused, trial hears
A garda searching the home of one of the men accused of abducting and assaulting businessman Kevin Lunney found a book entitled "The Forensic Casebook, The...
Abuser video called victim years later
A young woman revealed she had been sexually assaulted as a child by a relative’s partner after the man video called her while masturbating years later, a...
Van allegedly used in Lunney abduction came from UK, trial hears
A van that the State alleges was used by businessman Kevin Lunney's abductors may have come to Ireland by ferry from Holyhead less than one month before the...
Men accused of Mulready-Woods murder get date for non jury trial
Two men will go on trial at the Special Criminal Court in April next year accused of the murder of teenager Keane Mulready Woods, whose dismembered body parts...
Former Dublin hurler has conditions of robbery sentence altered
by Seán McCárthaigh A former Dublin senior county hurler and heroin addict has won his appeal to have the conditions of his three-year jail sentence for...
Munster Abuse case 'built on the strength and truth of the children', State tells jury
By Isabel Hayes The prosecution case against five family members accused of child abuse is “an edifice built on the strength and the truth of the children”...
'Blatant' contempt of witness who went to Ayia Napa instead of giving evidence sees him jailed
A "blatant" contempt of court by a witness who travelled to Ayia Napa when he was due to give evidence in the trial of a teenager who committed violent...
Woman to be sentenced for role in taxi hijack
A Donegal woman who was in back seat of a taxi when her friend’s boyfriend and his brother robbed and assaulted the driver will be sentenced in November....
Lunney prosecution 'highly likely' to close case next week
(Pictured: Prosecution Counsel Mr Sean Guerin SC. Photo: Collins) The prosecution in the trial of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn...
Kevin Lunney suffered 'extreme pain', trial hears
Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney was still in pain and was scarred and fearful of going out in public more than one month after he was abducted...
Barrister in Lunney trial complains judge is 'rubbishing' defence case
(Pictured: Defence Counsel Mr Michael O'Higgins SC. Photo: Collins) A barrister has complained that the presiding judge in the trial of four men accused of...
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