Co. Sligo • 8 court reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Riverstown from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a Riverstown man's drugs sentence was unduly lenient, yet he will serve no additional time in custody. James Murphy, aged 66, was convicted in 2021 of participating in a joint enterprise to supply cocaine valued at €281,148, which was seized...
Niall Power, aged 51 and formerly of Riverstown, County Louth, is pursuing an appeal of his murder conviction in connection with the death of Dundalk woman Irene White on 6 April 2005. Power was sentenced to life imprisonment in July 2019 after pleading guilty to his role as an...
Niall Power, aged 51 and formerly of Riverstown, County Louth, has been pursuing an appeal against his life sentence for the murder of Irene White, a 43-year-old woman killed at her home in Dundalk on 6 April 2005. Power pleaded guilty to murder in 2019 and was described by the...
The Court of Appeal has resentenced a serial burglar to five years imprisonment after finding his original sentence inadequate. Wayne O'Callaghan, aged 35, of Brooklodge Grove, Glanmire, Cork, had pleaded guilty to burglary and unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle. Justice...
A woman from Riverstown in County Sligo has had her custodial term increased following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against a sentence deemed unduly lenient. The 23-year-old was convicted of dangerous driving causing the death of a pedestrian in...
The Director of Public Prosecutions is appealing a sentence imposed on a Louth woman convicted of dangerous driving causing death. Eimear White pleaded guilty at Dundalk Circuit Court to causing the death of a pedestrian on the Old Newry Road in October 2017. Judge James...
A terminally ill woman has made an urgent appeal for prosecution of a third individual she believes orchestrated the murder of her sister fourteen years earlier. Anne Delcassian, too unwell to attend court in person, delivered her plea through her solicitor Kevin Winters...
A 47-year-old man from Riverstown, County Louth was sentenced to life imprisonment in July 2019 after pleading guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court. Niall Power admitted his involvement in the killing of Irene White, a 43-year-old mother of three, at her home on...