'Shame on you' - rapist refuses to accept jury verdict
By Fiona Ferguson A predator who refuses to accept his convictions for the rape and indecent assault of a child turned to his victim in court today and told...
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Court refuses to reduce sentence for brothel keeper caught with child abuse material
By Fiona Magennis A Brazilian brothel-keeper who ran a network across rural Ireland, laundered �800,000 of the proceeds in various bank accounts and was found...
Trial of garda accused of rape and child cruelty in closing stages
By Declan Brennan and Eimear Dodd The trial of a garda accused of raping his wife and cruelty towards two of his daughters has reached closing stages. The...
Duffy defence lawyers 'disappointed' after further delays with Donaldson book of evidence
Lawyers for a man charged with the murder of former senior Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson, who was shot dead 20 years ago after he was exposed as an MI5...
Man who abused sisters in 1970s gets anonymity over 'culpable delay' in prosecution
A High Court judge has ordered that a man who raped one sister and abused another in the 1970s cannot be identified, despite the wishes of his victims to...
Couple who fled Ukraine war caught laundering �380k
A couple who fled here after the invasion of Ukraine were caught by gardai with �380,000 in crime cash in the back of their car, a court has heard. Ihor...
Cage fighter convicted of Shannon murder gets hearing date for miscarriage of justice application
By Fiona Magennis The Court of Appeal has set a date in December to hear an application by a Polish cage fighter who is seeking to have his conviction for the...
'Far from peripheral' - Regency getaway drivers fail to have sentences reduced
(Pictured: Paul Murphy (L) and Jason Bonney (R) prior to their convictions for acting as getaway drivers following fatal gun attack Pic: Collins) By Fiona...
Ex-CEO of Inland Fisheries faced disciplinary action after finding he sent interview questions to job candidate, tribunal told
The ousted former CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland faced disciplinary action after an internal probe found he gave "inappropriate assistance" to a staff member...
Jury views CCTV of man who was fatally stabbed running from house
A murder trial jury has watched CCTV footage of the moment a man who was fatally stabbed ran from a house in north Dublin clutching his chest, followed by the...
Ex-IFI CEO says he was left on brink of suicide after alleged political interference with internal probe
The former CEO of a State agency has told a tribunal he contemplated suicide after his bosses allegedly pressured him to quit following what he says were...
Strokestown assault conviction overturned by High Court
by Paul Neilan A former Garda who was found guilty of assaulting a security man during the Strokestown repossession case in in 2018 has had his conviction...
'Wouldn’t be out of place in a Tarantino movie': Lunney kidnappers challenge sentences for 'animalistic' torture and abduction
(File Picture: Darren Redmond (L) & Alan Harte (R). Photo: Collins) Three men who abducted Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney, subjected him to...
Regency getaway drivers say prison sentences were too high
(File Picture: Paul Murphy & Jason Bonney. Photo: Collins) Two getaway drivers in the Regency Hotel attack, during which Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne was...
Man who subjected stranger to violent sex assault in hotel room is jailed for 7.5 years
A man with no previous convictions who subjected a stranger to a prolonged violent sexual assault in her own hotel room has been jailed for seven and a half...
Serial offender jailed for theft of tourist's motorbike
By Claire Henry A chronic addict with 134 previous convictions has been jailed for 20 months for stealing a tourist's motorbike hours after the victim had...
Sligo man Barry Young wanted in NI for gangland murder of Robbie Lawlor
Sligo man Barry Young has appeared in court on foot of an arrest warrant from Northern Ireland, where he is wanted to face prosecution for the murder of...
Murderer’s privacy rights not breached when gardaí listened in on KFC chat, court finds
The privacy rights of murderer Kevin Braney, the leader of the New IRA in Dublin, were not breached when gardaí used a surveillance device to listen in on him...
Dealer who told mother he'd get 'junkies' to rape her son over drug debt gets 10 years
A drug dealer who told a mother that he would get "junkies" to rape her son if she failed to repay his €157,000 debt during a campaign of intimidation has...
British national jailed for helping 'serious criminals' escape attack scene
A British national has been jailed for helping “serious criminals” escape in his car after they attacked a Tallaght home and beat a man with a hammer during a...
Volunteer ousted after warning Church authorities of 'rogues' peddling 'fake relics', tribunal hears
A veteran church security volunteer was ousted by the Augustinian Order for warning that certain “rogues” were going to try and pass off “fake relics” for...
Robbie Lawlor murder accused argues UK trial would breach his rights
(File Picture: Mr Jonathan Gill. Photo: Collins) Jonathan Gill, who is wanted in Northern Ireland to face a charge of murdering gangland figure Robbie Lawlor,...
'A shocking, shocking tragedy': man must first serve six-year term for trying to murder father before starting life sentence for murdering mother, judge rules
(Pictured: Sentencing judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt. Photo: Collins) A Cavan man must serve a six-year prison sentence for trying to murder his father before...
Judge should have convicted drivers caught like 'fish in a barrel' in 'unjust speed zone'
The High Court has ruled that a District Court judge erred in law when he refused to convict thirty-four drivers caught speeding at Clogheen, Monasterevin in...
Gill has CAB liability of €860k, bail application told
Jonathan Gill, aged 44, faced a High Court bail hearing in connection with an extradition warrant issued by Northern Irish authorities. He is charged with...
High Court places stay on dismissal of garda who carried out 'terrifying, protracted assault' on then-wife
The High Court has granted a stay on a notice of dismissal against a garda convicted of assaulting his then-wife. Mr Justice Sara Phelan approved the stay,...
'We never expected him to be grateful. But we never expected murder': man apologies to family for murdering mother and trying to murder father
A man has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father in an attack at their family home in...
Cage fighter seeks to have murder conviction declared a miscarriage of justice
A Polish cage fighter serving a life sentence for the 2014 murder of a 23-year-old man in Co Roscommon has brought proceedings before the Court of Appeal...
No jail for passenger who sexually assaulted Ryanair cabin crew member
A 31-year-old man from Killeshandra, County Cavan, has received a fully suspended two-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sexually assaulting a...
Former accountant went on 'nationwide tour' with bank card stolen from hospital patient
A former accountant pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to theft and deception offences committed over six weeks in early 2025. Michelle Dillon,...
Drug dealer told mother that he would get 'junkies' to rape her son over €157k debt
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on May 11th, 2026, a 33-year-old man from West Dublin pleaded guilty to drug possession, money laundering and making...
Ukrainian man left with serious head injury after unprovoked fire extinguisher attack
A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment following a serious assault at a refugee accommodation centre in Dublin. The...
'Most people come here to bring a little bit of calm into their lives': discrimination claim over yoga studio ban after anti-Christmas 'outburst' rejected
A man from Enniscrone, County Sligo, has lost a religious discrimination claim at the Workplace Relations Commission following his lifetime ban from a yoga...
Judge asks for information on allegation that garda photographed whistleblower in court
A High Court judge has requested information regarding an allegation that a senior garda photographed a whistleblower and three accompanying individuals...
Gill's lawyers served with documents covering 'every interaction' with State, court hears
Jonathan Gill, aged 44 and with an address in Clontarf, Dublin, appeared before the High Court in relation to an extradition warrant issued by Belfast...
Extradition to UK would raise fair trial issues, lawyers for Gill say
Jonathan Gill, aged 44, with an address on the Malahide Road in Clontarf, Dublin, appeared before the High Court in relation to extradition proceedings...
Renewed bid for senior counsel in Gill murder case
Jonathan Gill, aged 44 and with an address on the Malahide Road in Clontarf, Dublin, appeared before the High Court in connection with an extradition...
Dutch woman offered €30k surety for friend after reading news article on €60m drugs seizure
A Dutch national's application to stand as an independent surety for a man awaiting trial on drugs conspiracy charges has been rejected by the Special...
Shift to card payments saw service station worker unfairly dismissed
A service station operator in Charlestown, County Mayo, has been ordered to pay €1,250 in compensation to a former employee following a determination by the...
Man admits to murdering mother, attempted murder of father
A 32-year-old man from Ballyconnell, County Cavan, has pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder before the Central Criminal Court. Danny Heyneman...
Ex-army captain fails in bid to jump up council pay scale
A former Defence Forces captain has failed in a claim against Donegal County Council at the Workplace Relations Commission regarding his starting salary....
Proposed evidence against Jonathan Gill would not be admissible in EU, lawyers tell High Court
Jonathan Gill, with an address on the Malahide Road in Clontarf, Dublin, appeared before the High Court in connection with extradition proceedings sought by...
'Exceptional' Mary Cash avoids jail over bid to obtain fake passport for on-the-run ex
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Andrew Cash Senior, aged 58, of Whitechurch Heights, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, was sentenced to two years imprisonment after...
'Thrill seeker' who flipped car on M50 after garda chase jailed for two years
A 19-year-old man from Tallaght has been sentenced to two years in custody following two high-speed pursuits by gardaí within four months, including an...
Men jailed over €415k cannabis grow houses in Galway
Two men have been jailed for a combined nine years following the discovery of cannabis grow houses in Co Galway. Aloyzas Bukantus, 45, of Church Street,...
Robbie Lawlor murder case suspect appears before High Court
A 44-year-old man from Clontarf, Dublin appeared before the High Court in connection with extradition proceedings relating to a 2020 murder in Belfast....
Refusal to comply with unpaid wages ruling was discriminatory, WRC rules
A County Donegal hair salon supplier has been ordered to pay €106,000 to a former salesman following a Workplace Relations Commission ruling that found age...
Ryanair cabin crew member sexually assaulted by passenger who consumed 'mind boggling' amount of drink
A 31-year-old man from Killeshandra, County Cavan, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to sexually assaulting a Ryanair cabin crew member during a...
Native Irish speaker who bludgeoned grandfather to death committed to CMH
A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in Co Donegal has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital following a special verdict of not guilty by reason of...
Donaldson murder accused to get book of evidence
A 49-year-old man charged with the murder of former senior Sinn Féin official Denis Donaldson has been remanded in custody by the Special Criminal Court until...
Extradited man charged with murder of Denis Donaldson
A 49-year-old man extradited from Scotland has been charged at the Special Criminal Court with the murder of Denis Donaldson, a former Provisional IRA member...
Native Irish speaker found not guilty of murdering grandfather by reason of insanity
A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in County Donegal has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity following a majority jury verdict at the Central...
'Just and humane society' seeks not to punish those who are unwell, defence reminds murder trial jury
A 39-year-old man from Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his grandfather at the Central Criminal Court. Derek Mulligan is...
'I don’t care if he was running from here to Donegal': judge remands athlete in custody over €80k drugs haul
A 24-year-old Galway athlete has been remanded in custody following his guilty plea to drug possession charges at Galway Circuit Criminal Court. Richard...
Murder accused told doctors that release of abuser Michael Ferry caused him to 'spiral'
Derek Mulligan, aged 39, of Carrickcoyle, Derrybeg in County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 78-year-old...
Accountant jailed for stealing €1.4m from KPMG
A qualified accountant from Shrule, County Mayo, has been sentenced to two years in custody at Galway Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to stealing...
Native Irish speaker described how he 'smacked' grandfather's head with granite stone, cement block
A 39-year-old man from Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 78-year-old grandfather at Carrickcoyle on...
Man pleads not guilty to murdering grandfather in Donegal Gaeltacht
A 39-year-old man from Carrickcoyle, Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his grandfather, Derek Burns,...
Cancer patient who claimed employer no longer wanter her as 'face of business' wins €20k
A woman who worked at a marina in Fahan, County Donegal for over two decades has been awarded €20,000 for disability discrimination by the Workplace Relations...
Garda murderer claims psychiatric evidence contradicted legal test for insanity
Stephen Silver has appealed his conviction for the murder of Garda Colm Horkan, shot eleven times with his own service weapon in Castlerea, County Roscommon,...
Carpenter had 'glassy eyes' when gardai pulled him over
A 39-year-old self-employed carpenter from Cavan has been disqualified from driving for two years following a conviction for drink driving. Eduard Hupalov was...
'A very dangerous man': convicted murderer Rea sentenced for raping cousin
Patrick Rea, a 55-year-old currently serving a life sentence for murder, has been convicted and sentenced at the Central Criminal Court for the rape and...
'Unfortunate situation' sees jury dismissed in trial of man accused of 'indescribably savage' murder
A jury has been discharged in the trial of a 33-year-old man accused of murdering a 58-year-old at a housing unit on Tone Street in Ballina, County Mayo in...
Fugitives have 'no legitimate expectation of permanent immunity', court finds in upholding extradition over 1975 murder of RUC officer
The Court of Appeal has upheld extradition orders against two men wanted in Northern Ireland for offences connected to the 1975 murder of an RUC officer. John...
West of Ireland couple sentenced after children found living in squalor
A couple at Castlebar Circuit Court has been sentenced for child neglect after their two young autistic children were discovered living in severely unsanitary...
Man admits Mayo claw hammer attack
A 23-year-old man from Ballina has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following a violent incident outside St Mary's Secondary School in April 2021....
Murder accused said he gouged flatmate's eye out when he came at him with knife
A man has pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court following the death of his flatmate at an apartment on Tone Street, Ballina, County Mayo...
Witness denies seeing deceased 'beating the s**t out' of murder accused
A witness has denied observing the deceased wielding a metal pole against the man accused of his murder during an altercation at a Ballina apartment. Declan...
Witness tells trial of moment she and son 'fled for their lives' after murder accused barged into home
A woman residing at a Peter McVerry Trust housing unit on Tone Street, Ballina, has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court describing how she and her...
'Almost indescribable savagery': murder trial jury hears man suffered 'serious violence'
At the Central Criminal Court, a jury heard opening arguments in the murder trial of Liam O'Leary (33), who denies killing 58-year-old John Casserly at a...
Man goes on trial accused of murder at McVerry Trust housing unit
A 33-year-old man has entered a not guilty plea to murder at the Central Criminal Court. Liam O'Leary, formerly of Kiltimagh, is charged with the murder of...
Young Carlow woman may avoid jail for role in €12,000 Social Welfare fraud
A 23-year-old Carlow woman may avoid imprisonment through community service following her guilty plea to money laundering charges at Carlow Circuit Criminal...
Judge emphasises importance of media following press exclusion from Garda whistleblower case
A High Court judge has underlined the significant role of media transparency following the Workplace Relations Commission's decision to exclude reporters from...
‘I hold no ill will’: Daughter of Mayo woman killed by truck addresses driver
A delivery driver has been sentenced to five months in prison at Castlebar Circuit Court after pleading guilty to careless driving causing the death of a...
Ousted State agency boss ordered not to name third parties after reference to alleged blackmail attempt by senator
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has told the Workplace Relations Commission that he was pressured to reinstate a suspended employee and...
Senior garda challenges media exclusion following disclosures regarding 'unsafe' gun holsters
A detective superintendent at the Garda National Technical Bureau has secured an expedited High Court hearing to challenge a decision by the Workplace...
Former IFI CEO claims he was 'blackmailed' by Senator
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland is pursuing claims of unfair dismissal and breach of protected disclosures at the Workplace Relations...
Ex-IFI CEO alleges he was subjected to 'intimidation and threats' after suspending chairman's brother
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has alleged he was subjected to intimidation and threats by the organisation's then-chairman following...
Supervisor in 'sophisticated' drug operation jailed for ten years
A man has been jailed for ten years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for supervising a drug trafficking operation. Tomasz...
Mentally ill man sexually assaulted woman (19) at Dublin airport
A 56-year-old Brazilian man has been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a sexual assault at Dublin Airport in August 2025. Rogerio Afonso...
Prison for abuser who sexually assaulted younger sister six decades ago
A 79-year-old man from Mullingar, County Westmeath, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to...
Maximum awards to Zimbabwean care workers left in poverty when promised jobs fell through
Eight healthcare workers from Zimbabwe have been awarded €30,420 each by the Workplace Relations Commission following a finding that Unity Healthcare Services...
Mayo jury returns insanity verdict in telecoms damage case
A jury at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court has returned a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict in respect of an aeronautical engineer charged with...
Carlow woman to be sentenced for money laundering
A 23-year-old woman from Carlow has pleaded guilty to money laundering following her involvement in a significant social welfare fraud originating in...
Co Mayo man on trial charged with spate of telecom vandalism offences
A man from County Mayo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 33 offences alleged to have occurred at telecommunications and utility sites across...
'Crack crazy' shooter in 'meticulously planned' killing gets seven years
A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison at the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to murder. Joseph Richards, aged 35 and...
Repeat offender hit same Aldi store seven times
A 40-year-old man from Castlerea, County Roscommon, has withdrawn an appeal against his 15-month custodial sentence imposed for a series of thefts from retail...
Criminal tries to overturn conviction for raping sister
A man convicted of raping and sexually assaulting his younger sister over seven years has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal in Dublin. Kyle...
Mayo man jailed over dog attack that left woman with life changing injuries
A Knockmore man has been sentenced to four years in prison at Castlebar Circuit Court for offences including the savage mauling of a woman by his unmuzzled...
'House of Horrors' abuser has jail term reduced on appeal
A 72-year-old man from Castleblayney, County Monaghan, has had his eight-year prison sentence reduced to six and a half years following a successful appeal at...
'Truly shocking': 20 years for abuser who starved children and forced them to drink urine
A 70-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the systematic sexual abuse of five of his children over two...
Sliabh Liag murderers get appeal date
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns, who were convicted in March 2025 of murdering Robert Robin Wilkin at Sliabh Liag in County Donegal, have been granted a hearing...
Mayo man hit brother with shovel in protracted family dispute
A 47-year-old man from Swinford has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following an incident in which he struck his brother with a shovel at their home in...
'Crack crazy' shooter opened fired on dad-of-two at door of own home, court hears
A 45-year-old man was fatally shot at his home in Ballymun, Dublin, on 5 October 2018 after answering his patio door. Joseph Richards, with an address at...
Killing a 'tragedy of almost Shakespearean proportions', defence tells murder trial jury
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard closing arguments in a case arising from the fatal stabbing of a man in Dublin in June 2024. Joseph...
Pair jailed for disposal of dismembered remains of Keane Mulready Woods
Two men have been sentenced to six years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court for their roles in transporting and disposing of the remains of murdered...
Abuser was on bail for defilement of a child when he sexually assaulted partner's best friend
A Donegal man has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment following his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman in his home in December 2020. The...
Man who defiled teen after taking her 'for a spin' is jailed
A 25-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the defilement of...
12 years for man who regularly raped sister-in-law
A man from Killygordon in Donegal has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, following his conviction at the Central...
Man who had been charged with directing criminal gang pleads to lesser charges
A 32-year-old man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to four offences including cocaine possession with intent to supply and making threats to...