Cases and rulings mentioning Athlone from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2026-05-12
Courts News Ireland
By Declan Brennan A former accountant used a bank card stolen from an elderly hospital patient to take over €8,000 from banks in six counties during “a nationwide tour” lasting six weeks, a court has heard. Homeless woman Michelle Dillon (59) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Crim
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2026-05-11
Courts News Ireland
A former accountant money-laundered nearly €290,000, including from a Canadian medical cannabis company, while his partner failed to disclose information to gardaí, a court has heard. Cyril Keegan (54) involved himself in a criminal scheme and acted as a “conduit” for convicted m
Court of Appeal
2026-02-27
Courts News Ireland
by Fiona Magennis A former scout leader who raped his young cousin and 10 years later sexually assaulted her two teenage sisters has argued that an anonymous letter claiming to be from a juror sent to his solicitor renders his convictions unsafe. The 63-year-old Limerick man, who
Central Criminal Court
2026-02-16
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Sisters Tara, Chloe and Claire outside the CCJ after "wolf in sheep's clothing" Christopher Fitzsimons was jailed. Photo: Collins) A "wolf in sheep's clothing" who raped two of his partner’s younger sisters and abused another over a 10-year period has been jailed for 1
High Court
2026-02-10
Courts News Ireland
by Paul Neilan An Army corporal who has served on multiple overseas missions will take a case at the High Court alleging that he was "blocked" from a promotion to a specialist IT sergeant position despite being "the only person qualified to hold the role". Army Corporal Adam Cour
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2025-12-04
Courts News Ireland
A man has been sentenced to one year in prison after gardai acting on a tip-off from Swiss authorities seized hundreds of images and videos of child abuse, including extreme pictures of children being bound with ropes and caged, from his home. Alan Keating (48) of Ranelagh Villag
High Court
2025-11-07
Courts News Ireland
by Paul Neilan The High Court has ordered it appropriate to quash the use of a flawed fast-track process used to expedite a controversial International Protection Accommodation Service centre in Athlone but has put a stay on its final order for four months, after which it will be
Courts Reporting Scheme
2025-07-21
Courts News Ireland
A disqualified driver with over 70 road traffic convictions has been jailed for five years for dangerous driving causing the death of a woman who was 17 weeks pregnant at the time. Galway Circuit Criminal Court heard that Frank Barrett (44) of Beal Srutha, Ballybane, Galway, was
High Court
2025-07-21
Courts News Ireland
By Paul Neilan More than 70 asylum seekers staying at a controversial centre in Athlone have been offered alternative housing while the government prepares emergency legislation to fast-track refugee accommodation, the High Court has heard. At the High Court today, senior counsel
High Court
2025-06-25
Courts News Ireland
By Paul Neilan A High Court judge has said the government is obliged to provide alternative accommodation for "innocent" and "vulnerable" asylum seekers at risk of homelessness while legislation aimed at fast-tracking refugee accommodation is drawn up. Ms Justice Emily Farrell sa
High Court
2025-06-23
Courts News Ireland
By Paul Neilan Lawyers for the State have told the High Court that there is a "serious risk to the dignity and safety" of asylum seekers if the government is not allowed to use special powers to fast-track refugee accommodation. Aoife Carroll SC, for the State, today asked the co
Courts Reporting Scheme
2025-05-07
Courts News Ireland
A 22-year-old woman who has taken 19 bench warrants has been refused bail on a raft of charges after a judge said she was not satisfied the accused would turn up in court if released. Janelle Quinn, who is of no fixed abode but is currently staying with family in Athlone, was arr
High Court
2025-02-26
Courts News Ireland
(File Picture: Gada Nicholas Keogh. Photo: Collins) Garda Nicholas Keogh, whose allegations of garda collusion in drug crime and subsequent bullying were found to be unjustified by the Disclosures Tribunal, has been granted permission by the High Court to pursue a judicial review
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2025-02-07
Courts News Ireland
A "manipulative predator" who sexually abused a child while her parents were on holiday over 25 years ago has been jailed for two and a half years. Andrew Sankey (57) pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually assaulting the child at her home in Dublin and at an unknown location in
High Court
2024-12-19
Courts News Ireland
A group of Westmeath County Councillors have welcomed an adjournment in a challenge to a plan to house around 1,000 male asylum seekers in tented accommodation in Athlone, which has been conceded by the State, but say substantive environmental and planning issues remain. Protests
High Court
2024-12-16
Courts News Ireland
The Government has conceded a High Court challenge brought by a local councillor against a plan to house around 1,000 male asylum seekers in Athlone. At the High Court today, Oisin Collins SC, for Cllr Paul Hogan, told Mr Justice Richard Humphreys that "the case is being conceded
Workplace Relations Commission
2024-12-11
Courts News Ireland
A former scrapyard worker has said a senior manager used a “diplomatic way of verbally abusing people” by telling her that other staff had referred to her using a "hateful and obscene" word in front of a group of colleagues and customers. “He called me a c***,” the former worker
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2024-02-07
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Silvio Rabbitte. Photo: Collins) A businessman who laundered €1.4 million transferred from unwitting European investors a decade ago has been jailed, while his fellow company director who argued he was "duped" into becoming involved has escaped a prison sentence. Wesle
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2023-12-05
Courts News Ireland
(Pictured: Silvio Rabbitte. Photo: Collins) A businessman who became involved in a €1.4 million money laundering scheme a decade ago was “duped” and ought to have known it was too good to be true, his defence counsel has told a court. Silvio Rabbitte (55) received €350,000 after
Court of Appeal
2023-07-20
Courts News Ireland
The conviction of a man for raping his then partner's 15-year-old sister and sexually abusing another, in a trial where the jury were concerned that they had been photographed and part of the accused's garda interviews were redacted, has been found to be unsafe by the Court of Ap
