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Killoe · December 20, 2022

Accountant 'got himself into a mess' and filed late tax returns

A Longford accountant pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to filing false tax returns for five clients between July 2016 and August 2019. Robert...

Cavan · December 19, 2022

'Cornucopia of evidence' against ‘tiger kidnapper’ Paschal Kelly, appeal told

A man from County Cavan is pursuing an appeal against his conviction for a post office robbery in Dublin in which three women were held captive and robbed....

Donegal · December 19, 2022

Dowdall denies planning 'mass murder' on secret tapes

Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor and State's witness, has denied allegations that he discussed planning mass murder and bomb-making during...

Lifford · December 16, 2022

Dowdall claims Monk is 'terrorising' his family

Former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall has told the Special Criminal Court that his family faces terrorisation and death threats following his decision...

Ballyhaunis · December 16, 2022

Dad jailed for life for murder of infant son seeks to overturn conviction

John Tighe of Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, remains in prison serving a mandatory life sentence following the dismissal of his conviction appeal at...

Leitrim · December 13, 2022

'Mammy fell on daddy's fist many times': man's 'chilling' comments to son after beating partner

A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for assaulting his partner at their Co Leitrim home on 5 July...

Donegal · December 13, 2022

Dowdall denies he is "master manipulator"

Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor who has pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne, rejected characterisations during...

Monaghan · December 13, 2022

Caterer gets 'Christmas Eve' reprieve over Brennan's bakery contract

A High Court dispute concerning a catering contract at Brennan's bakery in Dublin has been adjourned to late March following agreement between the parties....

Donegal · December 12, 2022

Monk said he and other man shot David Byrne, Dowdall tells Regency trial

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor from Donegal, provided key testimony against Gerard "The Monk" Hutch...

Cavan · December 09, 2022

Serial arsonist who killed uncle has jail term increased

The Court of Appeal has increased the prison sentence of a County Cavan man convicted of manslaughter following a house fire that killed his uncle in 2018....

Monaghan · December 08, 2022

Caterer says 'entire business and livelihood' will end on Christmas Eve

A catering company owner has brought proceedings in the High Court seeking an injunction to prevent termination of a contract with a major Dublin bakery....

Castlebar · December 05, 2022

Young men must understand that ‘no means no’, High Court judge says

Patrick McLoughlin, aged 35, of Torboy, Moydow, County Longford, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, with the final eighteen months suspended,...

Rathmullan · December 05, 2022

Drogheda criminal admits facilitating Mulready-Woods murder

Paul Crosby, a 27-year-old from Rathmullan Park in Drogheda, pleaded guilty on December 5th, 2022, at the Special Criminal Court to facilitating the murder of...

Monaghan · December 02, 2022

Bugged conversations between Dowdall and Hutch admissible at trial, judges rule

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, a three-judge panel has ruled that approximately ten hours of recorded conversations between murder accused Gerard...

Sligo · December 01, 2022

Yousef Palani gets date for trial on double murder charges

A 22-year-old man from Sligo has been scheduled to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court in November 2023 on charges relating to two deaths and an...

Westport · November 30, 2022

Valerie French Kilroy murder trial postponed

A man accused of murdering his wife at their Westport home in June 2019 will stand trial in March 2023 instead of December this year. James Kilroy, aged 48,...

Monaghan · November 29, 2022

Nothing in Irish surveillance law to say it applies outside of State, Hutch defence team says

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, the defence team representing Gerard Hutch challenged the lawfulness of garda surveillance operations that extended...

Roscommon · November 28, 2022

'Sick sex abuser' has jail sentence reduced by two years

A 76-year-old man from County Roscommon has had his prison sentence reduced following a successful appeal at the Court of Appeal. He was convicted in June...

Monaghan · November 28, 2022

'Doesn't matter a damn' where bug travels once placed lawfully, Regency trial hears

The Special Criminal Court examined the legal scope of garda audio surveillance in late November 2022 during the trial of Gerard Hutch, who denies murdering...

Bundoran · November 28, 2022

Property developer allowed write off over €170m in debt in insolvency arrangement

The High Court has approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement allowing a former property developer to write off approximately €170 million in debt. The...

Monaghan · November 25, 2022

Garda bug sought under 'culture of secrecy', Hutch lawyers tell Regency trial

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, defence counsel for Gerard Hutch challenged the admissibility of audio recordings captured by a garda surveillance...

Castlebar · November 23, 2022

Parents who abducted own daughter 'heavily involved in substance abuse'

A 33-year-old man who abducted his two-year-old daughter from a health centre in County Mayo last October has had sentencing adjourned pending trial on...

Lanesborough · November 22, 2022

Graveyard flower seller jailed after being caught with €217k in unlicensed tobacco

A Dublin man has been jailed for two and a half years following his conviction for supplying untaxed tobacco products. Eamonn Lynch, 44, of Lanesborough...

Castlerea · November 17, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Jury fail to reach verdict in Detective Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been unable to reach a verdict in the trial of Stephen Silver concerning the death of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at...

Castlerea · November 17, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda Colm Horkan murder trial jury given majority verdict

The jury in the trial of Stephen Silver, a motorbike mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, has been instructed that majority verdicts are now...

Charlestown · November 17, 2022

'Unprecedented rise' in construction costs sees examiner appointed to social housing builders

The High Court has appointed an interim examiner to Blacklough Construction Limited following an application on grounds of cash-flow insolvency. The company,...

Longford · November 16, 2022

Minister rescinds decision to transfer murderer to UK after mother's action

The Minister for Justice has rescinded approval for the transfer of Logan Jackson to a UK prison following legal action initiated by Tracey Tully, mother of...

Castlerea · November 16, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Jury continue deliberations in Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

The jury in the trial of Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, continued deliberations at the Central...

Foxford · November 15, 2022

Jury deliberating in Detective Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberating in the trial of Stephen Silver, aged 46, from Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, who is charged with...

Inniskeen · November 15, 2022 Also covered in Kingscourt

Family of UDR man murdered by IRA granted access to court file

The family of Corporal James Elliott, a part-time Ulster Defence Regiment member killed by the Provisional IRA in April 1972 near Newry, has been granted...

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