Builder has €19m in debt written off as court approves PIA
The High Court has approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement enabling a 59-year-old building foreman from Blacklion, County Cavan, to write off approximately...
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Victim believed abuser had built shed for purposes of sexually assaulting her
A man aged 67 has appealed his sentence at the Court of Appeal following conviction for sexually assaulting a victim over a 12-year period beginning when she...
Ammi Burke's claim against Arthur Cox collapses after repeated interruptions
A claim of unfair dismissal brought by solicitor Ammi Burke against law firm Arthur Cox has been dismissed by the Workplace Relations Commission following a...
Ammi Burke has 'victim mentality', senior lawyer tells WRC hearing
A Workplace Relations Commission hearing into a solicitor's unfair dismissal claim against Arthur Cox has heard competing accounts of an office incident in...
Man avoids jail for vicious robbery of first year student
A man convicted of robbing a university student on the Dublin City University campus in February 2021 has received a fully suspended sentence from Dublin...
Gerry Adams ordered to pay costs to BBC for pre-trial hearings
A High Court judge has ordered Gerry Adams to pay the legal costs incurred by the BBC in two pre-trial motions relating to his defamation action against the...
Drugs "courier" in custody after appeal court quashes unduly lenient sentence
A man from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been remanded in custody following a Court of Appeal decision to quash his suspended sentence. Ciaran Lawn (43)...
"Cash-for-visas" company failed to pay employee for four months
A Monaghan-based company operating within Ireland's cash-for-visas scheme has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay a former employee...
Lawyer claiming unfair dismissal says adjudicator is "comrade" of opposing barrister
A solicitor from Castlebar, County Mayo, has sought the recusal of an adjudicator appointed to hear her unfair dismissal complaint against Arthur Cox...
Drugs mule avoids jail over €34k cocaine bust
A man from County Roscommon has received a fully suspended sentence following his conviction for possessing cocaine worth over €34,000. Conor Costello was...
Environmental group successfully resolves challenge to flood relief scheme
An environmental group has successfully resolved a High Court challenge to a County Roscommon flood relief scheme. Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE)...
Suspended sentence for €900k drug haul too lenient, Court of Appeal finds
A man from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, will face arrest if he fails to attend the Court of Appeal this week following the quashing of his suspended sentence...
Application by Lunney abductor Harte must be on notice to DPP
The High Court has directed that an application by Alan Harte, who was convicted of kidnapping and torturing Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney,...
Stolen power tools seller rumbled after victim found his drill at market
A man from Ballymahon in County Longford has received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possessing stolen power tools at a market in Dublin. Brian...
Bus driver unfairly sacked after pruning branches at client's home
A bus driver employed by Boyce Coach Travel Ltd has been awarded €15,800 in compensation following an unfair dismissal ruling by the Workplace Relations...
Court upholds conviction of Ghanian men for rape of student
Two men have had their convictions for rape upheld by the Court of Appeal. Boakye Osei, formerly of Burnfoot in County Donegal, and Kelvin Opoku, formerly of...
Judge failed to highlight differences between cases of rape accused, lawyers say
The Court of Appeal heard submissions today in appeals against conviction and sentence brought by two men in their twenties, convicted of rape offences...
BBC entitled to any documents Gerry Adams may have on alleged IRA membership
The High Court in Dublin has ruled that the BBC is entitled to discover documents former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams may hold concerning his alleged IRA...
Four years for man who cleaned up Mulready-Woods murder house
A 52-year-old Drogheda man has been sentenced to four years in prison by the Central Criminal Court for his role in cleaning and removing evidence from the...
International crime gang member fails in bid to reduce sentence
Daniel Munteanu, a 32-year-old Romanian national residing in County Meath, has been unsuccessful in challenging a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed...
Jail term too severe for international gang member who stole over €120k, lawyers argue
A 32-year-old Romanian national resident in County Meath has failed in his appeal against a six-and-a-half-year custodial sentence for his role in an...
Former All-Ireland champ gets 10 years for ATM thefts with cross-border gang
Daniel O'Callaghan, a 32-year-old former All-Ireland club medallist from Crossmaglen in County Armagh, has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the...
Notorious ATM theft gang get combined jail sentences of 19.5 years
Three Monaghan brothers have been sentenced to a combined 19 years and six months imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for their roles in a cross-border...
17 testimonials handed in for cross-border criminal involved with notorious ATM gang
A man has been convicted at the Special Criminal Court following a trial relating to a series of ATM robberies across the border region. Daniel O'Callaghan,...
NI driver who caused death of passenger consents to surrender
A 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death has consented to his surrender to Northern Ireland authorities at the High Court....
British national alleged to have stabbed man to death to be extradited
A British national has been ordered to be extradited from Ireland to face trial in the United Kingdom on allegations of murder or manslaughter. Ms Justice...
Postal worker caught with €80k in cannabis
A 26-year-old postal worker from Dublin has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison following his conviction on drug trafficking charges. Darren...
Father-of-eight handed over house for 'gruesome' Kean Mulready Woods murder
Gerard McKenna, aged 52, of Rathmullen Park in Drogheda, County Louth, was sentenced to four years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court on 28 February...
Jail for man who bought cars used in arson attack on CAB property
A man from Finglas has been jailed for purchasing two vehicles that were used in an arson attack on a property seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau. Joseph...
Five see jail over roles in slash-hook attack
Five men have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for their roles in an affray during which a man was attacked with weapons including a slash-hook...
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