Witness denies he and champion boxer were 'goading' murder accused
A witness at the Central Criminal Court has denied allegations that he and the deceased, Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy, goaded or threatened the accused....
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Serial driving offender claims he was under threat from nephew
A 36-year-old Dublin man pleaded guilty to endangerment, dangerous driving, and driving without insurance following a high-speed chase through west Dublin on...
Witness tells trial of how boxing champ fought to get up before jeep ran him over
A witness has described how a five-time Irish boxing champion fought unsuccessfully to rise from the ground before being struck by a vehicle for a second time...
'I had to let Kevin go': witness describes how champion cousin was run over three times
A witness at the Central Criminal Court has testified about the fatal incident involving Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy in Limerick city on July 1, 2019....
Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover arms stash is upheld
Stephen O'Connor of Carndonagh, Dublin, has had his wholly suspended sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal. O'Connor pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of...
UK man "thundered" jeep into Irish boxing champ, prosecution tell murder trial
A 31-year-old British man has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of Kevin Sheehy, a five-time Irish boxing...
Jury sworn-in for trial of UK man who denies murdering Irish boxing champ
A 31-year-old British man pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court on 29 November 2021, following the death of Irish boxing champion Kevin...
'Family man' jailed for involvement with cross-border ATM gang
A 39-year-old resident of County Armagh has been imprisoned for four-and-a-half years at the Special Criminal Court after admitting to handling proceeds...
Man admits to cleaning up Mulready Woods murder scene
A 52-year-old man from Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to cleaning up and removing evidence from a murder scene....
Drugs bust defendant claimed he was in flat to use shower
A Donegal man and a Dublin man have been imprisoned following a drugs seizure at a flat in Carrickmines, Dublin, in January 2021. Ronan McCallig, aged 53, and...
Judge shouldn't have asked question about victim's intoxication, jailed pair argue
Two men convicted of rape have appealed their convictions at the Court of Appeal, arguing the trial judge erred in questioning a witness about the...
Boxer who rained down blows on Kevin Lunney with 'lethal weapons' fails in appeal
A man's appeal against a three-year-three-month prison sentence for assaulting two businessmen near Ballyconnell, County Cavan, has been dismissed by the...
Family anguish 'greater torment' than pain of attack, Kevin Lunney tells court
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, businessman Kevin Lunney delivered a victim impact statement describing the lasting trauma inflicted on himself and...
Violent attacker who had it 'in his mind' to rape victim (85) has sentence increased
A man from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, has had his prison sentence increased by the Court of Appeal following a Director of Public Prosecutions appeal...
Violent attacker said it was 'in his mind' to rape victim (85)
A man from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, is the subject of a Director of Public Prosecutions appeal against sentence at the Court of Appeal. Shane Smith, aged...
Sentence of serial conman who 'twisted the knife' was too lenient, DPP say
A serial fraudster from Carrickmacross is the subject of an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against the leniency of his sentence. Michael...
Teen brothers who abused sister were raised in 'toxic sexual environment', court hears
Two brothers whose guilty pleas were entered at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court in October 2019 have had their sentences reviewed at the Court of Appeal...
Planning permission for large scale chicken farm is quashed
The High Court has quashed planning permission for a large-scale poultry farm in Co Mayo. Mr Justice Anthony Barr made the order following An Bord Pleanála's...
Three men guilty of beating and mutilating Quinn director Kevin Lunney
Three men have been convicted of falsely imprisoning, beating and mutilating Kevin Lunney, director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, at the Special Criminal...
First Lunney accused found guilty
A man in his forties has been convicted by the Special Criminal Court of falsely imprisoning and assaulting Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial...
Judgement being delivered in Kevin Lunney trial
Judgment commenced at the Special Criminal Court on November 8th in the trial of four men charged with falsely imprisoning and assaulting businessman Kevin...
Irish man caught in US child abuse sting appeals extradition order
A 46-year-old man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, has appealed an extradition order to the United States at the High Court. Martin Jude Wall was arrested in...
Council not in contempt over flood relief scheme
The High Court has dismissed an application by Friends of the Irish Environment alleging that Roscommon County Council breached a court order regarding a...
Man sent child abuse imagery to date
A man from Claremorris in County Mayo has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, after pleading guilty to...
High Court to rule on whether council breached court order
The High Court will deliver a ruling this week on whether Roscommon County Council has breached a court order relating to a proposed flood relief scheme. The...
Murder accused admits to manslaughter, arson
Daniel Murray, aged 39 and of no fixed abode, appeared at the Central Criminal Court on charges relating to a house fire in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan in...
Bid to adjourn Lunney verdict until after Dwyer case opinion is rejected
The Special Criminal Court in Dublin has refused a defence application seeking to postpone the verdict in the trial of four men charged with abducting and...
Environmental group used 'extreme language' to characterise council's actions, CEO says
The High Court heard submissions on whether Roscommon County Council has breached a settlement agreement relating to a flood relief scheme involving a...
Environmental group claims council is in contempt of court
An environmental group has brought contempt of court proceedings against Roscommon County Council in the High Court, claiming the local authority breached a...
Murder accused's father testifies at trial
Paul Penrose gave evidence at the Central Criminal Court in a murder trial concerning his son, Stephen Penrose, aged 38, of Coolock, Dublin. Stephen Penrose...
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