Former League of Ireland footballer gets suspended sentence for drug dealing
A former League of Ireland footballer has received a fully suspended five-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for drug dealing. Adrian Bajgora,...
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State using tactics 'characteristic of comedians and propagandists, Lunney trial told
At the Special Criminal Court, defence counsel have challenged prosecution tactics employed during the trial of four men accused of abducting and assaulting...
Exclusion of CCTV footage would be 'manifestly contrary to maintenance of social order', State tells Lunney trial
The State has opposed defence applications to exclude CCTV evidence from the trial of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings...
Gardai operating 'de facto surveillance system' by using private CCTV, Lunney trial told
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 30 June 2021, defence counsel argued that gardai are operating a "de facto surveillance system" through...
'Utterly lacking in merit': appeal brought by driver who left man with 'catastrophic brain injuries' is rejected
Aaron Cassidy of Cranleymore, Edgeworthstown, County Longford has lost his appeal against a five-year prison sentence imposed for dangerous driving causing...
DPP challenges declaration that IRA conviction was miscarriage of justice
The Director of Public Prosecutions has initiated High Court proceedings to challenge a Special Criminal Court determination that a man's conviction for IRA...
Brother describes agony of standing 'helplessly' outside home where pensioner 'burned to death'
A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for the manslaughter of a 61-year-old pensioner in a house fire in Carrickmacross, County...
Lunney trial hears from witnesses who made CCTV available to gardai
The Special Criminal Court trial of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney heard evidence from multiple...
Lunney trial hears of alleged 'preparatory' trip
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, prosecutors presented evidence that one of three men accused of assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin...
Man who disrupted dissident murder investigation should not be jailed, defence say
Ray Kennedy, aged 41, from Blanchardstown in Dublin, was convicted by the Special Criminal Court of perverting the course of justice following his destruction...
Kinahan cartel believed 'Mago' Gately was involved in Regency attack, court hears
David Duffy, aged 34 from Convoy in County Donegal, pleaded guilty in April 2021 to knowledge of a criminal organisation and participation in activities...
Lunney trial court views CCTV footage
The Special Criminal Court examined CCTV footage on Monday as part of the trial relating to the abduction and assault of Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn...
Mulready-Woods murder accused served with non-jury court trial notice
Two men charged with the murder of a teenager in County Louth have been formally notified that their trial will proceed in the Special Criminal Court, a...
Sergeant mediated between local gardai and Lunney accused, trial hears
A sergeant told the Special Criminal Court that he mediated between gardaí and one of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Quinn Industrial Holdings...
State says number used to book Las Vegas holiday is linked to Lunney accused
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, prosecutors presented evidence alleging that a phone number ending in 567 was linked to Darren Redmond in connection...
Pair avoid jail for assisting offender in 'far more serious criminal enterprise'
Two men have received fully suspended sentences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for assisting another man's escape from gardaí. Derek Mitchell, aged 27, and...
High Court quashes planning permission for large-scale wind farm
The High Court has quashed An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission for a large-scale wind farm proposed near Lanesborough, County Longford....
'It would be nice' if EU courts gave structure on accessing phone data, Lunney judge says
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, Mr Justice Tony Hunt expressed frustration regarding the absence of clear European Union guidance on police access to...
Mass data retention is not unlawful, State argue in Lunney trial
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, counsel for the State submitted that gardaí were lawfully entitled to access mobile phone data during their...
Keane Mulready-Woods murder accused to stand trial at non-jury court
Two men charged with the murder of a teenager in County Louth will stand trial at the Special Criminal Court, a non-jury venue, following an application by...
Gardai breaking law for 'years and years' by seizing phone data, Lunney trial told
Four men have pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court to charges of falsely imprisoning and causing serious harm to Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn...
Husband of Valerie French Kilroy to strand trial for murder
A man accused of murdering his wife at their home in County Mayo will stand trial at the Central Criminal Court in October. James Kilroy, aged 47 and from...
Date set for man accused of murdering boxing champ
A trial date has been set at the Central Criminal Court for a British man accused of murdering an Irish boxing champion. Logan Jackson, aged 31 and with an...
Man appeals IRA conviction after threat to shoot accident victim
A man from Dublin has appealed his conviction for membership of an unlawful organisation after a trial in the Special Criminal Court in 2018. Ciaran Maguire,...
'Day of reckoning': defence in Lunney trial criticises government inaction of data law
A barrister representing one of three men charged with the abduction and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney has criticised the...
Lunney investigation phone data obtained with invalid warrants, defence lawyers argue
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 9 June 2021, defence counsel challenged the validity of search warrants used to obtain mobile phone data in the...
Lawyers to argue admissibility of phone evidence in Lunney trial
The Special Criminal Court heard submissions on the admissibility of mobile phone evidence in the trial of four men accused of falsely imprisoning and causing...
Lunney accused challenge admissibility of phone evidence
Four men charged in connection with the abduction and serious assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney have mounted a challenge to the...
Lunney accused told gardai: 'I know why you're here'
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, gardaí gave evidence in the trial of four men charged in connection with the abduction and assault of Kevin Lunney in...
Kevin Lunney describes dragging himself along dark country road, fearing nobody would come to help
A director of Quinn Industrial Holdings told the Special Criminal Court how he dragged himself along a dark country road after being subjected to serious...
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