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Convoy · April 26, 2021

Regency Hotel accused gets bail

Jason Bonney, aged fifty, of Portmarnock in Dublin, has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court following his appearance on charges relating to the...

Donegal · April 21, 2021

Chinese national lived under false name for years

A 38-year-old Chinese national pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to living under a false identity for eight years. The man obtained a Northern...

Convoy · April 21, 2021

Regency Hotel accused may make bail if surety can be attached

A 59-year-old Dublin man charged with supplying logistical support linked to the 2016 murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel faced a bail hearing before...

Convoy · April 20, 2021

Three appear at night sitting of court charged in connection with Regency Hotel shooting

Three men from the Dublin area appeared before the Special Criminal Court at an extraordinary out-of-hours sitting in April 2021 charged in connection with...

Roscommon · April 19, 2021

Violent robber who targeted escorts is jailed

Samuel Pop, aged 27, from Charnwood Court, Clonsilla, Dublin, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment following a conviction for false imprisonment and...

Donegal · April 19, 2021

Woman raped by friend in own home

A man has pleaded guilty to orally raping a woman in her Donegal home on August 9, 2017, during an attack lasting approximately 90 minutes. The Central...

Ballina · April 16, 2021 Also covered in Strokestown

Strokestown eviction pair released from prison

Two men imprisoned for contempt of court in connection with interference at a disputed farm in County Roscommon have been released from custody. Michael...

Aughavas · April 16, 2021

'Psychic' Gold further sentenced on fraud charges

Simon Gold, a 54-year-old man from Aughavas, County Leitrim, received an additional one-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today following guilty...

Letterkenny · April 16, 2021

Mandatory quarantine laws 'illogical and unreasonable', High Court told

The High Court in Dublin is examining two separate challenges to mandatory hotel quarantine requirements for people arriving in Ireland from designated...

Ballina · April 15, 2021 Also covered in Strokestown

Strokestown eviction pair ask to be released from custody

Two men imprisoned for interfering with a bank's lawful repossession of a farm in Strokestown, County Roscommon, have sought their release from custody....

Convoy · April 12, 2021

IRA conviction declared a miscarriage of justice

The Special Criminal Court declared in April 2021 that a man from County Louth had been the victim of a miscarriage of justice following his conviction for...

Keshcarrigan · April 12, 2021

Mortgage application fraudster avoids jail

A 40-year-old man from Keshcarrigan in County Leitrim has received a fully suspended three-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for mortgage fraud....

Convoy · March 30, 2021

Alleged gunman 'up to his neck' in David Douglas murder, State say

A Dublin man has been convicted of the murder of David Douglas, a fifty-five-year-old businessman who was fatally shot at his shoe shop in Dublin's Liberties...

Monaghan · March 26, 2021

Publican released after 115 days in Mountjoy

The High Court has ordered the release of a Co Monaghan businessman from Mountjoy Prison after he completed 115 days in custody for contempt of court. Mr...

Sligo · March 24, 2021

Lidl sues IFA over milk allegations

Lidl Ireland has commenced defamation proceedings in the High Court against the Irish Farmers Association, its President Tim Cullinan, and Vice-President...

Castlerea · March 23, 2021 Also covered in Foxford

Garda Colm Horkan murder accused gets date for trial

A 44-year-old man charged with the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan has been scheduled for trial at the Central Criminal Court in June 2022. Stephen...

Monaghan · March 22, 2021

Woman violently assaulted and raped in own home by Tinder date

A man has pleaded guilty to rape and oral rape following a violent assault on a woman at her Dublin home in January 2018. Peter Loughran, aged 36, of...

Convoy · March 22, 2021

Acquitted IRA prisoner suffered 'classic case of miscarriage of justice', lawyers say

Michael Connolly, a 47-year-old man from County Louth, has had his case examined for potential miscarriage of justice findings following his acquittal at the...

Cavan · March 18, 2021

Accused 'panicked' after arranging to meet dissident at murder scene, defence say

A man accused of perverting the course of justice in connection with a dissident republican murder in County Meath has been remanded on bail pending judgment...

Cavan · March 18, 2021

Former publican caught moving €2.5m in cocaine

A 59-year-old man from Cootehill in Cavan has been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for his role in transporting cocaine valued at €2.5 million. The...

Sligo · March 10, 2021

Cash posted to 'fictitious' person is forfeited to State

A judge at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has ordered the forfeiture of €6,700 in cash intercepted at an An Post sorting facility in south Dublin. The package,...

Carrickmacross · March 10, 2021

21-year-old admits to killing man in house fire

A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court for the death of a 61-year-old Monaghan man whose house was deliberately...

Kiltoom · March 08, 2021

Johnson & Johnson worker jailed for spending company money on luxuries

A 32-year-old office manager from Kiltoom, County Roscommon, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for theft from...

Cavan · March 01, 2021

Man who arranged to meet dissident on day he was murdered goes on trial

Ray Kennedy, aged 40, pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court to perverting the course of justice in connection with the March 2013 killing of...

Mayo · March 01, 2021

Man 'destroyed by alcohol' jailed for sexual assault of partner

A 64-year-old man from County Mayo has been sentenced to two years imprisonment, with the final nine months suspended, following his conviction for aggravated...

Letterkenny · February 26, 2021

Warrant for former vet wanted for sexual activity with animals 'fatally flawed' after Brexit, High Court told

A man wanted by United Kingdom authorities to face multiple charges including sexual activity with animals and possession of extreme pornographic material has...

Cavan · February 24, 2021

Covid sees Central Criminal Court trials adjourned for years

The Central Criminal Court is managing a substantial backlog of cases caused by Covid-19 restrictions, with trial commencement dates now being set more than...

Castlebar · February 22, 2021

Son who killed mother in drug-fuelled attack remains a public risk, court hears

A Castlebar man has been sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of his mother following a fatal knife attack at their home in...

Raphoe · February 22, 2021

'Heartbroken' beauty therapist attacked ex's mother

A beauty therapist from Dublin has received a suspended prison sentence following an assault on her ex-partner's mother. Edel Lovett, aged 33, of Raphoe Road,...

Mayo · February 19, 2021

Deception accused overpaid by €50k in bail surety

A 39-year-old man facing trial on charges of deception and theft had a bail surety of €100,000 incorrectly refunded in full instead of the reduced amount of...

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