Man with 'significant intellectual impairment' raped woman sleeping in own bed
A 32-year-old man from Castlefin, County Donegal, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment following his conviction for rape at the Central Criminal...
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Strokestown eviction pair to remain in jail
Two men imprisoned by the High Court for interfering with KBC Bank's repossession of a farm at Falsk, Strokestown, County Roscommon will remain in custody...
20 years for conspiracy to murder Kinahan cartel target
The Special Criminal Court has sentenced a man to twenty years imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to murder a target linked to organised crime. Caolan...
'Notorious environmental polluter' has challenge adjourned
A High Court challenge brought by a man previously jailed for illegal dumping has been adjourned for twelve months. The action, taken under planning and waste...
School challenges direction to readmit special needs pupil
A special needs school in County Meath has initiated High Court judicial review proceedings challenging a Department of Education directive to readmit a pupil...
Former vet facing multiple bestiality charges appears in court
A man has appeared before the High Court in Dublin following his arrest on a European Arrest Warrant issued by Suffolk police. Oliver Lown, aged 35, with an...
Son who killed mother in drug-fuelled attack in danger of becoming homeless if released
A man convicted of killing his mother in Castlebar, County Mayo, appeared for sentence at the Central Criminal Court in February 2021 following a landmark...
Woman overcharged by BOI fails in appeal to annul bankruptcy
The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision refusing to annul the bankruptcy of a Ballina woman who alleged she was overcharged on her mortgage by...
Businessman 'won't budge' and prepared to remain in jail
A Monaghan businessman has informed the High Court he will not comply with orders to stay away from two properties in the county and is prepared to remain in...
Covid stops trial of man accused of murdering boxing champion
A trial at the Central Criminal Court concerning the death of a five-time Irish boxing champion has been adjourned due to Covid-19 restrictions. Logan...
Garda who caused death of mum-of-three to be jailed after successful appeal
A garda member has been remanded in custody following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against an unduly lenient sentence imposed...
Former Ireland swimmer and lifeguard avoids jail for child abuse videos
A man in his early thirties has received a fully suspended two-year prison sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to possession of...
Covid halts non-jury Kevin Lunney trial again after 'meetings at higher level'
Four men are charged with the false imprisonment and assault of Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, at Drumbrade, Ballinagh, County Cavan...
Businessman remains in jail after declining to purge contempt
A businessman from Monaghan remains in custody at Mountjoy Prison after declining to purge contempt of court. Fergal Deery has spent nearly eight weeks in...
Bus driver appeals conviction for causing death of cyclist
A bus driver has appealed his conviction for careless driving causing death, challenging the trial judge's instructions to the jury on legal terminology....
Four to stand trial accused of trying to murder Wayne Whelan
Four men are to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court in June 2021 on charges of attempting to murder Wayne Whelan in a shooting at Griffeen Glen Park,...
Hitman to be sentenced for trying to murder 'Mago' Gately
A man convicted of attempting to murder a known organised crime figure has been remanded in custody pending sentencing by the Special Criminal Court. Caolan...
Accused person not entitled to give version of events in custody
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an accused person has no automatic entitlement to be questioned in custody by gardai before trial. The judgment arose from...
Convicted child rapist sentenced for 'shocking' rapes of girl
A man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court in January 2021 for multiple rape offences committed against a child in...
Abuser has sentence cut for 1970s offences
A man convicted of sexually abusing a child in County Mayo during the summer of 1978 has had his prison sentence reduced on appeal. The Court of Appeal found...
Hitman who gunned down Kinahan target found guilty of attempted murder
A man from County Meath has been found guilty of attempted murder in connection with a shooting attack on a drugs cartel target in Dublin in May 2017. The...
Kevin Lunney trial adjourned over Covid numbers
The trial of four men accused of abducting and assaulting Kevin Lunney, a Quinn Industrial Holdings executive, has been adjourned by the Special Criminal...
'Badge of honour': the ensnarement of a garda murderer
Aaron Brady, from Crossmaglen in County Armagh, was convicted of the capital murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe following a trial at the Central...
Irish man wanted in US after child abuse police sting gets bail
A 45-year-old man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, wanted by United States authorities on foot of an arrest warrant, was granted bail by the High Court on 16...
'Little people grow up to be bigger and stronger': jail for man who abused boy in 1980s
A man has been jailed for one year at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to indecently assaulting a child in Dublin in the 1980s. Thomas...
Grandad who was 'brawn' in violent gang who claimed to be dissidents is jailed
A man has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for his role in a violent extortion attack on a Mayo businessman in County Louth in 2017. Anthony Finglas,...
Woman blew stolen company cash on luxury holidays and shopping trips
A woman from Kiltoom, County Roscommon, has pleaded guilty to theft and forgery offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Nicola Henry, aged 32, admitted...
'Racketeering gang' member jailed for aggravated burglary of escort flat
A 38-year-old Romanian man has been sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in an aggravated burglary...
All-Ireland club champ gets book of evidence over ATM thefts
Five men, including a former All-Ireland club footballer, have had books of evidence served at the Special Criminal Court in relation to alleged thefts and...
Bid to halt Lunney trial fails
Four men charged with falsely imprisoning and assaulting Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, have had their pre-trial adjournment...
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