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A former Defence Forces captain has failed in a claim against Donegal County Council at the Workplace Relations Commission regarding his starting salary. Daniel McChrystal, who held the rank of...
A 19-year-old man from Tallaght has been sentenced to two years in custody following two high-speed pursuits by gardaí within four months, including an incident in which his vehicle overturned on...
A County Donegal hair salon supplier has been ordered to pay €106,000 to a former salesman following a Workplace Relations Commission ruling that found age and disability discrimination. Damien...
A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in County Donegal has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital in Portrane following a special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity in connection with the...
A 49-year-old man charged with the murder of Denis Donaldson, the former senior Sinn Féin official and long-serving MI5 informant killed in County Donegal two decades ago, has been remanded in...
A 49-year-old man has been charged at the Special Criminal Court with the murder of Denis Donaldson, a former Provisional IRA member and senior Sinn Féin official killed in County Donegal in April...
A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in County Donegal has been found not guilty of murdering his grandfather by reason of insanity following a majority jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court. The...
A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in County Donegal was found not guilty of murdering his grandfather by reason of insanity following a jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court on 27 March. Derek...
A 24-year-old Galway athlete has been remanded in custody following his guilty plea to drug possession charges at Galway Circuit Criminal Court. Richard Kamson, of Straith Fhada, Doughiska, admitted...
A 39-year-old man from Carrickcoyle in County Donegal's Gaeltacht has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity following a jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court in March 2026....
A 39-year-old man from Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 78-year-old grandfather at Carrickcoyle on 19 December 2023. The Central Criminal...
A 39-year-old man from Carrickcoyle, Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his grandfather, Derek Burns, aged 78, who died on 19 December 2023...
A woman who worked at a marina in Fahan, County Donegal for over two decades has been awarded €20,000 for disability discrimination by the Workplace Relations Commission. Nancy Doherty, who had been...
The Court of Appeal has upheld extradition orders against two men wanted in Northern Ireland for offences connected to the 1975 murder of an RUC officer. John Edward McNicholl, aged 73, of Newmills,...
A 23-year-old Carlow woman may avoid imprisonment through community service following her guilty plea to money laundering charges at Carlow Circuit Criminal Court. Dion Timmons of Graiguecullen...
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has told the Workplace Relations Commission that he was pressured to reinstate a suspended employee and later faced interference in a recruitment...
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland is pursuing claims of unfair dismissal and breach of protected disclosures at the Workplace Relations Commission. Francis O'Donnell's case, heard...
A 56-year-old Brazilian man has been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a sexual assault at Dublin Airport in August 2025. Rogerio Afonso pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a...
A man has been jailed for ten years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for supervising a drug trafficking operation. Tomasz Zdechlikiewicz, aged 38 of Clongriffin, was found...
A 23-year-old woman from Carlow has pleaded guilty to money laundering following her involvement in a significant social welfare fraud originating in Letterkenny, Donegal. The accused was approached...
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns, who were convicted in March 2025 of murdering Robert Robin Wilkin at Sliabh Liag in County Donegal, have been granted a hearing date for their conviction appeals. Vial,...
A Donegal man has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment following his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman in his home in December 2020. The 32-year-old, from Lisminton, Ballintra,...
A 25-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the defilement of a teenager. The man, who cannot be...
A man from Killygordon in Donegal has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for a series of sexual...
The Special Criminal Court has sentenced Stephen Carberry and Glen Bride to six years imprisonment for their roles in transporting and disposing of the dismembered remains of Keane Mulready-Woods, a...
A man arrested during a garda raid on a Dublin apartment in November 2022 has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. David Thomas, aged 42, of Glenties...
A man has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment following his guilty plea to offences connected with the fatal shooting of Noel Campion in Limerick city in April 2007. Darragh Quinlivan, aged 42,...
The High Court has refused the State's application for leave to appeal a decision declining to extradite a convicted sex offender to Northern Ireland. Mr Justice Patrick McGrath ruled that the case...
Nathan Walsh and Lee Cunningham, both aged 29, have pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an assault on a man in Dublin City Centre on 23 May 2023. Walsh, of...
Glen Bride, a 32-year-old Dublin man with an extensive criminal history spanning 86 previous convictions, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court for his role in...
A 42-year-old man with links to the Dundon-McCarthy organised crime group has pleaded guilty to participation in that criminal organisation and to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger...
At a sentencing hearing before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on January 19th, Elizabeth Mulready delivered a victim impact statement addressing the court about the circumstances surrounding...
A 26-year-old man from north Dublin has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the attempted murder of a woman in Dublin city centre on 16 November 2023. Darragh...
Christopher O'Neill has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the manslaughter of Martin Lynn on 30 July 2023. The 31-year-old...
A man convicted of raping a woman as she slept beside her boyfriend and newborn baby in County Donegal has failed in his appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal. Shaun O'Donnell, aged 35,...
A Donegal man has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment, with eighteen months suspended for one year, after pleading guilty to oral rape committed when he was sixteen years old. The...
James McMahon, aged 31, of Riversdale Road, Clondalkin, has been sentenced to six years and nine months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, with the final two years suspended. McMahon...
A Donegal man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment following his guilty plea to sexual assault charges at the Central Criminal Court. The defendant, now 41, admitted four sample counts of...
A man has been remanded in custody pending sentence at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the attempted murder of a grandmother in Dublin city centre on November 16, 2023. The...
A paramedic in Letterkenny has secured an award of €32,000 for racial discrimination from the Workplace Relations Commission following her dismissal over an incident at a petrol station. The EMT was...
A man convicted of subjecting his partner to a sustained campaign of violence, rape and psychological control in Killybegs, County Donegal, will remain in prison after the Court of Appeal rejected...
A Dublin man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to assisting an offender in the movement and disposal of body parts belonging to Keane Mulready-Woods, a teenager murdered in Drogheda...
Glen Bride, aged 32 of Mount Olive Park, Kilbarrick, Dublin 5, has pleaded guilty before the Special Criminal Court to assisting in the movement and disposal of body parts belonging to murdered...
A 27-year-old man from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in laundering proceeds from invoice redirection scams....
A 37-year-old man from Castlefin, County Donegal, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court for the rape of an 18-year-old woman at an address in Convoy on 14...
A 32-year-old man from Ballintra, County Donegal has been remanded in custody pending sentencing after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a woman while she slept at his home on Main Street,...
The Court of Appeal has upheld convictions against two men who acted as getaway drivers during the fatal 2016 Regency Hotel attack in Dublin. Jason Bonney and Paul Murphy, both based in the greater...
A 26-year-old man from north Dublin has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to attempted murder. Darragh Quigley of Carndonagh Road, Donaghmede, admitted the charge relating to an incident...
Two men have been sentenced at the Central Criminal Court following a serious assault arising from a feud between Traveller families in Mullingar, Co Westmeath. Michael Nevin, aged 41, of Grange...
A 22-year-old UK national has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for importing cannabis from Thailand destined for Donegal. Jamie Kearns of Coventry...
A man suffered life-threatening injuries when stabbed multiple times during an assault on Austin Friars Street in Mullingar on August 2nd, 2024, arising from an ongoing feud between Traveller...
Two men in their seventies from Donegal and Meath have appealed to the Court of Appeal against extradition to Northern Ireland over charges connected to the 1975 murder of Constable Robert John...
Jordan Domican, aged 24, of Collinstown Grove, Clondalkin, Dublin, has been sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. He pleaded guilty to two counts of...
A man caught transporting nearly €500,000 worth of cannabis has been sentenced to three years and three months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Conor Delaney, formerly of Dublin 15,...
A retired garda sergeant from Donegal has been granted High Court permission to seek judicial review of An Garda Síochána's handling of his application to restore a Gaeltacht allowance. Paul...
A Donegal man has lost his appeal against conviction for raping and sexually assaulting his daughter during her childhood. The Court of Appeal dismissed the challenge on 14 July, with Mr Justice...
Mark McAnaw, aged 53 and formerly resident in Letterkenny, County Donegal, has received an additional ten-month custodial sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for breaching conditions attached...
Patrick Fitzgerald, a 48-year-old from Glenties in County Donegal known as 'Mr Fishy', has been sentenced to 15.5 years in prison following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for...
A worker at Arranmore Island co-operative in County Donegal has failed in a constructive dismissal claim before the Workplace Relations Commission. Fiona Glynn alleged she was forced to resign...
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns, convicted of murdering Robert Wilkin near Sliabh Liag in County Donegal, have been denied legal aid for a third senior barrister to represent them in their Court of...
Mark McAnaw, a man with extensive convictions for rape and violent offences, has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for harassing three female journalists...
Two men in their seventies have been granted permission by the High Court to challenge their extradition to Northern Ireland in connection with a 1975 killing. John Edward McNicholl of Newmills,...
Patrick Fitzgerald, a 48-year-old man from Glenties in County Donegal, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to facilitating a criminal organisation between November 11 and 18, 2021. The...
A former football manager has been sentenced to 13.5 years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after conviction on three drugs offences linked to a significant heroin operation. Andrew...
A man from Buncrana in County Donegal has appealed his conviction for the rape and sexual assault of his daughter during her childhood. The Court of Appeal heard the case on 8 May 2025. The...
A 48-year-old man from the Glenties area of Donegal has admitted to facilitating a criminal organisation at the Central Criminal Court. Patrick Fitzgerald, who also has a Dublin address in Finglas,...
A former Donegal GAA player will not serve additional prison time following an unsuccessful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions at the Court of Appeal. Kevin McMenamin, aged 43, from...
Dean Ward, aged 38, formerly of County Wexford, has brought an appeal against his conviction at the Court of Appeal, arguing procedural unfairness undermined his trial. Ward was convicted in June...
A Letterkenny man with an extensive criminal history will serve no additional prison time after the Director of Public Prosecutions' appeal against his sentence for dangerous driving was dismissed...
The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal by four commercial fishermen who contended that the State owed them a duty of care when permitting access to mussel seed fishing zones. The plaintiffs,...
Two men have been assigned a trial date at the Special Criminal Court in connection with the disposal of body parts of murdered teenager Keane Mulready-Woods. Stephen Carberry, aged 47, of...
Two men in their seventies will be extradited to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to the 1975 murder of an RUC officer, the High Court has ruled. John Edward McNicholl, aged 73, of...
A 59-year-old man from Dunfanaghy in County Donegal has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment following his conviction for the sexual abuse of two teenage girls spanning more than two years in...
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns were convicted of murdering Robin Wilkin, a 66-year-old man, following a two-month trial at the Central Criminal Court that concluded on Thursday. Mr Justice Paul...