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A repeat offender who was on bail when he entered a Carlow pub armed with a clawhammer and threatened the owners that he would burn down their family home has been jailed for three years. Martin...
(Pictured: Solicitors walking out of the Criminal Courts of Justice building earlier. Photo: Collins) By CCC reporters Dozens of criminal cases were adjourned today due to defence solicitors...
(File Picture: Fighter Tyson Fury. Photo: Collins) Two brothers have been jailed for eight months after "boxing-related banter" in a pub bathroom following a televised Tyson Fury fight led to an...
A woman who sent voice notes threatening to take a lump hammer to another woman's head and burn down the victim's mother's house during a row over an e-scooter has avoided a jail sentence. Theresa...
The State has appealed the fully suspended sentence handed to a 68-year-old woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who was convicted of her fourth offence against a man she had harassed for over 20...
An Indian business student who sexually assaulted a woman and "brazenly" masturbated in front of two others just weeks after arriving in Ireland has been jailed for four months. Dublin Circuit...
A man who assaulted an Irish Rail worker after he refused to show his ticket will be sentenced later for this and burglary of a Carlow GAA club. William McCarthy (38) of Springfield Park, Carlow,...
By Sonya McLean A man who put on a disguise and armed himself with a hammer before returning to a pub to assault security staff who had refused him entry has been given 240 hours of community...
A Dutch national's application to stand as an independent surety for a man awaiting trial on drugs conspiracy charges has been rejected by the Special Criminal Court. The court heard that Sadaf...
By Isabel Hayes A man who attacked a fellow homeless services user with a knife and hatchet during an incident of “harrowing violence” has been jailed for five and a half years. Stephen Crosbie (44)...
An offender who was attempting to evade members of a garda drugs unit recklessly collided with a female officer, causing her serious injuries, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard. Gardai were...
A man has admitted criminal damage and theft from a cigarette vending machine at a Carlow GAA clubhouse 18 months ago. William McCarthy (38) of Springfield Park, Carlow, pleaded guilty at Carlow...
(Pictured: Garry Nugent. Photo: Collins) A former events officer with Cycling Ireland who produced fake quotations submitted in an attempt to secure a sports grant for the Paralympics has been given...
An offender with a high risk of recidivism who was caught with and distributed videos of child sexual abuse has been jailed for two years and nine months. Murilo Dos Santos (36) of North Circular...
A Dutch teacher who sold his house to secure bail for a compatriot accused of drug smuggling appeared before the Special Criminal Court. Ali Ghasemi Mazidi, aged 50 and resident in the Netherlands,...
A Canadian drugs mule who was caught "literally red-handed" with just over €400,000 of vacuum packed cannabis at Dublin Airport has been jailed for three years. Mohamad Alaha (20) had just come off...
An Indian business student sexually assaulted a woman and "brazenly" masturbated in front of two others just weeks after arriving in Ireland, a court has heard. Rishabh Mahajan (30) of Gardiner St...
By Isabel Hayes A father and son sold on a motorhome that had been stolen from the UK and fitted with fake plates eight times to an unsuspecting buyer who used his inheritance to buy it, a court has...
(Pictured: Ruth Kavanagh. Photo: Collins) By Isabel Hayes A dental nurse who left the scene after she broke a red light and knocked down a Leaving Cert student who was walking to school has been...
By Claire Henry A man who carried out three robberies in two days while already on bail for another robbery has been jailed for six years. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Thomas Murray (43)...
An on-bail offender who punched an off-duty garda in a nightclub has been given a fully suspended sentence. Anthony Ainscough (39) of Windmill Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12, pleaded guilty at Dublin...
A 94-year-old man who woke up to find a burglar in his bedroom struck the intruder twice with a shoehorn and shouted at him to get out of his home, a court has heard. The burglar, Aaron Waddington...
A 35-year-old woman with no previous convictions who stole clothes from a shopping centre before attempting to flee with a security officer clinging to the bonnet of her car has been given a...
A serial house burglar who broke into a house where a mother was at home with her infant has received a prison term of five years. The couple told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that the sense of...
A woman who smashed a protective Covid screen at a Tallaght pharmacy four years ago after being told her prescription was out of date has avoided jail, despite causing €1,000 worth of damage. Maria...
A man who claimed he was “acting in the capacity of a vigilante” when he was caught with videos of child sex abuse will be sentenced later for possession and distribution of the material. Murilo Dos...
A coordinated operation involving gardaí across the south coast has dismantled a suspected drug-smuggling conspiracy, the Special Criminal Court heard. In March last year, ten men were arrested...
A drugs mule who claimed he was visiting Ireland because he was a big fan of Conor McGregor and he liked the look of Irish pubs in the movies has been jailed for importing cocaine. Anthony Matheus...
A Spanish national has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to conspiracy to smuggle controlled drugs valued in excess of €13,000 into Ireland. Juan Antonio Gallardo Barroso, aged 56,...
A bilingual barrister assisted proceedings at the Special Criminal Court today after an interpreter experienced difficulty during his first court appearance. The Spanish-language interpreter, who...
(Pictured: Defence Forces chaplain Father Paul Murphy. Photo: Collins) A Defence Forces chaplain who was repeatedly stabbed by a teenage boy motivated by "a radicalised Islamic mindset" today told...
A court has heard how the victims of a man who sexually abused them in offending that began over 40 years ago were ignored when they tried to alert adults to the attacks, with one of the girls told...
(File Picture: Sharif Kelly. Photo: Collins) A man jailed for life for the murder of dissident Republican Peter Butterly, who was killed in an "execution-style" killing over ten years ago, has...
A Dublin City Council employee who was caught transporting cannabis in his work vehicle has been given a suspended sentence. Tony Ward (53) of Balbutcher Way, Poppintree, Dublin 11, pleaded guilty...
A serial offender who was awarded a diploma in addition studies but relapsed and went on to rob the same church three times during a burglary spree has been jailed for two and a half years. David...
A Brazilian drugs mule who was intercepted at Dublin airport had swallowed 102 pellets of cocaine and stashed the rest in her vagina to pay off a loanshark debt of just €163, a court has heard....
Two men from County Cavan have received suspended sentences at the Special Criminal Court for assisting the Continuity IRA in connection with a purported attack on Enniskillen police station in...
A sentencing hearing at the Special Criminal Court heard evidence concerning an alleged Continuity IRA attack on Enniskillen PSNI station in March 2021 that went undetected at the time. Desmond...
By Eimear Dodd A man who was a teenager when he repeatedly sexually abused a young girl over a two-year period almost 30 years ago has been jailed. Stephen Lane, now aged 52, was 14 when he started...
A 37-year-old truck driver from County Fermanagh has been granted bail on appeal to the High Court following his arrest in a West Cork garda drugs operation. Sean Curran, with an address at...
A 66-year-old man from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison following his guilty plea to deception offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Charles...
Gardaí found just under €335,000 worth of Xanax tablets in a secret, lead-lined compartment under the floor of a Renault van at Dublin Port last summer, a court has heard. The tablets, also known as...
A man who punched a stag party-goer in a Dublin nightclub over 15 years ago, leaving him with a fractured skull, has been given a suspended 18-month sentence. Sebastian Betlejewski (37) was...
The co-accused of a man who died from injuries sustained in a violent prison cell attack last July has been sentenced to a two and half year prison term. Luke Yates (21) was before Dublin Circuit...
A man from County Meath has been sentenced to five years imprisonment following his conviction for falsely imprisoning and threatening to kill his former wife at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. On 20...
(Pictured: Sharif Kelly. Photo: Collins) Two men convicted of the gun murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly have lost appeals against their convictions after the Court of Appeal was left...
A 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death has consented to his surrender to Northern Ireland authorities at the High Court. Conor Jeremiah Briody was sentenced to six...
There has been a “catalogue of errors” by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in a case against a man charged with setting fire to a house while his partner and child were inside and the “door...
A man who was caught with child abuse material after gardaí secured a warrant to search his home following the detection of certain online conversations has been given a suspended sentence. Keelan...
A United States businessman who claims that over $1.8m worth of Bitcoin was stolen from him has secured an order from the High Court as part of his efforts to track down his money. Titus Williams,...
by Stephen Bourke A business graduate has received a fully suspended sentence for money-laundering after allowing his bank account to be used to handle over €21,000 stolen by scammers. Jackson Sije...
(Pictured: Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) The Court of Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of two men attempting to overturn their convictions for murdering a dissident republican. Sharif...
A barrister acting for the DPP in a murder conviction appeal has ‘fully accepted’ that the State’s chief witness in the trial was ‘tarnished’. However, Paul O’Higgins SC told the Court of Appeal...
(Pictured: Edward McGrath. Credit: Collins) The barrister for one of the men bidding to overturn a conviction for murdering a dissident republican has agreed with the Court of Appeal President that...
(File Picture: Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) Two men are bidding to overturn their convictions for the "callous, brutal and premeditated murder" of dissident republican Peter Butterly in a five-day...
A man who distributed the same child pornographic video on three occasions has been jailed for two years. Martin Stapleton (30) of Glenmore Green, Ballyboden, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit...
A father of one who agreed to mind €39,000 worth of ecstasy tablets for €500 because he had a gambling debt has been jailed for two years. Dominik Kaczmarek (27) of Maplewood Green, Springfield,...
A taxi driver has indicated that he has been unable to work at night after he was robbed at knife-point while working in Dublin last year. The man's victim impact statement was read into the record...
John Downey has lost a Court of Appeal challenge seeking to prevent his extradition to Northern Ireland in connection with the 1972 Enniskillen bombing. The 67-year-old, arrested in November 2018 at...
A man who committed two robberies at knifepoint after being told he would be shot in front of his kids has been jailed for three years. John Gallagher (19) of Glenshane Place, Tallaght, Dublin...
John Downey, aged 67, has appealed his extradition to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to the August 1972 bombing in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in which two British Army soldiers were...
A 67-year-old man from County Donegal has been granted a date to appeal his extradition to Northern Ireland over charges relating to a 1972 bombing in Enniskillen. John Downey was arrested in...
A forensic anthropologist giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court has expressed doubt that a fractured femur found on the remains of Bobby Ryan could have resulted from concrete debris falling...
The High Court has finalised the legal basis on which John Downey may appeal his extradition to Northern Ireland. Mr Justice Aileen Donnelly, the presiding extradition judge, rejected multiple...
A High Court judge has granted leave to appeal in the case of a 67-year-old man arrested in Co Donegal and wanted by UK authorities in connection with the 1972 Enniskillen bombing. The man is...
A 67-year-old man facing extradition to Northern Ireland on charges related to the 1972 deaths of two Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers in Enniskillen has sought leave to appeal the High Court's...
A man arrested in County Donegal is to be extradited to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to a 1972 bombing in Enniskillen. The High Court has rejected John Downey's objections to...
A Dublin man has been found guilty at the Special Criminal Court of the "premeditated" murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly nearly six years ago. Mr Butterly (35), was chased and shot dead...
A man arrested on a European Arrest Warrant faces extradition proceedings in the High Court over allegations connected to a 1972 bombing in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. John Downey, aged 67, is...
by Olga Cronin The High Court has ordered the extradition of a 23-year-old man wanted in the United Staes to face a manslaughter charge after a high-speed single-vehicle sports car crash which...
An alleged fugitive, who is wanted in the United States to face a manslaughter charge after a high-speed sports car crash which claimed the life of a young woman, claims his life would be at risk...
A 66-year-old man arrested in County Donegal in November on a European Arrest Warrant has had his bail conditions relaxed by the High Court. John Downey is sought by Northern Irish authorities in...
By Aoife Nic Ardghail and Declan Brennan A woman who was robbed and beaten in the city centre is now “wary of helping homeless people,” a court has heard. The woman was going home from a night out...
A High Court hearing into the extradition of John Downey (66) to face charges relating to the deaths of two UDR soldiers in Enniskillen on 25 August 1972 has been adjourned. Northern Irish...
A 66-year-old man from Donegal has been granted bail by the High Court pending an extradition hearing to face charges in Northern Ireland. The man was arrested at his home in Creeslough on a...
A 66-year-old man arrested in County Donegal has been brought before the High Court on a European Arrest Warrant in connection with a 1972 bombing in Enniskillen that killed two soldiers. The...
A Dublin man whose use of child pornography was detected by Australian investigators has received a suspended jail sentence. Philip Nolan (30) of Ambervale Estate, Tallaght, pleaded guilty to...
A Bulgarian grandmother tried to steal €10,000 cash from a medical student nine years after taking the same amount from a businessman leaving a bank, a court has heard. Verka Georgieva (49) was...
A Cavan man has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to offences against a 14-year-old boy. Michael Galligan, aged 40 and residing in...
A woman who assaulted a female colleague on a city street, kicking her in the head and standing on her mouth when she screamed has been given a suspended sentence. Ann Byrne (34) with an address in...
(Pictured: Tadhg O'Dalaigh. Credit: Collins) A retired priest whose conviction for indecently assaulting a schoolboy in the 1970s was quashed has been awarded legal costs for his successful appeal....
(Pictured: Retired priest Tadhg O'Dalaigh. Credit: Collins) The Catholic Church funded legal representation for a retired priest who successfully appealed his conviction for indecently assaulting a...
A retired priest jailed for indecently assaulting a schoolboy in the 1970s has had his conviction quashed over a trial judge's decision not to warn the jury about the dangers of convicting in the...
A trial at the Special Criminal Court has heard surveillance evidence relating to the movements of two vehicles through counties Westmeath and Louth on 16 December 2014. Michael Connolly, aged 44...
(Pictured: Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) Two Dublin men convicted of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly have been jailed for life. Mr Butterly (35) was shot dead on March 6th, 2013...
A retired priest jailed for indecently assaulting a schoolboy in the 1970s must wait to hear the outcome of an appeal against his conviction. Tadhg O'Dalaigh (73), of Woodview, Mount Merrion Avenue,...
(Pictured: Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) Two Dublin men have been found guilty at the Special Criminal Court of the "callous, brutal and premeditated murder" of dissident republican Peter Butterly...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) Judges at the Special Criminal Court trial of two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly will return with a verdict on...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) The trial at the Special Criminal Court of two Dublin men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has been listening to...
DNA samples matching the profiles of two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly were found on a balaclava and black wig seized from a car stopped by gardai near the scene...
Forensic evidence shows "strong support" for the view that a Dublin man accused of murdering Peter Butterly, but who failed to turn up for his trial, shot the dissident republican, the Special...
Legal argument regarding the evidence of a protected witness at the Peter Butterly murder trial concluded at the Special Criminal Court today, with a defence barrister submitting that the court had...
(Pictured: Accused Mr Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) The Special Criminal Court trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has heard a second day of legal...
(Pictured: Accused Mr Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) The evidence of a protected witness at the Special Criminal Court trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter...
A garda who examined a green Opel Zafira has told the trial of two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly that he detected "no faults" in the car, which the court had...
A former murder accused-turned State witness has told the Special Criminal Court that his motivation to give evidence at the trial of his former co-accused was to "save" himself. David Cullen was...
A protected witness in the Peter Butterly murder trial told the Special Criminal Court today that he was told he would be removed from the Witness Protection Programme if he refused to give...
An accused-turned State witness in the Peter Butterly murder trial has denied he told lies about one of the men accused of the murder. David Cullen was being cross-examined at the Special Criminal...
A former accused who turned prosecution witness in the trial of two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly was told two days before he made a statement to gardai that his...
A former accused man who turned prosecution witness has described to the Special Criminal Court his role in the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly. Mr Butterly (35) was shot dead...
Discharged firearm cartridges found at the scene of the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly matched a pistol found almost a kilometre from the scene, the Special Criminal Court heard...
A woman has described hearing two gunshots on the afternoon a dissident republican was shot dead outside a pub across the road from her house. Peter Butterly (35) was shot dead outside The Huntsman...
Detectives investigating the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly have denied that offers to drop a murder charge were made to an accused man who turned prosecution witness before he gave...
A dispute over the admissibility of the evidence of an accused man who turned prosecution witness continued today at the Peter Butterly murder trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin. Mr...
A detective in charge of the investigation into the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly has denied the suggestion that he "deliberately concealed" from defence lawyers information about...
Defence lawyers at a dissident republican's murder trial are challenging the evidence of an accused man who turned prosecution witness. Peter Butterly (35) was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn,...
A dispute over the legality of the detention of two men alleged to have murdered dissident republican Peter Butterly continued today at the Special Criminal Court. The 35-year-old was shot dead...
Two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly were unlawfully detained on the side of the road, their barristers have argued at the Special Criminal Court. The 35 year-old was...
A member of the Special Detective Unit has described finding a semiautomatic pistol on the side of a Meath road shortly after a dissident republican was shot dead outside a nearby pub. Peter...
A garda has described arresting a man on the side of a Meath road after following the car he was told had just been used in the murder of a dissident republican. Peter Butterly (35) was shot dead in...
A member of the Garda National Surveillance Unit has given evidence of reciting the Act of Contrition to dissident republican Peter Butterly, after finding him with ‘massive gunshot injuries to his...
The public was excluded from a Special Criminal Court murder trial today, while members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit gave evidence anonymously. The three members were giving evidence in...
The Special Criminal Court has heard that dissident republican Peter Butterly died of multiple gunshot wounds in a Meath car park almost four years ago. Evidence of his cause of death was heard...
A student on his way home from school saw one man raise his arm and shoot another man as he waited at his bus-stop, the trial of two men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly...
The Special Criminal Court has ruled that evidence from eleven members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit in the retrial of two men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly...
The Special Criminal Court will rule tomorrow on a prosecution application that evidence from eleven members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit in the re-trial of two men accused of the murder...
A man was gunned down in the car park of a pub in Co Meath shortly before surveillance gardai intercepted the car and gunman, the Special Criminal Court was told today. The court was told that the...
One of three men facing trial for the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly almost four years ago failed to appear at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today and the court issued a...
A Dublin man accused of IRA membership was in breach of his bail conditions when he spoke at a recent commemoration for Wolfe Tone with another man also charged before the Special Criminal Court....
Two men involved in the attempted robbery of a jewellery shop in which a shot was discharged above the shopkeeper's head have had appeals against the severity of their sentences dismissed. Melvin...
A father of three who told a garda he would have him shot like his deceased colleague Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, has been jailed for 18 months. John Joyce (24) of St Donagh's Road, Donaghmede,...
(Pictured: Ali Charaf Damache. Photo: Collins) The Court of Appeal will hear two sets of proceedings in October concerning an Irish-Algerian wanted by US authorities on international terrorism...
A former nurse who assaulted his partner after a row at a Christmas market must complete 150 hours of community service within two years. James Butler (38) of Springfield, Tallaght, Dublin pleaded...
A Cork man jailed for a headbutt assault, which lead to doctors telling the victim's wife to “prepare for the worst”, has had his sentence cut on appeal. Kris Collins (25), with an address at...
A former nurse who assaulted his partner after a row at a Christmas market will not be jailed when he is sentenced next February, a judge has said. James Butler (38) of Springfield, Tallaght, Dublin...
(Pictured: Ali Damache. Photo: Collins) An Algerian-born Irish citizen, who is wanted by US authorities on international terrorism charges, has been arrested in Spain. Ali Charaf Damache (50), who...
(Pictured: Ali Damache. Photo: Collins) An Algerian born Irish citizen, who admitted sending a menacing message to a Muslim activist in the United States, is set to appeal the three year jail term...
A Wicklow father of one who harassed two former partners and threatened to harm them if they didn't hand over cash has been given a six year sentence with two years suspended. Ian Waters (35) of...
Man who was drunk and urinated in public avoids prison sentence A MAN who was drunk and urinated on a street in front of members of the public in what a judge called animalistic behaviour' has...
by Ruaidhrí Giblin & Brian Kavanagh A Dublin man jailed for his part in a “mindless and savage” attack on a 27-year-old ‘model worker’ killed on his way to work has had his 12-year sentence reduced...
An ex-soldier, who was jailed and forced to pay compensation from his Irish army pension for sexually assaulting a young boy, has had his jail term cut by the Court of Appeal. John Patterson (58),...
Man charged with trespass and criminal damage at Lusk supermarket is refused bail A MAN charged with trespass and criminal damage at a North Dublin supermarket has been refused bail at Balbriggan...
A man who took part in the violent hijacking of a taxi driver's van has been jailed for three years. Ross Cahill (22) encouraged his accomplice, who was armed with a knife, to stab the taxi driver...
Two Dublin men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly have been granted bail by the High Court pending their retrial in 2017. Dean Evans (24), of Grange Park Rise, Raheny and...
The Special Criminal Court has fixed a date in January 2017 for the retrial of three Dublin men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly, who was shot dead in 2013. Dean Evans...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly (44). Photo: Collins) The 55-day-long trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has collapsed at the Special Criminal...
The Special Criminal Court has been asked to direct a finding of not guilty in the case of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly. An amended application was made to...
The Special Criminal Court will hear legal applications from the defence tomorrow in the trial of three Dubliners charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the...
The Special Criminal Court is due to rule tomorrow on a defence application to direct a finding of not guilty on the charges against three men charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter...
A former priest and school principal has had his appeal against conviction for sexually abusing a pupil rejected by the Court of Appeal. Con Desmond, (79), with an address as Woodlands, Kilrush...
The Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican has been adjourned until tomorrow. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn,...
Lawyers for three Dubliners charged with murdering a dissident republican will begin giving their closing submissions on Monday following an almost four-month trial. Peter Butterly was shot dead in...
Woman stole from supermarket as she was under pressure' A WOMAN stole items from a Balbriggan supermarket because she was under pressure' as it was her daughter's birthday and Christmas. Olivia...
The State has closed its case in the trial of three Dubliners charged with murdering a dissident republican outside a Meath pub almost two years ago. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of...
(Pictured: Mr Sharif Kelly (44). Photo: Collins) A man on trial, charged with murdering a dissident republican, denied that clothes found in his car shortly after the shooting were a change of...
A forensic scientist has testified that firearms residue was found on the clothing of two men on trial charged with murdering a dissident republican almost two years ago. Peter Butterly was shot...
The Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican has been adjourned until the New Year. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn,...
The Special Criminal Court will rule next month on the admissibility of a tranche of evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was shot dead in...
Probation bond for young man who kicked in door of parents' home A YOUNG man who kicked in the door of his parents' home and used threatening and abusive behaviour has been placed on a 12 month...
(Pictured: Judge Dermot Dempsey. Photo: Collins) A MAN who was drunk and urinated on a street in front of members of the public in what a judge called animalistic behaviour' may avoid a prison...
The Special Criminal Court is hearing submissions on the admissibility of a tranche of evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was shot dead...
A former murder accused-turned State witness has told the trial of his former co-accused that they’re ‘screwed’ due to the ‘evidence stacked up against them’. The Special Criminal Court ruled today...
The Special Criminal Court will rule on Tuesday on the admissibility of a prosecution witness’s evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was...
The Special Criminal Court is due to rule on the admissibility of a prosecution witness’s evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was shot...
The High Court will rule early next year on applications brought by anti water charges protesters seeking to be provided with legal aid in proceedings where they are accused of breaching orders not...
The chief prosecution witness in the trial of three men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly last year told the Special Criminal Court today that he would "have lied through...
by Nicola Donnelly and Declan Brennan A FORMER CIE bus driver has been given a ten year sentence for soliciting two undercover gardaí to import cocaine from Brazil. Sunny Idah (39) was caught...
The Special Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage from the scene of the killing of a dissident republican last year. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, Co...
A former accused turned State witness in the Peter Butterly murder trial has denied that leaving his life here to go on witness protection abroad would not be much of a sacrifice for him as his...
The Special Criminal Court has decided to examine communications between the chief prosecution witness in the trial of three men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly last...
The judges in a Special Criminal Court murder trial will rule on Tuesday whether certain communications between the chief prosecution witness and his solicitor should be disclosed to the defence....
The chief prosecution witness in the trial of three men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly last year has agreed to disclose some of his communications with his solicitor,...
The Special Criminal Court has reserved its decision on whether senior counsel for the main prosecution witness in the trial of three men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly...
The Special Criminal Court has in "an unprecedented situation" ordered that two counsel be assigned to the chief prosecution witness during his cross examination in the trial of three men accused of...
A former murder accused-turned State witness has been given permission to consult his solicitor before answering any more questions from the defence in a murder trial. David Cullen (30) was due to...
A former murder accused turned State witness wanted to give his evidence from behind security glass and out of the public’s view, when testifying against his three former co-accused. David Cullen...
A former murder accused turned prosecution witness asked the Special Criminal Court why he should face a life sentence for an alleged murder he claims he didn't plan or commit. Dean Evans (24), of...
(Pictured: Supporters of the Irish Water protesters during a march last month) by Aodhan O'Faolain Applications by anti-water charge protesters seeking to be provided with legal aid in proceedings...
A security operation in the Special Criminal Court this morning caused the formation of long queues into the Criminal Court of Justice building. Security arrangements were in place for the evidence...
Security arrangements are being made for a former murder accused turned prosecution witness to give evidence in the Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering dissident...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly (44)) The last surveillance garda to give secret evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly exited the...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly (44)) A garda member of the National Surveillance Unit, who was present in a car park shortly after dissident republican Peter Butterly was shot dead there,...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly (44)) The Special Criminal Court has ruled that three men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly in Co Meath in 2013 were lawfully...
A former murder accused turned prosecution witness had a mobile phone seized from him in Midlands prison, a court has heard. David Cullen (30), with a last address at Balbriggan, is due to give...
(Pictured: Accused man Sharif Kelly (44)) The Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has risen early this afternoon to consider...
(Pictured: Accused man Sharif Kelly (44)) The Special Criminal Court sat later than planned today to hear submissions on admissibility of evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering...
The Special Criminal Court has begun hearing final submissions from defence counsel on the admissibility of evidence against three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly....
Members of the public were permitted to enter the Special Criminal Court today for the second day running. Officers from the National Surveillance Unit had been giving evidence in the trial of three...
Members of the public were permitted to re-enter the Special Criminal Court this afternoon after a surveillance garda witness was escorted from the building through the custody area. Officers from...
Surveillance gardaí exited the Special Criminal Court through the custody area of the courtroom yesterday because they could not walk "out into the public as normal". The officers, from the National...
Two surveillance gardaí gave evidence in a murder trial this morning but neither their identities nor their evidence can be published by order of the Special Criminal Court. Garda C and Garda F were...
Members of the public were excluded from entering the Special Criminal Court today while surveillance gardaí gave evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter...
A sixth-year student on his way home from school saw a man with a gun stretch out his arm before two to three shots were heard in quick succession, the trial of three men charged with murdering...
Three judges have confessed to encountering a "technical glitch" of their own creation which has delayed the delivery of a ruling in a murder trial. Following fourteen days of legal applications...
The first witness to give evidence in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly will be called before the non-jury Special Criminal Court tomorrow. Three...
The trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly is "the first case in the history of the State" where a tracking device has been mentioned, a senior garda told the...
by Nicola Donnelly & Declan Brennan A FORMER CIE bus driver is to be sentenced later for soliciting two undercover gardaí to import cocaine from Brazil. Sunny Idah (39) was caught following an...
The Special Criminal Court has outlined its reasons for ordering the public's exclusion from court while surveillance gardai give evidence in the trial of three men charged with the murder of...
The Special Criminal Court has directed that members of the public be excluded from court while gardaí from the National Surveillance Unit give evidence in the trial of three men charged with the...
The non-jury Special Criminal Court will rule tomorrow on several legal issues which have arisen in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly. Edward...
A prosecution witness in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly, known only as Garda A' pending legal applications, has already been identified in...
by Ruaidhri Giblin The Special Criminal Court will rule next week on whether gardaí from the National Surveillance Unit can give evidence anonymously in the trial of three men charged with the...
by Ruaidhri Giblin Lawyers for for three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly would have discovered by now whether or not their former co-accused turned prosecution witness...
by Ruaidhri Giblin The trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has heard that a former co-accused “wanted no more to do with” the case when he gave evidence to...
by Ruaidhri Giblin The trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has heard that their former co-accused turned prosecution witness gave gardaí information...
by Ruaidhri Giblin The Special Criminal Court has heard how a former co-accused was transformed into a prosecution witness in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican...
by Ruaidhri Giblin Lawyers for three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly have sought disclosure of material relating to their former co-accused who turned prosecution...
by Ruaidhri Giblin Gardaí have failed in their bid to claim legal privilege over documents relating to the surveillance of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly....
by Ruaidhri Giblin A Detective Superintendent has applied to erect a “screen” between members of the public and undercover garda witnesses prior to them giving evidence in the trial of three men...
Probation Act for man who stole wine A MAN who stole a bottle of wine from a Balbriggan supermarket has been given the benefit of the Probation Act. Kieran White (26) of Clongriffen in Dublin 13...
A man accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly in a Co Meath car park last year has been refused bail at the High Court. Dean Evans (22), of Grange Park Rise, Raheny is one of three...
Three Dublin men will stand trial at the Special Criminal Court in September charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly in a Co Meath car park last year. Edward McGrath (32), of...
The trial of three Dublin men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly cannot proceed this month as scheduled, the Special Criminal Court has found. Edward McGrath (32), of Land...
A Dublin man who is to turn State’s evidence at the trial of his former co-accused for the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly in an “unprecedented” case is competent to give evidence for...
A Dublin man who is to be a State witness against his three co-accused charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly in an “unprecedented” case has been jailed for three-and-a-half...
(Pictured: Prosecution Counsel Ms Una Ni Raifeartaigh SC) A Dublin man who was charged with the murder dissident republican Peter Butterly is to be a prosecution witness and give evidence against...
(Pictured: Ray D'Arcy gets his head shaved during Today FM's Shave or Dye 2014 Guinness World Record attempt) A MOTHER of five who was carrying out a bogus collection in aid of Today FM's Shave or...
Dad of three who threatened to smash up car bound to peace for one year A FATHER-of-three who became aggressive to gardai when they threatened to seize a vehicle and threatened to smash up the car'...
A FORMER Anglo Irish Bank clerk is to stand trial over an alleged €200,000 computer fraud. Gordon O'Brien, 42, a father-of-two, with an address at Springfield, Dooradoyle, Limerick, was arrested by...
A man has been acquitted of IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court following a trial centred on a graveside oration he delivered in Limerick in January 2013. The accused read a statement...
A man charged with membership of an unlawful organisation has denied the allegation at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin. Michael Kiely, aged 43, of Abbeyvale, Corbally in Limerick, has pleaded...
A Garda Chief Superintendent has given evidence to the Special Criminal Court that he held the belief Michael Kiely was a member of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army....
A 43-year-old man from Limerick has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation at the Special Criminal Court following allegations that he read a statement at a graveside...
Gardai breached the constitutional right to privacy of a man who was secretly recorded offering two undercover officers money to import cocaine to Ireland, a court has heard. The Court of Criminal...