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A thief and fraudster who is serving a 10-month sentence has been spared further jail time for stealing an electric scooter worth €773. Edward Collins (21), of St Mary’s Villas, Westport, Co Mayo,...
by Fiona Magennis A man has had his conviction for defiling a 16-year-old girl overturned, after the Court of Appeal found the trial judge “crossed a line” in his charge to the jury. The three-judge...
A Dublin man accused of assaulting a Tesco worker and damaging a garda station custody area has been granted bail after a court heard he had no legal representation due to the solicitors� strike....
A murder trial jury has watched CCTV footage of the moment a man who was fatally stabbed ran from a house in north Dublin clutching his chest, followed by the man accused of his murder. Derek Boyd...
A man with no previous convictions who subjected a stranger to a prolonged violent sexual assault in her own hotel room has been jailed for seven and a half years. Ciaran Tate (29) with an address...
The privacy rights of murderer Kevin Braney, the leader of the New IRA in Dublin, were not breached when gardaí used a surveillance device to listen in on him conversing with members of a criminal...
The High Court has granted a stay on a notice of dismissal against a garda convicted of assaulting his then-wife. Mr Justice Sara Phelan approved the stay, which suspends dismissal proceedings until...
A man found walking back and forth on a Dublin city centre street playing the ukulele in the early hours of the morning has avoided a conviction, after a judge heard the defendant had been badly...
A man from Enniscrone, County Sligo, has lost a religious discrimination claim at the Workplace Relations Commission following his lifetime ban from a yoga studio in Ballina, County Mayo. Peter...
A service station operator in Charlestown, County Mayo, has been ordered to pay €1,250 in compensation to a former employee following a determination by the Workplace Relations Commission. Eve...
(Pictured: Michael Kelly. Photo: Collins) By Natasha Reid and Isabel Hayes A father who assaulted an umpire at an underage GAA match, leading to the victim suffering a concussion at the hands of...
A man who fled from gardaí before being found with a Stanley knife in his backpack has been fined €100 and warned by a judge that he could face jail if he comes before the courts again. Diarmuid...
(Pictured: Michael Kelly. Photo: Collins) A court has heard how there were already tensions on a GAA pitch during an underage hurling match, when the father of one of the players ran at an umpire...
A qualified accountant from Shrule, County Mayo, has been sentenced to two years in custody at Galway Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to stealing €1.4m from his employer KPMG. David...
A jury has been discharged in the trial of a 33-year-old man accused of murdering a 58-year-old at a housing unit on Tone Street in Ballina, County Mayo in October 2024. The Central Criminal Court...
A 23-year-old man from Ballina has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following a violent incident outside St Mary's Secondary School in April 2021. Taylor Moran admitted attacking another youth...
A couple at Castlebar Circuit Court has been sentenced for child neglect after their two young autistic children were discovered living in severely unsanitary conditions. The 40-year-old father...
A man has pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court following the death of his flatmate at an apartment on Tone Street, Ballina, County Mayo in October 2024. The prosecution alleges...
A witness has denied observing the deceased wielding a metal pole against the man accused of his murder during an altercation at a Ballina apartment. Declan Forde gave evidence at the Central...
A woman residing at a Peter McVerry Trust housing unit on Tone Street, Ballina, has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court describing how she and her son fled the apartment after the accused...
At the Central Criminal Court, a jury heard opening arguments in the murder trial of Liam O'Leary (33), who denies killing 58-year-old John Casserly at a Peter McVerry Trust housing unit on Tone...
By Fiona Ferguson A prolific offender with more than 230 previous convictions broke into a petrol station after missing his bus to look for food, money and items to sell, Dublin Circuit Criminal...
A 33-year-old man has entered a not guilty plea to murder at the Central Criminal Court. Liam O'Leary, formerly of Kiltimagh, is charged with the murder of John Casserly, aged 59, at Tone House on...
A delivery driver has been sentenced to five months in prison at Castlebar Circuit Court after pleading guilty to careless driving causing the death of a seventy-six-year-old woman in Westport....
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has alleged he was subjected to intimidation and threats by the organisation's then-chairman following his decision to suspend the chairman's...
A jury at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court has returned a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict in respect of an aeronautical engineer charged with damaging telecommunications infrastructure...
A man from County Mayo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 33 offences alleged to have occurred at telecommunications and utility sites across Mayo and Galway between September and...
A man accused of falsely imprisoning and strangling a woman has seen his bail revoked after refusing to wait at Pearse Street Garda Station to sign on, telling a judge that the conditions there are...
A Knockmore man has been sentenced to four years in prison at Castlebar Circuit Court for offences including the savage mauling of a woman by his unmuzzled dog. David Barrett, aged 41, pleaded...
A 47-year-old man from Swinford has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following an incident in which he struck his brother with a shovel at their home in Cloongullaune on 27 July 2022. The...
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard closing arguments in a case arising from the fatal stabbing of a man in Dublin in June 2024. Joseph Lawlor, aged 39, of Hampton Wood Road in...
A 61-year-old man from Ballina in County Mayo has been sentenced to 11 and a half years imprisonment for sexually abusing five girls over nearly two decades. David Langdon pleaded guilty at...
A Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator has found that a 61-year-old Tesco worker was unfairly dismissed following the loss of a €20 note at a Castlebar store in 2023. Declan Kavanagh was...
A man from Belmullet, County Mayo has failed in a discrimination claim brought before the Workplace Relations Commission following a meeting about employment with the Erris Chamber of Commerce in...
A man from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for a sustained campaign of domestic violence against his former partner spanning...
A suspended Roscommon solicitor has been formally censured by the High Court following a misconduct finding relating to a 2006 Mayo land transaction. Declan O'Callaghan successfully appealed three...
A garda has received a suspended three-month sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for assaulting his then-wife, a fellow member of An Garda Síochána, in County Mayo in October 2012. Trevor...
Two Slovak nationals have been convicted and sentenced at the Central Criminal Court following a sexual assault on two teenage girls on a disused railway line in County Mayo in March 2023. Rudolf...
A 33-year-old man convicted of defiling a child at his home has been granted bail pending his appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal in Dublin. The man, whose identity is protected to...
A court has heard how a repeat offender was rumbled when he was caught with a mobile phone that he was unable to unlock, while messages on the device referred to a work presentation, despite the...
A man from Belmullet, County Mayo, has brought a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission alleging gender discrimination and breaches of the Employment Equality Act 1998 during a meeting with...
A man in his fifties and a woman in her forties have been sentenced to a combined eight and a half years imprisonment at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following their conviction for the...
A repeat offender has been jailed for six weeks after getting into a car parked in a private driveway in south Dublin while on probation and later swallowing crack cocaine when he was in garda...
At Castlebar Circuit Court, two parents have admitted to multiple counts of child cruelty following an investigation into the abuse of their six children. The case emerged after two teenagers walked...
A hospital clerical worker at Mayo University Hospital has been awarded €58,681.60 by the Workplace Relations Commission following a constructive dismissal complaint. The adjudicator found that the...
A teenager has been awarded €700,000 by the High Court following the HSE's admission of liability for failures in ante-natal care at Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar during 2009. The girl, now...
A man has seen a charge against him of trespassing at a Ballsbridge home dismissed after a judge found the State had failed to establish the required evidence to make a case. Mohammed Bishet (30),...
An 89-year-old man from Rockfield, Knock, Claremorris, Co Mayo, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for historical sexual abuse of a young child. Pat Salmon...
A High Court judge has upheld a disciplinary tribunal finding of professional misconduct against suspended Roscommon solicitor Declan O'Callaghan concerning his handling of a 2006 Mayo land...
An eighty-nine-year-old man from Rockfield, Knock, County Mayo has pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault against a young child in the mid-1990s. The Central Criminal Court heard that the...
A farmer from Dunmore, County Galway, has obtained High Court permission to challenge the residential zoning of his lands under the Residential Zoned Land Tax. Michael Knightly is seeking to quash...
A Castlebar man has pleaded guilty to three thefts totalling over €34,000 from a Lidl supermarket in Westport during the Christmas and New Year period of 2023. Mantas Kerusauska, aged 39, admitted...
A ballet teacher from County Galway has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following his conviction for sexually assaulting two young girls at a dance school...
A Galway man has been sentenced to four years in prison, with the final year suspended, following a violent assault at a petrol station in Ballinrobe, Co Mayo in January 2023. Tommy Sweeney, aged...
A ballet teacher from County Galway has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with twelve months suspended, following his conviction for the sexual abuse of two young girls during dance...
A 40-year-old woman from Ballina in County Mayo has pleaded guilty to possessing €62,000 worth of cannabis herb for sale or supply. Bernadette Muldoon, of St Patrick's estate, admitted the offence...
A man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for sexual offences against a woman in County Mayo. Jorge Paris, aged 62 and...
A man has admitted careless driving causing the death of a woman in her 70s at a supermarket car park in County Mayo last year. The incident occurred on June 6, 2024, at Supervalu in Westport, when...
A former garda has been remanded for sentencing assessment following his guilty plea to assaulting his then wife, also a member of An Garda Síochána, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Trevor Bolger,...
A Mayo man received a suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court on 17 October for harassment spanning over a year. Brendan Rowland, aged 30, pleaded guilty to sending 14 malicious...
A 70-year-old farmer from County Mayo has received a suspended sentence of seven months following his guilty plea to careless driving causing death. Martin Cullina was sentenced at Castlebar Circuit...
A man who struck and fatally injured a young pedestrian at a crossing in Ballina, County Mayo, has received a fully suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. James Moyles, aged...
A man from Enniscrone has brought a complaint before the Workplace Relations Commission alleging religious discrimination after being issued a lifetime ban from a yoga studio in Ballina. Peter...
Three men have been sentenced to a combined 43 years imprisonment following their guilty pleas to manslaughter in connection with the death of a pensioner in Co Sligo. At the Central Criminal Court,...
A 34-year-old man has received a two-year suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to assault causing harm and possession of a weapon. The incident occurred...
Three men with a combined 106 previous convictions pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Tom Niland at the Central Criminal Court on Monday. John Irving (31) of Foxford, Co Mayo; Francis Harman (58)...
A Mayo woman seriously injured when struck by a Bus Éireann van in Ballina last May has expressed no ill-feeling towards the driver. At Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court on Friday, the court heard...
An intensive care nurse at Mayo General Hospital has received a fully suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Court for forging prescriptions to obtain painkillers. Sinéad Donohoe, aged 42, of...
A man from Castlerea in County Roscommon has received a fully suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following what the judge described as a remarkable turnaround in his life. Ernest...
A man has pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of Tom Niland at the Central Criminal Court, five days into his trial. John Irving, aged 31, of Shanwar, Foxford, County Mayo, changed his plea on...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage documenting movements in County Sligo and Mayo on January 18, 2022, the date of an alleged assault on 73-year-old Tom Niland at his home...
A pensioner was so severely beaten during an alleged home invasion that neighbours did not recognise him as he walked along the road covered in blood with swollen eyes, the Central Criminal Court...
A Brazilian man has received a three-year suspended sentence following an assault outside a Westport nightclub that left his victim requiring extensive dental treatment. Joao Hermino Sousa Correia,...
A 49-year-old man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death following a fatal collision in Ballina last year. The defendant appeared before Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court on charges...
A man has been convicted of defiling a child under 17 at his home in County Mayo six years ago. The accused, whose identity is protected to safeguard the complainant, pleaded not guilty to the...
A trial has commenced at the Central Criminal Court concerning charges against John Irving of Shanwar, Foxford, County Mayo. The prosecution alleges that Mr Irving, along with Francis Harman of...
A man now aged 22 pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court to possessing child sexual abuse material discovered on his mother's laptop in County Mayo on 6 June 2018. He was 15 when gardaí...
A jury of eight women and four men has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court to hear the trial of a 31-year-old man accused of the unlawful killing of Tom Niland, a 74-year-old from Doonflynn,...
A 33-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and defilement of a child following an incident in County Mayo in July 2020. The trial, heard this week at Castlebar Circuit Criminal...
A 42-year-old Ballinrobe woman has admitted assaulting two gardaí at Claremorris Garda Station during an incident in June 2022. Rosemary Sweeney, of Bridge Street, pleaded guilty to two counts of...
A Ballina man has been sentenced to one year and four months in prison for stabbing another man with a broken beer bottle during an altercation in the town four years ago. Stephen Lawrence, aged 23,...
A man aged 33 has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a staff party in County Mayo in July 2020. The trial is taking place at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court...
Gerry Norman, a 24-year-old abattoir worker from Ballina, Co Mayo, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment with the final two years suspended at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. He pleaded...
A man from Castlebar has pleaded guilty to sharing intimate images of a woman without her consent on two separate occasions. Daniel Humphreys, aged 38 and residing on McHale Road, admitted the...
Bernard McDonagh, aged 30, of Gortnafolla, Turlough, Castlebar, has affirmed guilty pleas to five charges at Castlebar Circuit Court. The charges arise from incidents on November 11 last year at...
A 33-year-old man from County Mayo has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault and child defilement at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. He denies sexually assaulting a female at a county...
A migrant worker has vowed to appeal after the Workplace Relations Commission dismissed his discrimination complaint against the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the...
A garda detective has pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-wife in County Mayo in October 2012. Trevor Bolger, aged 48 and formerly attached to Ballymun Garda Station, was convicted of the assault...
At the Central Criminal Court on 3 June 2025, Nigel Canavan, aged 39, with an address at Erris Gardens, Crossmolina, County Mayo, was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment for the murder of his...
The High Court heard an application today concerning a public order conviction against Jemima Burke, a management consultant, who was convicted at Ballina District Court in June following an...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted a 39-year-old man of murdering his mother at her home in Sligo on May 1, 2023. The man had pleaded not guilty and claimed he acted in self-defence...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court will resume deliberations tomorrow in the trial of Nigel Canavan, aged 39, who denies murdering his mother. The accused, with an address in Crossmolina, County...
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard closing arguments on Wednesday concerning the death of Angela Canavan, aged fifty-eight, at her home in St John's Terrace, Sligo on May 1st, 2023....
A 39-year-old man has testified at the Central Criminal Court that his mother died during a struggle in which he was defending himself from her attack. Nigel Canavan, from Crossmolina, County Mayo,...
A man accused of murdering his mother at her home in County Sligo in May 2023 told gardaí during interviews that he delayed contacting emergency services for approximately 20 minutes after...
A pathologist has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court regarding the death of a 58-year-old woman from County Sligo in May 2023. State Pathologist Dr SallyAnne Collis told the trial of Nigel...
At the Central Criminal Court, a detective told jurors that Nigel Canavan appeared nervous and evasive when questioned hours after his mother's death in Sligo on May 1, 2023. Detective Garda James...
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that Nigel Canavan told his then-wife his mother "went a bit mad" and struck herself with a knife before her death. Mr Canavan, aged 39, of Erris...
A trial has commenced at the Central Criminal Court concerning the death of a woman in her Sligo home. The State alleges that Nigel Canavan, aged 39, of Erris Gardens in County Mayo, strangled his...
A jury comprising ten women and two men has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a 39-year-old man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, who denies murdering his mother in Sligo....
A man from Achill has been sentenced to eight years in prison following his conviction for manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court. Dean Caffrey (38) of Beaucort, Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin...
A woman who was raped at eighteen has welcomed the Court of Appeal's decision to uphold a seven-year custodial sentence imposed on her attacker. The complainant, who waived anonymity, told the court...
A former part-time administrator with Inland Fisheries Ireland has lost a constructive dismissal claim at the Workplace Relations Commission. Joanna Canney, who worked for the agency for fifteen...
At the Central Criminal Court, the sister of Sean McCarthy addressed the court during the sentencing hearing of Dean Caffrey, who was convicted of her brother's manslaughter. Nicole McCarthy stated...
Kevin Braney, aged 49, is appealing his conviction for the murder of Peter Butterly at the Special Criminal Court. The appeal, heard before a three-judge panel, centres on two main issues: the...
A man identified by gardaí as leader of the so-called New IRA is appealing his murder conviction at the Court of Appeal, with his legal team arguing the conviction was unsafe. Kevin Braney (49) was...
The High Court has granted a second stay on Workplace Relations Commission proceedings within a fortnight, following an application by Vincent Maughan of Crossmolina, County Mayo. Mr Maughan, a...
A hospital worker from Tallaght has received a fully suspended three-and-a-half-year sentence after pleading guilty to possession of drugs for sale or supply at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Daniel...
Two individuals have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their guilty pleas to conspiracy charges relating to a scheme to impersonate learner drivers during theory...
Two individuals pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to conspiracy charges relating to a scheme in which they impersonated learner drivers and sat theory tests on behalf of third parties....
A 42-year-old man with 86 previous convictions has been sentenced to eight and a half years' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty pleas to assault causing serious harm,...
A man from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to ten years in prison following his conviction on charges of rape. The Central Criminal Court in Castlebar, County Mayo, heard that the...
Sam Collins, a 30-year-old electrician from Sandyford, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of drugs for sale or supply following an incident on August 26, 2023, at...
The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal against conviction by a Donegal man sentenced to ten years imprisonment for the repeated rape of a teenager. Liam Carr, aged 62, with an address in...
A man has been convicted of manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court following a ten-week trial in connection with the death of a drug dealer in Dublin. Dean Caffrey, aged 38, of Beaucort, Achill...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has paused deliberations after approximately eleven hours of consideration in the trial of Dean Caffrey, who denies murdering Sean McCarthy. The twelve jurors...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court is continuing deliberations in the murder trial of Dean Caffrey, aged 38, of Beaucourt, Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. The twelve-person jury has now...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has asked to examine the firearm and clothing connected to a fatal shooting as they deliberate in a murder trial. Dean Caffrey, aged 38 of Achill Road, Dublin,...
At the Central Criminal Court, defence counsel for Dean Caffrey has urged the jury to acquit his client of murdering Sean McCarthy, arguing that the prosecution case lacks foundation. Lorcan Staines...
A whistleblower penalisation claim against Mayo County Council heard at the Workplace Relations Commission has been adjourned after legal submissions from the complainant's legal team went missing...
A 33-year-old man from Claremorris, County Mayo, has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment, suspended in full, after pleading guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply at...
A man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the rape of his younger cousin in County Mayo in 2006. Noel Gallagher (33) of Dadreen, Louisburg, was convicted...
At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, a murder trial heard that Dean Caffrey (38) made enquiries about renting a storage unit shortly after the death of Sean McCarthy (28). Mr Caffrey, of...
Evidence heard at the Central Criminal Court on Monday has revealed that modified blank-firing pistols are becoming increasingly prevalent, with one such weapon used in a 2022 fatal shooting in...
At the Central Criminal Court, the jury heard that the family of Dean Caffrey became fearful when three men visited their parents' home in Achill, County Mayo, seeking information about the accused....
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence concerning the day after a man's death in a Drumcondra apartment. A work colleague testified that Dean Caffrey, who is accused of...
James Kilroy, 51, from Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, has been granted legal aid to appeal his murder conviction. He was unanimously convicted at the Central Criminal Court of murdering his wife...
The Central Criminal Court has heard evidence during the murder trial of Dean Caffrey, aged 38, of Beaucourt, Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. Mr Caffrey has pleaded not guilty to the murder of...
At the Central Criminal Court, the State Pathologist has given evidence in the murder trial of Dean Caffrey, aged 38, of Beaucort, Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. Dr SallyAnne Collis examined the...
A man accused of murder appeared at the Central Criminal Court on October 10th after voluntarily presenting himself to gardaí with information about a body. Dean Caffrey, aged 38, of Beaucort,...
A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a 38-year-old man accused of murdering Sean McCarthy. The accused, with an address in Drumcondra, Dublin, pleaded not guilty...
James Kilroy was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court today following his conviction for the murder of his wife, Valerie French, at their home in Kilbree Lower, Westport,...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has unanimously convicted James Kilroy of the murder of his wife, Valerie French Kilroy, at their home in Kilbree Lower, Westport, County Mayo, in June 2019. The...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court is considering whether cannabis-induced psychosis constitutes a mental disorder that could support an insanity defence in the trial of James Kilroy, charged with...
At the Central Criminal Court, two toxicologists have given evidence that it is "highly unlikely" a man accused of murdering his wife was intoxicated from cannabis at the time of the alleged...
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that a Westport man accused of killing his wife was experiencing acute and transient psychotic disorder at the time of the alleged killing. James...
A former clinical director of the Central Mental Hospital has told the Central Criminal Court that drug-induced psychosis does not constitute a mental disorder qualifying for an insanity verdict....
At the Central Criminal Court, a psychiatrist denied allegations that he selectively considered evidence supporting an insanity defence in assessing a Mayo man charged with his wife's murder. Dr...
A psychiatrist has testified at the Central Criminal Court that a Westport man accused of murdering his wife was not suffering from a mental disorder at the time of her death. James Kilroy, aged 51,...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has viewed the bloodied knife and hatchet used in the killing of a woman at her home in Westport, County Mayo. James Kilroy, aged fifty-one, a park ranger, has...
A Central Criminal Court jury has heard that psychiatric evidence is disputed in the trial of James Kilroy (51), charged with murdering his wife Valerie French Kilroy (41) at their rural home near...
The High Court released Enoch Burke from Mountjoy Prison on Friday afternoon, having been detained since September 2023 for contempt of court. Mr Justice Mark Sanfey granted his release despite Mr...
Eddie Rockets (Ireland) Limited and Rockets Franchising DAC have secured a temporary injunction from the High Court restraining the alleged unauthorised transfer of two restaurant franchises. The...
A barrister from Castlebar has had his public order conviction overturned on appeal. Simeon Burke, aged 25, was convicted in July 2023 at Dublin District Court and fined €300 following an incident...
A man convicted of killing his wife in Finglas, Dublin in 2021 has been returned to the Central Mental Hospital for continued treatment. Diego Costa Silva, aged 35, was found not guilty of murder by...
A man from Charlestown, County Mayo, has been found not guilty of murdering his wife by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. The jury unanimously determined that Diego Costa Silva was...
Two consultant psychiatrists have testified at the Central Criminal Court that a man accused of killing and decapacitating his wife was suffering from cannabis-induced psychosis at the time of the...
A 35-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his 33-year-old wife at their home in Charlestown Place, Finglas, on 4 November 2021. The Central Criminal Court heard that the accused told...
A trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard allegations that Diego Costa Silva, aged 35, fatally attacked his wife at their apartment on Charlestown Place, Finglas, Dublin in November 2021. The...
A 35-year-old Brazilian man pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court today to the murder of his wife at their home in Dublin in November 2021. Diego Costa Silva is charged with the killing...
An ACC Bank fraud officer has given evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the ongoing theft trial of Michael Lynn, a former solicitor. Mr Lynn, aged 55 and resident in County Wicklow, faces...
A 50-year-old man from County Mayo will face trial for a third time in connection with the alleged murder of his wife. At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, the defence team indicated they...
The murder trial of James Kilroy, accused of killing his wife Valerie French Kilroy at their home in Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, has collapsed for a second time at the Central Criminal Court....
A clinical toxicologist has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court that a Westport man accused of murdering his wife was likely not under the influence of cannabis at the time of her death,...
At the Central Criminal Court, a forensic psychiatrist testified that James Kilroy experienced a psychotic episode in October 2001, some eighteen years before the alleged killing of his wife....
At the Central Criminal Court, a consultant forensic psychiatrist testified that James Kilroy was suffering from a substance-induced psychotic episode when he killed his wife at their rural home...
At the Central Criminal Court, a man charged with murder at Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo has admitted killing his wife but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The accused described to...
Two members of the Burke family were removed from the Court of Appeal by gardaí on 10 November after loudly protesting when the presiding judge muted Enoch Burke's microphone during proceedings. The...
At the Central Criminal Court, a consultant psychiatrist told a jury that a man charged with murder disclosed he was "on a mission from God to kill" his wife during a mental health assessment...
A man on trial for murder told gardaí he had killed his wife after being found naked in a field near Westport, Co Mayo, the Central Criminal Court heard. James Kilroy, aged 50, a park ranger, has...
At the Central Criminal Court, a jury has been presented with a bloodied and severely bent knife in connection with the death of Valerie French Kilroy at her rural home near Westport, County Mayo,...
A jury of seven women and five men has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a man charged with the murder of his wife in County Mayo. James Kilroy, aged 49, pleaded not...
A senior employee at a spiritual centre dedicated to the late Fr Patrick Peyton has obtained a temporary High Court injunction preventing his employer from appointing a replacement to assume his...
Teacher Enoch Burke will remain in Mountjoy Prison after refusing to comply with a court order to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School in County Mayo. Mr Justice Mark Sanfey heard at the High...
A retired detective sergeant from the Garda Technical Bureau has denied allegations made by Noel Long, convicted in connection with a 1981 murder in Cork. The pre-trial hearing at the Central...
Barry Young, aged 38, has been sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for directing a criminal organisation. Mr Justice Tony Hunt imposed the custodial term following...
A Court of Appeal judge has refused the Garda Ombudsman Commission access to ambient audio recordings made during a court incident at the Four Courts in Dublin. The recordings relate to an...
By Claire Henry A Circuit Court judge and a senior defence barrister have commended gardaí for their bravery and fast-thinking when dealing with a 52-year-old man who brandished an imitation firearm...
A man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following his conviction for rape at the Central Criminal Court. Shane Noonan, aged 28, of Castlehilll Park,...
A man from Castlebar, County Mayo, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for two unprovoked assaults committed in January 2023. Celyn Eadon (31) pleaded...
A violent offender with 144 previous convictions who stomped on his friend’s head and continued to kick him while he lay unconscious on a packed Luas has been jailed for a year. The court heard that...
A panel convened to hear a teacher's appeal against dismissal has indicated it will contest an attempt to halt proceedings, the High Court learned on Tuesday. Enoch Burke, a German and History...
A temporary High Court injunction halting an appeal hearing into a teacher's dismissal was granted on Thursday following an application brought in Tullamore, County Offaly. The appellant, who...
A van driver employed by an Italian food importer has been awarded €15,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission for breaches of working time legislation, though his constructive dismissal claim has...
Gardai and Simeon Burke will receive audio recordings of court proceedings as part of an appeal against his conviction for a public order offence. Burke, aged 24 and with an address in Castlebar, Co...
A High Court jury has awarded €505,000 in damages to a 62-year-old former League of Ireland and GAA player after it found that he was assaulted by members of An Garda Siochana. Michael Sheehan, from...
A 38-year-old Sligo man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to directing a 20-member criminal organisation that operated across the northwest between October 2019 and January 2022....
William Twomey, with an address in Warrenpoint, County Down, has failed in his appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal in relation to an attack on a Mayo businessman in County Louth in...
A 33-year-old man has been acquitted of murder at the Central Criminal Court following a trial concerning a stabbing at a housing estate in Swinford, County Mayo. The jury, comprising nine men and...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has sought clarification from Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring on self-defence and intent in the murder trial of Matusz Batiuk (33), formerly of Carrabeg Estate,...
At the High Court, Wilson's Hospital School in County Mayo presented evidence on the third day of proceedings arising from the dismissal of teacher Enoch Burke. The school's board representative,...
A former principal of Wilson's Hospital secondary school in County Westmeath has given evidence in the High Court regarding allegations of misconduct against teacher Enoch Burke. Niamh McShane, who...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the case of a man charged with murdering a 24-year-old from County Mayo. Matusz Batiuk, formerly of Carrabeg Estate in Swinford, has...
The High Court hearing into a dispute between teacher Enoch Burke and Wilson's Hospital School resumed on Wednesday morning with a delayed start. The case was adjourned from 9:30am to 11am after...
A High Court judge has excluded teacher Enoch Burke from the courtroom during the full hearing of his dispute with Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath, finding him in contempt of court for...
Four men have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an assault at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon on December 16, 2018. Patrick...
At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of Matusz Batiuk, who denies murdering Michael McDonagh at a housing estate in Swinford, County Mayo, on 16 November 2020. The...
Two forensic psychiatrists have testified at the Central Criminal Court that a jury should consider whether a man's criminal responsibility was diminished when he allegedly stabbed a 24-year-old...
A man accused of murdering his wife at their home in County Mayo will face a retrial at the Central Criminal Court later this year. James Kilroy, aged 49, of Kilbree Lower, Westport, is charged with...
John Tighe will remain in prison serving a life sentence following the dismissal of his appeal against conviction for the murder of his infant son. Tighe, from Lavallyroe in Ballyhaunis, County...
The Central Criminal Court in Dublin heard evidence on March 24th regarding a fatal stabbing in Swinford, County Mayo. Matusz Batiuk, aged 33, formerly of Carrabeg Estate, Swinford, has pleaded not...
A pathologist told the Central Criminal Court in Dublin that a single stab wound measuring at least 12 centimetres in depth caused the death of a 24-year-old Mayo man by severing a vital artery. Dr...
A key witness in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court gave conflicting evidence regarding events at a house in Swinford, County Mayo, on November 16, 2020. Paul Maughan testified that he did...
The murder trial of James Kilroy at the Central Criminal Court collapsed on Monday due to an unexpected and complex matter that emerged during proceedings. Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring discharged the...
A 33-year-old Polish man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a 24-year-old at Carrabeg Estate in Swinford, Co Mayo on 16 November 2020. The Central Criminal Court heard that Matusz Batiuk told...
A worker employed at a County Mayo job centre for disabled adults has secured a second Workplace Relations Commission ruling in her favour regarding unpaid wages caused by a funding dispute between...
Matusz Batiuk, a 33-year-old man formerly residing in Carrabeg Estate, Swinford, Co Mayo, entered a not guilty plea at the Central Criminal Court on 20 March 2023 to the charge of murdering Michael...
The High Court has ordered Enoch Burke to pay Wilson's Hospital School's legal costs arising from two pre-trial motions in their ongoing dispute. Mr Justice Brian O'Moore awarded the school its...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted Stephen Silver of the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan in Castlerea, County Roscommon, on 17 June 2020. Silver, a 46-year-old motorcycle...
A businessman and his wife from Lisheenbrawn, Swinford, County Mayo, have obtained a temporary High Court injunction preventing a mortgage company and a receiver from selling their property. James...
At the Central Criminal Court, the murder trial of James Kilroy, aged 49, of Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, has been adjourned until Monday afternoon following an unforeseen development. Mr...
A man charged with murdering his wife in County Mayo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. James Kilroy, aged 49, of Kilbree Lower, Westport, is accused of...
A solicitor from Castlebar, Co Mayo is pursuing a High Court judicial review challenge against a Workplace Relations Commission decision rejecting her unfair dismissal claim against law firm Arthur...
At the Central Criminal Court, a murder trial heard that James Kilroy, aged 49, a park ranger from Kilbree Lower, Westport, County Mayo, described to gardai how he "waited in the long grass" before...
At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, the Chief State Pathologist provided evidence that a woman from Westport, County Mayo, died from ligature strangulation, blunt force trauma to the head, and...
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence concerning the death of a forty-one-year-old occupational therapist discovered in a campervan at a rural property near Westport,...
James Kilroy, aged 49, of Kilbree Lower, Westport, County Mayo, stands trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of Valerie French Kilroy at their home between June 13 and 14,...
A 33-year-old man from County Mayo has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment following his abduction of his two-year-old daughter from a health centre in October 2021, an incident...
A 49-year-old man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his wife at their rural home near Westport, County Mayo, the Central Criminal Court heard today. The prosecution...
Chaotic scenes erupted at the Court of Appeal on 7 March when members of the Burke family were physically removed from the courtroom during the dismissal of Enoch Burke's application to overturn...
A consultant psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that Stephen Silver, who stands accused of murdering Garda Colm Horkan with the officer's own firearm, displayed behaviour consistent...
A 49-year-old man from Westport, County Mayo has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. James Kilroy is charged with murdering Valerie...
Enoch Burke arrived late to the High Court this morning where his dispute with Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath was mentioned before Mr Justice Brian O'Moore. The Co Mayo teacher's case...
A forensic psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that Stephen Silver's mental capacity was significantly impaired at the time Garda Colm Horkan was shot dead at Castlerea, County...
The Court of Appeal has increased jail sentences for two women convicted in Ireland's first human trafficking case involving alleged voodoo ceremonies. Alicia Edosa and Edith Enoghaghase, originally...
Enoch Burke brought an appeal to the Court of Appeal challenging orders directing him to remain away from Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath. Mr Burke contends that the school's direction...
Enoch Burke was physically removed from the High Court for the second time in as many court sittings after he interrupted proceedings before Mr Justice Brian O'Moore at the Four Courts today. The...
Siblings Enoch and Ammi Burke were physically removed from the High Court by gardai on Friday after interrupting proceedings before Mr Justice Brian O'Moore. The pair attended court unannounced to...
(Pictured: Ms Ciara Kelleher. Photo: Collins) By Eimear Dodd A former financial services manager accused of conspiring to defraud investors told gardai that she wasn't part of Custom House Capital's...
A High Court judge has dismissed an injunction application by a Westmeath teacher seeking to halt disciplinary proceedings against him. Mr Justice Conor Dignam found the teacher had raised strong...
A High Court judge has determined that teacher Enoch Burke holds a strong case against disciplinary proceedings initiated by Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath, but has declined to halt...
Heated exchanges occurred at the High Court on Wednesday evening during a hearing of Enoch Burke's application for an injunction to halt disciplinary proceedings against him. Mr Burke, a teacher...
A man serving a mandatory life sentence for the murder of his infant son has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal, challenging the admissibility of postmortem evidence presented during his...
Patrick McLoughlin, aged 35, of Torboy, Moydow, County Longford, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, with the final eighteen months suspended, following his conviction for sexual assault...
A man accused of murdering his wife at their Westport home in June 2019 will stand trial in March 2023 instead of December this year. James Kilroy, aged 48, of Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo,...
A 33-year-old man who abducted his two-year-old daughter from a health centre in County Mayo last October has had sentencing adjourned pending trial on separate charges. Dublin Circuit Criminal...
The High Court has appointed an interim examiner to Blacklough Construction Limited following an application on grounds of cash-flow insolvency. The company, which has 48 employees and engages...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberating in the trial of Stephen Silver, aged 46, from Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, who is charged with the murder of Detective Garda Colm...
A former solicitor from Claremorris, County Mayo, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing over €200,000 from four client families. David Doyle,...
A High Court judge has firmly rejected criticisms levelled by imprisoned teacher Enoch Burke against members of the judiciary, describing such allegations as "scurrilous" and "utterly without...
A 56-year-old man from Ballina in County Mayo appeared at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in connection with allegations relating to the sale of a Spanish property owned by Our Lady's Hospice in...
A 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Foxford, County Mayo, has testified at the Central Criminal Court that he was living in a shed without running water and had discontinued psychiatric medication...
A key witness in the Central Criminal Court trial of Stephen Silver, who is accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan, has testified that he deliberately kept the accused away from gardaí on...
A man from Westport, County Mayo, has been assigned a trial date at the Central Criminal Court in relation to the death of his wife in 2019. The accused is charged with the murder of a woman at...
A solicitor from Castlebar, County Mayo, has initiated High Court judicial review proceedings to challenge a Workplace Relations Commission decision that dismissed her unfair dismissal complaint...
A woman convicted of human trafficking, one of the first such convictions in the State, has appealed her conviction on grounds of missing evidence, the Court of Appeal heard today. Alicia Edosa and...
A man convicted of his role in a violent robbery and extortion of a Mayo businessman has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal, contending he had withdrawn from the criminal enterprise...
A man formerly of Foxford, County Mayo, has had his 18-year prison sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal following his conviction for the sexual abuse of his daughter over a 13-year period. The...
Michael Golden, aged 73, of Crosspatrick, Killala, County Mayo, was convicted unanimously by jury at the Central Criminal Court last month of seven counts of indecent assault, four counts of sexual...
A man has lost a discrimination claim brought against a Co Mayo hardware store after the Workplace Relations Commission found no evidence that his treatment was based on disability. The complainant...
A Mayo native has been sentenced to two years imprisonment, with sixteen months suspended, following his conviction for a sustained harassment campaign against a former tenant at Dublin Circuit...
A Workplace Relations Commission adjudicating officer has dismissed an unfair dismissal complaint brought by Ammi Burke of Castlebar, Co Mayo, against Arthur Cox LLC. In his written decision,...
A 68-year-old former solicitor from Claremorris, County Mayo, has been remanded on bail pending sentencing in November following his admission to four counts of theft. David Doyle pleaded guilty at...
Michael Lynn, a former solicitor aged 53 from Red Cross, County Wicklow, gave evidence in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the thirteenth week of his trial on charges of theft. Mr Lynn pleaded not...
A claim of unfair dismissal brought by solicitor Ammi Burke against law firm Arthur Cox has been dismissed by the Workplace Relations Commission following a hearing at which repeated interruptions...
A Workplace Relations Commission hearing into a solicitor's unfair dismissal claim against Arthur Cox has heard competing accounts of an office incident in January 2019. Ammi Burke, from Castlebar,...
A solicitor from Castlebar, County Mayo, has sought the recusal of an adjudicator appointed to hear her unfair dismissal complaint against Arthur Cox Solicitors in Dublin. The woman alleged the...
A British national has been ordered to be extradited from Ireland to face trial in the United Kingdom on allegations of murder or manslaughter. Ms Justice Caroline Biggs of the High Court ruled on...
A trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard evidence that documents purporting to bear the signature and stamp of accountancy firm Kinsella Mitchell & Associates were not produced by that...
A British man has been ordered surrendered to the United Kingdom following a High Court hearing on charges relating to a fatal stabbing in Carlisle. The High Court judge, Ms Justice Caroline Biggs,...
A delivery driver has brought a complaint of constructive dismissal against an Italian food importer to the Workplace Relations Commission following his resignation in August 2020. The complainant...
A High Court action brought by a woman employed for more than two decades at a meat processing plant in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, has been resolved. Ms Lisa Flanagan, who worked as a receptionist and...
A man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, has appealed his extradition to the United States, where he faces allegations of breaching bail conditions related to a previous conviction for attempting to...
A jury has been empanelled ahead of the trial of former solicitor Michael Lynn at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, which opens tomorrow. Mr Lynn, aged 53 and with an address in County Wicklow, faces...
A receptionist and administrator employed by Martin Jennings Wholesale Limited in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, has brought High Court proceedings seeking an injunction to prevent her dismissal. Lisa...
A former Revenue employee received a fully suspended eighteen-month sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for her role in generating fraudulent tax refunds. Linda Kinsella, aged 38, pleaded...
A High Court action concerning a flood relief scheme in Roscommon will not proceed to full hearing until after Easter. The Friends of the Irish Environment group has brought judicial review...
A man has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court in Sligo on 31 counts of sexual assault and rape offences against a teenage boy in County...
Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, gave evidence at the Special Criminal Court detailing his abduction and assault in County Fermanagh in September 2019. Mr Lunney described...
A man has been convicted at the Central Criminal Court in Sligo of sexually abusing a child over a five-year period in Donegal. Liam Carr, aged 59 and with an address in Ballina, Falcarragh, County...
Two brothers whose guilty pleas were entered at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court in October 2019 have had their sentences reviewed at the Court of Appeal following challenges on grounds of severity...
The High Court has quashed planning permission for a large-scale poultry farm in Co Mayo. Mr Justice Anthony Barr made the order following An Bord Pleanála's consent to quash the permission it had...
A 46-year-old man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, has appealed an extradition order to the United States at the High Court. Martin Jude Wall was arrested in Ireland last December following his...
A man from Claremorris in County Mayo has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child sexual abuse...
Two men arrested in County Mayo have lodged objections to their extradition at the High Court in Dublin in connection with a fatal stabbing in Carlisle, UK. Kane Hull, aged 28, and Liam Porter, aged...
A former financial advisor has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court following his conviction for orchestrating a robbery targeting a Mayo businessman. William...
Two men arrested in County Mayo have appeared before the High Court in Dublin in connection with a fatal stabbing in Carlisle, United Kingdom. Kane Hull, aged 28, and Liam Porter, aged 32, both of...
A 46-year-old man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, has been ordered to be extradited to the United States following a High Court ruling. The man was convicted in 2012 in Georgia after pleading guilty...
A jury has viewed CCTV footage showing Bray Boxing Club at the moment when a gunman shot one gym-goer dead and left two others injured. Detective Garda Alan Thompson said a grey or silver...
A 20-year-old plasterer from Killala, Cork has been sentenced to two months imprisonment and fined €1,000 for contempt of court at the Central Criminal Court. Craig O'Donoghue breached a witness...
At the Central Criminal Court, Darragh O'Connor of Deermount, Deerpark, Cork was sentenced to two months imprisonment for contempt of court. Justice David Keane described the contempt as "blatant...
(Pictured: Accused Mr Gerard Cervi. Photo: Collins) The Bray Boxing Club murder trial has heard from a number of witnesses who encountered a van that the prosecution contend was used in the fatal...
A contempt of court hearing concerning two witnesses has been adjourned until Friday at the Central Criminal Court. Darragh O'Connor, aged 20, of Cork, and Craig O'Donoghue, aged 20, of Killala,...
A witness from Killala, County Cork has been arrested and remanded in custody to face trial for contempt of court after failing to appear at proceedings in the High Court. Craig O'Donoghue, aged...
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 Kilbree Lower in Westport, faces a charge...
At the Special Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of two men charged with offences arising from an assault on a Mayo businessman in County Louth in December 2017. Thomas...
A man arrested in Crossmolina, County Mayo, is at the centre of extradition proceedings in the High Court following his alleged breach of probation conditions in the United States. Martin Jude Wall,...
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 sexual assault at the Central Criminal...
A 29-year-old man from Castlebar, County Mayo, has been sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of his mother at their home in Derrycrieve, Islandeady, in March 2011. The...
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 €50,000, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court...
A man who fractured his then partner's nose and left her sitting in a pool of her own blood has been jailed for six months. Dubliner Dean McAuley (28) twice punched his then girlfriend in the face...
A man convicted of manslaughter following the death of his mother in Castlebar, County Mayo, in 2011 appeared for sentence at the Central Criminal Court on 8 February 2021. The defendant, aged 29,...
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 Bank of Ireland. The three-judge court,...
A man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for a series of rapes committed against a child between 2009 and 2011. The offences occurred when the victim was...
(Pictured: Wayne Fitzgerald. Collins) A man who used his ill father to withdraw over €9,000 from a dead man’s bank account has been given a suspended sentence. Wayne Fitzgerald (47) became aware of...
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 that the trial judge erred in principle...
A man known to gardai as being "heavily involved in organised crime" and who was linked through DNA evidence to a submachine gun has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for five years. In...
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 December 2020. The man had been arrested...
A man known to gardai as being "heavily involved in organised crime" and who was linked through DNA evidence to a submachine gun found in the passenger footwell of a car will be sentenced next week...
A man in his early forties has been imprisoned for three and a half years following his conviction on sexual assault and assault charges at the Central Criminal Court in Castlebar. The jury found...
A 23-year-old Malawian national with an address in Charlestown, Dublin, received a fully suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after her bank account was used to receive €10,000 in...
A man with convictions for stalking and harassment of former partners was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court in Castlebar, County Mayo, of sexually assaulting his wife in Galway city on...
A man convicted of murdering his mother in County Mayo almost a decade ago will be sentenced for her manslaughter in February following a Supreme Court ruling that overturned his murder conviction....
A man imprisoned for two counts of anal rape against his wife has withdrawn his appeal against his nine-year sentence following guidance from the Court of Appeal regarding recent Supreme Court...
Celyn Eadon, aged 29, of Derrycrieve, Islandeady, Castlebar, Co Mayo, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the manslaughter of his mother Noreen Kelly on March 9, 2011. Ms Kelly, aged 46,...
A man from Claremorris in County Mayo has had his prison sentence reduced following a successful appeal against its severity. Mark Walsh, now aged 32, was originally sentenced to five years...
The Court of Appeal in Dublin has quashed a fully suspended sentence imposed on a man convicted of assault causing serious harm to a Defence Forces member. Cian Cox, aged 26 and originally from...
A 17-year-old home-schooled student from outside Dublin has initiated judicial review proceedings against the Minister for Education over the refusal to award her calculated grades for her six...
Two more men have been charged this evening at the Special Criminal Court with involvement in the attempted murder of Kinahan cartel target James Mago' Gately. Mr Gately was shot multiple times as...
A man pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following an incident at a nightclub in Swords, Dublin in December 2017. The victim, then aged 19, sustained serious injury to his left eye when struck...
The Central Criminal Court will resume jury trials from the end of August across multiple venues in an effort to address the significant backlog of cases suspended during coronavirus lockdown...
A County Mayo man has failed in his appeal against a seven-year prison sentence imposed for the sexual abuse of three sisters over an eighteen-year period. The 65-year-old, whose identity is...
A man from Castlebar, County Mayo, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sexually exploiting children online. Mark Keogh pleaded guilty to 14 charges of...
A witness testified at the Central Criminal Court that Aaron Brady, the man accused of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, admitted to killing someone and stated he carried "the guilt of...
The Court of Appeal has refused the Director of Public Prosecutions' challenge to a suspended sentence imposed on a 78-year-old man convicted of child pornography offences. The man, formerly of...
A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the manslaughter of a teenager in Castlebar, County Mayo. The defendant, who cannot be named under...
A 65-year-old Mayo man has appeared before the Court of Appeal to challenge the severity of his sentence for sexually abusing three sisters over an 18-year period beginning in 1976. The man was...
Justice Eileen Creedon will hear medical evidence at the Central Criminal Court regarding whether a young man with a serious brain condition can be imprisoned, three years after his conviction for...
The High Court has dismissed an application by a woman from Killala, County Mayo, seeking to annul her bankruptcy following a mortgage overcharging dispute with Bank of Ireland. Ms Justice Teresa...
A man from County Mayo has unsuccessfully appealed his conviction for sexually assaulting three sisters over an eighteen-year period beginning in 1976. He was found guilty by a Mayo Circuit Criminal...
A Mayo man has appealed his conviction for sexually abusing three sisters over an extended period. He was found guilty in October 2017 on 19 counts of indecent assault against one girl and one count...
A man convicted of sexually abusing a child in County Mayo during the 1970s has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal. The defendant was found guilty in October 2018 by majority verdict on...
The High Court has ordered the appointment of a receiver over three luxury watches alleged to have been purchased with proceeds of crime. Christopher Waldron, aged 37 and with an address at Killala...
A 36-year-old man from County Mayo convicted of serious sexual offences against two teenage girls has had his prison sentence upheld on appeal. The man, who was 28 when the abuse began, pleaded...
A woman who lost her family home in County Mayo and was subsequently adjudicated bankrupt has sought to have that bankruptcy annulled following a Bank of Ireland overcharging scandal. The High Court...
A man accused of involvement in a violent extortion has been granted bail at the Special Criminal Court, despite garda objections. William Twomey, aged 56, from Warrenpoint, County Down, faces...
A 28-year-old Dublin man has been ordered to complete 240 hours of community service over twelve months in lieu of a two-year prison sentence following his guilty plea to igniting a firework in a...
A youth convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of a teenager in Claremorris, County Mayo, will be sentenced on 20 March following a brief hearing at the Central Criminal Court. The...
The Court of Appeal has been informed that the Minister for Justice has accepted a recommendation to grant temporary release to John Shaw, the State's longest serving prisoner. Shaw, aged 73, an...
A 59-year-old Mayo man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following his guilty plea to sexually assaulting a woman with intellectual disabilities at the...
A 26-year-old man from Castlebar, County Mayo has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of his mother. Celyn Eadon, of Derrycrieve, Islandeady, faces the...
A court has heard that a Dublin man awaiting sentence for plotting to murder Gary Hanley scolded one of his co-accused, telling him he had "fucked up" on the day he "went to court", in a recording...
John Shaw, aged 73 and Ireland's longest-serving prisoner, brought an appeal before the Court of Appeal challenging the Minister for Justice's refusal to grant him two days of temporary release...
A County Mayo man convicted of raping his daughter between 2006 and 2010 has had his appeal against conviction dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The man, aged 47, was sentenced to fifteen years...
A man from County Down pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of child sexual abuse material discovered on his mobile phone. The 33-year-old, of Mayobridge, Newry, attended...
Alan Cawley, aged 32, of Four Winds, Corrinbla, Ballina, County Mayo, has lost his appeal against murder convictions at the Court of Appeal. Cawley was found guilty in 2017 of murdering Thomas...
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Oliver Callely (27) of Clontarf, Dublin, pleaded guilty to igniting fireworks at Copper Face Jacks nightclub on Harcourt Street on July 6, 2015. A firework lit on a...
A lay litigant with addresses in County Mayo attempted to effect a citizen's arrest on a solicitor from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions during proceedings in the Court of Appeal on...
The High Court has ordered James Farrell, chief operations officer of a liquidated security firm, to repay €62,000 to Business Mobile Security Services Ltd. Mr Justice Tony O'Connor ruled on Friday...
The Special Criminal Court is hearing evidence in the trial of two men accused of involvement in the 2013 killing of dissident republican Peter Butterly. The court listened to a covert audio...
A woman was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the High Court of murdering her three-year-old daughter at their family home in County Mayo. The media remain barred from identifying either the...
A State's witness who allegedly committed perjury during a previous murder trial was not prosecuted over concerns he would not return to Ireland, the Special Criminal Court heard. Dave Cullen, whose...
A 27-year-old man from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has had his suspended sentence for violent disorder doubled by the Court of Appeal. Johnny McDonagh was convicted in Castlebar Circuit Court...
A man from County Mayo has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the rape and sexual abuse of his stepdaughter over an eleven-year period. Thomas Mullarney,...
A teenager convicted of the manslaughter of a 17-year-old boy in Claremorris, County Mayo in 2015 has had his sentencing further delayed to allow for additional brain surgery. The defendant, who...
An accused man was observed meeting two individuals convicted in connection with the fatal shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly one day after the killing, the Special Criminal Court heard...
Martin Conroy, aged 45, has failed in his appeal against a sentence imposed by Castlebar Circuit Court in June 2018. Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin sentenced Conroy to five years imprisonment, with the...
A lay litigant with addresses in County Mayo attempted to effect a citizen's arrest on a High Court judge, a solicitor and a barrister at the Four Courts on Thursday. Stephen Manning, who was before...
Two Dublin men have appeared before an out-of-term sitting of the non-jury Special Criminal Court this evening charged with IRA membership. Paul Casey (49) and Robert O’Leary (41) were both arrested...
A 54-year-old woman from Dublin has received a fully suspended five-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for storing over €192,000 worth of drugs at her home. Catherine Byrne pleaded...
A 40-year-old man from County Mayo has had his conviction for rape upheld following an appeal to the Court of Appeal. He was originally sentenced to nine years imprisonment after being convicted on...
A man from Achill Road in Ballybrack, Dublin has been sentenced to 32 months imprisonment following his conviction for assaulting his former long-term partner. The assault occurred on December 9,...
A 22-year-old man from Dublin's North Strand has received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to drug offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Daryl Conroy was stopped by gardaí in...
Alan Cawley (32) of Four Winds, Corrinbla, Ballina, has appealed his conviction for the murder of two elderly brothers with special needs at the Court of Appeal in Dublin. Cawley was unanimously...
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man who failed to attend his sentencing hearing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Hassan Bilal, aged 38, of Church Street, Tullamore, Co Offaly, had...
A man has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for sexually abusing two teenage girls over an extended period. The 35-year-old defendant, who lived at various...
A former garda has failed in his appeal against a two-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a sleeping woman at a Mayo hotel in July 2015. The 37-year-old man pleaded guilty to the offence at...
A Mayo businessman described suffering severe physical, mental and financial stress following the theft of catering equipment valued at over €10,000 from his premises in Castlebar. Hassan Bilal,...
A man convicted of murdering two elderly brothers in Castlebar has been granted an appeal hearing date of 21 June. Alan Cawley, aged 31, of Ballina, Co Mayo, was sentenced to life imprisonment in...
The trial of a man accused of coercing a woman into marriage has been discontinued at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Yasir Ali, aged 31, of Lighthouse Apartments, East Wall, Dublin, had pleaded not...
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a dissident republican near Gormanston, County Meath in 2013. Kevin Braney, aged 44, was convicted by the Special Criminal Court of...
John Shaw, a 73-year-old English national serving a life sentence for murders committed in 1976, has been granted an extension of time to appeal a High Court decision at the Court of Appeal. Shaw...
A man from Ballina in County Mayo has failed in his appeal against a five-year custodial sentence for causing a fatal collision while driving under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. Declan Moran...
A teenager convicted of manslaughter following the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in Claremorris in December 2015 has had his sentencing adjourned at the Central Criminal Court. The defendant,...
A man convicted of murdering two elderly brothers in Castlebar in July 2013 has had his appeal held up pending legal submissions, which is now delaying an inquest into the deaths. Alan Cawley, aged...
The Court of Appeal heard a procedural application on Friday concerning John Shaw, aged 73, who has been in custody since 1976. Shaw and another man were convicted of two murders committed in...
A man convicted of raping his daughter between 2006 and 2010 in County Mayo and abroad has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal. The 47-year-old was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment,...
A County Mayo man convicted of raping his daughter between 2006 and 2010 when she was aged seven to eleven has had his case heard in the Court of Appeal. The 47-year-old was sentenced to fifteen...
A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting a commuter on a Luas tram on 11 November 2016. Lee Murray, formerly of Blanchardstown, admitted attacking the victim...
A 21-year-old sports science student from Kiltimagh, County Mayo, has avoided a custodial sentence after admitting drug dealing at Dublin City University. Cian Charlton pleaded guilty at Dublin...
A man convicted in February of sexually assaulting and raping his daughter in County Mayo between 2006 and 2010 has brought a motion before the Court of Appeal seeking to adduce new evidence. The...
A Detective Chief Superintendent has told the non-jury Special Criminal Court of his belief that a Dublin man was a member of the IRA. Conor Metcalfe (28), with an address at Monastery Park,...
Items found in the home of an IRA accused included "books with an IRA connection", an “Alan Ryan memorial society invitation”, an IRA keyring and a signed proclamation, the Special Criminal Court...
A man convicted in February of multiple counts of rape and sexual assault against his daughter has opened an appeal against his conviction in the Court of Appeal. The 47-year-old was sentenced to...
A 24-year-old man from County Tipperary has had his sentence upheld after appealing a conviction relating to the possession of explosives and a firearm. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal...
A man from Kiltimagh, County Mayo, has failed in his appeal against a five-year prison sentence imposed for dangerous driving. Martin Maughan (32) was convicted by jury at Castlebar Circuit Criminal...
A 47-year-old man from County Mayo, convicted of multiple sexual offences against his daughter, has been granted an early appeal hearing date by the Court of Appeal. In February, he was found guilty...
The High Court has authorised a receiver to pursue contempt of court proceedings against persons alleged to have breached trespass orders at a business park in Castlebar, County Mayo. The motion was...
A man from County Mayo has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for the anal rape of his wife on two occasions in a single night in...
A man formerly of Foxford, County Mayo, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the sexual abuse of his daughter throughout her childhood. John Murphy, aged 61,...
A man from Tuam, County Galway, has had his sentence upheld following an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions seeking to impose custodial punishment. The 27-year-old had pleaded guilty at...
A 25-year-old man has received a fully suspended sentence for his involvement in an armed robbery at a pizzeria in Tallaght in September 2015. Craig Dempsey, now resident in Achill, County Mayo,...
A 25-year-old asylum seeker has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for rape following his guilty plea at Dublin Central Criminal Court. The man pleaded guilty to raping his former girlfriend...
A 73-year-old man from County Mayo will not face a third retrial following a Court of Appeal ruling. His rape conviction, overturned in February 2018, will not be prosecuted again after the Director...
A 19-year-old man from Limerick has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his involvement in an 11-hour disturbance at a detention facility. The youth...
A man from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, has had his five-year prison sentence reduced to twelve months following a successful appeal against his original sentence. Thomas Folliard was convicted at...
A man has been convicted and sentenced at the Central Criminal Court following a jury trial in February. He received 15 years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, for repeatedly raping and...
A 47-year-old man from Co Mayo has been convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court of three counts of rape, five counts of anal rape and six counts of sexual assault against his daughter...
A man from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction for the murder of his infant son. John Tighe, aged 40, was found guilty by unanimous jury...
At the Central Criminal Court, the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering his infant son has been permitted to return a majority verdict. John Tighe, aged 40, of Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis,...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court is to resume deliberations on Friday in the trial of John Tighe, aged 40, of Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. Mr Tighe has pleaded not guilty to the murder...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard closing arguments in the trial of a man accused of murdering his infant son in Co Mayo. John Tighe, aged 40, of Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, has pleaded...
At the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy has begun his charge to the jury in the trial of a Ballyhaunis man accused of murdering his infant son. John Tighe, aged 40, of Lavallyroe,...
A Dublin man accused of IRA membership failed to answer detectives' questions regarding suspected dissident activity, the Special Criminal Court has heard. David Nooney (53) of Coultry Green,...
A father accused of murdering his six-and-a-half-month-old son at his home in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, faces closing arguments at the Central Criminal Court. John Tighe, aged 40, has pleaded not...
A man charged with the murder of his six-month-old son at his home in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo in 2013 later fathered a second child with the infant's mother, the Central Criminal Court heard on...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard interview transcripts involving a man accused of murdering his infant son. John Tighe, aged 40, from Lavallyroe in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, has...
A 40-year-old man accused of murdering his six-month-old son told gardai "I did all I could" as the child died in his arms. The Central Criminal Court jury heard statements made by John Tighe of...
A forensic pathologist has testified at the Central Criminal Court that a tear inside a six-month-old child's throat would typically result from punches, blows, or severe struggle. Dr Roger...
A paediatrician has testified at the Central Criminal Court that choking represents the most frequent cause of accidental death in infants under one year old. Dr Hilary Stokes was cross-examined in...
A paediatrician has told the Central Criminal Court that a six-month-old infant could not have formed or swallowed the wad of tissue found in his throat. Dr Hilary Stokes testified during the trial...
John Tighe, aged 40, of Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his six-month-old son Joshua Sussbier Tighe at his home on 1 June 2013. The Central Criminal...
A forensic scientist has told the Central Criminal Court that blood found on pyjama bottoms belonging to a man accused of murder came from his six-month-old son. John Tighe, aged 40, of Lavallyroe,...
A father accused of murdering his infant son urged a doctor to intervene at the scene, the Central Criminal Court heard on the second day of trial. John Tighe, aged 40, of Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis,...
A new jury of three men and nine women has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court to hear the trial of John Tighe, aged 40, from Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. Mr Tighe pleads not guilty...
A nurse who advised a father during an emergency call about his choking infant was uncertain whether her instructions were being followed, the Central Criminal Court heard today. Aine Watts, who...
Thomas Folliard, aged 63, of Church Road, Aughamore, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, has moved to appeal his conviction for sexual exploitation of a child at the Court of Appeal. He was sentenced to five...
At the Central Criminal Court, a murder trial commenced involving John Tighe, aged 40, from Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. Mr Tighe has pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering his son,...
A High Court challenge to a planning extension granted for a proposed wind farm at Derrynadivva, Castlebar, Co Mayo has been admitted to the fast-track Commercial Court list. Environmentalist Peter...
A 40-year-old man from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo has entered a not guilty plea to the charge of murdering his infant son at the Central Criminal Court. John Tighe of Lavallyroe was arraigned on the...
A fund-appointed receiver has initiated High Court proceedings at the N5 Business Park in Moneen, Castlebar, Co Mayo, seeking the removal of alleged trespassers. Ken Fennell, an insolvency...
A teenager convicted of manslaughter in connection with a fatal stabbing in County Mayo has had his sentencing adjourned pending brain surgery. The Central Criminal Court in Dublin heard that the...
A Dublin man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for his role in an aggravated burglary at a home in Crumlin on 7 December 2013. Declan Maxwell, then aged 16, pleaded guilty at Dublin...
A Ballina man has received a three and a half year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to assaulting his brother in May 2016. Gordon Rodgers attacked David...
A 70-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting an autistic child in Co Mayo had his prison sentence reduced on appeal at the Court of Appeal on 22 January 2018. The UK citizen pleaded guilty to...
A store manager from Finglas has been sentenced to two years imprisonment, with the final twelve months suspended, following his conviction for theft at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Artur...
A teenager will be sentenced next month for the manslaughter of a 17-year-old boy in Claremorris, County Mayo, in December 2015. The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted of...
A man dressed as a woman fired shots inside the Regency Hotel in Dublin on 5 February 2016, the Special Criminal Court heard on the second day of the trial of Patrick Hutch, charged with the murder...
A Mayo man and former member of the Anti-Corruption Taskforce has been imprisoned for a hit-and-run incident involving a garda sergeant. Joseph Doocey (51) of Knoxbarret, Ballina, was convicted at...
A 46-year-old Mayo man has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty pleas to 31 counts of rape involving two victims. He pleaded guilty to 20 counts...
A man has received a two-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to burglary at a takeaway in Castlebar, County Mayo. Yasir Ali, aged 29, of Lighthouse...
James Clarke, aged 62, formerly of Devlis Cottage in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, has had his sentence for child pornography offences increased by eighteen months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court....
The High Court has appointed a provisional liquidator to Tairgi Acla Ltd, a brewery operator on Achill Island, County Mayo. Mr Justice Paul Gilligan made the appointment on Friday, naming chartered...
A Mayo man convicted of assaulting a garda sergeant has maintained his innocence, claiming he was "set up" and "framed" by gardaí. Joseph Doocey, aged 51, from Knoxbarret in Ballina, was found...
Michael Maughan, aged 24, of The Campsite, Moneen, Castlebar, Co Mayo, has lost his appeal against a 15-year prison sentence imposed for aggravated burglary. Maughan pleaded guilty to breaking into...
A man from Dublin has been sentenced to three years and three months imprisonment following his conviction for possessing signal jamming devices used to facilitate car break-ins. Daniel Polanski,...
The High Court has set aside two asset transfers by a convicted sex offender to his now estranged wife on the grounds they were attempts to prevent his victim from satisfying a €200,000 damages...
A High Court action taken by a widow who lost over €400,000 on foreign property investments has been resolved to the satisfaction of all parties involved. Ellen O'Mahony had sued financial advisor...
A teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old in Claremorris on 19 December 2015 will be sentenced as an adult when he returns to the Central Criminal Court in January 2018. The accused, who turns 18...
A teenager convicted of manslaughter in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old in Claremorris, County Mayo, is experiencing an epileptic-type condition characterised by up to ten...
A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to burglary at a takeaway in Castlebar, County Mayo on 18 May 2015. Yasir Ali of Lighthouse Apartments, East Wall, Dublin removed equipment valued at €11,484.50 from...
A man formerly of Bohea, County Mayo has appealed his conviction for sexual offences committed in the 1990s. John Gannon, aged 73, was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court of indecent assault,...
A teenager who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a fellow 17-year-old in Claremorris, County Mayo, will be sentenced next month at the Central Criminal Court. The accused, now 17, was convicted...
A man from Mayo has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to twenty counts of child sexual abuse against a boy over a twelve-year period between 1997 and 2008, as well as eleven counts of...
A High Court judge has awarded €150,000 in damages to singer Tommy Fleming, his wife Tina Mitchell Fleming, and their company TF Productions following an unauthorised broadcast of their copyrighted...
A 30-year-old man from Ballina has been convicted of the murder of two elderly brothers at the Central Criminal Court. Alan Cawley was found guilty of killing Thomas Blaine, aged 69, and John...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberating in a double murder trial concerning a 30-year-old man from Ballina, County Mayo. Alan Cawley has admitted causing the deaths of Thomas...
At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of a 30-year-old Ballina man charged with the murders of two elderly brothers in Castlebar on 10 July 2013. The accused has...
A State forensic psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that a Mayo man was voluntarily intoxicated when he killed two elderly brothers with special needs, causing him to behave in an...
A forensic psychiatrist for the State has told the Central Criminal Court that a Co Mayo man accused of murder did not have mental disorders recognised in law, despite having personality disorders...
A consultant psychiatrist has testified at the Central Criminal Court that a 30-year-old man accused of killing two elderly brothers in Castlebar was suffering from three mental disorders that...
A man from Ballina, County Mayo, has admitted killing two disabled brothers but denies murder charges relating to their deaths in Castlebar on 10 July 2013. The 30-year-old defendant is on trial at...
A Ballinrobe man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to burglary at a Castlebar takeaway in May 2015. Yasir Ali, aged 29, admitted stealing commercial kitchen equipment valued at...
A man is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of two elderly brothers found beaten to death in their Castlebar home in July 2013. The accused, aged 30 and from Ballina, Co...
A carer became emotional while testifying at the Central Criminal Court as she described discovering the bloodied bodies of two elderly brothers at their Castlebar home in July 2013. Helen Maloney,...
A 30-year-old man from Ballina has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of two elderly brothers who died in a violent assault at their Castlebar home in July 2013....
A 30-year-old man from Ballina in County Mayo appeared before the Central Criminal Court to face trial on charges of murdering two elderly brothers. Alan Cawley of Four Winds, Corrinbla pleaded not...
A man has had the suspended portion of his sentence for aggravated burglary increased by the Court of Appeal following an undue leniency review. Andrzej Topolski, aged 50 and formerly of Castlebar,...
A man from County Mayo pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two robberies committed in the greater Dublin area in 2015. Craig Dempsey, now residing in Achill, admitted robbing Apache...
Dylan Cahill, aged 24, of Lower Irishtown, Clonmel, County Tipperary, received a six-year sentence at the Special Criminal Court following guilty pleas to weapons and explosives charges. On 13 May...
A 78-year-old American resident has had his prison sentence reduced following a successful appeal at the Court of Appeal in Dublin. The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded...
A 24-year-old man from County Tipperary pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to possessing two pipe-bombs, a pistol, and ammunition discovered during a traffic stop in County Leitrim in May...
Two brothers from Claremorris in County Mayo have been sentenced to five and a half years' imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court, with the final two and a half years suspended. Colin Mannion,...
Two brothers from Claremorris, County Mayo, have pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to unlawful possession of explosive substances discovered during a garda raid on their home in June...
A man from County Mayo has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, following his conviction for rape at the Central Criminal Court. The 27-year-old pleaded...
A 27-year-old man from County Mayo pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to raping a woman on 16 May 2015 in a Mayo town. The court heard that the man threw his victim across a laneway to...
A trial date has been set for a teenager charged with murder in County Mayo. The 17-year-old accused, who cannot be named due to his age, faces a charge of murdering 17-year-old Dovydas Jenkus on 19...
Two brothers from Claremorris, County Mayo, pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court on 26 May 2017 to unlawful possession of explosives. Colin Mannion, aged 36, and Brian Mannion, aged 34, both...
Singer Tommy Fleming brought proceedings in the High Court against Telifís Mhaigh Eo Teoranta, trading as Irish TV, alleging breach of copyright following the unauthorised broadcast of his DVD Voice...
A man convicted of sexually exploiting a child online has had his sentence reduced on appeal at the Court of Appeal. The defendant, aged 23, with an address in County Cork, had pleaded guilty at...
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Karen O'Connell, a former special advisor to Labour TD Joan Burton, gave evidence in the trial of Solidarity TD Paul Murphy and six other defendants. The seven men,...
A director of a carpet company based in Charlestown, County Mayo, admitted at the Central Criminal Court to breaching competition law through a price-fixing arrangement. Brendan Smith, aged 39 and a...
A 24-year-old man from Clonmel in County Tipperary has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to possessing a firearm and explosive devices. Dylan Cahill admitted to having a .380 calibre Colt...
A convicted burglar who was caught handling a safe stolen from the home of a Voice of Ireland' talent show star after he dropped it from a third-floor balcony has been jailed for two years. The safe...
A postal worker gave evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court describing his ordeal during an alleged kidnapping and robbery in County Louth in August 2011. Warren Nawn told the jury he was tied up...
A father of two who used a knife “as a tool” to cut the straps of handbags he snatched from women during a robbery spree around Dublin city has been jailed for six years. Thomas Murray (34) was...
A convicted burglar was caught handling a safe stolen from the home of a Voice of Ireland' talent show star after he dropped it from a third-floor balcony. The safe was taken from the Co. Meath home...
A County Mayo solicitor and junior Vice President of the Law Society has initiated High Court judicial review proceedings challenging findings of overcharging against him. James Cahill, who...
A former solicitor from Castlebar, County Mayo, has had her prison sentence reduced from twelve to six months following a successful appeal. Jacqueline Durcan, aged 47, had pleaded guilty to...
A former solicitor from Castlebar, County Mayo, has appealed a 12-month jail sentence imposed for stealing €260,000 from clients. Jacqueline Durcan pleaded guilty to the theft, which occurred...
William Gilsenan, aged 24, appeared for sentencing at the Central Criminal Court following his December conviction for manslaughter in the death of Edward Fitzgerald. The incident occurred on 17...
Two men who broke into a Dublin GAA club on semi-finals night, tied up the bar manager and a patron and made off with over €7,500 have been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Paul Reilly and Ray...
A man who pleaded guilty to robbing an Apache Pizza outlet in Tallaght in September 2015 appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Craig Dempsey, aged 25, admitted the robbery of the restaurant...
A former solicitor from County Mayo has been sentenced to one year in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing €260,000 from her clients between February 2008 and January 2011....
A Co Mayo man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the defilement of a 16-year-old girl in June 2012, when he was 19 years old. The...
(File Picture: Prince Charles. Credit: Collins) A Dublin man who pleaded guilty to IRA membership was arrested in the run-up to Prince Charles' visit to Ireland and had explosive device components...
A former solicitor who pleaded guilty to stealing €260,000 from clients will have her case re-sentenced after the presiding judge stood aside on grounds of a potential conflict of interest....
A former solicitor from County Mayo pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to stealing €260,000 from client accounts between 2008 and 2011. Jacqueline Durcan, aged 47, made five withdrawals...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court heard closing arguments in the trial of a man charged with murder at Cork Prison. Brian Veale, 31, of Dominic Street, Cork, denies murdering fellow inmate Graham...
A 66-year-old man from Drumlish, County Longford has denied five charges relating to bomb threats made during a state visit in May 2011. Donal Billings stands accused of unlawful possession of an...
A 55-year-old Mayo man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following his conviction on seven counts of indecent assault against two of his sisters...
A 65-year-old man from Drumlish, County Longford, denies five charges relating to bomb threats made during the Queen of Britain's 2011 visit to Ireland. The Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard...
A Special Criminal Court trial has heard that gardaí discovered an improvised explosive device on a passenger bus bound for Dublin on the eve of a royal visit in May 2011. Donal Billings, aged 65,...
A man charged in connection with bomb threats made to Longford garda station during a state visit by Queen Elizabeth II in May 2011 has pleaded not guilty to all charges before the Special Criminal...
Three Dublin men have been brought before the Special Criminal Court, charged with IRA membership. Jonathan Hawthorn of Ballintyre Downs in Ballinteer; James Geraghty of Dolphin House in Dolphin’s...
A man from Cabra West in Dublin has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, following his conviction for involvement in a cocaine importation scheme at Dublin...
A Dublin man has been charged at the Special Criminal Court with possession of over a kilogram of explosives. Patrick Brennan (52) was arrested Thursday morning as part of an ongoing operation...
The High Court has awarded approximately €700,000 in damages to Mary Molloy, the former owner of Bartragh Island in Killala Bay, County Mayo. Ms Justice Miriam O'Regan ruled on Friday that Ms Molloy...
A man with 96 previous convictions has failed in his appeal against a sentence for criminal damage imposed at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. Anthony Foody, aged 37, from Greenhills Estate in...
A man from County Mayo has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction on eight counts of indecent and sexual assault against his...
A long-running dispute over Bartragh Island in Killala Bay, County Mayo, returned before the High Court on Tuesday. The case concerns a 1996 agreement between former island owner Mary Molloy and...
A Dublin man who murdered a "mentally challenged" 63-year-old man who had "the life strangled and squeezed out of him" has been jailed for life at the Central Criminal Court. Kenneth Cummins (28)...
A 16-year-old boy has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with murder following the death of a 17-year-old in Claremorris, County Mayo. The deceased, Dovydas Jenkus,...
Bryan Ryan (31) of Louisburgh, Co. Mayo, has had his appeal against conviction for murder dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Ryan was convicted in 2013 of the murder of Ian Tobin at Fortlawn Park,...
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The High Court has dismissed an appeal concerning planning conditions imposed on Shell's gas terminal development in County Mayo. Justice Dunne determined the matter was moot, finding no live...
ACC Loan Management Ltd has secured summary judgement in the High Court for €3.893 million against three directors of a Mayo-based development company. Ms Justice Marie Baker granted the order...
A man from Erris, County Mayo, will face a retrial following the Court of Appeal's decision to quash his careless driving conviction. Brendan Hegarty, aged 51, had been convicted at Castlebar...
A High Court judge indicated on 26 January 2016 that a second Special Criminal Court is unlikely to commence operations before the end of the current legal term, with sittings expected after Easter....
A widow from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, has settled her High Court damages action for €500,000 following the death of her husband at Galway Sportsgrounds. Dolores Byrne sued her late husband Declan's...
Michael McMahon has been denied a reduction to his nine-year jail sentence following an appeal heard in the Court of Appeal. McMahon, aged 49 and resident in County Louth, pleaded guilty at...
A High Court judge presiding over the Special Criminal Court has expressed growing scepticism regarding the establishment of a second such court, which the Government announced in October 2015. Mr...
Bryan Ryan, aged 31, originally from Blanchardstown but with an address in Louisburgh, County Mayo, is serving a life sentence for the murder of Ian Tobin in May 2007. Ryan was convicted by majority...
A GAA player from Castlebar, County Mayo, has been released from prison following a successful appeal against his sentence for assault. Michael Prendergast pleaded guilty to causing harm to an...
Crean Solutions Ltd, which operates the online car parts retailer MicksGarage.com, brought proceedings before the High Court alleging that fraudulent documents have been lodged with the Companies...
A man appeared at an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday evening charged with IRA membership. Damien Metcalfe (30) was arrested in Dublin yesterday by members of...
Five nursing staff members at Aras Attracta residential unit in Swinford, County Mayo, have initiated High Court proceedings challenging an investigation and disciplinary process conducted by the...
A woman from Claremorris, County Mayo, has settled her High Court action against her former employer and an insurance company over disputed income protection payments. Rose Prendergast ceased work...
A woman has initiated High Court proceedings against Baxter Healthcare and Irish Life Insurance over the alleged refusal to pay benefits under a group income protection scheme. Rose Prendergast...
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Mark Lavelle, aged 32, originally from Swinford in Mayo, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, following his guilty plea to...
A 24-year-old man from Castlebar, County Mayo, who is serving a life sentence for the 2011 murder of his mother, has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment for assaulting a prison...
A 32-year-old man originally from Swinford, County Mayo pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting Dublin GAA footballer Jonny Cooper in the early hours of September 20, 2014....
A Dublin man on trial accused of murder phoned a friend from prison and told him that he strangled, smothered and beat a man to death, a jury has heard. Kenneth Cummins (28) and Sabrina Cummins...
One of two siblings on trial for murder told gardai in interview he was prepared to use violence to rob €2,000 from a 63-year-old man but not kill him. Kenneth Cummins (28) and Sabrina Cummins (37),...
A 63-year-old man was beaten, stabbed with a fork, strangled and poisoned with cleaning fluids during a robbery, one of two siblings on trial for murder told gardai. Kenneth Cummins (28) and Sabrina...
At the High Court in Dublin, an investment fund has secured a judgment of €47 million against property developers Michael and Kevin Corbett for unpaid loans, with an additional €10 million ordered...
Two men found liable in civil proceedings relating to the 1998 Omagh bombing appeared before the Master of the High Court in Dublin on Wednesday to answer questions regarding their assets. Liam...
A Dublin man has been charged with IRA membership at an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court. Robert Day (54), of St Attracta Road, Cabra, Dublin 7 was charged at the non-jury court...
A masked man robbed a pharmacy at knifepoint minutes after he visited the store to ask about aftershave. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that because of his earlier visit, gardaí had little...
A man from Mayo has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court on 23 counts of rape and sexual assault of his daughter. The offences, committed...
A young Wicklow man has been jailed for his part in two armed robberies of school children. During one robbery Aaron Doyle punched a schoolboy in the face before taking his smart mobile phone. Doyle...
A 22-year-old man from Clonmel, County Tipperary, has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court ahead of trial scheduled for October. Dylan Cahill faces charges of membership of an unlawful...
An environmental activist has initiated High Court proceedings challenging Mayo County Council's decision to extend planning permission for a twelve-turbine wind farm at Maheramore, Bekan,...
Four men convicted of assaulting two off-duty gardaí at Charlestown in June 2012 have been imprisoned following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecution against their original...
A man from Cork has had his sentence backdated following a successful appeal to the Court of Appeal. Nicky O'Driscoll, aged 37, of Killala Gardens, Knocknaheeny, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit...
A man from County Mayo was sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty pleas to sexual assault and oral rape charges. The offences, committed between...
Three men appeared before the Special Criminal Court on Saturday following arrests by the Special Detective Unit as part of an investigation into dissident republican activities. Séamus McGrane,...
A cattle dealer from Claremorris, County Mayo has brought proceedings in the High Court against Aurivo Co Op, formerly Connaught Gold Co Op Society Ltd, claiming breach of contract over credit terms...
A 23-year-old man from Mount Prospect, Roscommon, has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, following his conviction for manslaughter at the Central Criminal...
Ray Gralton, aged 23, of Mount Prospect, Roscommon, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Sara Staunton at the Central Criminal Court on March 23rd, 2015. Ms Staunton, aged 28, died at her home in...
A former apprentice butcher has received a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to theft from his employer. The 22-year-old man stole €49,204 from McArdle...
A former deputy head of security at Croke Park has received a fully suspended sentence for the theft of premium season ticket booklets. John Gibson, aged 45, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit...
A man with a 43-conviction record has been sentenced to three years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following guilty pleas to six counts of burglary. Dermot Carter, aged 46, of O'Rourke...
Andrew Larkin, aged 31 of Phibsboro Road, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to burglary committed on 23 April 2013. Garda evidence indicated that Larkin and another man forced...
The High Court has set aside a previous decision permitting judicial review proceedings brought by a Mayo property developer against the National Asset Management Agency, the Irish Banking...
Eight Dublin men appeared before the Special Criminal Court on 29 January 2015, charged with membership of an illegal organisation on 29 March 2013. All have pleaded not guilty. Members of the...
A 36-year-old man from Ballinrobe, County Mayo, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment, with the final twelve months suspended, following a series of attempted robberies across Dublin and...
A former apprentice butcher pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to stealing €49,204 from McArdle Meats in Charlestown Shopping Centre, Finglas, on 24 December 2013. James Cahill (22), of...
A quarry operator in County Mayo has failed in a High Court challenge against a requirement to conduct an environmental impact assessment for an extension of its limestone extraction works. McGrath...
At Swords District Court, a 29-year-old PhD Science student from Ashbourne was found guilty of attempting to drive while under the influence of alcohol on Rathbeale Road in December 2013 after...
A 35-year-old man from Claremorris in County Mayo has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of his 70-year-old father on May 6, 2012. The accused has pleaded not guilty...
The High Court has ruled that property assets held by a couple from Westport, County Mayo, are not held in trust for the Summerville Partnership, which was established for the benefit of their five...
by Aodhan O'Faolain The High Court has dismissed a 70-year-old Dublin man's bid to remain in the council owned house that has been his family home since the 1950's. Edward Lattimore had challenged...
Two brothers from Claremorris in County Mayo have been remanded to stand trial at the Special Criminal Court in December 2015 on charges relating to membership of an unlawful organisation and...
A 28-year-old Dublin man has avoided a custodial sentence after pleading guilty to threatening behaviour and intoxication at a public house in Swords on 22 September 2013. The accused was given 240...
The Court of Criminal Appeal has declined to order a retrial of two nightclub doormen whose assault convictions were previously quashed. Frankie Murphy, aged 44, of Stephen Street, Sligo, and John...
The Court of Criminal Appeal has set aside the convictions of two nightclub doormen from Sligo and Co Mayo who were sentenced in 2011 for assault causing harm. Frankie Murphy of Stephen Street,...
A Dublin man pleaded guilty at Swords District Court to threatening and abusive behaviour following an incident at a public house on September 22nd, 2013. Damien Murtagh, aged 28, of Clonee, Dublin...
A woman from Castlebar, County Mayo, has initiated civil proceedings in the High Court seeking damages against a retired garda detective sergeant over allegations of rape. The plaintiff claims she...
A 30-year-old actor from Swinford, County Mayo has pleaded not guilty to two assault charges following an alleged incident at a Dublin public house in October 2012. The man faces two counts of...
A man who has admitted booking in to a hotel under a false name to take photos of the Dublin headquarters of a number of specialist garda units told detectives in interview that he was not a member...
Martin Maloney, a 30-year-old actor from Swinford, County Mayo, appeared at Dublin District Court to contest assault charges arising from an incident at a public house in October 2012. Maloney is...
A BROTHER and sister made no reply when they were charged with the murder of 63-year-old Thomas Horan, who was found dead in his sheltered accommodation apartment in Dublin on Monday. The body of Mr...
An actor with an address in Swinford, County Mayo, was granted free legal aid at Dublin District Court today following an application based on his statement of means. The 30-year-old faces three...
A trial date has been set for a man accused of murdering two young boys in Co. Mayo. Sanjeev Chadha, aged 43 and residing in Co. Carlow, is charged with the murder of two children at Rosbeg,...
A 24-year-old man wanted in Northern Ireland on terrorism charges has been further remanded in custody at the High Court. The accused was arrested in Cross, County Mayo in September following a...
A 24-year-old man arrested in County Mayo on a European Arrest Warrant has been refused bail at the High Court. The man is wanted by United Kingdom authorities to face charges relating to an alleged...
A 24-year-old man has been remanded in custody at the High Court in Dublin following his arrest on a European Arrest Warrant. The accused is wanted by authorities in Northern Ireland to face charges...