128 cases mentioning Springfield, Co. Fermanagh — 128 from Courts News Ireland, 0 from local newspapers.
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A repeat offender who was on bail when he entered a Carlow pub armed with a clawhammer and threatened the owners that he would burn down their family home has been jailed for three years. Martin Lyons (31) of Springfield Park, Burrin...
A woman who sent voice notes threatening to take a lump hammer to another woman's head and burn down the victim's mother's house during a row over an e-scooter has avoided a jail sentence. Theresa O'Reilly (34), of Alderwood Grove,...
A man who assaulted an Irish Rail worker after he refused to show his ticket will be sentenced later for this and burglary of a Carlow GAA club. William McCarthy (38) of Springfield Park, Carlow, pleaded guilty at Carlow Circuit Criminal...
A man has admitted criminal damage and theft from a cigarette vending machine at a Carlow GAA clubhouse 18 months ago. William McCarthy (38) of Springfield Park, Carlow, pleaded guilty at Carlow Circuit Criminal Court to criminal damage...
A woman who smashed a protective Covid screen at a Tallaght pharmacy four years ago after being told her prescription was out of date has avoided jail, despite causing €1,000 worth of damage. Maria Mohan (36), of Belfry Green, Citywest,...
A court has heard how the victims of a man who sexually abused them in offending that began over 40 years ago were ignored when they tried to alert adults to the attacks, with one of the girls told her abuser was "just experimenting"....
(File Picture: Sharif Kelly. Photo: Collins) A man jailed for life for the murder of dissident Republican Peter Butterly, who was killed in an "execution-style" killing over ten years ago, has failed in a bid to pursue his conviction...
By Eimear Dodd A man who was a teenager when he repeatedly sexually abused a young girl over a two-year period almost 30 years ago has been jailed. Stephen Lane, now aged 52, was 14 when he started to sexually assault the girl, who was...
Gardaí found just under €335,000 worth of Xanax tablets in a secret, lead-lined compartment under the floor of a Renault van at Dublin Port last summer, a court has heard. The tablets, also known as Alprazolam, were discovered when gardaí...
A man who punched a stag party-goer in a Dublin nightclub over 15 years ago, leaving him with a fractured skull, has been given a suspended 18-month sentence. Sebastian Betlejewski (37) was extradited from his native Poland earlier this...
The co-accused of a man who died from injuries sustained in a violent prison cell attack last July has been sentenced to a two and half year prison term. Luke Yates (21) was before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to...
(Pictured: Sharif Kelly. Photo: Collins) Two men convicted of the gun murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly have lost appeals against their convictions after the Court of Appeal was left “unimpressed” by their submissions. Sharif...
A man who was caught with child abuse material after gardaí secured a warrant to search his home following the detection of certain online conversations has been given a suspended sentence. Keelan Lanigan (30), who is currently homeless,...
A United States businessman who claims that over $1.8m worth of Bitcoin was stolen from him has secured an order from the High Court as part of his efforts to track down his money. Titus Williams, from Springfield in the US midwestern...
by Stephen Bourke A business graduate has received a fully suspended sentence for money-laundering after allowing his bank account to be used to handle over €21,000 stolen by scammers. Jackson Sije (31) told gardaí he thought he was...
(Pictured: Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) The Court of Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of two men attempting to overturn their convictions for murdering a dissident republican. Sharif Kelly and Edward McGrath were sentenced to...
A barrister acting for the DPP in a murder conviction appeal has ‘fully accepted’ that the State’s chief witness in the trial was ‘tarnished’. However, Paul O’Higgins SC told the Court of Appeal that there was no rule that even someone...
(Pictured: Edward McGrath. Credit: Collins) The barrister for one of the men bidding to overturn a conviction for murdering a dissident republican has agreed with the Court of Appeal President that his client was caught red-handed....
(File Picture: Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) Two men are bidding to overturn their convictions for the "callous, brutal and premeditated murder" of dissident republican Peter Butterly in a five-day hearing before the Court of Appeal....
A father of one who agreed to mind €39,000 worth of ecstasy tablets for €500 because he had a gambling debt has been jailed for two years. Dominik Kaczmarek (27) of Maplewood Green, Springfield, Tallaght, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin...
A taxi driver has indicated that he has been unable to work at night after he was robbed at knife-point while working in Dublin last year. The man's victim impact statement was read into the record during the sentence hearing of...
A man who committed two robberies at knifepoint after being told he would be shot in front of his kids has been jailed for three years. John Gallagher (19) of Glenshane Place, Tallaght, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal...
A Dublin man has been found guilty at the Special Criminal Court of the "premeditated" murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly nearly six years ago. Mr Butterly (35), was chased and shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, Co...
A Cavan man has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to offences against a 14-year-old boy. Michael Galligan, aged 40 and residing in Springfield, Cavan, pleaded guilty to...
A trial at the Special Criminal Court has heard surveillance evidence relating to the movements of two vehicles through counties Westmeath and Louth on 16 December 2014. Michael Connolly, aged 44 and of Grange Drive in Dundalk, County...
(Pictured: Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) Two Dublin men convicted of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly have been jailed for life. Mr Butterly (35) was shot dead on March 6th, 2013 outside The Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, Co...
(Pictured: Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) Two Dublin men have been found guilty at the Special Criminal Court of the "callous, brutal and premeditated murder" of dissident republican Peter Butterly four years ago. Mr Butterly (35) was...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) Judges at the Special Criminal Court trial of two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly will return with a verdict on March 9th. Mr Butterly (35) was shot...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) The trial at the Special Criminal Court of two Dublin men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has been listening to closing speeches from the prosecution and...
DNA samples matching the profiles of two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly were found on a balaclava and black wig seized from a car stopped by gardai near the scene of the shooting, the Special Criminal...
Forensic evidence shows "strong support" for the view that a Dublin man accused of murdering Peter Butterly, but who failed to turn up for his trial, shot the dissident republican, the Special Criminal Court has heard. Mr Butterly (35)...
Legal argument regarding the evidence of a protected witness at the Peter Butterly murder trial concluded at the Special Criminal Court today, with a defence barrister submitting that the court had been "misled". Mr Butterly (35) was shot...
(Pictured: Accused Mr Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) The Special Criminal Court trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has heard a second day of legal argument on the admissibility of the evidence...
(Pictured: Accused Mr Sharif Kelly. Credit: Collins) The evidence of a protected witness at the Special Criminal Court trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly should be excluded from the trial...
A garda who examined a green Opel Zafira has told the trial of two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly that he detected "no faults" in the car, which the court had previously heard "conked out" on the afternoon of...
A former murder accused-turned State witness has told the Special Criminal Court that his motivation to give evidence at the trial of his former co-accused was to "save" himself. David Cullen was being cross-examined at the trial of two...
A protected witness in the Peter Butterly murder trial told the Special Criminal Court today that he was told he would be removed from the Witness Protection Programme if he refused to give evidence. David Cullen said that a few months...
An accused-turned State witness in the Peter Butterly murder trial has denied he told lies about one of the men accused of the murder. David Cullen was being cross-examined at the Special Criminal Court in the trial of two Dublin men...
A former accused who turned prosecution witness in the trial of two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly was told two days before he made a statement to gardai that his murder charge would be dropped, the Special...
A former accused man who turned prosecution witness has described to the Special Criminal Court his role in the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly. Mr Butterly (35) was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, Co Meath...
Discharged firearm cartridges found at the scene of the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly matched a pistol found almost a kilometre from the scene, the Special Criminal Court heard today. Mr Butterly (35) was shot dead...
A woman has described hearing two gunshots on the afternoon a dissident republican was shot dead outside a pub across the road from her house. Peter Butterly (35) was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, Co Meath on March 6th,...
Detectives investigating the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly have denied that offers to drop a murder charge were made to an accused man who turned prosecution witness before he gave a statement about the case. Mr Butterly...
A dispute over the admissibility of the evidence of an accused man who turned prosecution witness continued today at the Peter Butterly murder trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin. Mr Butterly (35) was shot dead outside The...
A detective in charge of the investigation into the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly has denied the suggestion that he "deliberately concealed" from defence lawyers information about how a man originally accused of the...
Defence lawyers at a dissident republican's murder trial are challenging the evidence of an accused man who turned prosecution witness. Peter Butterly (35) was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn, Gormanstown, Co Meath on March 6th, 2013....
A dispute over the legality of the detention of two men alleged to have murdered dissident republican Peter Butterly continued today at the Special Criminal Court. The 35-year-old was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn, Gormanstown, Co...
Two men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly were unlawfully detained on the side of the road, their barristers have argued at the Special Criminal Court. The 35 year-old was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn,...
A member of the Special Detective Unit has described finding a semiautomatic pistol on the side of a Meath road shortly after a dissident republican was shot dead outside a nearby pub. Peter Butterly (35) was shot dead in the carpark of...
A garda has described arresting a man on the side of a Meath road after following the car he was told had just been used in the murder of a dissident republican. Peter Butterly (35) was shot dead in the carpark of The Huntsman Inn,...
A member of the Garda National Surveillance Unit has given evidence of reciting the Act of Contrition to dissident republican Peter Butterly, after finding him with ‘massive gunshot injuries to his head’ in a Meath carpark almost four...
The public was excluded from a Special Criminal Court murder trial today, while members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit gave evidence anonymously. The three members were giving evidence in the retrial of two Dubliners, charged...
The Special Criminal Court has heard that dissident republican Peter Butterly died of multiple gunshot wounds in a Meath car park almost four years ago. Evidence of his cause of death was heard today in the trial of two Dubliners charged...
A student on his way home from school saw one man raise his arm and shoot another man as he waited at his bus-stop, the trial of two men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly almost four years ago has heard. Edward...
The Special Criminal Court has ruled that evidence from eleven members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit in the retrial of two men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly almost four years ago should be given...
The Special Criminal Court will rule tomorrow on a prosecution application that evidence from eleven members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit in the re-trial of two men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly...
A man was gunned down in the car park of a pub in Co Meath shortly before surveillance gardai intercepted the car and gunman, the Special Criminal Court was told today. The court was told that the car used by the gunman was being watched...
One of three men facing trial for the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly almost four years ago failed to appear at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today and the court issued a warrant for his arrest. The court heard that...
A Dublin man accused of IRA membership was in breach of his bail conditions when he spoke at a recent commemoration for Wolfe Tone with another man also charged before the Special Criminal Court. The court heard today that Brian Kenna...
A former nurse who assaulted his partner after a row at a Christmas market must complete 150 hours of community service within two years. James Butler (38) of Springfield, Tallaght, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court...
A former nurse who assaulted his partner after a row at a Christmas market will not be jailed when he is sentenced next February, a judge has said. James Butler (38) of Springfield, Tallaght, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit...
A Wicklow father of one who harassed two former partners and threatened to harm them if they didn't hand over cash has been given a six year sentence with two years suspended. Ian Waters (35) of Springfield Heights, Newtownmountkennedy...
A man who took part in the violent hijacking of a taxi driver's van has been jailed for three years. Ross Cahill (22) encouraged his accomplice, who was armed with a knife, to stab the taxi driver after the two men had taken a €5 fare....
Two Dublin men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly have been granted bail by the High Court pending their retrial in 2017. Dean Evans (24), of Grange Park Rise, Raheny and Edward McGrath (33) of Land Dale Lawns,...
The Special Criminal Court has fixed a date in January 2017 for the retrial of three Dublin men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly, who was shot dead in 2013. Dean Evans (24), of Grange Park Rise, Raheny, Edward...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly (44). Photo: Collins) The 55-day-long trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has collapsed at the Special Criminal Court, after a failure in evidence...
The Special Criminal Court has been asked to direct a finding of not guilty in the case of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly. An amended application was made to the non-jury court today by lawyers for...
The Special Criminal Court will hear legal applications from the defence tomorrow in the trial of three Dubliners charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn, Gormanston,...
The Special Criminal Court is due to rule tomorrow on a defence application to direct a finding of not guilty on the charges against three men charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of...
The Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican has been adjourned until tomorrow. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, Co Meath around 2pm on March 6,...
Lawyers for three Dubliners charged with murdering a dissident republican will begin giving their closing submissions on Monday following an almost four-month trial. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn,...
The State has closed its case in the trial of three Dubliners charged with murdering a dissident republican outside a Meath pub almost two years ago. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, Co Meath...
(Pictured: Mr Sharif Kelly (44). Photo: Collins) A man on trial, charged with murdering a dissident republican, denied that clothes found in his car shortly after the shooting were a change of clothing for the killer. He also said that he...
A forensic scientist has testified that firearms residue was found on the clothing of two men on trial charged with murdering a dissident republican almost two years ago. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn,...
The Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican has been adjourned until the New Year. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, Co Meath around 2pm on March...
The Special Criminal Court will rule next month on the admissibility of a tranche of evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn,...
The Special Criminal Court is hearing submissions on the admissibility of a tranche of evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn,...
A former murder accused-turned State witness has told the trial of his former co-accused that they’re ‘screwed’ due to the ‘evidence stacked up against them’. The Special Criminal Court ruled today that his evidence was admissible in the...
The Special Criminal Court will rule on Tuesday on the admissibility of a prosecution witness’s evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman...
The Special Criminal Court is due to rule on the admissibility of a prosecution witness’s evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering a dissident republican. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn,...
The chief prosecution witness in the trial of three men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly last year told the Special Criminal Court today that he would "have lied through his teeth" if he had been standing trial...
The Special Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage from the scene of the killing of a dissident republican last year. Peter Butterly was shot dead in the car park of the Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, Co Meath around 2pm on March 6 2013. Three...
A former accused turned State witness in the Peter Butterly murder trial has denied that leaving his life here to go on witness protection abroad would not be much of a sacrifice for him as his ‘life was pretty bad’ here. David Cullen was...
The Special Criminal Court has decided to examine communications between the chief prosecution witness in the trial of three men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly last year and his solicitor before he decided to...
The judges in a Special Criminal Court murder trial will rule on Tuesday whether certain communications between the chief prosecution witness and his solicitor should be disclosed to the defence. All sides spent Friday debating the issue...
The chief prosecution witness in the trial of three men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly last year has agreed to disclose some of his communications with his solicitor, the Special Criminal Court has heard....
The Special Criminal Court has reserved its decision on whether senior counsel for the main prosecution witness in the trial of three men accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly last year has a right of audience during...
The Special Criminal Court has in "an unprecedented situation" ordered that two counsel be assigned to the chief prosecution witness during his cross examination in the trial of three men accused of the murder of dissident republican...
A former murder accused-turned State witness has been given permission to consult his solicitor before answering any more questions from the defence in a murder trial. David Cullen (30) was due to spend this afternoon being cross-examined...
A former murder accused turned State witness wanted to give his evidence from behind security glass and out of the public’s view, when testifying against his three former co-accused. David Cullen (30) admitted to the request during his...
A former murder accused turned prosecution witness asked the Special Criminal Court why he should face a life sentence for an alleged murder he claims he didn't plan or commit. Dean Evans (24), of Grange Park Rise, Raheny, Edward McGrath...
A security operation in the Special Criminal Court this morning caused the formation of long queues into the Criminal Court of Justice building. Security arrangements were in place for the evidence of a former co-accused in the trial of...
Security arrangements are being made for a former murder accused turned prosecution witness to give evidence in the Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly. Dean Evans (24), of...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly (44)) The last surveillance garda to give secret evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly exited the building through the courtroom's custody area...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly (44)) A garda member of the National Surveillance Unit, who was present in a car park shortly after dissident republican Peter Butterly was shot dead there, gave evidence at the Special Criminal...
(Pictured: Accused man Mr Sharif Kelly (44)) The Special Criminal Court has ruled that three men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly in Co Meath in 2013 were lawfully detained and arrested by gardai shortly after...
A former murder accused turned prosecution witness had a mobile phone seized from him in Midlands prison, a court has heard. David Cullen (30), with a last address at Balbriggan, is due to give evidence in the trial of three men charged...
(Pictured: Accused man Sharif Kelly (44)) The Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has risen early this afternoon to consider submissions on admissibility of evidence against...
(Pictured: Accused man Sharif Kelly (44)) The Special Criminal Court sat later than planned today to hear submissions on admissibility of evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly. Dean...
The Special Criminal Court has begun hearing final submissions from defence counsel on the admissibility of evidence against three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly. Dean Evans (24), of Grange Park Rise,...
Members of the public were permitted to enter the Special Criminal Court today for the second day running. Officers from the National Surveillance Unit had been giving evidence in the trial of three men charged with the murder of...
Members of the public were permitted to re-enter the Special Criminal Court this afternoon after a surveillance garda witness was escorted from the building through the custody area. Officers from the National Surveillance Unit had been...
Surveillance gardaí exited the Special Criminal Court through the custody area of the courtroom yesterday because they could not walk "out into the public as normal". The officers, from the National Surveillance Unit, had been giving...
Two surveillance gardaí gave evidence in a murder trial this morning but neither their identities nor their evidence can be published by order of the Special Criminal Court. Garda C and Garda F were giving evidence in the trial of three...
Members of the public were excluded from entering the Special Criminal Court today while surveillance gardaí gave evidence in the trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly. Dean Evans (24), of Grange...
A sixth-year student on his way home from school saw a man with a gun stretch out his arm before two to three shots were heard in quick succession, the trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has...
Three judges have confessed to encountering a "technical glitch" of their own creation which has delayed the delivery of a ruling in a murder trial. Following fourteen days of legal applications prior to today's glitch, the Special...
The first witness to give evidence in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly will be called before the non-jury Special Criminal Court tomorrow. Three Dublin men have pleaded not guilty to...
The trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly is "the first case in the history of the State" where a tracking device has been mentioned, a senior garda told the Special Criminal Court today. Three...
The Special Criminal Court has outlined its reasons for ordering the public's exclusion from court while surveillance gardai give evidence in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly. A High...
The Special Criminal Court has directed that members of the public be excluded from court while gardaí from the National Surveillance Unit give evidence in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter...
The non-jury Special Criminal Court will rule tomorrow on several legal issues which have arisen in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly. Edward McGrath (32), of Land Dale Lawns,...
A prosecution witness in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly, known only as Garda A' pending legal applications, has already been identified in statements “in error”, the Special Criminal...
by Ruaidhri Giblin The Special Criminal Court will rule next week on whether gardaí from the National Surveillance Unit can give evidence anonymously in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter...
by Ruaidhri Giblin Lawyers for for three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly would have discovered by now whether or not their former co-accused turned prosecution witness was ever a garda informant, the Special...
by Ruaidhri Giblin The trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has heard that a former co-accused “wanted no more to do with” the case when he gave evidence to gardaí. Edward McGrath (32), of Land...
by Ruaidhri Giblin The trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has heard that their former co-accused turned prosecution witness gave gardaí information regarding an earlier fatal shooting,...
by Ruaidhri Giblin The Special Criminal Court has heard how a former co-accused was transformed into a prosecution witness in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly. Edward McGrath (32), of...
by Ruaidhri Giblin Lawyers for three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly have sought disclosure of material relating to their former co-accused who turned prosecution witness “in sudden circumstances”...
by Ruaidhri Giblin Gardaí have failed in their bid to claim legal privilege over documents relating to the surveillance of three men charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly. Edward McGrath (32), of Land Dale Lawns,...
by Ruaidhri Giblin A Detective Superintendent has applied to erect a “screen” between members of the public and undercover garda witnesses prior to them giving evidence in the trial of three men charged with the murder of dissident...
A man accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly in a Co Meath car park last year has been refused bail at the High Court. Dean Evans (22), of Grange Park Rise, Raheny is one of three men charged with the murder of Mr...
Three Dublin men will stand trial at the Special Criminal Court in September charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly in a Co Meath car park last year. Edward McGrath (32), of Land Dale Lawns, Springfield, Tallaght,...
The trial of three Dublin men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly cannot proceed this month as scheduled, the Special Criminal Court has found. Edward McGrath (32), of Land Dale Lawns, Springfield, Tallaght, Dean...
A Dublin man who is to turn State’s evidence at the trial of his former co-accused for the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly in an “unprecedented” case is competent to give evidence for the prosecution, the Special Criminal...
A Dublin man who is to be a State witness against his three co-accused charged with the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly in an “unprecedented” case has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for the possession of a handgun....
(Pictured: Prosecution Counsel Ms Una Ni Raifeartaigh SC) A Dublin man who was charged with the murder dissident republican Peter Butterly is to be a prosecution witness and give evidence against his three co-accused at trial, the Special...
A FORMER Anglo Irish Bank clerk is to stand trial over an alleged €200,000 computer fraud. Gordon O'Brien, 42, a father-of-two, with an address at Springfield, Dooradoyle, Limerick, was arrested by arrangement in Dublin city-centre this...