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A National Museum employee has told the Special Criminal Court that he wants to reapply for bail "at the earliest chance", having already been denied release at the weekend, when he was charged with the possession of an explosive device in connection with the discovery of a bomb in a car in Co Monag
Padraig Kindlon & Anthonia Durnin — Mullylusty Coolderry, Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan. permission to construct a dormer style dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, new sewerage w...
Leah Unicorn Ltd. — Treacys Hotel, Losset, Kingscourt Road, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. A81 CY23. retention of internal alterations to previous approved plans under 20/155 including the following: 1...
by Alison O'Riordan A Dublin man has been denied bail following a late-night sitting of the non-jury Special Criminal Court this evening, having been charged with possession of an explosive device in connection with the alleged discovery of a bomb in a car in Co Monaghan earlier this week. The three
A Nigerian woman has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to making false statements to gardaí. The 34-year-old woman arrived at Store Street Garda Station in October 2019 claiming she had been trafficked to Ireland and forced into prostitution. Over subsequent months, she provided five statements detailing her alleged captivity in Balbriggan. Gardaí…
A man accused of murdering his partner at their County Meath home in August 2022 told gardaí during interview that he pushed and hit her following a dispute over a gathering at their residence, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Daniel Blanaru, aged 37, from Rathboy, Athboy, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Larisa Serban, aged 26, on or about 12 August 2022. During his first interview at Ashbourne Garda…
The High Court has ordered the winding-up of Nuremore Hotel Management Ltd, the company responsible for operating the Nuremore Hotel and country club in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan. Mr Justice Conor Dignam appointed insolvency practitioner Declan de Lacy as liquidator following a petition by the Revenue Commissioners. The company owes over €680,000 in unpaid PAYE, PRSI, and wage subsidy payments to the state…
A witness at the Special Criminal Court was treated as hostile after giving conflicting evidence in the trial of two men charged with a credit union robbery in which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was murdered. Colin Hoey told the court he did not see Aaron Brady or accused James Flynn on the night of the Lordship Credit Union raid in Bellurgan, County Louth on 25 January 2013. However, his 2017 statement to gardaí…
A worker in Carrickmacross has secured a statutory redundancy payment of approximately €3,000 following the unexpected closure of Huawen Foundation Ltd, a company involved in promoting Irish residency visas to international property investors. The Workplace Relations Commission upheld the claim by the employee at an adjudication hearing in April 2022. The company ceased operations without making provision for…
A Monaghan-based company operating within Ireland's cash-for-visas scheme has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay a former employee €12,400 in unpaid wages. The employee worked as director of international investment for Huawen Foundation Ltd and did not receive salary for the four-month period from November 2020 to February 2021, despite continuing to work during this time. The adjudicating…
Michael McGauley, aged 49 and formerly of Highfield, Carrickmacross, has had his prison sentence increased following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions. McGauley pleaded guilty at Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court to five counts of deception and theft committed between February 2016 and October 2018, defrauding victims of approximately €149,600 in total. He was initially sentenced to three…
A serial fraudster from Carrickmacross is the subject of an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against the leniency of his sentence. Michael McGauley pleaded guilty in October 2020 at Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court to five counts of deception and theft committed between February 2016 and October 2018, obtaining approximately €149,600 from his victims. He was sentenced to three years and nine months…
At the Central Criminal Court, a 21-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for the manslaughter of a pensioner in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, in March 2016. Aaron McDonagh pleaded guilty to killing 61-year-old Gerry Marron by setting fire to his home at St Macartan's Villas. He also admitted arson. McDonagh was 16 at the time of the offence. Justice Michael White noted that Mr Marron, who…
A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and arson following the death of a 61-year-old pensioner in a house fire in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan in March 2016. Aaron McDonagh, aged 21, of no fixed abode, admitted to killing Gerry Marron by setting fire to his home at St Macartans Villas and to damaging the property by fire whilst reckless as to whether life would be endangered. At sentencing in the Central Criminal…
A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court for the death of a 61-year-old Monaghan man whose house was deliberately set alight in Carrickmacross in March 2016. Aaron McDonagh, of no fixed abode, initially faced a murder charge but entered a guilty plea to manslaughter and arson without lawful excuse. The prosecution counsel confirmed the Director of Public Prosecutions…
A businessman from Monaghan remains in custody at Mountjoy Prison after declining to purge contempt of court. Fergal Deery has spent nearly eight weeks in prison since early December following a High Court finding that he breached orders made in March 2020. The orders, originally issued in 2015, required him to stay away from two properties in Monaghan Town formerly operated as a bar and nightclub. The properties…
Clarlan Limited — 23 Mullinary Street Carrickmacross Co.Monaghan A81 T666. planning permission to retain alterations to a One and a half storey dwelling as previously approved...
Newlands Foodmarket Ltd — Lituanica Supermarket 59/61 Main Street Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan. permission for the provision of an off-licence for the sale of alcohol within the existing shop layo...
Tully Glyde Services Ltd — Annamarran Carrickmacross Co Monaghan. retention planning permission for development consisting of a walled silage slab & geomembrane lined...
Brenda & Colin Carragher — Beagh Carrickmacross County Monaghan A81 H395. permission for construction of a single-storey extension to the side elevation of an existing dwelli...
Linda McEntee — Greaghlone Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan. permission for revised house plans from those granted under current planning permission ref 23/65, ...
Cian McKevitt — Carrickartagh, Corduff Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan A81 EH95. permission for the construction of new single storey extensions to side & front of existing single s...
Brendan Keenan — Annahaia Donaghmoyne, Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan. permission to construct a bungalow type dwelling house, a domestic waste water treatment system, a n...
Paul Keenan — Coolaha Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan. permission for alterations to two storey dwellinghouse from that previously granted under Planning R...
Jason McGardle — Cargaghmore Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan. permission for a development which will consist of a single storey dwelling house, single storey dom...
Chloe Finnegan & Aaron McGee — Carrickmaclim Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan. permission for construction of a single-storey style dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste...
Martin & Siobhan Burns — Corlea (E. D. Drumgurra) Carrickmacross Co Monaghan. permission for alterations and renovations to an existing single storey vernacular dwelling house, p...
Cian McEneaney — Adragh Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan A81 NW53. permission for a development which will consist of 1. Redevelopment of existing two-storey dwelling...
Cases and rulings mentioning Carrickmacross from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A National Museum employee has told the Special Criminal Court that he wants to reapply for bail "at the earliest chance", having already been denied release at the weekend, when he was charged with the possession of an explosive device in connection with the discovery of a...
by Alison O'Riordan A Dublin man has been denied bail following a late-night sitting of the non-jury Special Criminal Court this evening, having been charged with possession of an explosive device in connection with the alleged discovery of a bomb in a car in Co Monaghan...
A Nigerian woman has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to making false statements to gardaí. The 34-year-old woman arrived at Store Street Garda Station in October 2019 claiming she had been trafficked to Ireland...
A man accused of murdering his partner at their County Meath home in August 2022 told gardaí during interview that he pushed and hit her following a dispute over a gathering at their residence, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Daniel Blanaru, aged 37, from Rathboy, Athboy,...
The High Court has ordered the winding-up of Nuremore Hotel Management Ltd, the company responsible for operating the Nuremore Hotel and country club in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan. Mr Justice Conor Dignam appointed insolvency practitioner Declan de Lacy as liquidator...
A witness at the Special Criminal Court was treated as hostile after giving conflicting evidence in the trial of two men charged with a credit union robbery in which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was murdered. Colin Hoey told the court he did not see Aaron Brady or accused...
A member of a cross-border organised crime gang has failed in his appeal against a custodial sentence imposed for attempted ATM theft. Gerard Duffy, 32, of County Monaghan, was convicted at the Special Criminal Court in 2021 following a guilty plea to attempting to steal an ATM...
A worker in Carrickmacross has secured a statutory redundancy payment of approximately €3,000 following the unexpected closure of Huawen Foundation Ltd, a company involved in promoting Irish residency visas to international property investors. The Workplace Relations Commission...
A Monaghan-based company operating within Ireland's cash-for-visas scheme has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay a former employee €12,400 in unpaid wages. The employee worked as director of international investment for Huawen Foundation Ltd and did not...
Three Monaghan brothers have been sentenced to a combined 19 years and six months imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for their roles in a cross-border ATM theft gang operating between 2018 and 2019. Gerard Duffy, aged 31, of Greagh, Loughnamore, received eight years and...
Michael McGauley, aged 49 and formerly of Highfield, Carrickmacross, has had his prison sentence increased following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions. McGauley pleaded guilty at Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court to five counts of deception and theft...
Three brothers were remanded in custody at the Special Criminal Court on February 1st pending sentencing following their guilty pleas to involvement in a cross-border ATM theft gang. Stephen, Gerard and Ciaran Duffy had admitted participating in a criminal organisation that...
A serial fraudster from Carrickmacross is the subject of an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against the leniency of his sentence. Michael McGauley pleaded guilty in October 2020 at Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court to five counts of deception and theft committed...
At the Central Criminal Court, a 21-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for the manslaughter of a pensioner in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, in March 2016. Aaron McDonagh pleaded guilty to killing 61-year-old Gerry Marron by setting fire to his home...
A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and arson following the death of a 61-year-old pensioner in a house fire in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan in March 2016. Aaron McDonagh, aged 21, of no fixed abode, admitted to killing Gerry Marron by setting fire to his home at St...
A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court for the death of a 61-year-old Monaghan man whose house was deliberately set alight in Carrickmacross in March 2016. Aaron McDonagh, of no fixed abode, initially faced a murder charge but entered...
A businessman from Monaghan remains in custody at Mountjoy Prison after declining to purge contempt of court. Fergal Deery has spent nearly eight weeks in prison since early December following a High Court finding that he breached orders made in March 2020. The orders,...
A businessman must remain in Mountjoy Prison after a High Court judge found him in contempt of court orders relating to two properties in County Monaghan. Fergal Deery of Drumhillock was committed to prison this week following his arrest by Gardaí. The High Court had issued...
A Monaghan businessman has been remanded in custody to Mountjoy Prison by the High Court following his arrest by gardaí on allegations of repeatedly breaching court orders relating to two properties in Monaghan Town. Fergal Deery of Drumhillock was brought before Ms Justice...
The High Court has extended the bankruptcy of John Hoey, a farmer from Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, by eight years. Ms Justice Teresa Pilkington's decision means Mr Hoey will remain bankrupt until the end of February 2024. The extension was granted following findings that...