Donegal man who killed parents with axe is comitted to Central Mental Hospital
A 43-year-old man from Carndonagh, County Donegal, has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, Dublin, following a verdict of not guilty by...
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Father sexually abused daughter "nearly every day" for a decade
A man in his fifties appeared before the Central Criminal Court in relation to serious sexual offences committed against his daughter over a decade-long...
Blood on ceiling of home, murder trial hears
At the Central Criminal Court, a detective from the Garda Technical Bureau described evidence gathered at an apartment in Westside, Letterkenny, following the...
Murder accused got on knees to deny involvement in killing, witness tells jury
A witness at the Central Criminal Court told the jury that a man accused of murder knelt down and swore on his knees that he had not been involved in the...
Garda found not guilty of harassing married colleague by reason of insanity
A garda from Bundoran, County Donegal, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of harassing a married female sergeant at a Dublin garda station...
Murder accused was "aggressive" on day of alleged killing, trial hears
At the Central Criminal Court, a witness told a murder trial that one of the two accused appeared intoxicated and displayed unusual aggression on the date of...
Garda (40) who harassed colleague was suffering from early-onset dementia, psychiatrists say
A garda from Bundoran, County Donegal, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of harassment against a married...
Garda pleads not guilty to harassment by reason of insanity
A member of An Garda Síochána from Bundoran, County Donegal, has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with harassment offences. Garda Donal...
Garda harassed female sergeant with Valentine's Card, emails and Facebook request
A garda stationed in Bundoran, County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to two counts of harassment against a female sergeant at Dublin...
Witness tells murder trial of discovering brother's "smashed" body
At the Central Criminal Court, a jury in a murder trial heard evidence from the brother of the deceased, who discovered his sibling's badly beaten body at...
Abuser appeals 18-year sentence for repeated rape of girl
A man from Clare has appealed an 18-year prison sentence imposed for the sexual abuse of a child over a three-year period. The 26-year-old, who cannot be...
Judge orders return of stolen takeaway cash
A judge at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has ordered the return of cash stolen from a Leitrim takeaway after it was recovered from an employee at Dublin...
Uncle who raped his niece is jailed
A man from Cavan has received a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence following his conviction for the rape of his teenage niece in the mid-1990s. The Central...
Arthritic man living alone had head smashed in with television, murder trial to hear
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard evidence today of a violent attack on a Polish man at Westside Apartments in Letterkenny, Co Donegal....
Cage fighter jailed for life for "shocking" murder of man left to drown in Shannon
A cage fighter and another man have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 23-year-old man who was beaten unconscious and left to drown in...
Polish man "out of his depth" when he helped murderers, court hears
A 28-year-old Polish national has been remanded on bail pending sentence after pleading guilty to false imprisonment and withholding information in connection...
Pair to stand trial accused of Donegal murder
Two men from Letterkenny, County Donegal, are to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of Bogdan Michalkiewicz. Dariusz Weckowicz, aged 51,...
Former owner of Bartragh Island entitled to €700k in damages, High Court rules
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...
Community service for man caught with €300k in prescription drugs
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a man from Dublin has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service after pleading guilty to possession with intent to...
Mayo man with 96 previous convictions fails in criminal damage appeal
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,...
Donegal man who killed parents with axe found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
A man from Carndonagh, County Donegal, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of the murder of his parents at their home on October 22, 2014. Julian...
"Monster" who sexually abused daughters described as "kind and compassionate" in references handed to court
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...
Family of schizophrenic man sought help in weeks before he killed parents with axe
A man charged with the murder of his parents in Carndonagh, County Donegal in October 2014 has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central...
Sex offender who failed to notify gardai of changed address fails in appeal
A man convicted of breaching sex offender notification requirements has failed in his appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal. Ian Bissett was found...
Man who killed parents believed he was "sending them to heaven", trial hears
A 44-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court, charged with killing his parents at their home in...
Long-running dispute over Bartragh Island returns to High Court
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...
Five years for man who believed he was fighting demons when he pulled syringe on gardai
Trevor Curtis, aged 35 and of no fixed abode, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following guilty pleas to two...
Donegal man to stand trial charged with pensioner's murder
A 53-year-old man from Raphoe in County Donegal has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with the murder of a 67-year-old...
Donegal man who falsely imprisoned partner will not return to jail despite "unduly lenient" finding
A Donegal man convicted of falsely imprisoning and assaulting his partner has avoided a return to custody despite the Court of Appeal finding his original...
"Ringleader" of jewellery store robbery has sentence reduced on appeal
A man convicted of leading a jewellery store robbery in Castleblayney has had his prison sentence reduced on appeal. Moise Rostas, aged 25, pleaded guilty at...
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