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Buncrana · July 13, 2015

Prosecutors to argue in October that two-year jail term imposed on man whose dangerous driving killed 8 people was 'too lenient'

The Director of Public Prosecutions will argue before the Court of Appeal in October that a sentence imposed on a man convicted of dangerous driving causing...

Donegal · July 13, 2015

Trial of man charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two girls adjourned until Wednesday

A trial involving charges of 50 sexual offences against two young girls has been adjourned until Wednesday at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The 51-year-old...

Manorhamilton · July 10, 2015

Tipperary man charged with IRA and explosives charges granted bail by the Special Criminal Court

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...

Carrickmacross · July 09, 2015 Also covered in Letterkenny

Teacher whose careless driving caused the death of a woman has balance of sentence suspended on appeal

A 28-year-old teacher from Letterkenny in County Donegal has had the balance of a 12-month prison sentence suspended on appeal following a conviction for...

Roscommon · July 09, 2015

Senior HSE executive brings High Court action over purported move

A senior Health Service Executive manager has initiated High Court proceedings challenging her proposed reassignment to an alternative role. Ms Helen Earley,...

Cavan · July 02, 2015

Childminder to stand trial for second time accused of causing serious harm to baby

A childminder from Cavan is to stand trial for a second time at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court next May on a charge of intentionally or recklessly causing...

Claremorris · June 29, 2015

High Court challenge brought against planning permission extension for Mayo Windfarm

An environmental activist has initiated High Court proceedings challenging Mayo County Council's decision to extend planning permission for a twelve-turbine...

Ballymahon · June 26, 2015 Also covered in Granard

Two charged with IRA membership and explosives offences at out of hours Special Criminal Court

Two men appeared before an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court on 26 June 2015, charged with membership of an unlawful organisation and...

Enniskillen · June 25, 2015

Jury fail to reach verdict in childminder trial

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a registered childminder charged with causing serious harm to a...

Cavan · June 25, 2015

Jury in childminder trial told it can return a majority verdict

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been instructed that it may return a majority verdict in the trial of a registered childminder charged with...

Castlebar · June 25, 2015 Also covered in Charlestown, Tubbercurry

Four who got suspended sentences for verbally abusing and assaulting two off-duty gardaí are sent to jail after appeal

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...

Cavan · June 24, 2015

Jury to continue deliberating in trial of childminder accused of assaulting baby

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court adjourned its deliberations in the trial of a Cavan childminder accused of assaulting a ten-month-old baby. Sandra...

Cavan · June 23, 2015

Closing speeches in childminder trial

Closing speeches have been heard in the trial of a childminder charged with assaulting a baby at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Sandra Higgins, aged 34, of...

Cavan · June 23, 2015

Jury to begin deliberating in trial of childminder charged with assaulting baby

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court will begin deliberating tomorrow in the trial of a childminder charged with assaulting a ten-month-old baby. Sandra...

Cavan · June 22, 2015

DPP won't proceed with case against woman charged in connection with 1988 death of her father

The Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to proceed with a prosecution against a woman from Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan who had been charged in...

Cavan · June 22, 2015

Handwriting expert could not say when entry in childminding diary was altered

A garda handwriting expert has given evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the trial of a childminder accused of assaulting a baby. Sandra Higgins,...

Cavan · June 22, 2015

Shaken baby syndrome has no "scientific validation", UK Doctor tells childminder trial

A defence witness at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has testified that shaken baby syndrome lacks scientific validation. The neuropathologist told the trial...

Cavan · June 19, 2015

Bruising represented a "classic text book" picture of baby shaking, consultant tells childminder trial

A consultant paediatrician has given evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the trial of a childminder charged with assaulting a baby. Sandra Higgins,...

Cavan · June 19, 2015

US radiologist tells childminder trial that bleeding around baby's brain does not point to diagnosis of baby shaking

A US paediatric radiologist gave evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the trial of a childminder accused of assaulting a baby. Sandra Higgins, aged...

Belturbet · June 18, 2015

"Vulnerable" mother caught with €39k worth of herbal cannabis avoids jail

A 28-year-old woman from Belturbet, County Cavan, has received a five-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possessing almost two kilograms of...

Cavan · June 18, 2015

"Not reasonable" to suggest baby's injuries happened before being left with childminder, consultant tells trial

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a consultant paediatrician has testified that brain injuries sustained by a ten-month-old infant could not reasonably have...

Enniskillen · June 17, 2015

Childminder told gardai that baby was not assaulted in her care, trial hears

A childminder has pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to a ten-month-old baby at her home in Cavan town on 28 March 2012....

Cavan · June 17, 2015

Baby was “bright and bubbly” on day of alleged assault, childminder trial hears

A childminder charged with causing serious harm to a baby in her care appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday. Sandra Higgins, aged 34, from...

Cavan · June 16, 2015

Child minder pleads not guilty to charge of causing serious harm to 10-month-old baby

A registered childminder from County Cavan has pleaded not guilty to charges of intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to a ten-month-old infant at...

Castleblayney · June 15, 2015

"Devoted family man" jailed for transporting cannabis

A 45-year-old man from Castleblayney, County Monaghan, has been sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment following his conviction for drug trafficking....

Cavan · June 12, 2015

Dublin grandfather jailed for eight years over €500k cannabis haul

A 56-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for his role in a €528,000 cannabis importation operation that took place in 2008. The...

Killala · June 11, 2015

Serial burglar has sentence backdated on appeal

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,...

Donegal · June 05, 2015

Man charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls will stand trial next month

A 51-year-old man has been remanded on continuing bail ahead of trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court next month on charges relating to alleged sexual...

Mayo · May 18, 2015

Mayo man who repeatedly sexually assaulted 10 year old boy given three year jail term

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...

Cavan · May 18, 2015

Cavan County Council and waste management company appeal fines for “nuisance” landfill odours

Cavan County Council and Oxigen Environmental Limited have appealed fines totalling over one million euro imposed in 2012 for landfill odour nuisance...

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