60-year-old man charged with directing IRA activites
Three men appeared before the Special Criminal Court on Saturday following arrests by the Special Detective Unit as part of an investigation into dissident...
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Man pretended to be journalist to extort money from elderly sex offender, court hears
A 31-year-old man from Wexford pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to theft following an extortion scheme targeting an elderly sex offender. The...
Mayo cattle dealer sues owners of marts for allegedly failing to honour agreement
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,...
“The guy who hit me not only destroyed my life, he destroyed my future": driver to be sentenced later for knocking down cyclist
A Longford man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing serious harm following an incident in Blanchardstown, Dublin on 2 August 2013. Dylan Meade,...
Man successfully appeals acquittal for murdering his mother by reason of insanity
A Roscommon man has successfully appealed his acquittal for the murder of his mother by reason of insanity and will face a retrial. The 29-year-old had been...
Ex-IRA man has sentence for sexually abusing young girls cut on appeal
A 57-year-old man with a history of paramilitary activity has had his prison sentence reduced on appeal following his conviction for sexually abusing two...
Gail O'Rorke acquitted of attempting to assist the suicide of her friend
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a jury has acquitted Gail O'Rorke of attempting to assist the suicide of her friend. The jury returned not guilty verdicts...
Trio fail in bid to be released from prison after appeal court drugs ruling
The President of the High Court has rejected applications by three men imprisoned for drug possession offences, who sought release following a Court of Appeal...
Accused awaiting trial in non-jury Special Criminal Court facing long delays
The Special Criminal Court has scheduled its first available trial date for April 2017, reflecting significant delays within the non-jury jurisdiction. The...
Woman who dropped her trousers and underwear while going through prison security check brings damages action against State
A woman has brought a damages action against the State following an incident at Castlerea Prison in County Roscommon in May 2009. The applicant claims she was...
Deceased's nephew had "no problem" helping her travel to Swiss euthanasia clinic, trial of woman accused of assisting suicide hears
The trial of a woman accused of assisting the suicide of her friend continued at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on the third day of proceedings. The deceased,...
Nash guilty of 1997 Grangegorman murders
Mark Nash has been found guilty of murdering two women at sheltered accommodation in Grangegorman, Dublin, in March 1997. A Central Criminal Court jury...
Cavan man who killed his wife at their family home is jailed for 12 years
Oliver Kierans, aged 57, from Drumbannon in Bailieborough, County Cavan, has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment following proceedings at the Central...
Irish man sentenced by British courts over multi-million pound tax fraud appeals extradition
A Roscommon man has appealed a High Court decision ordering his extradition to the United Kingdom to serve a four-and-a-half year sentence for tax fraud....
Engineer and companies must indemnify operators of DIY shop over fatal wall collapse, judge rules
The High Court has ruled that an engineer and two related construction companies must indemnify the operators of a DIY and garden centre in County Longford...
Jury to resume deliberating in trial of man accused of 1997 Grangegorman murders
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has adjourned deliberations in the trial of Mark Nash, who stands accused of murdering two women in 1997. The...
"If Mark Nash is not guilty, there are a series of truly amazing coincidences," prosecutor tells jury
At the Central Criminal Court, prosecution counsel Brendan Grehan SC delivered closing arguments in the trial of Mark Nash, accused of murdering two women in...
"Accomplished boxer" jailed for 8 years for manslaughter of mum-of-two
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...
State withdraws case against water meter installer accused of involvement in alleged diesel laundering
The State has withdrawn its case against a 35-year-old water meter installer charged with involvement in an alleged diesel laundering operation. The man, a...
Man sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter of archaeologist Emmett Connolly
At the Central Criminal Court on April 13th, Kevin Moran was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, for the manslaughter...
High Court makes order preventing solicitor from practising for 10 years
The High Court has made an order preventing a solicitor from practising for ten years following admissions of professional misconduct. Mr Patrick E Callanan,...
"Career Criminal" jailed for three years for his role in ambushing garda car and freeing prisoner
A man with an extensive criminal history has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment following his guilty plea to facilitating a prisoner's escape in...
Oliver Kierans to be sentenced next month for killing his wife of 33 years
Oliver Kierans, aged 57, from Drumbannon in Bailieborough, County Cavan, has been convicted of manslaughter following the death of his wife Patricia on 5...
"Accomplished boxer" to be sentenced next month for manslaughter of girlfriend
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...
Bankrupt Monaghan man seeks to sue real estate company over site valuation
A Monaghan shopkeeper who was made bankrupt following a €32m bank judgment sought High Court permission to pursue a negligence claim against real estate...
Man jailed for having ecstasy tablets seeks inquiry into detention after Court of Appeal judgement
A Dublin man imprisoned for three years following his admission to possessing over 5,000 ecstasy tablets has secured a High Court inquiry into the lawfulness...
Graham Dwyer's relationship with Elaine O'Hara was an entirely predatory one, jury told
At the Central Criminal Court on 19 March 2015, the prosecution closing address in the murder trial of Graham Dwyer outlined its case against the 42-year-old...
Six months jail term for father who sexually abused his five year old daughter
A Roscommon man has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sexually assaulting his daughter between 2004 and 2006. The...
Child was victim of sexual abuse by her father, mother and neighbour from age five, court hears
A man aged 59 from Roscommon has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his daughter between July 2004 and July 2006 at the family home. Dublin Circuit...
Graham Dwyer admitted to gardai that he had relationship with Elaine O'Hara, jury hear
Graham Dwyer, a 42-year-old architect from Foxrock, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Elaine O'Hara at Killakee, Rathfarnham on 22nd August...
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