Garda whistleblower brings High Court challenge against internal disciplinary process
A member of An Garda Síochána stationed in County Donegal has initiated High Court proceedings challenging disciplinary investigations into allegations of...
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Donegal chiropractor has five-year sentence for violent burglary reduced to two on appeal
A Letterkenny chiropractor has had his sentence for burglary reduced on appeal. Kevin Ginty, aged 47, pleaded guilty to burgling the home of a woman with whom...
Pensioner who sexually assaulted two young girls fails in sentence appeal
A 70-year-old man from Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan has failed in his appeal against sentences for sexually assaulting two young girls. Peter Clarke pleaded...
Man to stand trial next year charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls
A 51-year-old man was remanded on bail at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court ahead of trial next year on charges relating to alleged sexual offences against two...
Pair jailed for their roles in robbery and stabbing of bus passenger and attack on taxi driver
Two men have been convicted and sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for their involvement in a series of violent offences. Dylan Smith, aged 22, and...
Mayo man loses dangerous driving causing serious harm sentence appeal but has driving ban reduced
A Mayo man has failed in his appeal against a six-year prison sentence imposed for dangerous driving that caused serious injury to his front seat passenger,...
Garda to stand trial twice next year accused of harassing women
A garda is to face two separate trials at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court next year on allegations of harassing women. Garda Donal Maguire, aged 38, is charged...
"Depravity amounting to torture": Appeal Court finds eight-year sentence for raping neighbour's daughter too lenient
The Court of Appeal has determined that an eight-year prison sentence imposed on a Roscommon man convicted of raping his neighbour's daughter was unduly...
Convicted sex offender sentenced to two years for failing to inform gardaí of his new address
A man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for breaching sex offender notification requirements. Ian Bissett, aged...
Man avoids jail term for having over €100,000 worth of heroin
A Sligo man has received a five-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of heroin worth over €100,000 with intent to supply....
Man who forged learner driver permit jailed
Aaron Dunne, aged 21, of Grangeview Road, Clondalkin, Dublin, has been sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court...
High Court orders extradition of two convicted murderers but puts stay on surrender
The High Court in Dublin has ordered the extradition of two convicted murderers to the United Kingdom, though a stay has been placed on their surrender...
Drunk driver who caused death of young father has sentence reduced by two years on appeal
A man from Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, has had his sentence reduced by two years following an appeal against his conviction for dangerous driving causing...
Lithuanian jailed for six years for having cannabis "grow house" fails in appeal
A Lithuanian national has failed in his appeal against a six-year custodial sentence imposed for cannabis cultivation offences in Donegal. Andrias Gruodis,...
Drugs mule who transported €400k in cannabis has sentenced reduced by three years
A man from Killeshandra in County Cavan has had his sentence reduced by three years following a successful appeal at the Court of Appeal. Malachy Boyle, aged...
Couple's bankruptcy set aside in first application of its kind
The High Court has annulled the bankruptcy of a couple from Knocknaveigh, Virginia, County Cavan, in what represents the first application of its kind since...
Galway man acquitted of charge of raping Sligo woman
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has acquitted a Galway man charged with raping a woman in Sligo in December 2010. The man had pleaded not guilty to the...
Extradition case against convicted murderer on the run here adjourned
The High Court has adjourned extradition proceedings against two convicted murderers until November 18th. Anthony Craig, aged 66, was convicted of murder in...
Man already serving life sentence for murder gets 12 years for shotgun possession
A man already serving a life sentence for murder has received an additional 12-year sentence for firearms offences at the Central Criminal Court. Darren...
Man who attacked his former partner leaving her permanently disfigured fails in Supreme Court bid
A man originally from Sligo has failed in his bid to have his conviction appeal heard by the Supreme Court following an attack on his former partner in Dublin...
Drug addict suffered severe injuries and cut power to 4,000 homes while trying to steal electrical wiring
A 26-year-old man born in Sligo pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to trespassing with intent to commit an offence at an ESB substation on the...
Community Service for man who told garda he would "bite her face off" and slammed her in to shop front
An Offaly man was sentenced to 240 hours community service at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for assaulting a garda in Tullamore on 12...
Man charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls expected to indicate how he will plead in December
A 51-year-old man charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls appeared at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his committal from the...
Garda accused of harassing a woman brought before court after arrest on warrant
A garda has been remanded in custody at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after being arrested on a bench warrant for failing to appear at a scheduled hearing....
Bench warrant for garda accused of harassing women
A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a garda accused of harassment following his failure to appear at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Garda Donal...
Court appearance for man accused of tax offences and threatening to kill garda
A 49-year-old man from Ballyjamesduff, Cavan was remanded in custody at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his arrest on two outstanding warrants....
Man who killed elderly bachelor in psychiatric unit jailed for eight years
A man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the manslaughter of an elderly patient at a County Cavan psychiatric...
Convicted Murderer who escaped from English prison and fled here given leave to appeal extradition
A convicted murderer who fled to Ireland following his escape from an English prison has been granted leave to appeal an extradition order to the Supreme...
Sanjeev Chada given two life sentences for murdering his sons
A 44-year-old man from County Carlow has been sentenced to life imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of his two young sons in County Mayo...
Elderly victim's family say legal system favoured the defendant
A man pleaded guilty to manslaughter following the death of an elderly patient at Cavan General Hospital's psychiatric unit in June 2011. Ian Harman, aged 50,...
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