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Monaghan · June 27, 2014

Man accused of shooting his best friend told guards deceased threatened to rape his grandmother

A trial began at the Central Criminal Court concerning the death of a 20-year-old man shot in County Kildare in April 2013. Three men aged 21 were arraigned:...

Monaghan · June 26, 2014

Murder accused told gardai that deceased was threatening him

Three men faced murder charges at the Central Criminal Court following the death of a twenty-year-old in County Kildare in April 2013. Darren Wynne, Quentin...

Monaghan · June 25, 2014

20-year-old died from shot to the head, jury hears

The Deputy State Pathologist told the Central Criminal Court that a 20-year-old man died from a gunshot wound to the head during a trial hearing in Dublin....

Monaghan · June 24, 2014

Witness tells murder trial of shooting

Three men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of a twenty-year-old man in County Kildare in April 2013. James Seery, Quentin Monaghan, and Darren Wynne...

Monaghan · June 23, 2014

Kildare murder trial opens

The trial of three men accused of murdering a 20-year-old in County Kildare opened at the Central Criminal Court this week. James Seery and Quentin Monaghan,...

Monaghan · June 19, 2014

Kildare murder trial adjourned

Three men appeared before the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of a 20-year-old man in County Kildare in April 2013. James Seery, aged 21, of...

Claremorris · June 04, 2014

Man acquitted of murdering his elderly father is returned to Central Mental Hospital

A 35-year-old man from Claremorris in County Mayo has been remanded to the Central Mental Hospital following his acquittal on a charge of murder at the...

Ballinrobe · May 30, 2014 Also covered in Claremorris

Mayo man found not guilty of murdering his elderly father by reason of insanity

A 35-year-old man from Claremorris in County Mayo has been acquitted of murdering his 70-year-old father at their home in May 2012 on grounds of insanity. The...

Ballinrobe · May 29, 2014 Also covered in Claremorris

“I just shot the aul lad…I’ll be going to jail now": Man accused of murdering elderly father had paranoid schizophrenia, court told

A 35-year-old man from Claremorris in County Mayo has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of his 70-year-old father on May 6,...

Leitrim · May 28, 2014

Man formerly serving life sentence faces extradition over escaping English prison

A 66-year-old man is facing potential extradition to the United Kingdom following his escape from an English prison where he was serving a life sentence for...

Claremorris · May 26, 2014

Mayo man pleads not guilty to murdering elderly father by reason of insanity

A 35-year-old man from Claremorris in County Mayo has pleaded not guilty to murdering his elderly father by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court....

Cavan · May 23, 2014

Balbriggan District Court round-up

At Balbriggan District Court on 23 May 2014, a 26-year-old man from Donabate was remanded on continuing bail in connection with allegations of assaulting a...

Bundoran · May 20, 2014

Local election candidate avoids jail

A local election candidate in Bundoran, County Donegal, avoided imprisonment at the High Court after agreeing to remove material from YouTube that Bundoran...

Bundoran · May 16, 2014

High Court orders arrest of local election candidate

The High Court has ordered the arrest of an independent candidate standing for Donegal County Council following her alleged failure to comply with court...

Westport · May 15, 2014

High Court rules property assets not held in trust for Summerville Partnership

The High Court has ruled that property assets held by a couple from Westport, County Mayo, are not held in trust for the Summerville Partnership, which was...

Claremorris · May 07, 2014

Mayo brothers to stand trial on explosives and IRA Membership charges

Two brothers from Claremorris in County Mayo have been remanded to stand trial at the Special Criminal Court in December 2015 on charges relating to...

Kingscourt · May 01, 2014

Drunk driver who got suspended sentence for dangerous driving causing death jailed for three years by appeal court

A civil engineer from Kingscourt, County Cavan, has been sentenced to three years in prison by the Court of Criminal Appeal for dangerous driving causing...

Mayo · April 14, 2014

Dublin supporter who told garda he would 'loaf the head off her' escapes prison sentence

A 28-year-old Dublin man has avoided a custodial sentence after pleading guilty to threatening behaviour and intoxication at a public house in Swords on 22...

Donegal · April 09, 2014

Sheep farmer agrees to allow ESB on to property

A landowner from Manorcunningham in County Donegal has agreed to allow the ESB and Eirgrid access to his property to carry out essential upgrade work on the...

Letterkenny · April 07, 2014

Man has indecent assault conviction quashed on first appeal under Supreme Court judgement

A man's indecent assault conviction has been quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal in the first case decided under a recent Supreme Court ruling on suspect...

Longford · April 03, 2014

Dundon and Killeen seeking garda and prison recordings in advance of Roy Collins murder trial

Wayne Dundon and Nathan Killeen, both from Prospect in Limerick, are charged with the murder of businessman Roy Collins at Coin Castle Amusements on Roxboro...

Sligo · April 03, 2014

McGinley guilty of murdering Sligo pensioner

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has found Simon McGinley, aged 30 of Connaughton Road Car Park in Sligo, guilty of the murder of Eugene Gillespie, a...

Sligo · April 02, 2014

Jury deliberating in Sligo murder trial

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has suspended deliberations in the trial of a 30-year-old man charged with murdering a pensioner in Sligo. Simon...

Sligo · April 01, 2014

Deputy State pathologist gives evidence in Sligo murder trial

The trial of a 30-year-old Sligo man accused of murdering a 67-year-old pensioner continued at the Central Criminal Court today. The accused has pleaded not...

Ballina · March 31, 2014

No retrial of doormen who had assault convictions overturned

The Court of Criminal Appeal has declined to order a retrial of two nightclub doormen whose assault convictions were previously quashed. Frankie Murphy, aged...

Sligo · March 31, 2014

Blood matching deceased’s found on candlestick holder, court hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a 30-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a...

Sligo · March 28, 2014

Murder accused told gardai he hit and tied up pensioner

A 30-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded not guilty to murder but admitted manslaughter following the death of a 67-year-old pensioner in September 2012....

Sligo · March 27, 2014

Pensioner's injuries were “a horrendous sight to behold”

A 30-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded not guilty to murder but admitted manslaughter in connection with the death of a 67-year-old pensioner in September...

Sligo · March 26, 2014

Trial of man accused of murdering pensioner hears 999 call

A 30-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a 67-year-old pensioner in September...

Sligo · March 25, 2014

Man on trial for murder of Sligo pensioner

A 30-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a 67-year-old pensioner in September...

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