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Westport · March 05, 2026 Also covered in Castlebar

‘I hold no ill will’: Daughter of Mayo woman killed by truck addresses driver

A delivery driver has been sentenced to five months in prison at Castlebar Circuit Court after pleading guilty to careless driving causing the death of a...

Glenties · March 05, 2026

Ousted State agency boss ordered not to name third parties after reference to alleged blackmail attempt by senator

A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has told the Workplace Relations Commission that he was pressured to reinstate a suspended employee and...

Castlerea · March 05, 2026 Also covered in Foxford

Judge emphasises importance of media following press exclusion from Garda whistleblower case

A High Court judge has underlined the significant role of media transparency following the Workplace Relations Commission's decision to exclude reporters from...

Castlerea · March 04, 2026 Also covered in Foxford

Senior garda challenges media exclusion following disclosures regarding 'unsafe' gun holsters

A detective superintendent at the Garda National Technical Bureau has secured an expedited High Court hearing to challenge a decision by the Workplace...

Donegal · March 04, 2026

Former IFI CEO claims he was 'blackmailed' by Senator

A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland is pursuing claims of unfair dismissal and breach of protected disclosures at the Workplace Relations...

Donegal · March 03, 2026

Mentally ill man sexually assaulted woman (19) at Dublin airport

A 56-year-old Brazilian man has been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a sexual assault at Dublin Airport in August 2025. Rogerio Afonso...

Convoy · March 03, 2026

Supervisor in 'sophisticated' drug operation jailed for ten years

A man has been jailed for ten years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for supervising a drug trafficking operation. Tomasz...

Mayo · March 03, 2026

Ex-IFI CEO alleges he was subjected to 'intimidation and threats' after suspending chairman's brother

A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has alleged he was subjected to intimidation and threats by the organisation's then-chairman following...

Monaghan · March 02, 2026

Prison for abuser who sexually assaulted younger sister six decades ago

A 79-year-old man from Mullingar, County Westmeath, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to...

Virginia · February 27, 2026

Maximum awards to Zimbabwean care workers left in poverty when promised jobs fell through

Eight healthcare workers from Zimbabwe have been awarded €30,420 each by the Workplace Relations Commission following a finding that Unity Healthcare Services...

Castlebar · February 26, 2026 Also covered in Charlestown, Claremorris, Knock

Mayo jury returns insanity verdict in telecoms damage case

A jury at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court has returned a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict in respect of an aeronautical engineer charged with...

Letterkenny · February 26, 2026

Carlow woman to be sentenced for money laundering

A 23-year-old woman from Carlow has pleaded guilty to money laundering following her involvement in a significant social welfare fraud originating in...

Castlebar · February 25, 2026 Also covered in Charlestown, Knock

Co Mayo man on trial charged with spate of telecom vandalism offences

A man from County Mayo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 33 offences alleged to have occurred at telecommunications and utility sites across...

Lanesborough · February 24, 2026

'Crack crazy' shooter in 'meticulously planned' killing gets seven years

A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison at the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to murder. Joseph Richards, aged 35 and...

Sligo · February 24, 2026

Criminal tries to overturn conviction for raping sister

A man convicted of raping and sexually assaulting his younger sister over seven years has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal in Dublin. Kyle...

Castlerea · February 24, 2026

Repeat offender hit same Aldi store seven times

A 40-year-old man from Castlerea, County Roscommon, has withdrawn an appeal against his 15-month custodial sentence imposed for a series of thefts from retail...

Killybegs · February 20, 2026

Sliabh Liag murderers get appeal date

Alan Vial and Nikita Burns, who were convicted in March 2025 of murdering Robert Robin Wilkin at Sliabh Liag in County Donegal, have been granted a hearing...

Sligo · February 20, 2026

'Truly shocking': 20 years for abuser who starved children and forced them to drink urine

A 70-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the systematic sexual abuse of five of his children over two...

Castleblayney · February 20, 2026

'House of Horrors' abuser has jail term reduced on appeal

A 72-year-old man from Castleblayney, County Monaghan, has had his eight-year prison sentence reduced to six and a half years following a successful appeal at...

Castlebar · February 20, 2026 Also covered in Foxford

Mayo man jailed over dog attack that left woman with life changing injuries

A Knockmore man has been sentenced to four years in prison at Castlebar Circuit Court for offences including the savage mauling of a woman by his unmuzzled...

Castlebar · February 19, 2026 Also covered in Swinford

Mayo man hit brother with shovel in protracted family dispute

A 47-year-old man from Swinford has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following an incident in which he struck his brother with a shovel at their home in...

Mayo · February 16, 2026

Killing a 'tragedy of almost Shakespearean proportions', defence tells murder trial jury

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard closing arguments in a case arising from the fatal stabbing of a man in Dublin in June 2024. Joseph...

Donegal · February 16, 2026

12 years for man who regularly raped sister-in-law

A man from Killygordon in Donegal has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, following his conviction at the Central...

Donegal · February 16, 2026

Man who defiled teen after taking her 'for a spin' is jailed

A 25-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the defilement of...

Donegal · February 16, 2026

Abuser was on bail for defilement of a child when he sexually assaulted partner's best friend

A Donegal man has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment following his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman in his home in December 2020. The...

Lanesborough · February 16, 2026

'Crack crazy' shooter opened fired on dad-of-two at door of own home, court hears

A 45-year-old man was fatally shot at his home in Ballymun, Dublin, on 5 October 2018 after answering his patio door. Joseph Richards, with an address at...

Rathmullan · February 16, 2026

Pair jailed for disposal of dismembered remains of Keane Mulready Woods

Two men have been sentenced to six years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court for their roles in transporting and disposing of the remains of murdered...

Glenties · February 13, 2026

Criminal caught in middle of cannabis jelly factory is jailed

A man arrested during a garda raid on a Dublin apartment in November 2022 has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal...

Carrick-On-Shannon · February 13, 2026

Man who had been charged with directing criminal gang pleads to lesser charges

A 32-year-old man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to four offences including cocaine possession with intent to supply and making threats to...

Mohill · February 12, 2026

Ash Wednesday Feb 18, Lourdes pilgrimage May 30, Divine Mercy Conference Dublin

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent on Feb 18. Bishop Paul Connell is leading a diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes May 30–June 4 from Knock (from €989). A...

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