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Claremorris · February 07, 2025

Hungover man who realised cousin was using car to move drugs is spared jail

A hospital worker from Tallaght has received a fully suspended three-and-a-half-year sentence after pleading guilty to possession of drugs for sale or supply...

Killybegs · February 06, 2025

Brother concerned that Sliabh Liag accused was off medication and drinking, trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a witness told how he harboured growing concerns about his sister's wellbeing in the period preceding an alleged murder in...

Cavan · February 05, 2025

Takeaway chef worked 70-hour weeks for under €3 an hour, tribunal told

A migrant chef employed at a takeaway in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, worked up to 73 hours weekly for approximately €25 daily while servicing an illegal...

Cavan · February 04, 2025

Career criminal Harte must pay costs of Lunney abduction appeal

Alan Harte, who is serving a 30-year sentence for the false imprisonment and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney in County Cavan in...

Ballyshannon · February 04, 2025 Also covered in Killybegs

'Ironically, he always wanted to be buried at sea': Sliabh Liag murder accused to gardai

Alan Vial, aged 39, of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Robert Robin Wilkin, a 66-year-old pensioner, on 25...

Glenties · February 04, 2025

Violent home invaders terrorised elderly couple and their family

Three men have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a violent home invasion in Monkstown, Co Dublin on August 21st, 2023. Michael Royal,...

Boyle · February 04, 2025 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

'You are denying me my human rights': Strokestown vigilante walks out of appeal

Three men who were convicted of a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon appeared before the Court of Appeal on 4...

Arva · January 31, 2025

66-year-old wanted for 1979 murder of UDR member to be extradited to NI

A 66-year-old man from Arva, County Cavan, has been ordered by the High Court to be extradited to Northern Ireland to face murder charges. James Donegan is...

Monaghan · January 30, 2025

Notorious sex offender Paget serving suspended sentence and on bail for 25 offences when he broke into woman's apartment

Jason Paget, aged 38, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on charges of possessing stolen property taken from a...

Charlestown · January 30, 2025

Driver theory impersonators who sat 88 tests for others are jailed

Two individuals have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their guilty pleas to conspiracy charges relating to a scheme to impersonate...

Ballyshannon · January 29, 2025 Also covered in Killybegs

Sliabh Liag accused told gardai she was 'exaggerating' when she said she'd hit pensioner and dragged his body

A woman charged with murdering a pensioner told gardaí she had exaggerated claims made to a friend about involvement in his death, the Central Criminal Court...

Charlestown · January 29, 2025

Driver theory test impersonators sat 88 tests for others

Two individuals pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to conspiracy charges relating to a scheme in which they impersonated learner drivers and sat...

Drumshanbo · January 29, 2025 Also covered in Carrick-on-Shannon, Ballinamore, Manorhamilton

Storm Éowyn response: Council helpline open, climate group meets Wed 29 Jan

Leitrim County Council's storm support line is live on 071 965 0471 (9am-5pm). Meanwhile, the Climate Action Linkage Group meets Wednesday at 7.30pm in...

Killybegs · January 28, 2025

Rock weighing 3.5kg stained with pensioner's blood, Sliabh Liag trial hears

A 3.5-kilogramme rock recovered from the Sliabh Liag cliffs near Killybegs contained hundreds of hairs and extensive bloodstaining consistent with a...

Killybegs · January 27, 2025 Also covered in Letterkenny

Pensioner had injuries not in keeping with fall from Sliabh Liag, pathologist tells trial

At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, the State Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster gave evidence in the trial of Nikita Burns, aged 23, of Carrick, County...

Cavan · January 27, 2025

Fitness Instructor who 'loved helping people lose weight' jailed for moving weight

A 27-year-old fitness instructor from Donabate has been sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his...

Killybegs · January 23, 2025

Sliabh Liag murder trial jury view CCTV montage

At the Central Criminal Court, a jury has viewed CCTV footage documenting the alleged movements of two defendants on the night of a pensioner's death in...

Charlestown · January 23, 2025

Violent criminal who left man with brain injury carried out knife robberies after being repeatedly released on bail

A 42-year-old man with 86 previous convictions has been sentenced to eight and a half years' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his...

Killybegs · January 22, 2025 Also covered in Letterkenny

Pensioner had previous 'aggressive' altercation with murder accused, Sliabh Liag trial hears

A pensioner had engaged in an aggressive altercation with the man accused of his murder just three days before he was allegedly beaten with a rock and thrown...

Longford · January 22, 2025

Jail for man who sexually assaulted vulnerable woman

A 47-year-old man has been jailed for two and a half years by the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a vulnerable woman at a...

Killybegs · January 21, 2025

Sliabh Liag accused told friend she 'battered' man with rock and 'liked it'

At the Central Criminal Court, a witness has testified that a woman accused of murdering a 66-year-old man told him she had "battered" the victim with a rock...

Donegal · January 20, 2025

Defence forces member jailed for repeated rape of fellow soldier as judge finds he was 'significantly misled' over 'dedicated father' claims

A Defence Forces member has been sentenced to eight and a half years' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the repeated rape of a fellow soldier....

Cavan · January 20, 2025

Career Criminal who kidnapped and tortured Kevin Lunney fails in 'moot' appeal over non-jury trial

A man serving a 30-year sentence for the kidnapping and torture of a Quinn Industrial Holdings director has failed in his Court of Appeal challenge against a...

Castlebar · January 17, 2025 Also covered in Letterkenny

Woman raped by partner declined counselling as notes could be used against her at trial

A man from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to ten years in prison following his conviction on charges of rape. The Central Criminal Court in...

Killybegs · January 17, 2025 Also covered in Ardara

Unknown whether pensioner was dead when he was thrown off Sliabh Liag cliffs, jury hears

The Central Criminal Court trial has heard that it remains unknown whether a 66-year-old man was deceased when he was allegedly thrown from Sliabh Liag cliffs...

Castleblayney · January 17, 2025

'Middle man' in Irene White murder gets legal aid for psychiatrist

Niall Power, who pleaded guilty to the murder of Irene White in Dundalk nearly two decades ago, has been granted legal aid to pursue a psychiatrist's...

Killybegs · January 16, 2025

Jury selected for trial of man and woman accused of Sliabh Liag cliffs murder

A jury of five men and seven women has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin to hear the trial of Alan Vial and Nikita Burns, who are charged...

Boyle · January 14, 2025

Farmer who claimed cattle were missing when they were in neighbour's shed loses Supreme Court bid

Gerard Harrington of Marian Road, Boyle, Co Roscommon, has been unsuccessful in his application to the Supreme Court seeking to appeal his conviction for...

Castleblayney · January 14, 2025

Pair who forced man to hand over €41k for son's debts are jailed

Two men have been convicted and jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for demanding €41,000 from a father by threatening him over debts allegedly incurred...

Cloone · January 13, 2025 Also covered in Fenagh, Drumshanbo, Carrick-on-Shannon

Storm Darragh impact meeting Jan 23 in Ballinamore, ESB and Coillte to attend

Leitrim PPN is hosting a public meeting on Thursday 23 January at 7pm in Ballinamore to discuss power and water outages from Storm Darragh. Senior...

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