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Convoy · November 03, 2022

Regency accused told gardai taxi could have been 'cloned'

A man accused of facilitating the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in February 2016 told gardaí that his taxi could have been "cloned", the Special...

Monaghan · November 03, 2022

Notorious sex offender Paget attacked garda after high speed chase

A man with previous convictions for aggravated sexual assault pleaded guilty to vehicle theft, dangerous driving, and assault causing harm following events in...

Boyle · November 03, 2022 Also covered in Claremorris, Geevagh

Drunk driver who left cyclists with life-changing injuries wins unfair dismissal claim

A man imprisoned for dangerous driving that caused serious injury to two cyclists has successfully challenged his dismissal from Irish Rail at the Workplace...

Castlerea · November 03, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Murder accused enacted 'personal dramas involving confrontation with gardai', psychiatrist tells trial

At the Central Criminal Court, a consultant psychiatrist has disputed evidence that a murder accused's responsibility was diminished due to mental illness....

Donegal · November 02, 2022

Hutch defence team want to know if there was illegal use of tracker device

Gerard Hutch's defence team have raised concerns at the Special Criminal Court about whether gardaí deployed a tracker device on a vehicle belonging to former...

Castlerea · November 02, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused's responsibility diminished by mental illness, psychiatrist tells trial

A consultant psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that a man accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan was suffering from bipolar affective...

Castleblayney · November 02, 2022

Musician tells court there is 'no escape from torture' after vicious assault

Eugene Hanratty Senior, aged 63, of Castleblayney Road, Crossmaglen, Armagh, was convicted by jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following trial of assault...

Dromod · November 01, 2022

Surveillance garda saw 'the Monk' leave Dowdall's home, trial hears

A surveillance garda told the Special Criminal Court that he observed a man he recognised as Gerard Hutch departing Jonathan Dowdall's home on the Navan Road...

Ballyshannon · November 01, 2022

Cannabis 'chauffeur' is jailed

A man who allowed his vehicle to be used to transport nearly €60,000 worth of cannabis has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal...

Ballina · November 01, 2022

Man to go trial accused of deceiving Our Lady's Hospice

A 56-year-old man from Ballina in County Mayo appeared at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in connection with allegations relating to the sale of a Spanish...

Kingscourt · November 01, 2022 Also covered in Virginia

Man falsely registered himself as father to six in Irish passport scam

A man has been sentenced to three years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for falsely registering himself as the father of six children to facilitate...

Castlerea · November 01, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused's behaviour 'possible manifestations of abnormal mental state'

A consultant psychiatrist told the Central Criminal Court that Stephen Silver's behaviour following the fatal shooting of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at...

Castlerea · October 28, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused previously attacked psychiatric staff, trial hears

Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan at...

Convoy · October 27, 2022

Hutch and Dowdall met man caught with Regency rifles, surveillance garda tells trial

A surveillance garda told the Special Criminal Court that he observed Gerard Hutch and former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall meeting with a man later...

Castlerea · October 27, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused describes moment he shot detective 11 times

Stephen Silver, aged 46, a motorbike mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court regarding the death of...

Foxford · October 26, 2022 Also covered in Castlerea

Garda murder accused takes to stand in own trial

A 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Foxford, County Mayo, has testified at the Central Criminal Court that he was living in a shed without running water and...

Donegal · October 25, 2022

State tells Regency trial that CCTV footage shows Hutch and Dowdall travelling North together

The Special Criminal Court viewed CCTV footage on 25 October as part of the trial of Gerard Hutch, charged with the murder of Kinahan Cartel member David...

Castlerea · October 25, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Slain garda helped admit man accused of his murder to psych unit, trial hears

Detective Garda Colm Horkan, who was fatally shot two years prior, had assisted in admitting the man accused of his murder to a psychiatric unit in 2003, the...

Monaghan · October 24, 2022

High Court judge criticises SF TD's 'ill-informed' comments

A High Court judge has publicly refuted remarks made by a Sinn Féin TD regarding judicial willingness to travel outside Dublin to hear cases. Speaking at the...

Donegal · October 24, 2022

Bullet cases from Regency murder scene were fired by recovered AKs, trial hears

The Special Criminal Court heard that bullet cases recovered from the Regency Hotel murder scene were fired from three AK-47 variant assault rifles seized...

Castlerea · October 24, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Psychiatrist found no evidence of 'acute mental illness' in garda murder accused

A psychiatrist assessed Stephen Silver, the accused in Detective Garda Colm Horkan's murder, hours after the shooting at Castlerea Garda Station in County...

Letterkenny · October 20, 2022

AK-47s found just a month after Regency shooting, Hutch murder trial hears

A Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard evidence on 20 October 2022 regarding three AK-47 assault rifles recovered in County Meath approximately one month...

Castlerea · October 20, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused claimed detective was 'fumbling' with gun 'like an eejit'

Stephen Silver, aged 46, a motorbike mechanic from Aughavim, Foxford, County Mayo, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of Detective Garda...

Longford · October 19, 2022

WRC rejects mask exemption letter from suspended GP

The Workplace Relations Commission has rejected a discrimination complaint brought by a Longford man against a supermarket in the Axis Centre. John Ryan...

Castlerea · October 19, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Gda Colm Horkan "was trying to shoot me", murder accused told gardai

Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavain, Foxford, County Mayo, appeared before the Central Criminal Court where a video recording of...

Cavan · October 17, 2022

Man jailed for having 117 stolen bicycles

A man from Cavan has been sentenced to two years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possessing 117 stolen bicycles valued at approximately...

Castlerea · October 17, 2022 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused 'out of touch with reality' after shooting, trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a general practitioner testified that Stephen Silver appeared disconnected from reality in the hours following the fatal...

Donegal Town · October 14, 2022

Man jailed for rape and abuse of niece when he was teen

A 30-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, with the final 18 months suspended, for the rape and sexual abuse of his niece...

Foxford · October 14, 2022

Key witness tells trial he wanted to keep murder accused 'away from the guards'

A key witness in the Central Criminal Court trial of Stephen Silver, who is accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan, has testified that he...

Sligo · October 14, 2022

McGinley fails in second bid to overturn conviction for murder of Eugene Gillespie

Simon McGinley has failed in his second attempt to overturn his murder conviction at the Court of Appeal. McGinley, aged 38, was convicted in April 2014 of...

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