Widow's action against financial advisor over €400k lost on foreign properties is resolved
A High Court action taken by a widow who lost over €400,000 on foreign property investments has been resolved to the satisfaction of all parties involved....
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Murder accused told gardai he stabbed musician in neck
A 30-year-old man accused of murdering a Sligo musician told gardai he stabbed the victim in the neck but could not recall his motive, the Central Criminal...
Murder accused told gardai he had been "hard done by"
At the Central Criminal Court, a murder trial heard that the accused claimed he had been treated unfairly and denied involvement in a fatal stabbing. Keith...
Teenager who killed 17-year-old will be sentenced as adult
A teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old in Claremorris on 19 December 2015 will be sentenced as an adult when he returns to the Central Criminal Court in...
High Court orders extradition of man wanted in connection with murder of NI prison officer
The High Court has ordered the extradition of a 40-year-old man to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to the death of prison officer David Black. The...
Brother and sister under investigation for murder were allowed meet in garda custody, trial hears
A brother and sister arrested during a murder investigation were permitted to meet while in garda custody at Sligo Garda Station, the Central Criminal Court...
Trial hears murder accused told gardai: "if I could give my life for his I would"
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that a Sligo man told gardai he was deeply sorry for the death of a 59-year-old and would sacrifice his own...
"Don't say anything, they are trying to stitch us up": trial hears of murder accused's arrest
A 30-year-old man from Cartron Estate in Sligo has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a 59-year-old man...
Sex offender jailed for defilement of boy he met through website
A Cavan man has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to offences against a 14-year-old boy....
Musician may have been too drunk to defend himself, murder trial hears
At the Central Criminal Court, the Deputy State Pathologist gave evidence in the murder trial of a 30-year-old Sligo man accused of fatally stabbing a...
"A gentleman who wouldn't hurt a fly": murder trial hears how musician was found dead in his home
A musician found dead in his Sligo home with a knife on his chest and stab wounds to his neck was remembered as a "gentleman who wouldn't hurt a fly" as a...
Dissident leader to be sentenced over Royal visit explosion plot
Seamus McGrane, aged 63, of Little Road, Dromiskin, County Louth, has been remanded in custody pending sentencing at the Special Criminal Court on 7 December....
Court upholds rapist's eight-year sentence
A man from Carrigallen, County Leitrim, has had his eight-year prison sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal following his conviction for serious sexual...
Sligo woman pleads guilty to impeding investigation into killing
A 33-year-old woman from Sligo has pleaded guilty to impeding the apprehension of a man suspected of involvement in a killing in the town. Janice Brady, of...
Sligo bachelor died from two stab wounds to neck, murder trial hears
A 30-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a 59-year-old bachelor at the Central...
Former GAA coach and serial abuser jailed for indecently assaulting boys
A 75-year-old farmer from Cloonloo, County Sligo, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment following his conviction for indecently assaulting two young...
Serial killer's appeal to continue in December
The Court of Appeal hearing into Mark Nash's conviction for the 1997 Grangegorman murders in Dublin will conclude in December. Nash, aged 44, was found guilty...
Forensic scientists “put to the pin of their collar" during serial killer's trial, State tells appeal
Mark Nash is appealing his 2015 conviction for the murder of two women whose bodies were discovered in sheltered accommodation in Grangegorman twenty years...
Teen who killed schoolboy is suffering up to 10 "seizure like episodes" per day, court hears
A teenager convicted of manslaughter in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old in Claremorris, County Mayo, is experiencing an epileptic-type...
Pregnant shopkeeper overpowered would-be robber after he pointed blade at her stomach
A man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the attempted robbery of a flower shop on Aungier Street in Dublin on 26 November 2015. Andrew Cash,...
Notorious serial killer Mark Nash opens appeal against conviction for Grangegorman murders
A man convicted of two murders in Dublin two decades ago has initiated an appeal against his conviction at the Court of Appeal. The defendant was found guilty...
Man stole equipment from takeaway he had been running
A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to burglary at a takeaway in Castlebar, County Mayo on 18 May 2015. Yasir Ali of Lighthouse Apartments, East Wall, Dublin...
Court upholds man's conviction for sexual abuse of 14-year-old girl
The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of a man sentenced for the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl. Fergus Carson, aged 55, of The Green, Main Street...
How gardai bugged popular Dublin pub to catch Real IRA leader directing terrorism
A man has been convicted at the Special Criminal Court of directing a terrorist organisation following a Garda surveillance operation at a Dublin public...
Cage fighter and accomplice who beat man and left him to drown in Shannon appeal murder convictions
Two men convicted of murdering a 23-year-old Polish national in County Roscommon have appealed their convictions at the Court of Appeal. Leszek Sychulec, aged...
"Trusted IRA member" jailed in connection with murder of NI prison officer
Vincent Banks, aged 49, of Smithfield Gate Apartments in Dublin 7, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment following his conviction by the Special...
Convicted killer who slashed fellow prisoner will not serve any extra jail time
Michael Kinsella, aged 25 and formerly of Ardkeen, County Cavan, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for assaulting a fellow prisoner at...
Tribunal hears of threats made against whistleblower's life
The Charleton tribunal heard evidence on October 23rd regarding threats made against Garda Keith Harrison's life in October 2013. Chief Superintendent Terry...
Judge wants more information on strip searches in NI prison before extradition decision
A High Court judge has adjourned an extradition hearing pending further information about strip-search procedures at a Northern Ireland prison. Damien Joseph...
Paedophile's trial should have been restarted when victim spat at him, lawyers say
A man formerly of Bohea, County Mayo has appealed his conviction for sexual offences committed in the 1990s. John Gannon, aged 73, was found guilty at the...
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