Jury have to consider whether double murder accused had mental disorder
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberating in a double murder trial concerning a 30-year-old man from Ballina, County Mayo. Alan Cawley has...
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Men wanted on charge of attempted murder of PSNI officer seek garda records
Two men wanted in Northern Ireland on charges of attempted murder of a PSNI officer and possession of explosives with intent to endanger life have brought...
Jail for serial phone thief
A 28-year-old man from Tallaght has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to stealing five iPhones...
Whistleblower bullied and called a "rat", barrister tells tribunal
A garda whistleblower was subjected to hostility and bullying within the Cavan-Monaghan division, the Charleton tribunal heard. Sergeant Maurice McCabe's...
Mayo man took decision to kill elderly brothers in "acts of extreme violence", State tells jury
At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of a 30-year-old Ballina man charged with the murders of two elderly brothers in...
71-year-old woman to be extradited on charge of assisting in rape of her daughter
A 71-year-old UK citizen with an address in County Roscommon has been ordered to be surrendered to British authorities to face charges of assisting in the...
Intoxication led Mayo man to extremely violent acts, psychiatrist tells murder trial
A State forensic psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that a Mayo man was voluntarily intoxicated when he killed two elderly brothers with special...
Whistleblower forced to "retreat to garda station" after confrontation with accuser's family
A tribunal examining allegations of a smear campaign against garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe heard evidence relating to incidents that occurred in...
Murder accused did not have mental disorders in law, forensic psychiatrist tells trial
A forensic psychiatrist for the State has told the Central Criminal Court that a Co Mayo man accused of murder did not have mental disorders recognised in...
"Real risk" man wanted in connection with NI prison officer murder would face "inhumane treatment"
A 40-year-old man from Belfast, arrested in County Donegal in March on a European Arrest Warrant, appeared before the High Court on 19 July to contest his...
Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe no longer trusts anybody, tribunal hears
At the Charleton tribunal on 19 July, the inquiry into whether Sergeant Maurice McCabe was targeted by a smear campaign heard testimony from Superintendent...
Car was used in murder of NI prison officer, prosecution say
At the Special Criminal Court, the prosecution presented evidence that a Toyota Camry allegedly used in the November 2012 fatal shooting of Northern Ireland...
Mental disorders diminished killer's responsibility, psychiatrist tells trial
A consultant psychiatrist has testified at the Central Criminal Court that a 30-year-old man accused of killing two elderly brothers in Castlebar was...
Parents of Natalie McGuinness tell court they will never recover from her loss
The parents of Natalie McGuinness, a 23-year-old from Sligo, addressed the Central Criminal Court on 17 July following the case of Oisín Conroy, who was found...
"The extreme of violence": murder accused told gardai he poured boiling water over disabled pensioner’s genitals
A man from Ballina, County Mayo, has admitted killing two disabled brothers but denies murder charges relating to their deaths in Castlebar on 10 July 2013....
Man to be sentenced over serial iPhone theft
A 28-year-old man from Tallaght has pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to his involvement in the theft of five iPhones from mobile phone stores...
Social worker tells tribunal she received "sanitised version" of McCabe file
A social worker with Tusla told the Charleton tribunal that she received an incomplete version of files relating to Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice...
Mayo resident stole €11k worth of equipment from takeaway
A Ballinrobe man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to burglary at a Castlebar takeaway in May 2015. Yasir Ali, aged 29, admitted stealing...
Man accused of murdering elderly brothers posed as doctor in pub, trial hears
A man is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of two elderly brothers found beaten to death in their Castlebar home in July 2013....
Garda liaison tells tribunal he never saw notification with false McCabe allegation
A garda sergeant assigned as liaison officer with Tusla told the Charleton tribunal he never received a 2014 notification containing a false allegation of...
Carer becomes emotional as she tells trial of finding bloodied bodies of elderly "gentlemen"
A carer became emotional while testifying at the Central Criminal Court as she described discovering the bloodied bodies of two elderly brothers at their...
Louth man jailed for IRA membership
A Luth man has been sentenced to three years in prison following his conviction for membership of an unlawful organisation. Michael Connolly, aged 45, of...
Social worker not contacted about "enormous error" in McCabe records, tribunal hears
A social worker told the Charleton tribunal she received no contact after an error in child protection records relating to Garda whistleblower Sergeant...
Man who strangled girlfriend found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
A 34-year-old man from Boyle, County Roscommon, has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. The accused was...
Elderly brothers beaten to death in "vicious" assault in their own home, trial hears
A 30-year-old man from Ballina has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of two elderly brothers who died in a violent assault...
Donegal man jailed for rape and abuse of partner's daughter
A 52-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the rape and sexual assault of his former...
Social worker tells tribunal of "human error" in McCabe abuse allegation report
A social worker has told the Charleton tribunal that administrative error led her to fail to identify that two distinct alleged abuse victims were listed...
Mayo man goes on trial accused of murdering elderly brothers
A 30-year-old man from Ballina in County Mayo appeared before the Central Criminal Court to face trial on charges of murdering two elderly brothers. Alan...
Bookkeeper who stole thousands from creche "always intended to pay it back"
A 61-year-old woman from Virginia, County Cavan pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to stealing approximately €14,000 from Ballyfermot Resource...
Murder accused who strangled his girlfriend was suffering from schizophrenia and "believed he was in the Matrix", trial hears
A 34-year-old man stands charged with the murder of his girlfriend at the Central Criminal Court. The accused, with an address in Boyle, County Roscommon, is...
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