Monaghan man to stand trial accused of IRA membership
James Joseph Cassidy, aged 53 and resident of Tullycollive in Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, has been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation...
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Mother suffering from personality disorder described son as "fake child" on day she killed him
A woman has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her two-year-old son at the Central Criminal Court. Hazel Waters, aged 47, admitted responsibility for the...
Serial killer Nash to appeal murder convictions
Mark Nash is to appeal one of his murder convictions in the Court of Appeal. Nash was convicted in 2015 of murdering two women whose bodies were discovered in...
Case against IRA accused "a farce", defence tell court
A man from County Monaghan has completed trial at the Special Criminal Court on a charge of membership of an unlawful organization styling itself the Irish...
“Enormous and gross breach of trust”: jail for man who raped grand-niece
A 66-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction for sexual offences...
Garda did not see any alleged attempts to "extract" IRA accused through car window
At the Special Criminal Court, a Detective Garda Unit officer gave evidence regarding the arrest of a man accused of IRA membership. Detective Garda Paul...
Sentence almost halved for man who caused serious, permanent injuries to fellow drinker
Michael Lyons, aged 55, of Currin, Glencolmcille, County Donegal, has had his prison sentence reduced on appeal at the Court of Appeal. Lyons pleaded guilty...
IRA accused made no response to certain material questions, trial hears
A 44-year-old man from Scotstown, County Monaghan, has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army...
Arrest of man on trial for IRA membership legal, court rules
The Special Criminal Court has ruled that the arrest of a Monaghan man charged with IRA membership was lawful. Jim Smyth, aged 44, of Aghalissabeagh,...
Singer Tommy Fleming says "Irish TV" broadcast hurt his career
Singer Tommy Fleming brought proceedings in the High Court against Telifís Mhaigh Eo Teoranta, trading as Irish TV, alleging breach of copyright following the...
IRA accused told armed detectives he was coming from "Mass"
A 44-year-old man from Scotstown, County Monaghan, has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organization styling itself the Irish Republican Army...
Senior HSE executive wins appeal against re-assignment
A senior nursing executive with the HSE has successfully appealed against her temporary re-assignment to a non-clinical role. The Court of Appeal found that...
Monaghan man goes on trial accused of IRA membership
A Monaghan man has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organization styling itself the Irish Republican Army before the Special Criminal Court....
Notorious garda murderer sentenced for throwing keg at jeweller's window
A 70-year-old man has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment, with the balance suspended from June, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for criminal...
Farmer who told repo men to strip naked and get into pen with agitated boar is sent to jail
A pig farmer from County Longford has been imprisoned following the dismissal of his appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal. Donal Connaughton, aged...
"Well made and viable" IEDs found in car stopped by gardai, trial hears
The Special Criminal Court has heard evidence that two "very well-made" and "viable" improvised explosive devices were discovered in a vehicle stopped by...
13-year sentence for man who raped and sexually abused nieces
A 49-year-old man from Longford has been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty pleas to seven charges of...
"Significant threat to women” has sentence for sexual exploitation cut on appeal
A man convicted of sexually exploiting a child online has had his sentence reduced on appeal at the Court of Appeal. The defendant, aged 23, with an address...
IRA accused forcibly removed from car after being stopped by gardai, trial hears
Gardaí forcibly removed a man from his vehicle during a roadside stop on the N52 in County Meath in December 2014, the Special Criminal Court heard. Michael...
Surveillance evidence in IRA trial
A trial at the Special Criminal Court has heard surveillance evidence relating to the movements of two vehicles through counties Westmeath and Louth on 16...
Louth IRA accused driving in convoy with man found with IEDs, trial hears
Michael Connolly, aged 44 and resident of Grange Drive in Dundalk, County Louth, has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation styling...
Sex abuse victim tells court she felt she lived life "in a prison"
A woman who endured sexual abuse as a child has described feeling imprisoned by the trauma throughout her life. The victim gave evidence at the Central...
Farmer who told repo men to get into pen with agitated boar alleges juror interference
A pig farmer from County Longford has appealed his conviction for false imprisonment and related offences, alleging interference with a juror during his...
"The fu**ing dregs decide not to finish it": former advisor to Joan Burton "not proud" of language during protest
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Karen O'Connell, a former special advisor to Labour TD Joan Burton, gave evidence in the trial of Solidarity TD Paul Murphy...
Pair have 20-year sentences for aggravated burglary reduced on appeal
Two Dublin men have had their sentences reduced on appeal following convictions for aggravated burglary at a rural Tipperary home in November 2013. Patrick...
87-year-old claims nephew spent over €130k for his own use
An 87-year-old man has initiated High Court proceedings in relation to allegations that his nephew withdrew over €130,000 from his bank account for personal...
Convicted sex offender to be sentenced for sexual abuse of four nieces
A man from Legan, County Longford, has been remanded in custody pending sentencing at the Central Criminal Court for the sexual abuse of four nieces over a...
Juror's google search collapses retrial of childminder
A retrial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has collapsed following a juror's internet research into a witness in the case. The jury had retired to consider...
Child's injuries indicated "non-accidental injury", retired paediatrician tells trial
A retired consultant paediatrician has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that the pattern of injuries sustained by a ten-month-old child indicated...
Infant had “classic” symptoms of abusive head trauma, trial hears
A ten-month-old girl presented with injuries consistent with abusive head trauma when admitted to Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin in April 2012, a...
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