Convicted rapist jailed for punching former girlfriend
A 31-year-old man from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment following his conviction for assaulting his former partner....
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Child minder denied infant was “violently shaken” in her care, trial hears
A childminder accused of causing serious harm to a ten-month-old infant pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the charge. Sandra Higgins,...
No jail for man who hijacked car after crashing
Patrick Fitzgerald, aged 40, of Glenties Park, Finglas, Dublin, has avoided a custodial sentence following an incident on River Road, Castleknock, County...
Child minder goes on trial accused of causing serious harm to infant
A childminder has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to a ten-month-old infant in...
Tipperary man pleads guilty to having pistol & pipe bombs
A 24-year-old man from Clonmel in County Tipperary has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to possessing a firearm and explosive devices. Dylan...
Carpet company director admits to price-fixing
A director of a carpet company based in Charlestown, County Mayo, admitted at the Central Criminal Court to breaching competition law through a price-fixing...
London financial worker and student brother stole from charity bar
Two brothers from Belturbet, County Cavan, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to stealing over €8,000 in cash while working as charity barmen at...
Extradition of company director to UK over £5m tax fraud postponed “on humanitarian grounds”
A construction company director from Roscommon has secured a four-week postponement of his extradition to the United Kingdom on humanitarian grounds. Thomas...
Court dismisses injunctions sought over golf course lands
The High Court has dismissed an application by a businessman seeking injunctions to regain control of a golf course property in County Wicklow from a...
Criminal with 156 convictions who used dog in violent robbery remanded on continuing bail
A 26-year-old man from Roscommon has pleaded guilty to his role in a violent robbery on Arran Quay in Dublin in June 2014. Patrick Conroy, with 156 previous...
Monaghan man to face trial next month after weapons cache discovery
A man from Monaghan has been remanded on bail pending trial at the Special Criminal Court following his arrest in connection with a significant weapons...
Challenge to planning board's refusal of Wexford solar power plant
A High Court challenge has been initiated by Highfield Solar Limited against An Bord Pleanála's refusal to approve a solar energy development near Killinick...
Webster guilty of murdering Anne Shortall
Roy Webster, aged 40 of Ashbree, Ashford, County Wicklow, was found guilty of murder by unanimous jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court on 24 March 2017....
“Brazen, hard-nosed liar” serving life for murder has appeal dismissed
At the Court of Appeal on 23 March 2017, a woman serving a life sentence for murder had her conviction appeal dismissed. Sabrina Cummins, with an address in...
Former Ireland ice hockey player jailed for assault
A former Ireland ice hockey player has been sentenced to two years imprisonment following his conviction for assaulting two cousins at a nightclub in Swords,...
20 years for "evil and disgusting" man who raped and abused seven siblings
At the Central Criminal Court, Michael McCarville, aged 49, from Longfield, Lisboduff, Cootehill, County Cavan, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment...
Man who claimed to be on "drinking session" is jailed for IRA membership
A 53-year-old Cork man has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years imprisonment for membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican...
Undertakings given in respect of Donegal meat plant
The owner of a meat processing plant in Lifford, County Donegal, has given a sworn undertaking to the High Court that he will vacate the premises. Liam...
Notorious garda murderer threw keg at jeweller's window, court hears
A 70-year-old man with a significant criminal history appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with criminal damage. The defendant pleaded guilty...
Book of evidence for IRA accused
A book of evidence has been served on a man accused of membership of an unlawful organisation before the Special Criminal Court. James Joseph Cassidy, aged...
Murder accused broke down when wife confronted him about missing woman, trial hears
A man accused of murdering a woman told gardaí he struck her with a hammer and concealed her body in a workshop after his wife confronted him about his...
Postal worker tells trial he believed he would never see family again
A postal worker gave evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court describing his ordeal during an alleged kidnapping and robbery in County Louth in August 2011....
Woman sought €5k from murder accused for abortion, jury hears
A woman sought €5,000 from the man now accused of her murder for an abortion, the Central Criminal Court heard today. The prosecution alleges that Anne...
Cork man to be sentenced for IRA membership
A 53-year-old Cork man has been remanded in custody pending sentencing following his conviction for membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the...
Man charged in connection with David Black murder appears before High Court
A man arrested in County Donegal on a European Arrest Warrant appeared at the High Court in Dublin in connection with the murder of David Black, a Northern...
Court factors in daughter's "right to closure" in refusing rapist father more time to lodge appeal
The Court of Appeal in Dublin today dismissed an application by a 77-year-old Roscommon man to extend the time within which he could appeal his convictions...
Drunk driver who told gardai he “pulled in for a rest” was validly arrested, appeal court finds
A man convicted in Sligo District Court of being in charge of an intoxicated vehicle has lost his appeal against the validity of his arrest. The Court of...
Office manager stole from school to pay bills
A former office manager from Carrigallen, County Leitrim, has received a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing €10,350 from her...
State drops murder charge against Donegal man
At the Central Criminal Court, the State entered a Nolle Prosequi in the case against a 53-year-old man from Magherennan, Raphoe, County Donegal,...
Cork man who told gardai he was on "drinking session” and didn't know about half-a-tonne of fertiliser in van is convicted of IRA membership
A Cork man has been convicted of membership of the Irish Republican Army at the Special Criminal Court following a trial centred on the discovery of...
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