Widow settles damages action over husband's death at Galway Sportsgrounds for €500k
A widow from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, has settled her High Court damages action for €500,000 following the death of her husband at Galway Sportsgrounds....
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No reduction in sentence for man who falsely imprisoned island couple on Valentine's night
Michael McMahon has been denied a reduction to his nine-year jail sentence following an appeal heard in the Court of Appeal. McMahon, aged 49 and resident in...
Judge "increasingly pessimistic" about establishment of second Special Criminal Court
A High Court judge presiding over the Special Criminal Court has expressed growing scepticism regarding the establishment of a second such court, which the...
Criminal has sentence increased for violent disorder in home of “harmless soul” who was violently attacked
A Dublin man's prison sentence for violent disorder has been increased by the Court of Appeal. John Doyle, aged 26 and residing in County Meath, had pleaded...
Man who shattered his ex-partner's leg has sentenced quadrupled on appeal
A man from Kingscourt, County Meath, has had his prison sentence substantially increased by the Court of Appeal following a successful appeal by the Director...
Donegal man found guilty of raping 14-year-old girl when he was aged 15
A man from County Donegal has been found guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl during a youth disco in December 2010, when he was aged 15. The 20-year-old...
Underage person could not consent to sex even if they "appeared to be an enthusiastic participant", judge tells jury
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberating in a rape trial involving two teenagers at a nightclub in County Donegal on 23 December 2010. The...
Man goes on trial accused of raping girl when he was a teenager
A man from County Donegal has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with rape and sexual assault. He is accused of attacking a younger girl in a...
"Slab" Murphy guilty of tax evasion
Thomas Murphy, aged 66, from Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, County Louth, has been found guilty of nine counts of tax evasion at the Special Criminal Court in...
Bail for Cork man charged with IRA membership and explosives offences
A 52-year-old man from Cork has been granted bail at the Special Criminal Court following charges relating to IRA membership and explosives offences. Martin...
Cork man charged with IRA membership and explosive possession
A 52-year-old man from Cork has been charged at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin with membership of an unlawful organisation and possession of an...
Gardaí had “agenda” to obtain confession from murder convict “no matter what”, appeal court told
Bryan Ryan, aged 31 and originally from Blanchardstown with a connection to Louisburgh, County Mayo, is serving a life sentence for the murder of Ian Tobin in...
Dublin man pleads guilty to killing Adil Essalhi after five-day trial
A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Adil Essalhi following a five-day trial at the Central Criminal Court. Michael Kinsella, aged 22, with...
Witness was asked for saw, murder trial hears
At the Central Criminal Court, a resident of an apartment complex in Tyrellstown, Dublin 15 has given evidence in the trial of Michael Kinsella (22), who has...
Prosecution witness wrote letter to judge, murder trial hears
A prosecution witness told the Central Criminal Court that she wrote to the late Mr Justice Paul Carney claiming a convicted killer had pressured her into...
Murder trial jury hears of body found partially submerged in ditch
At the Central Criminal Court, a jury heard evidence on Tuesday in the trial of Michael Kinsella (22), of Swiftbrook Close, Tallaght and Ardkeen, Cavan, who...
GAA player jailed for punching opponent during football match is free to leave prison after successful appeal
A GAA player from Castlebar, County Mayo, has been released from prison following a successful appeal against his sentence for assault. Michael Prendergast...
Monaghan man arrested in connection with arms cache discovery is released on bail
A 43-year-old man from Monaghan charged with membership of an unlawful organisation was released on bail at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today,...
Sentence doubled for Donegal man over worst case of dangerous driving in Irish history
A Buncrana man's sentence for dangerous driving causing eight deaths has been doubled by the Court of Appeal, which determined that the original jail term...
Appeal court considering new sentence for man whose dangerous driving caused the deaths of eight people
The Court of Appeal in Letterkenny is reconsidering the sentence imposed on a Buncrana man convicted of dangerous driving that caused eight deaths on a...
Jury discharged in trial of Dublin man accused of murdering Adil Essalhi
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been discharged in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering Adil Essalhi in 2011. Michael Kinsella, aged 22 and...
Stephen Cahoon found guilty of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend for second time
A jury at the Central Criminal Court unanimously convicted Stephen Cahoon of murder on 3 December 2015, marking the conclusion of his third trial spanning six...
"Unknown" party trying to pass themselves off as company behind online car parts retailer Mick's Garage, court told
Crean Solutions Ltd, which operates the online car parts retailer MicksGarage.com, brought proceedings before the High Court alleging that fraudulent...
Dissident drove man to kneecapping without knowing it was to be a “deliberate execution", appeal court hears
The Court of Appeal has reserved judgement in a murder conviction appeal arising from a fatal shooting in Donegal in 2008. Martin Kelly, aged 41 and from...
Donegal wind farm works successfully challenged by environmentalist
Environmental activist Peter Sweetman has successfully challenged Donegal County Council's decision to permit construction works at wind farm sites during...
Family of infant who died two days after birth at Cavan Hospital settle action
The family of an infant who died two days after birth at Cavan General Hospital have settled their action against the HSE for €70,000 in the High Court....
NI man given life sentence for role in dissident republican murder moves to appeal conviction
Martin Kelly, aged 41 and from Strabane in County Tyrone, was convicted by the Special Criminal Court in January 2012 of murdering Andrew Burns, who was shot...
Van driver who hit cyclist causing severe brain trauma is jailed for one year
A 21-year-old man from Longford has been sentenced to one year in custody at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a dangerous driving incident in...
Monaghan man appears at out-of-hours sitting of non-jury court charged with IRA membership
A 43-year-old man from County Monaghan has been charged with membership of an unlawful organization styling itself the Irish Republican Army. The man was...
Derry man tells murder trial that he "saw red" when pregnant ex-girlfriend told him baby wasn't his
A Derry man has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court denying murder but admitting he caused the death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend. Stephen Cahoon,...
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