Garda detective is 'abuser and perpetrator of domestic violence', ex-wife tells court
A garda detective has pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-wife in County Mayo in October 2012. Trevor Bolger, aged 48 and formerly attached to Ballymun...
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€110,000 in Local Enhancement funding awarded to 148 Leitrim projects
Over €110,000 has been allocated across 148 community projects in Leitrim through the Local Enhancement Programme 2025. The bulletin also highlights PPN rep...
University's €15 rate for correcting dissertations deemed illegal deduction
At the Workplace Relations Commission, Atlantic Technological University has been ordered to pay an assistant lecturer €1,640.88 following a complaint under...
'Women shouldn’t have to live in fear going to work': Violent rapist gets 11 years for harassment and threats to three journalists
Mark McAnaw, a man with extensive convictions for rape and violent offences, has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court...
Pensioners can appeal extradition to NI over 1975 murder of RUC officer
Two men in their seventies have been granted permission by the High Court to challenge their extradition to Northern Ireland in connection with a 1975...
'Beyond any mother's darkest imaginings': son gets life for murdering ailing mother
At the Central Criminal Court on 3 June 2025, Nigel Canavan, aged 39, with an address at Erris Gardens, Crossmolina, County Mayo, was sentenced to mandatory...
Connecting Women to Local Decision Making event in Carrick-on-Shannon June 13
Leitrim PPN hosts a free event on Friday 13 June featuring Seanad member Nikki Bradley and a panel of local women leaders discussing women's participation in...
Leitrim GAA County Board pay tribute to the late Gerry McGovern
Tribute: County Board pay extensive tribute to the former Cloone player who served as referee and administrator for GAA at club, county, provincial and...
Leitrim GAA stunned at passing of long serving official Gerry McGovern
Passing: Cloone native served as President of Connacht GAA Council, served as referee for many years and helped Cloone win Senior Championship in 1980 Leitrim...
'Mr Fishy' terrorised family during home invasion while out on bail for providing getaway cars in attempted murder, court hears
Patrick Fitzgerald, a 48-year-old man from Glenties in County Donegal, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to facilitating a criminal organisation...
Jemima Burke says trial 'like something in Middle Ages'
A management consultant from County Mayo challenged the fairness of her prosecution in the High Court on Thursday, arguing that her arrest, trial, and...
Love Where You Live Awards close May 26, plus Leitrim Gathering kicks off this weekend
Last chance to enter your community group in the Love Where You Live Awards by Monday 26th May across five categories. Plus, the Leitrim Gathering runs 23–25...
Man who claimed ailing mother (58) attacked him is convicted of murder
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted a 39-year-old man of murdering his mother at her home in Sligo on May 1, 2023. The man had pleaded not...
Ex-football manager gets 13.5 years for 'high level role' in €2.7m heroin operation
A former football manager has been sentenced to 13.5 years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after conviction on three drugs offences linked to a...
Jury to continue deliberating in matricide trial
A jury at the Central Criminal Court will resume deliberations tomorrow in the trial of Nigel Canavan, aged 39, who denies murdering his mother. The accused,...
Jury might reject matricide accused's evidence as 'bulls**t', prosecutor says
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard closing arguments on Wednesday concerning the death of Angela Canavan, aged fifty-eight, at her home in St...
Murder accused takes the stand and tells trial he defended himself from attack by mother
A 39-year-old man has testified at the Central Criminal Court that his mother died during a struggle in which he was defending himself from her attack. Nigel...
Well-known Daffodil Day fundraiser jailed for abuse after victim spotted him on Late Late
A 70-year-old man has been jailed for two years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to five counts of indecent assault committed during...
'Intolerable' for garda's family to have impasse in Stephen Silver appeal 'drag on', judge says
The Court of Appeal has heard that proceedings in Stephen Silver's appeal against his murder conviction have become stalled over disclosure of psychiatric...
Murder accused told gardai he waited 20 minutes before calling ambulance for mother
A man accused of murdering his mother at her home in County Sligo in May 2023 told gardaí during interviews that he delayed contacting emergency services for...
Man who raped his daughter appeals conviction
A man from Buncrana in County Donegal has appealed his conviction for the rape and sexual assault of his daughter during her childhood. The Court of Appeal...
Murder accused's mother had been smothered and strangled, pathologist tells trial
A pathologist has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court regarding the death of a 58-year-old woman from County Sligo in May 2023. State Pathologist Dr...
48-year-old admits to facilitating criminal gang
A 48-year-old man from the Glenties area of Donegal has admitted to facilitating a criminal organisation at the Central Criminal Court. Patrick Fitzgerald,...
Man accused of murdering mother seemed 'nervous and evasive', garda tells trial
At the Central Criminal Court, a detective told jurors that Nigel Canavan appeared nervous and evasive when questioned hours after his mother's death in Sligo...
Banned, serial offending ex-GAA star won't face more prison time for driving over cyclist despite DPP appeal
A former Donegal GAA player will not serve additional prison time following an unsuccessful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions at the Court of...
Criminal who raped and controlled partner rejects jury verdict, court hears
Dean Ward, aged 38, formerly of County Wexford, has brought an appeal against his conviction at the Court of Appeal, arguing procedural unfairness undermined...
Love Where You Live Awards open for Leitrim groups, deadline 26 May
Leitrim community and voluntary groups can enter the 2025 Love Where You Live Awards across five categories by 26 May. Plus: PPN Plenary on 15 May features...
Murder accused claimed mother 'went a bid mad' and struck herself with knife, ex-partner tells trial
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that Nigel Canavan told his then-wife his mother "went a bit mad" and struck herself with a knife before...
Garda and wife must leave Cavan home after failed appeal
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a serving member of An Garda Síochána and his partner against a High Court order requiring them to vacate a...
Psychotherapist who had 'glittering career' strangled by son in her own home, State to argue
A trial has commenced at the Central Criminal Court concerning the death of a woman in her Sligo home. The State alleges that Nigel Canavan, aged 39, of Erris...
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