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Glenties · March 06, 2025 Also covered in Killybegs, Letterkenny

Pair guilty of murdering pensioner whose body was thrown off Donegal cliffs

Alan Vial and Nikita Burns have been convicted of murdering Robert Wilkin, a sixty-six-year-old pensioner, at the Central Criminal Court. The jury returned...

Convoy · March 06, 2025

€1.1m in cocaine hidden in car's secret compartment

A Moldovan national has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison following his conviction for drug trafficking at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court....

Donegal · March 05, 2025

Sliabh Liag jury ask for definition of joint enterprise

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has sought clarification on the legal definition of joint enterprise whilst deliberating in the trial of two Donegal...

Killybegs · March 04, 2025

Jury begin deliberating in Sliabh Liag murder trial

A jury has begun deliberations in the Central Criminal Court in the murder trial of two Co Donegal residents. Alan Vial, aged 39, from Drumanoo Head in...

Carrickmacross · March 03, 2025

Murder accused told gardai he 'pushed and hit' partner

A man accused of murdering his partner at their County Meath home in August 2022 told gardaí during interview that he pushed and hit her following a dispute...

Sligo · February 28, 2025

'High risk' criminal gets 12 years for rape and abuse of sister

Kyle Jinks, aged 31, of Slievemore, Ballytivnan, County Sligo, has been convicted and sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court...

Killybegs · February 27, 2025

Dangerous to act on Sliabh Liag accused's testimony, judge tells jury

At the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Paul McDermott has warned the jury that it would be dangerous to rely on the testimony of Alan Vial, who has...

Killybegs · February 26, 2025

Woman (23) a ‘bystander’ in Sliabh Liag murder, defence tell jury

At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of two people charged with the murder of Robert Robin Wilkin near Sliabh Liag in...

Killybegs · February 25, 2025

Sliabh Liag murder accused a 'cynical liar', prosecution tell jury

At the Central Criminal Court, the prosecution has described Alan Vial, aged 39, of Killybegs, County Donegal, as a "cynical liar" who fabricated his account...

Killybegs · February 24, 2025

Sliabh Liag pensioner wouldn't have died immediately from skull fractures if they were only injuries, pathologist tells trial

At the Central Criminal Court, the State Pathologist gave evidence in the trial of two individuals charged with the murder of a man alleged to have been...

Leitrim · February 24, 2025

Leitrim PPN Members E-Bulletin – 24th February, 2025

Leitrim PPN News – latest funding, training opportunities, consultations, submissions & surveys, community news & what’s on in Leitrim.

Arva · February 21, 2025

Man wanted for 1979 UDR murder has extradition stayed

The High Court has placed a stay on the extradition of a 66-year-old man from Arva, Co Cavan, who is wanted in Northern Ireland for the murder of a part-time...

Sligo · February 20, 2025

Woman avoids jail over fake caravan logbook

Margaret Doran (36), from Kimmage in Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of a false registration certificate for a caravan...

Killybegs · February 14, 2025

Donegal cliff murder trial adjourned as legal issue arises

The trial of Alan Vial and Nikita Burns at the Central Criminal Court has been adjourned for ten days to allow legal representatives to address an outstanding...

Ballinode · February 13, 2025

Second jury fails to reach verdict in Custom House Capital fraud conspiracy trial

A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the second trial of Ciara Kelleher, a former senior portfolio relationship manager at Custom House Capital Ltd. The...

Killybegs · February 12, 2025

Sliabh Liag accused denies lying to escape responsibility for pensioner's murder

Alan Vial, aged 39, of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, County Donegal, denied during cross-examination at the Central Criminal Court that he fabricated allegations...

Killybegs · February 11, 2025

Sliabh Liag murder accused tells trial he lied about pensioner sexually assaulting co-accused

A man on trial for the murder of a 66-year-old pensioner at Sliabh Liag in County Donegal has acknowledged fabricating serious allegations during garda...

Killybegs · February 10, 2025

Sliabh Liag murder accused takes stand and describes pensioner's body rolling off cliffs

A 39-year-old man accused of murder has testified at the Central Criminal Court that his co-accused struck the alleged victim with a rock, causing the...

Killybegs · February 07, 2025

Geologist used Google Street View to help identify possible source of murder weapon, trial hears

A geologist has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court that a bloodied rock allegedly used in the murder of a pensioner near Sliabh Liag in Donegal was...

Claremorris · February 07, 2025

Hungover man who realised cousin was using car to move drugs is spared jail

A hospital worker from Tallaght has received a fully suspended three-and-a-half-year sentence after pleading guilty to possession of drugs for sale or supply...

Killybegs · February 06, 2025

Brother concerned that Sliabh Liag accused was off medication and drinking, trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a witness told how he harboured growing concerns about his sister's wellbeing in the period preceding an alleged murder in...

Cavan · February 05, 2025

Takeaway chef worked 70-hour weeks for under €3 an hour, tribunal told

A migrant chef employed at a takeaway in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, worked up to 73 hours weekly for approximately €25 daily while servicing an illegal...

Cavan · February 04, 2025

Career criminal Harte must pay costs of Lunney abduction appeal

Alan Harte, serving a 30-year sentence for the false imprisonment and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney in County Cavan in September...

Ballyshannon · February 04, 2025 Also covered in Killybegs

'Ironically, he always wanted to be buried at sea': Sliabh Liag murder accused to gardai

Alan Vial, aged 39, of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Robert Robin Wilkin, a 66-year-old pensioner, on 25...

Glenties · February 04, 2025

Violent home invaders terrorised elderly couple and their family

Three men have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a violent home invasion in Monkstown, Co Dublin on August 21st, 2023. Michael Royal,...

Boyle · February 04, 2025 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

'You are denying me my human rights': Strokestown vigilante walks out of appeal

Three men who were convicted of a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon appeared before the Court of Appeal on 4...

Arva · January 31, 2025

66-year-old wanted for 1979 murder of UDR member to be extradited to NI

A 66-year-old man from Arva, County Cavan, has been ordered by the High Court to be extradited to Northern Ireland to face murder charges. James Donegan is...

Monaghan · January 30, 2025

Notorious sex offender Paget serving suspended sentence and on bail for 25 offences when he broke into woman's apartment

Jason Paget, aged 38, received a three-and-a-half-year custodial sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to two counts of...

Charlestown · January 30, 2025

Driver theory impersonators who sat 88 tests for others are jailed

Two individuals have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their guilty pleas to conspiracy charges relating to a scheme to impersonate...

Ballyshannon · January 29, 2025 Also covered in Killybegs

Sliabh Liag accused told gardai she was 'exaggerating' when she said she'd hit pensioner and dragged his body

A woman charged with murdering a pensioner told gardaí she had exaggerated claims made to a friend about involvement in his death, the Central Criminal Court...

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