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...
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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...
'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...
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,...
'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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Driver theory test impersonators sat 88 tests for others
Two individuals pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to conspiracy charges relating to a scheme in which they impersonated learner drivers and sat...
Storm Éowyn response: Council helpline open, climate group meets Wed 29 Jan
Leitrim County Council's storm support line is live on 071 965 0471 (9am-5pm). Meanwhile, the Climate Action Linkage Group meets Wednesday at 7.30pm in...
Rock weighing 3.5kg stained with pensioner's blood, Sliabh Liag trial hears
A 3.5-kilogramme rock recovered from the Sliabh Liag cliffs near Killybegs contained hundreds of hairs and extensive bloodstaining consistent with a...
Pensioner had injuries not in keeping with fall from Sliabh Liag, pathologist tells trial
At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, the State Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster gave evidence in the trial of Nikita Burns, aged 23, of Carrick, County...
Fitness Instructor who 'loved helping people lose weight' jailed for moving weight
A 27-year-old fitness instructor from Donabate has been sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his...
Sliabh Liag murder trial jury view CCTV montage
At the Central Criminal Court, a jury has viewed CCTV footage documenting the alleged movements of two defendants on the night of a pensioner's death in...
Violent criminal who left man with brain injury carried out knife robberies after being repeatedly released on bail
A 42-year-old man with 86 previous convictions has been sentenced to eight and a half years' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his...
Pensioner had previous 'aggressive' altercation with murder accused, Sliabh Liag trial hears
A pensioner had engaged in an aggressive altercation with the man accused of his murder just three days before he was allegedly beaten with a rock and thrown...
Jail for man who sexually assaulted vulnerable woman
A 47-year-old man has been jailed for two and a half years by the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a vulnerable woman at a...
Sliabh Liag accused told friend she 'battered' man with rock and 'liked it'
At the Central Criminal Court, a witness has testified that a woman accused of murdering a 66-year-old man told him she had "battered" the victim with a rock...
Defence forces member jailed for repeated rape of fellow soldier as judge finds he was 'significantly misled' over 'dedicated father' claims
A Defence Forces member has been sentenced to eight and a half years' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the repeated rape of a fellow soldier....
Career Criminal who kidnapped and tortured Kevin Lunney fails in 'moot' appeal over non-jury trial
A man serving a 30-year sentence for the kidnapping and torture of a Quinn Industrial Holdings director has been unsuccessful in his Court of Appeal bid to...
Woman raped by partner declined counselling as notes could be used against her at trial
A man from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to ten years in prison following his conviction on charges of rape. The Central Criminal Court in...
'Middle man' in Irene White murder gets legal aid for psychiatrist
Niall Power, aged 51 and formerly of Riverstown, County Louth, has been granted legal aid to obtain a psychiatric assessment as he pursues an appeal against...
Unknown whether pensioner was dead when he was thrown off Sliabh Liag cliffs, jury hears
The Central Criminal Court trial has heard that it remains unknown whether a 66-year-old man was deceased when he was allegedly thrown from Sliabh Liag cliffs...
Jury selected for trial of man and woman accused of Sliabh Liag cliffs murder
A jury of five men and seven women has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin to hear the trial of Alan Vial and Nikita Burns, who are charged...
Farmer who claimed cattle were missing when they were in neighbour's shed loses Supreme Court bid
Gerard Harrington of Marian Road, Boyle, Co Roscommon, has been unsuccessful in his application to the Supreme Court seeking to appeal his conviction for...
Pair who forced man to hand over €41k for son's debts are jailed
Two men have been convicted and jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for demanding €41,000 from a father by threatening him over debts allegedly incurred...
Storm Darragh impact meeting Jan 23 in Ballinamore, ESB and Coillte to attend
Leitrim PPN is hosting a public meeting on Thursday 23 January at 7pm in Ballinamore to discuss power and water outages from Storm Darragh. Senior...
'Hardworking' electrician with no priors avoids jail over €60k drugs find
Sam Collins, a 30-year-old electrician from Sandyford, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of drugs for sale or supply...
Mother of five claims council moved family into house with 'paranormal activity'
A mother of five has told the High Court that a council property in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, has caused her to fear for her children's safety due...
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