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Strokestown · October 12, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris

Court rejects inquiry into detention of jailed Strokestown eviction vigilante

The High Court has dismissed an application for an inquiry into the detention of a Mayo farmer convicted in connection with a vigilante attack on security...

Donegal Town · October 12, 2023

Teacher goes on trial accused of abusing boy in 1980s

A former English teacher has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with indecently assaulting a pupil during the 1980s. Jacintha McSherry...

Convoy · October 09, 2023

'Christmas present' pair jailed after €2.3m in cannabis found hidden under frozen chicken

Two men have been sentenced to seven years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their conviction for possessing approximately 119 kilograms...

Mayo · October 03, 2023

Enoch Burke to remain in prison as family members again removed from court

Teacher Enoch Burke will remain in Mountjoy Prison after refusing to comply with a court order to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School in County Mayo. Mr...

Carrick-On-Shannon · October 01, 2023 Also covered in Mohill, Ballinamore, Manorhamilton

Love Where You Live 2025 awards ceremony at Lough Rynn Castle tonight

Leitrim PPN and the council celebrate community groups making a difference across the county. Winners announced tonight (Thursday 2 Oct) at Lough Rynn Castle...

Monaghan · September 11, 2023

Special Criminal Court convicts Armagh man of conspiracy to seal car allegedly used in Lordship robbery

The Special Criminal Court has convicted James Flynn, an Armagh man, of conspiring with garda killer Aaron Brady to steal a Volkswagen Passat on 22 and 23...

Convoy · September 11, 2023

Two men cleared of notorious Lordship Credit Union robbery

A Special Criminal Court has acquitted two men of robbery charges relating to the January 2013 Lordship Credit Union raid in Bellurgan, County Louth, during...

Mayo · August 04, 2023

Veteran Murder Squad detective denied cold case killer had head immersed in body parts

A retired detective sergeant from the Garda Technical Bureau has disputed allegations of mistreatment made by Noel Long, who stands convicted in connection...

Donegal · August 01, 2023

Evidence points to 'inescapable conclusion' of 1981 murder accused's guilt, prosecution say

At the Central Criminal Court, prosecutors concluded their case against Noel Long, a 74-year-old from County Cork charged with the murder of Nora Sheehan in...

Sligo · July 31, 2023

Yousef Palani admits to murdering two men in Sligo, causing serious harm to third

A 23-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to two counts of murder and one count of causing serious harm. Yousef Palani, of...

Ballina · July 31, 2023

'Scourge' of Sligo gets 11 years for directing organised crime

Barry Young, a 38-year-old man from Sligo, has been sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for directing a criminal...

Boyle · July 28, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Convoy, Ramelton

'No excuse for lawlessness': 15 years for Strokestown eviction vigilantes

Three men have been sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment following their conviction on fifteen charges relating to an armed attack on security personnel...

Convoy · July 27, 2023

Limerick criminal jailed for helping McCarthy-Dundon gang in attempted murder of Christy Keane

A Limerick man has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, with the final year suspended, following his conviction for assisting an organised...

Sligo · July 26, 2023

Zimbabwean fraudster posed as child psychologist for years

A man with an address in County Louth has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for operating as a fraudulent child psychologist across public and private...

Buncrana · July 25, 2023

10.5 years for man who raped and sexually abused daughter

A man from Buncrana, County Donegal, has been sentenced to ten and a half years imprisonment following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for the...

Kingscourt · July 25, 2023

Gemma O'Doherty confirms she controls Twitter account alleged to have breached court order

A woman from Kingscourt, County Cavan, has secured court orders requiring Twitter to disclose the identities of operators behind two accounts allegedly in...

Buncrana · July 24, 2023

Woman raped by father as child hopes case will give others courage to tell their story

A 22-year-old woman from Buncrana, County Donegal, has delivered a powerful victim impact statement at the Central Criminal Court following her father's...

Convoy · July 24, 2023

Convicted murderer and gambling addict jailed for roles in moving machine gun

Two men have been convicted and sentenced at the Special Criminal Court for their involvement in transferring a submachine gun during a serious criminal...

Carrick-On-Shannon · July 24, 2023 Also covered in Westport

Judge faces unique situation of having to sentence terminally ill rapist

At the Central Criminal Court in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, two brothers have been convicted of sexually abusing their young cousin between 1999 and...

Castlebar · July 21, 2023

GSOC refused audio tapes in Simeon Burke case, as court notes 'covert recording' concerns

A Court of Appeal judge has refused the Garda Ombudsman Commission access to ambient audio recordings made during a court incident at the Four Courts in...

Convoy · July 21, 2023

UK men caught with €2.3m in cannabis concealed under frozen chicken

Two British men pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing approximately €2.3 million worth of cannabis for sale or supply on 22 December...

Roscommon · July 20, 2023

Rape conviction quashed after jury concerned they were photographed, interview issue

A man's conviction for rape and sexual assault has been quashed by the Court of Appeal following serious concerns about jury impartiality and the management...

Castlebar · July 17, 2023

Victim subjected to 'rape songs' by co-workers in aftermath of attack

A Castlebar man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following his conviction for rape at the Central Criminal...

Kingscourt · July 17, 2023

Mum of teen who died by suicide seeks more orders over alleged harassment by Gemma O'Doherty

A mother from Kingscourt, County Cavan, has returned to the High Court seeking orders to identify operators of Twitter accounts alleged to have breached an...

Castlebar · July 14, 2023

'Why does he keep assaulting people?': man who killed mother carried out multiple attacks since release

A Castlebar man with a lengthy history of violence has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for two unprovoked assaults...

Mayo · July 11, 2023

Panel to oppose Enoch Burke's bid to halt appeal

A panel convened to hear a teacher's appeal against dismissal has indicated it will contest an attempt to halt proceedings, the High Court learned on Tuesday....

Cavan · July 11, 2023

Woman tells High Court home has become 'living hell' due to excess noise

A woman from Lough Gowna in County Cavan has brought proceedings in the High Court against a manufacturing company and its alleged directors over noise...

Convoy · July 10, 2023

Convicted murder and gambling addict helped move sub-machine gun

Two men have been sentenced at the Special Criminal Court for their roles in transferring a reactivated submachine gun during a Dublin-based criminal...

Mayo · July 06, 2023

Enoch Burke secures last-gasp injunction over dismissal appeal

A temporary High Court injunction halting an appeal hearing into a teacher's dismissal was granted on Thursday following an application brought in Tullamore,...

Sligo · July 05, 2023

'When nature called': driver who said he had to urinate in bottle on delivery runs wins €15k

A van driver employed by an Italian food importer has been awarded €15,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission for breaches of working time legislation,...

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