Sligo murders accused changes counsel ahead of trial
A 22-year-old man charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in Sligo has changed his senior counsel ahead of trial. The accused...
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Violent criminal who repeatedly punched pregnant partner has jail time doubled
A man with 86 previous convictions, including for domestic violence, has had his custodial sentence doubled following a Court of Appeal ruling. Jason Doyle...
Asylum seeker had UK conviction for sex assault before rape and attacks on women here
A Pakistani national who arrived in Ireland in 2018 and was subsequently granted refugee status despite holding a prior conviction for sexual assault in the...
Teacher in discrimination claim told she'd be 'better off selling traybakes' at protestant school, WRC hears
A teacher at a County Donegal school has brought a discrimination complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission in Letterkenny, alleging she was passed over...
'You can do what you like, traitor': Strokestown eviction attacker to judge
Three men have been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of offences arising from an armed attack on a repossessed farmhouse at Falsk, Strokestown,...
Extradition to Scotland refused on humanitarian grounds after judge notes severe prison overcrowding
A High Court judge has refused to extradite a man to Scotland on humanitarian grounds, citing severe prison overcrowding and inadequate mental health...
Jail for man who lied about sex attack on partner's sister being consensual
A 27-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Central Criminal Court for sexually assaulting his partner's teenage sister in...
Court makes orders preventing Gemma O'Doherty from harassing mum of teen who died by suicide
A mother from Kingscourt, County Cavan, has secured High Court injunctions restraining former journalist Gemma O'Doherty from harassing her following the...
'Without a free press there is no democracy': Supreme Court rejects garda bid to access journalist's phone
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by the Garda Commissioner challenging the quashing of a search warrant that would have allowed access to...
Mum of teen who died tragically claims alleged harassment 'exponentially worse' since case taken against Gemma O'Doherty
Edel Campbell from Kingscourt, County Cavan, brought proceedings before the High Court alleging that she has experienced intensified online harassment and...
20-year sentence for 'committed' child sex offender who abused four girls over quarter of a century
A 67-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to twenty years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty pleas to multiple offences...
Roscommon man sees €1.1m in debt written off under insolvency arrangement
The High Court has approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement for a 52-year-old man from County Roscommon, enabling him to retain his family home while...
Teen rape trial jury concerned they were photographed by man 'associated with defence', appeal hears
Stephen Lynch, with an address in County Offaly, has pursued an appeal against his May 2021 conviction for rape and sexual assault following a trial at the...
Death of Peter Pringle sees end of damages claim against State
A High Court application to strike out legal proceedings brought by Peter Pringle against the State has succeeded following his death in early 2023. Mr...
Jail sentence for man who defiled girl (12) is upheld
A man's appeal against his four-year jail sentence for the sexual abuse of a child in County Cavan has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The appellant,...
Gardai to get audio recording of court 'melee' in Simeon Burke case
Gardai and Simeon Burke will receive audio recordings of court proceedings as part of an appeal against his conviction for a public order offence. Burke, aged...
Convicted rapist attacked woman in own home three months after prison release
A 51-year-old man convicted of rape has been sentenced to eight years and four months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following an aggravated...
Jury convicts three of carrying out attack on Strokestown farm
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has convicted three men of participating in a violent attack on a farm property near Strokestown, County Roscommon, on...
Convicted killer arrested here after absconding from NI
A man convicted of murder in Northern Ireland was arrested in the State on an extradition warrant following his disappearance from custody seven months...
Jury in Strokestown attack case ask for directions on common design
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has requested exhibits and legal directions on common design as deliberations continue in the trial of four men...
Jury begins deliberating in Strokestown farm attack case
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the trial of four men accused of participating in a vigilante attack on security personnel...
Stardust inquest may run until end of year, with over 300 witnesses expected
The inquest into the Stardust fire of February 1981, in which 48 young people died, entered a new phase at Dublin Coroner's Court on 23 May 2023. Coroner Dr...
Jury set to begin deliberations in Stroketown farm attack trial
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court is set to begin deliberations in the trial of four men accused of participating in an armed attack on security guards...
14 years for brutal killing of Jasmine McMonagle
Richard Burke, aged 32 and from Killygordon in County Donegal, has been sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment following his conviction for manslaughter in...
Voice identification of Strokestown eviction accused unreliable, defence say
A man accused of participating in a violent attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, has had his defence...
86-year-old woman put head first into wheelie bin
A man from County Donegal has been imprisoned for two and a half years following his conviction for a brutal assault on an elderly woman in Dublin. The...
Former priest and Irish Times columnist has abuse conviction quashed
The Court of Appeal has set aside the conviction of Barry Fergal Jennings, a 57-year-old former priest and columnist who had been serving a four-year prison...
Notorious Limerick criminal Gerard Mackin jailed over crime cash bust
Gerard Mackin, a man with a lengthy criminal history, was sentenced to three years and six months imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court on 19 May 2023...
Bray Boxing Club murder accused may be granted bail
A man accused of murder and attempted murder at Bray Boxing Club in Co Wicklow has been informed by the Court of Appeal that he may be granted bail subject to...
'Not one iota of evidence' against Lordship accused, lawyers for NI man tell trial
A barrister for James Flynn has told the Special Criminal Court that the prosecution's case against his client lacks any substantive evidence. Bernard Condon...
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