Strokestown eviction accused said he never saw gun
A 58-year-old man from County Mayo has told gardaí he was not present at a December 2018 incident at a repossessed farm near Strokestown, County Roscommon,...
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'No forgiveness': Silver to serve 40 years for murder of Garda Colm Horkan
Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old mechanic from Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 40...
Builder denied he was man with chainsaw during farm eviction attack
A 44-year-old builder from County Donegal is on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of participating in an armed attack on security personnel at a...
Strokestown eviction accused told gardai that courts enforced 'pirate law, the law of the sea'
Martin O'Toole, aged 58, of Stripe, Irishtown, Claremorris, County Mayo, stands trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on charges including false...
Mum tells court she wonders if Jasmine McMonagle called out for family as she was beaten to death
At the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan on 18 April, victim impact statements were delivered following Richard Burke's conviction for the manslaughter of...
Dad of five gunned down at mother's house was due to return to UK
Thomas McCarthy, a fifty-five-year-old father of five from England, was fatally shot at his mother's home in Ballyfermot, Dublin, on 27 July 2020. He answered...
'Remember, you could be next': Roscommon eviction trial hears of WhatsApp messages
Four men accused of participating in an armed attack on security personnel at a rural property near Strokestown have pleaded not guilty to 17 charges each at...
Pair guilty of acting as getaway drivers for Regency Hotel hitmen
Two Dublin men have been convicted at the Special Criminal Court of facilitating the murder of Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne during the Regency Hotel...
'The Hutch gang cannot be equated with Gerard Hutch': the Regency Hotel trial in full
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, a protracted trial examined the murder of David Byrne during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in February 2016,...
Man who stabbed home attacker in self defence is cleared of murder
A 33-year-old man has been acquitted of murder at the Central Criminal Court following a trial concerning a stabbing at a housing estate in Swinford, County...
Roscommon eviction trial to resume after Easter break
A trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court concerning an alleged assault during an eviction has heard evidence from gardaí regarding search operations conducted...
Murder trial jury ask judge about self defence and intent
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has sought clarification from Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring on self-defence and intent in the murder trial of Matusz Batiuk...
Enoch Burke sacked for harassing colleague, breaching student's confidence, High Court told
At the High Court, Wilson's Hospital School in County Mayo presented evidence on the third day of proceedings arising from the dismissal of teacher Enoch...
Notorious criminal Mackin accepts he has 'made poor choices in the past'
Gerard Mackin, a 40-year-old man with previous convictions, pleaded guilty to money laundering at the Special Criminal Court in March 2023 following his...
Jury begin deliberating in Mayo murder trial
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the case of a man charged with murdering a 24-year-old from County Mayo. Matusz Batiuk,...
Enoch Burke case in delayed start
The High Court hearing into a dispute between teacher Enoch Burke and Wilson's Hospital School resumed on Wednesday morning with a delayed start. The case was...
Principal tells court of feeling 'hunted' by Enoch Burke
A former principal of Wilson's Hospital secondary school in County Westmeath has given evidence in the High Court regarding allegations of misconduct against...
Garda identified defendant as attacker at Strokestown eviction farm
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a detective garda from Donegal testified that he identified one of four defendants as an attacker during a siege at a...
Housemate of garda killer treated as hostile witness after trial hears of statement change
At the Special Criminal Court hearing into the Lordship Credit Union robbery in which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was fatally shot, a witness closely...
Murder accused entitled to defend himself in own home, defence tell jury
At the Central Criminal Court, closing arguments concluded in the trial of Matusz Batiuk, who denies murdering Michael McDonagh at a housing estate in...
'What will we do with you?': Enoch Burke excluded from hearing after judge notes he'd 'test the patience of Job'
A High Court judge has excluded teacher Enoch Burke from the courtroom during the full hearing of his dispute with Wilson's Hospital School in County...
Strokestown attack accused challenges mobile phone evidence
Four men have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an assault at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County...
Date set for retrial in Valerie French Kilroy case
A man accused of murdering his wife at their home in County Mayo will face a retrial at the Central Criminal Court later this year. James Kilroy, aged 49, of...
Appropriate for jury to consider diminished responsibility, psychiatrists tell murder trial
Two forensic psychiatrists have testified at the Central Criminal Court that a jury should consider whether a man's criminal responsibility was diminished...
Murder accused said deceased man was 'acting like Gestapo'
The Central Criminal Court in Dublin heard evidence on March 24th regarding a fatal stabbing in Swinford, County Mayo. Matusz Batiuk, aged 33, formerly of...
John Tighe to remain in prison for murdering infant son after appeal is rejected
John Tighe of Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, will serve the remainder of his mandatory life sentence after the Court of Appeal rejected his challenge...
'NI mercenaries' video circulated before attack at Roscommon eviction farm, trial hears
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the trial heard that a social media video alleging Northern Irish "mercenaries" were responsible for an eviction circulated...
Injured Belgian Shepard had to be euthanised at Roscommon eviction farm, trial hears
A veterinary surgeon has given evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the trial of four men charged in connection with an alleged attack on a rural...
Stab wound of 12cm severed artery and caused death, Mayo murder trial hears
A pathologist told the Central Criminal Court in Dublin that a single stab wound measuring at least 12 centimetres in depth caused the death of a 24-year-old...
'No one to stop me': the Jasmine McMonagle murder trial
A man has been convicted of the murder of a woman in County Donegal in January 2019. The victim, a 28-year-old mother, was fatally beaten and strangled in her...
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