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Bundoran · March 23, 2023

Allegations against manager on ring buoy inspections rejected as 'hearsay', as unfair dismissal claim is upheld

A manager at Donegal Council who dismissed the county lifeguard supervisor over alleged failures to complete ring buoy safety inspections relied solely on...

Donegal · March 23, 2023

Jasmine McMonagle trial: ex cleared of murder, guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility

Richard Burke, aged 32, of Killygordon, County Donegal, has been found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility at the Central Criminal...

Swinford · March 22, 2023

Key witness tells trial he broke into murder accused's home and stabbed him

A key witness in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court gave conflicting evidence regarding events at a house in Swinford, County Mayo, on November 16,...

Strokestown · March 22, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Ramelton

Fire brigade officers give evidence at Strokestown eviction trial

Fire brigade officers gave evidence on day 13 of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court concerning an incident at a property near Strokestown, County...

Donegal Town · March 22, 2023 Also covered in Letterkenny

Jasmine McMonagle murder accused was suffering from mental disorder, psychiatrists tell trial

The Central Criminal Court in Monaghan heard testimony on 22 March from two psychiatrists who both concluded that Richard Burke was suffering from a mental...

Roscommon · March 21, 2023

Criminal caught for burglary 13 years ago after change in DNA sharing procedures

A man with a Roscommon address has been sentenced following a burglary in Dublin over a decade ago. Tomasz Bebenek, aged 34, of Harbour Road, Tarmonbarry,...

Strokestown · March 21, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Ramelton

Security guard tells trial he was cut with meat cleaver and doused in petrol during Strokestown eviction attack

A security guard gave evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court regarding an attack on a repossessed farm at Falsk, near Strokestown, County Roscommon, on 16...

Letterkenny · March 21, 2023 Also covered in Ballybofey, Lifford

'I went ballistic, absolutely f**king ballistic,' Jasmin McMonagle murder accused told gardai

Richard Burke, aged thirty-two and from Killygordon in County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the...

Swinford · March 20, 2023 Also covered in Ballyhaunis, Knock

Polish man goes on trial accused of Co Mayo murder

Matusz Batiuk, a 33-year-old man formerly residing in Carrabeg Estate, Swinford, Co Mayo, entered a not guilty plea at the Central Criminal Court on 20 March...

Monaghan · March 20, 2023

Jury sworn in for Jasmine McMonagle murder trial

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan to hear the trial of a 32-year-old man charged with the murder of Jasmine McMonagle in...

Westport · March 20, 2023

Valerie French Kilroy murder trial collapses

The murder trial of James Kilroy at the Central Criminal Court collapsed on Monday due to an unexpected and complex matter that emerged during proceedings. Ms...

Lifford · March 20, 2023

Jasmine McMonagle met a 'brutal death', jury told

A murder trial opened at the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan on 20 March regarding the death of Jasmine McMonagle at Forest Park, Killygordon, County...

Swinford · March 20, 2023 Also covered in Ballina

Murder accused told gardai he stabbed man 'in own defence'

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court concluded in March 2023 following the death of a 24-year-old man in Swinford, County Mayo on 16 November 2020....

Boyle · March 20, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

Strokestown eviction farm owner also had 170 acres, 'one or two' properties, trial hears

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a trial has heard that Michael McGann, whose Roscommon farm at Falsk was repossessed by KBC Bank in December 2018, held...

Mayo · March 20, 2023

Worker 'caught in middle' of funding shortfall caused by government department

A worker employed at a County Mayo job centre for disabled adults has secured a second Workplace Relations Commission ruling in her favour regarding unpaid...

Boyle · March 16, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

Security guard expected to see 'charred bodies' after alleged Strokestown attack

A security guard has testified at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the trial of four men accused of an assault on a rural Roscommon property in December 2018....

Sligo · March 16, 2023

Mortgage lender concedes in Supreme Court appeal over repossession order

A woman from Sligo has succeeded in her Supreme Court appeal against a mortgage lender's attempt to restore repossession proceedings on her family home....

Mayo · March 16, 2023

Enoch Burke in 'self-praise that beggars belief' judge finds, as school can enforce fine from next week

The High Court has ordered Enoch Burke to pay Wilson's Hospital School's legal costs arising from two pre-trial motions in their ongoing dispute. Mr Justice...

Cavan · March 16, 2023

Lunney abductor Harte claims conviction and 30-year sentence should be set aside

Alan Harte, convicted of the false imprisonment and serious assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney at a yard in Ballinagh, County Cavan in...

Westport · March 15, 2023

Valerie French Kilroy murder trial hits 'bump in the road'

At the Central Criminal Court, the murder trial of James Kilroy, aged 49, of Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, has been adjourned until Monday afternoon...

Cavan · March 15, 2023

Bus driver avoids jail for careless driving causing death of cyclist

A man has received a fully suspended one-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for careless driving causing the death of a cyclist. Mariusz...

Castlerea · March 15, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Jury finds Stephen Silver guilty of capital murder after two trials

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has found Stephen Silver guilty of capital murder following a retrial. Silver, aged 46, a mechanic from Aughaward,...

Charlestown · March 15, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

'Learned Impunity': the trial of garda murderer Stephen Silver

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted Stephen Silver of the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan in Castlerea, County Roscommon, on 17 June 2020....

Swinford · March 15, 2023

Couple secure injunction preventing receiver's proposed sale of house

A businessman and his wife from Lisheenbrawn, Swinford, County Mayo, have obtained a temporary High Court injunction preventing a mortgage company and a...

Castlebar · March 14, 2023 Also covered in Westport

Airbnb guest was staying at Valerie French Kilroy's home when she was killed by husband, trial hears

A man charged with murdering his wife in County Mayo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. James Kilroy, aged 49, of...

Castlerea · March 14, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Jury to continue deliberating in Garda Colm Horkan murder trial

The jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of Stephen Silver continues deliberations in the case concerning the death of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea,...

Boyle · March 14, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

Security guard tells trial of being attacked at Strokestown repossession farm

A security guard giving evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has described being attacked during a repossession at a rural property near Strokestown,...

Castlebar · March 14, 2023

Ammi Burke gets date for High Court challenge against Arthur Cox dismissal

A solicitor from Castlebar, Co Mayo is pursuing a High Court judicial review challenge against a Workplace Relations Commission decision rejecting her unfair...

Ballyshannon · March 14, 2023

Department store ordered to pay worker discriminated against due to post natal depression

The Workplace Relations Commission has ordered Edward Slevin & Co Ltd, trading as Slevins Department Store in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, to pay €5,500 in...

Castlerea · March 13, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

'This is not trial by expert, this is trial by jury': garda murder trial jury begin deliberations

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the trial of Stephen Silver, charged with the murder of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County...

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