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Drumlish · January 24, 2023

Women go on trial accused of trafficking Brazilians to work as prostitutes

Two women have gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on charges relating to the alleged trafficking of Brazilian nationals for sexual exploitation...

Convoy · January 23, 2023

'Inside man' in €50k casino robbery walks from court

A Dublin man has received a fully suspended four-year sentence after pleading guilty to his role as an inside man in a €50,000 theft from a casino in August...

Rathmullan · January 23, 2023

Teen's murder 'one of the most horrifying' in Irish history, mother tells court

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 23 January 2023, Gerard Cruise and Paul Crosby, both of Rathmullan Park in Drogheda, pleaded guilty to facilitating...

Buncrana · January 19, 2023 Also covered in Convoy

Regency accused claims dad was driving his jeep on day of attack

At the Special Criminal Court, the defence case for Jason Bonney, a 52-year-old man from Portmarnock charged with participating in the murder of Kinahan...

Mayo · January 18, 2023

Enoch Burke claims justice is 'being withheld' after injunction bid is dismissed

A High Court judge has dismissed an injunction application by a Westmeath teacher seeking to halt disciplinary proceedings against him. Mr Justice Conor...

Mayo · January 17, 2023

Enoch Burke can halt disciplinary hearing if he stays away from school

A High Court judge has determined that teacher Enoch Burke holds a strong case against disciplinary proceedings initiated by Wilson's Hospital School in...

Convoy · January 16, 2023

Regency Hotel trial hears of shootings linked to Hutch-Kinahan feud

A Detective Superintendent from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau provided evidence at the Special Criminal Court concerning four separate...

Donegal · January 13, 2023

Teen (19) sexually assaulted by sister's partner as she slept

A 27-year-old Donegal man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a teenager as she slept at his home on 4 June 2017. The Central Criminal Court heard that...

Rathmullan · January 13, 2023

Second man admits facilitating Keane Mulready-Woods murder

A 49-year-old Dublin man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to facilitating the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods, the 17-year-old killed in...

Convoy · January 12, 2023

'No further steps' in Regency trial in relation to disclosure of 'curious' document

The Special Criminal Court trial concerning the February 2016 killing of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Dublin has proceeded with a procedural...

Mayo · January 11, 2023

Heated exchanges as Enoch Burke's bid to halt disciplinary process opens

Heated exchanges occurred at the High Court on Wednesday evening during a hearing of Enoch Burke's application for an injunction to halt disciplinary...

Castleblayney · December 21, 2022

Driving ban not required for careless driving causing death if it's first offence

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a mandatory driving ban is not required for those convicted of careless driving causing death where it constitutes a first...

Killoe · December 20, 2022

Accountant 'got himself into a mess' and filed late tax returns

A Longford accountant pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to filing false tax returns for five clients between July 2016 and August 2019. Robert...

Cavan · December 19, 2022

'Cornucopia of evidence' against ‘tiger kidnapper’ Paschal Kelly, appeal told

A man from County Cavan is pursuing an appeal against his conviction for a post office robbery in Dublin in which three women were held captive and robbed....

Donegal · December 19, 2022

Dowdall denies planning 'mass murder' on secret tapes

Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor and State's witness, has denied allegations that he discussed planning mass murder and bomb-making during...

Lifford · December 16, 2022

Dowdall claims Monk is 'terrorising' his family

Former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall has told the Special Criminal Court that his family faces terrorisation and death threats following his decision...

Ballyhaunis · December 16, 2022

Dad jailed for life for murder of infant son seeks to overturn conviction

John Tighe of Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, remains in prison serving a mandatory life sentence following the dismissal of his conviction appeal at...

Leitrim · December 13, 2022

'Mammy fell on daddy's fist many times': man's 'chilling' comments to son after beating partner

A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for assaulting his partner at their Co Leitrim home on 5 July...

Donegal · December 13, 2022

Dowdall denies he is "master manipulator"

Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor who has pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne, rejected characterisations during...

Monaghan · December 13, 2022

Caterer gets 'Christmas Eve' reprieve over Brennan's bakery contract

A High Court dispute concerning a catering contract at Brennan's bakery in Dublin has been adjourned to late March following agreement between the parties....

Donegal · December 12, 2022

Monk said he and other man shot David Byrne, Dowdall tells Regency trial

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor from Donegal, provided key testimony against Gerard "The Monk" Hutch...

Cavan · December 09, 2022

Serial arsonist who killed uncle has jail term increased

The Court of Appeal has increased the prison sentence of a County Cavan man convicted of manslaughter following a house fire that killed his uncle in 2018....

Monaghan · December 08, 2022

Caterer says 'entire business and livelihood' will end on Christmas Eve

A catering company owner has brought proceedings in the High Court seeking an injunction to prevent termination of a contract with a major Dublin bakery....

Castlebar · December 05, 2022

Young men must understand that ‘no means no’, High Court judge says

Patrick McLoughlin, aged 35, of Torboy, Moydow, County Longford, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, with the final eighteen months suspended,...

Rathmullan · December 05, 2022

Drogheda criminal admits facilitating Mulready-Woods murder

Paul Crosby, a 27-year-old from Rathmullan Park in Drogheda, pleaded guilty on December 5th, 2022, at the Special Criminal Court to facilitating the murder of...

Monaghan · December 02, 2022

Bugged conversations between Dowdall and Hutch admissible at trial, judges rule

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, a three-judge panel has ruled that approximately ten hours of recorded conversations between murder accused Gerard...

Sligo · December 01, 2022

Yousef Palani gets date for trial on double murder charges

A 22-year-old man from Sligo has been scheduled to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court in November 2023 on charges relating to two deaths and an...

Westport · November 30, 2022

Valerie French Kilroy murder trial postponed

A man accused of murdering his wife at their Westport home in June 2019 will stand trial in March 2023 instead of December this year. James Kilroy, aged 48,...

Monaghan · November 29, 2022

Nothing in Irish surveillance law to say it applies outside of State, Hutch defence team says

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, the defence team representing Gerard Hutch challenged the lawfulness of garda surveillance operations that extended...

Roscommon · November 28, 2022

'Sick sex abuser' has jail sentence reduced by two years

A 76-year-old man from County Roscommon has had his prison sentence reduced following a successful appeal at the Court of Appeal. He was convicted in June...

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