Man carried sleeping teen from tent and raped her
A man has been convicted and sentenced at the Central Criminal Court for the rape of a teenage girl at a rural gathering in County Leitrim in July 2020. The...
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Visiting Polish man jailed after admitting to rape
A Polish man has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to rape. Rafal Stojanowski, aged 36, admitted...
Trial of man accused or murdering Garda Colm Horkan delayed until autumn
Stephen Silver, aged 45, of Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, is charged with the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan on Main Street, Castlerea, County...
Gang member Rooney 'would've been better off with a banger' as State seeks to seize €72k Merc
At the Special Criminal Court, the State sought to seize a €72,000 Mercedes-Benz used by Thomas Rooney, a 52-year-old from Meath described as a mid-to-high...
Laid-off egg plant workers to get redundancy after reversing employer's liquidation
Three former workers at an egg production facility in County Galway have secured redundancy payments following a Workplace Relations Commission ruling, two...
Provisional date for Keane Mulready-Woods murder trial
Two men have been given a provisional trial date of January 23, 2023 at the Special Criminal Court in connection with the death of a Drogheda teenager. Paul...
Garda officer subject to false allegation wins promotion delay case
A Garda inspector stationed in Mullingar has succeeded in his High Court challenge against the Commissioner's refusal to backdate his promotion following a...
Sentence for threatening to kill Castlerea gardai is reduced on appeal
The Court of Appeal has reduced a sentence imposed on a man convicted of making threats to kill gardai at Castlerea in County Roscommon. Enda Gavigan, aged 37...
Eucharistic Minister 'living a lie' as child abuser
A man who served as a Minister of the Eucharist has had his appeal against his sentence dismissed at the Court of Appeal. The applicant, whose identity is...
Man sentenced for threats to kill Castlerea gardai just days after death of Colm Horkan
A man's sentence for threatening to kill members of An Garda Síochána at Castlerea station in County Roscommon has been reduced on appeal following a legal...
Keane Mulready Woods murder trial to be delayed, court hears
Two men charged with the murder of Keane Mulready Woods will not stand trial next month as gardaí continue their investigation into the teenager's death and...
Banned driver with mental illness avoids jail after evidence he was under influence of nephew
A Dublin man with a history of dangerous driving offences was handed a fully suspended four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 4 April 2022....
Builder has €19m in debt written off as court approves PIA
The High Court has approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement enabling a 59-year-old building foreman from Blacklion, County Cavan, to write off approximately...
Victim believed abuser had built shed for purposes of sexually assaulting her
A man aged 67 has appealed his sentence at the Court of Appeal following conviction for sexually assaulting a victim over a 12-year period beginning when she...
Ammi Burke's claim against Arthur Cox collapses after repeated interruptions
A claim of unfair dismissal brought by solicitor Ammi Burke against law firm Arthur Cox has been dismissed by the Workplace Relations Commission following a...
Ammi Burke has 'victim mentality', senior lawyer tells WRC hearing
A Workplace Relations Commission hearing into a solicitor's unfair dismissal claim against Arthur Cox has heard competing accounts of an office incident in...
Man avoids jail for vicious robbery of first year student
A man convicted of robbing a university student on the Dublin City University campus in February 2021 has received a fully suspended sentence from Dublin...
Gerry Adams ordered to pay costs to BBC for pre-trial hearings
A High Court judge has ordered Gerry Adams to pay the legal costs incurred by the BBC in two pre-trial motions relating to his defamation action against the...
Drugs "courier" in custody after appeal court quashes unduly lenient sentence
A man from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been remanded in custody following a Court of Appeal decision to quash his suspended sentence. Ciaran Lawn (43)...
"Cash-for-visas" company failed to pay employee for four months
A Monaghan-based company operating within Ireland's cash-for-visas scheme has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay a former employee...
Lawyer claiming unfair dismissal says adjudicator is "comrade" of opposing barrister
A solicitor from Castlebar, County Mayo, has sought the recusal of an adjudicator appointed to hear her unfair dismissal complaint against Arthur Cox...
Drugs mule avoids jail over €34k cocaine bust
A man from County Roscommon has received a fully suspended sentence following his conviction for possessing cocaine worth over €34,000. Conor Costello was...
Environmental group successfully resolves challenge to flood relief scheme
An environmental group has successfully resolved a High Court challenge to a County Roscommon flood relief scheme. Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE)...
Suspended sentence for €900k drug haul too lenient, Court of Appeal finds
A man from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, will face arrest if he fails to attend the Court of Appeal this week following the quashing of his suspended sentence...
Application by Lunney abductor Harte must be on notice to DPP
The High Court has directed that an application by Alan Harte, who was convicted of kidnapping and torturing Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney,...
Stolen power tools seller rumbled after victim found his drill at market
A man from Ballymahon in County Longford has received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possessing stolen power tools at a market in Dublin. Brian...
Bus driver unfairly sacked after pruning branches at client's home
A bus driver employed by Boyce Coach Travel Ltd has been awarded €15,800 in compensation following an unfair dismissal ruling by the Workplace Relations...
Court upholds conviction of Ghanian men for rape of student
Two men have had their convictions for rape upheld by the Court of Appeal. Boakye Osei, formerly of Burnfoot in County Donegal, and Kelvin Opoku, formerly of...
Judge failed to highlight differences between cases of rape accused, lawyers say
The Court of Appeal heard submissions today in appeals against conviction and sentence brought by two men in their twenties, convicted of rape offences...
BBC entitled to any documents Gerry Adams may have on alleged IRA membership
The High Court in Dublin has ruled that the BBC is entitled to discover documents former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams may hold concerning his alleged IRA...
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