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Rathmullan · March 08, 2022

Four years for man who cleaned up Mulready-Woods murder house

A 52-year-old Drogheda man has been sentenced to four years in prison by the Central Criminal Court for his role in cleaning and removing evidence from the...

Cavan · March 08, 2022

International crime gang member fails in bid to reduce sentence

Daniel Munteanu, a 32-year-old Romanian national residing in County Meath, has been unsuccessful in challenging a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed...

Cavan · March 07, 2022

Jail term too severe for international gang member who stole over €120k, lawyers argue

A 32-year-old Romanian national resident in County Meath has failed in his appeal against a six-and-a-half-year custodial sentence for his role in an...

Virginia · March 07, 2022 Also covered in Castleblayney, Convoy

Former All-Ireland champ gets 10 years for ATM thefts with cross-border gang

Daniel O'Callaghan, a 32-year-old former All-Ireland club medallist from Crossmaglen in County Armagh, has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the...

Ballybay · March 04, 2022 Also covered in Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Convoy

Notorious ATM theft gang get combined jail sentences of 19.5 years

Three Monaghan brothers have been sentenced to a combined 19 years and six months imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court for their roles in a cross-border...

Virginia · March 04, 2022 Also covered in Castleblayney, Convoy

17 testimonials handed in for cross-border criminal involved with notorious ATM gang

A man has been convicted at the Special Criminal Court following a trial relating to a series of ATM robberies across the border region. Daniel O'Callaghan,...

Enniskillen · March 01, 2022 Also covered in Edgeworthstown

NI driver who caused death of passenger consents to surrender

A 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death has consented to his surrender to Northern Ireland authorities at the High Court....

Mayo · February 28, 2022

British national alleged to have stabbed man to death to be extradited

A British national has been ordered to be extradited from Ireland to face trial in the United Kingdom on allegations of murder or manslaughter. Ms Justice...

Lanesborough · February 28, 2022

Postal worker caught with €80k in cannabis

A 26-year-old postal worker from Dublin has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison following his conviction on drug trafficking charges. Darren...

Rathmullan · February 28, 2022

Father-of-eight handed over house for 'gruesome' Kean Mulready Woods murder

Gerard McKenna, aged 52, of Rathmullen Park in Drogheda, County Louth, was sentenced to four years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court on 28 February...

Lanesborough · February 25, 2022

Jail for man who bought cars used in arson attack on CAB property

A man from Finglas has been jailed for purchasing two vehicles that were used in an arson attack on a property seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau. Joseph...

Cavan · February 25, 2022

Five see jail over roles in slash-hook attack

Five men have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for their roles in an affray during which a man was attacked with weapons including a slash-hook...

Monaghan · February 24, 2022

Landlord couple ordered to pay tenant for refusing to accept HAP

A landlord couple from Crossmaglen, County Down, have been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay €7,500 to their former tenant following a...

Longford · February 23, 2022

Irish lorry driver wanted in France for 'transporting war materials' over 17 years ago

A 55-year-old man from Longford town is fighting extradition to France to serve the remainder of a custodial sentence for offences relating to the...

Mayo · February 21, 2022

Statement of affairs for Michael Lynn did not come from accountancy firm, witness tells trial

A trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard evidence that documents purporting to bear the signature and stamp of accountancy firm Kinsella Mitchell &...

Cavan · February 21, 2022

Lunney abductor claims verdict at Special Criminal Court breached his rights

A man convicted at the Special Criminal Court of kidnapping and assaulting a Quinn Industrial Holdings director has launched a High Court challenge against...

Mayo · February 18, 2022

Late court sitting sees extradition of UK man wanted over fatal street stabbing

A British man has been ordered surrendered to the United Kingdom following a High Court hearing on charges relating to a fatal stabbing in Carlisle. The High...

Virginia · February 18, 2022 Also covered in Castleblayney, Convoy

Former GAA star guilty of ATM thefts with notorious cross-border gang

The Special Criminal Court has convicted Daniel O'Callaghan of involvement in a cross-border criminal organisation responsible for ATM thefts across Cavan and...

Sligo · February 16, 2022

Delivery driver forced to relieve himself into bottle, WRC hears

A delivery driver has brought a complaint of constructive dismissal against an Italian food importer to the Workplace Relations Commission following his...

Letterkenny · February 14, 2022 Also covered in Raphoe

Donegal Co Council seeks injunction preventing Frank McBrearty Jnr from attending meetings

Donegal County Council has applied to the High Court for an injunction to enforce the suspension of Councillor Frank McBrearty Jnr from attending council...

Ballina · February 11, 2022 Also covered in Ballisodare

Woman left paralysed speaks of relief after driver fails in bid to restore license

A woman left paralysed following a high-speed car crash near Ballisodare in 2010 has expressed relief after the Court of Appeal rejected the driver's second...

Ballymote · February 11, 2022

Growhouse 'manager' fails in bid to have 4-year jail term reduced

A 44-year-old Lithuanian man has failed in his appeal against a four-year custodial sentence imposed for managing a cannabis cultivation operation in...

Convoy · February 10, 2022

Use of phone records to convict 'ruthless' Kinahan hitman a breach of his privacy, appeal told

Caolan Smyth, imprisoned at Cork Prison following his conviction for attempted murder, is mounting a challenge to his sentence at the Court of Appeal by...

Ballinrobe · February 09, 2022 Also covered in Lecarrow

Woman who told colleague to 'shove his job up his ass' resolves action

A High Court action brought by a woman employed for more than two decades at a meat processing plant in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, has been resolved. Ms Lisa...

Mayo · February 08, 2022

Trial of solicitor Michael Lynn to begin tomorrow

A jury has been empanelled ahead of the trial of former solicitor Michael Lynn at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, which opens tomorrow. Mr Lynn, aged 53 and...

Crossmolina · February 08, 2022

Irish sex offender told to 'go live in a tent', extradition appeal hears

A man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, has appealed his extradition to the United States, where he faces allegations of breaching bail conditions related to a...

Boyle · February 08, 2022 Also covered in Claremorris, Geevagh

Drunk driver sacked from Iarnród Éireann job claims he was unfairly dismissed

A 32-year-old electrician from Geevagh, County Sligo, has claimed unfair dismissal from Iarnród Éireann after his contract was terminated while he was serving...

Carrickmacross · February 07, 2022

Serial conman who duped victims out of €150k has jail sentence increased

Michael McGauley, aged 49 and formerly of Highfield, Carrickmacross, has had his prison sentence increased following a successful appeal by the Director of...

Carndonagh · February 02, 2022

Fake tenant who took part in rent deposit scam avoids jail

A man convicted of his role in a rental deposit scam affecting six potential tenants in Dublin has been ordered to complete community service rather than face...

Longford · February 02, 2022

Hotel's credit card requirement discriminatory to Travellers, WRC finds

The Workplace Relations Commission has found that a Co Cork hotel discriminated against three Traveller women by enforcing a credit card requirement to secure...

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