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Virginia · February 01, 2022 Also covered in Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney

Emotional scenes as members of notorious ATM gang remanded in custody

Three brothers were remanded in custody at the Special Criminal Court on February 1st pending sentencing following their guilty pleas to involvement in a...

Donegal · January 28, 2022

10-year sentence for repeated abuse is upheld

The Court of Appeal has upheld a ten-year custodial sentence imposed on a man convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing his young cousin in County Donegal...

Virginia · January 27, 2022 Also covered in Ballybay, Castleblayney, Convoy

Former GAA star will seek to have ATM theft charges thrown out, trial told

A 31-year-old man from County Armagh has pleaded not guilty to charges relating to a series of ATM thefts across the Border region. The accused faced the...

Virginia · January 26, 2022 Also covered in Ballybay, Castleblayney, Kingscourt

ATM theft defendant found hiding in toilet, Special Criminal Court hears

A man charged with attempted ATM theft and organised crime offences appeared before the Special Criminal Court in relation to an incident at the Riverfront...

Ballinrobe · January 26, 2022 Also covered in Lecarrow

Woman who told superior 'to shove job up his ass' bids to prevent termination

A receptionist and administrator employed by Martin Jennings Wholesale Limited in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, has brought High Court proceedings seeking an...

Cavan · January 25, 2022

Serial arsonist jailed for killing uncle in revenge blaze

A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for manslaughter following the death of his uncle in a house fire at Derrylurgan, Ballyjamesduff, County...

Charlestown · January 20, 2022

No jail for Revenue worker over tax refund scam for ex boyfriend

A former Revenue employee received a fully suspended eighteen-month sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for her role in generating fraudulent tax...

Convoy · January 20, 2022

Pair jailed for moving sawn-off shotgun

Two men have been jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their conviction for transporting a sawn-off shotgun in the Balbriggan area on 25...

Cavan · January 18, 2022

Ban on naming criminal who kidnapped and tortured Kevin Lunney is lifted

The High Court lifted an anonymity order on 18 January 2022, permitting media identification of Alan Harte, a 40-year-old man convicted in connection with the...

Donegal · January 17, 2022

'Model citizen' who lived under false name avoids jail

A Chinese national who lived under an assumed identity for eight years has received a fully suspended four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court....

Cavan · January 17, 2022

Serial arsonist 'more concerned about dog' than death of uncle, court hears

A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter following the death of his uncle in a house fire at Derrylurgan, Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan in August 2018 appeared...

Monaghan · January 17, 2022

Immigration scammer was claiming PUP, court hears

A Georgian national from Monaghan pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to his role in facilitating illegal immigration and money laundering...

Cavan · January 14, 2022

'No reason' why ban on naming Kevin Lunney attacker should remain, State tells court

The State has argued to the Court of Appeal that an anonymity order protecting a man convicted in the Kevin Lunney case should be lifted without further...

Roscommon · January 14, 2022

Row over flood relief scheme won't recede until after Easter

A High Court action concerning a flood relief scheme in Roscommon will not proceed to full hearing until after Easter. The Friends of the Irish Environment...

Virginia · January 13, 2022 Also covered in Castleblayney, Convoy

All-Ireland club football champ goes on trial accused of stealing ATMs for gang

A former All-Ireland club football champion has pleaded not guilty to 17 charges arising from a series of ATM thefts across the Meath and Cavan region. Daniel...

Ballina · January 12, 2022 Also covered in Falcarragh

Child rapist gets 10 years after victim's 'torture' in quest for justice

A man has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court in Sligo on 31 counts of sexual assault and rape...

Cavan · January 12, 2022

'A parent's worse nightmare': uncle raped nephew while babysitting

A 26-year-old man from Cavan has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty pleas to sexually...

Longford · January 11, 2022

Dispute over operation of EBS branches is resolved

A long-running dispute between EBS and Betty Martin Financial Services Ltd over the termination of an agency agreement to operate branches in Athlone,...

Longford · December 21, 2021

'Daddy was a hero': UK man gets life for brutal murder of Irish boxing champ

A 31-year-old man from Coventry, England, has been sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction for the murder of Kevin Sheehy, a five-times Irish...

Castleblayney · December 21, 2021 Also covered in Virginia

Monaghan brothers admit involvement in cross-border ATM gang

Two brothers from Monaghan have entered guilty pleas at the Special Criminal Court in relation to a cross-border gang investigation involving ATM thefts....

Castleblayney · December 21, 2021 Also covered in Virginia

Man admits role in ATM thefts by cross-border gang

A 27-year-old man from Castleblayney, County Monaghan has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to three offences arising from his involvement with a...

Roscommon · December 21, 2021

Environmental group in fresh challenge to flood relief scheme

The High Court has granted Friends of the Irish Environment permission to pursue judicial review proceedings challenging Roscommon County Council's approval...

Sligo · December 21, 2021

Dept of Agriculture official has some animal welfare convictions quashed after court error

The High Court has set aside certain convictions and suspended sentences imposed on a Department of Agriculture official in relation to animal carcass...

Cavan · December 20, 2021

Lunney kidnappers get combined 70 years

Three men have been sentenced following their conviction for the abduction and assault of Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, at Drumbrade,...

Monaghan · December 20, 2021

Delivery driver jailed for 'shocking' road rage attack

A delivery driver has been jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for a violent assault on another van driver. Aiman Khalel, aged...

Sligo · December 20, 2021

Gardai rescued woman from Tinder rapist after telling her to hang towel from balcony

Christopher Feeney (58) was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court of rape and sexual assault following a trial last September. The offences occurred at...

Ballina · December 20, 2021

'A decent man': the kidnap and torture of Kevin Lunney

Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, gave evidence at the Special Criminal Court detailing his abduction and assault in County Fermanagh in...

Cavan · December 17, 2021

Media remain gagged from naming criminal who inflicted serious injuries on Kevin Lunney

The High Court has extended an anonymity order protecting the identity of a man convicted of inflicting serious injuries on businessman Kevin Lunney during a...

Castleblayney · December 16, 2021 Also covered in Virginia

Second man admits to role in ATM thefts by cross-border gang

A Monaghan man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to possessing stolen cash linked to coordinated ATM thefts by a cross-border criminal...

Cavan · December 16, 2021

High Court application to keep criminal who seriously injured Kevin Lunney anonymous

An application to maintain the anonymity of a man convicted of serious offences against businessman Kevin Lunney came before the High Court on Thursday. The...

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