Woman jailed for role in violent taxi hijacking
A 24-year-old woman from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment for her involvement in a violent taxi hijacking in Crumlin,...
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BBC seeks discovery on Adams' alleged association with IRA
The BBC is seeking discovery of documents relating to former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams's alleged association with the IRA in defending a defamation claim...
Former vet wanted to face bestiality charges will be extradited to UK
A man formerly based in Suffolk has been ordered extradited from Ireland to face serious criminal charges in the United Kingdom following a High Court...
Four trials and 'six years of torture' before child rapist convicted, court hears
A man has been convicted at the Central Criminal Court in Sligo of sexually abusing a child over a five-year period in Donegal. Liam Carr, aged 59 and with an...
Kevin Lunney attacker remains anonymous after deadline extended
The Special Criminal Court has extended an order protecting the identity of a man convicted of inflicting the most severe injuries on businessman Kevin Lunney...
Jury finds UK man who repeated ran over Irish boxing champ guilty of murder
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has unanimously convicted Logan Jackson, a 31-year-old from Coventry, England, of murdering Kevin Sheehy, a five-time...
Jury must consider if UK man was provoked before he ran over Irish boxing champ
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has suspended deliberations in the trial of a British man accused of murdering Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy. The...
UK man 'could have kept driving' instead of 'thundering' jeep into boxer, prosecution say
At the Central Criminal Court, the prosecution closing argument in the trial of Logan Jackson concluded on December 9th. Mr Jackson, aged 31, of Coventry,...
Senior garda subjected to false accusations over dog shooting challenges promotion issue
A senior garda has brought judicial review proceedings in the High Court challenging a decision not to backdate his promotion to inspector. Inspector Tom...
Jeep murder accused told gardai he wasn't under threat when in vehicle, trial hears
At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, a murder trial has heard evidence regarding the death of Kevin Sheehy, a five-time Irish boxing champion killed in...
Boxing champ suffered 'catastrophic skull fracture', pathologist tells murder trial
At the Central Criminal Court, a forensic pathologist gave evidence concerning the death of Kevin Sheehy, a five-time Irish boxing champion, who died on July...
Jeep did not stop as it ran over Irish boxing champ, murder trial hears
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence concerning the death of Kevin Sheehy, a five-time Irish boxing champion, who died after being...
Witness denies he and champion boxer were 'goading' murder accused
A witness at the Central Criminal Court has denied allegations that he and the deceased, Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy, goaded or threatened the accused....
Serial driving offender claims he was under threat from nephew
A 36-year-old Dublin man pleaded guilty to endangerment, dangerous driving, and driving without insurance following a high-speed chase through west Dublin on...
Witness tells trial of how boxing champ fought to get up before jeep ran him over
A witness has described how a five-time Irish boxing champion fought unsuccessfully to rise from the ground before being struck by a vehicle for a second time...
'I had to let Kevin go': witness describes how champion cousin was run over three times
A witness at the Central Criminal Court has testified about the fatal incident involving Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy in Limerick city on July 1, 2019....
Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover arms stash is upheld
Stephen O'Connor of Carndonagh, Dublin, has had his wholly suspended sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal. O'Connor pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of...
UK man "thundered" jeep into Irish boxing champ, prosecution tell murder trial
A 31-year-old British man has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of Kevin Sheehy, a five-time Irish boxing...
Jury sworn-in for trial of UK man who denies murdering Irish boxing champ
A 31-year-old British man pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court on 29 November 2021, following the death of Irish boxing champion Kevin...
'Family man' jailed for involvement with cross-border ATM gang
A 39-year-old resident of County Armagh has been imprisoned for four-and-a-half years at the Special Criminal Court after admitting to handling proceeds...
Man admits to cleaning up Mulready Woods murder scene
A 52-year-old man from Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to cleaning up and removing evidence from a murder scene....
Drugs bust defendant claimed he was in flat to use shower
A Donegal man and a Dublin man have been imprisoned following a drugs seizure at a flat in Carrickmines, Dublin, in January 2021. Ronan McCallig, aged 53, and...
Judge shouldn't have asked question about victim's intoxication, jailed pair argue
Two men convicted of rape have appealed their convictions at the Court of Appeal, arguing the trial judge erred in questioning a witness about the...
Family anguish 'greater torment' than pain of attack, Kevin Lunney tells court
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, businessman Kevin Lunney delivered a victim impact statement describing the lasting trauma inflicted on himself and...
Boxer who rained down blows on Kevin Lunney with 'lethal weapons' fails in appeal
A man's appeal against a three-year-three-month prison sentence for assaulting two businessmen near Ballyconnell, County Cavan, has been dismissed by the...
Violent attacker who had it 'in his mind' to rape victim (85) has sentence increased
A man from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, has had his prison sentence increased by the Court of Appeal following a Director of Public Prosecutions appeal...
Violent attacker said it was 'in his mind' to rape victim (85)
A man from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, is the subject of a Director of Public Prosecutions appeal against sentence at the Court of Appeal. Shane Smith, aged...
Sentence of serial conman who 'twisted the knife' was too lenient, DPP say
A serial fraudster from Carrickmacross is the subject of an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against the leniency of his sentence. Michael...
Teen brothers who abused sister were raised in 'toxic sexual environment', court hears
Two brothers whose guilty pleas were entered at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court in October 2019 have had their sentences reviewed at the Court of Appeal...
Planning permission for large scale chicken farm is quashed
The High Court has quashed planning permission for a large-scale poultry farm in Co Mayo. Mr Justice Anthony Barr made the order following An Bord Pleanála's...
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