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Sligo · May 17, 2021

Wife's wish to move on not a 'provocative act', prosecution tell murder trial jury

At the Central Criminal Court on 17 May 2021, prosecutors completed their closing address in the trial of Rafal Karaczyn, a 35-year-old from Crozon Park in...

Ballymote · May 13, 2021

Murder accused demonstrated how he strangled wife with both hands

A man charged with murder at the Central Criminal Court has admitted to strangling his wife following a domestic dispute at their home in Crozon Park, Sligo,...

Ballymote · May 12, 2021

Wife told husband to 'never set foot' in home again, murder trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a jury has heard evidence of exchanges between Natalia and Rafal Karaczyn in the months before her death. Text messages and...

Sligo · May 11, 2021

Wife strangled by husband told him she wanted her own life, trial hears

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard that a woman expressed her desire for independence in text messages to her husband before her death....

Carndonagh · May 10, 2021

Suspended sentence over handguns stashed in Henry Hoover

A 45-year-old man from Carndonagh has received a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of firearms....

Cavan · May 07, 2021

Directors of foreign real estate company are jailed

Two directors of a real estate company have been imprisoned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following guilty pleas to defrauding clients. Sean Boylan, aged...

Ballymote · May 07, 2021

Husband described lying down beside wife's body after strangling her, witness tells murder trial

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that the accused man described lying beside his wife's body for ten to fifteen minutes after strangling her...

Monaghan · May 07, 2021

Gemma Greene launches second action against bail terms

A Dublin woman charged with dangerous driving following an alleged chase involving Garda vehicles on the M50 motorway has launched a second High Court...

Sligo · May 06, 2021

Husband strangled wife after she slept with other man, murder trial hears

A murder trial opened at the Central Criminal Court on May 6th, 2021, concerning allegations that a Sligo man killed his wife following her return home from...

Sligo · May 05, 2021

Jury sworn-in for trial of husband accused of murdering wife

A jury of nine women and three men has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court to hear the trial of a Sligo man charged with murder. Rafal Karaczyn, aged...

Cavan · May 04, 2021

Pair made false injury claim after reversing into off-duty garda

A man and woman pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to making false personal injury claims following a car accident on Griffith Avenue in May...

Monaghan · April 30, 2021

Rapist recorded part of his attack on woman in her own home

A man with links to County Monaghan has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years imprisonment for raping a woman in her Dublin home following their meeting on...

Convoy · April 26, 2021

Regency Hotel accused gets bail

Jason Bonney, aged fifty, of Portmarnock in Dublin, has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court following his appearance on charges relating to the...

Donegal · April 21, 2021

Chinese national lived under false name for years

A 38-year-old Chinese national pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to living under a false identity for eight years. The man obtained a Northern...

Convoy · April 21, 2021

Regency Hotel accused may make bail if surety can be attached

A 59-year-old Dublin man charged with supplying logistical support linked to the 2016 murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel faced a bail hearing before...

Convoy · April 20, 2021

Three appear at night sitting of court charged in connection with Regency Hotel shooting

Three men from the Dublin area appeared before the Special Criminal Court at an extraordinary out-of-hours sitting in April 2021 charged in connection with...

Roscommon · April 19, 2021

Violent robber who targeted escorts is jailed

Samuel Pop, aged 27, from Charnwood Court, Clonsilla, Dublin, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment following a conviction for false imprisonment and...

Donegal · April 19, 2021

Woman raped by friend in own home

A man has pleaded guilty to orally raping a woman in her Donegal home on August 9, 2017, during an attack lasting approximately 90 minutes. The Central...

Ballina · April 16, 2021 Also covered in Strokestown

Strokestown eviction pair released from prison

Two men imprisoned for contempt of court in connection with interference at a disputed farm in County Roscommon have been released from custody. Michael...

Aughavas · April 16, 2021

'Psychic' Gold further sentenced on fraud charges

Simon Gold, a 54-year-old man from Aughavas, County Leitrim, received an additional one-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today following guilty...

Letterkenny · April 16, 2021

Mandatory quarantine laws 'illogical and unreasonable', High Court told

The High Court in Dublin is examining two separate challenges to mandatory hotel quarantine requirements for people arriving in Ireland from designated...

Ballina · April 15, 2021 Also covered in Strokestown

Strokestown eviction pair ask to be released from custody

Two men imprisoned for interfering with a bank's lawful repossession of a farm in Strokestown, County Roscommon, have sought their release from custody....

Convoy · April 12, 2021

IRA conviction declared a miscarriage of justice

The Special Criminal Court declared in April 2021 that a man from County Louth had been the victim of a miscarriage of justice following his conviction for...

Keshcarrigan · April 12, 2021

Mortgage application fraudster avoids jail

A 40-year-old man from Keshcarrigan in County Leitrim has received a fully suspended three-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for mortgage fraud....

Convoy · March 30, 2021

Alleged gunman 'up to his neck' in David Douglas murder, State say

A Dublin man has been convicted of the murder of David Douglas, a fifty-five-year-old businessman who was fatally shot at his shoe shop in Dublin's Liberties...

Monaghan · March 26, 2021

Publican released after 115 days in Mountjoy

The High Court has ordered the release of a Co Monaghan businessman from Mountjoy Prison after he completed 115 days in custody for contempt of court. Mr...

Sligo · March 24, 2021

Lidl sues IFA over milk allegations

Lidl Ireland has commenced defamation proceedings in the High Court against the Irish Farmers Association, its President Tim Cullinan, and Vice-President...

Castlerea · March 23, 2021 Also covered in Foxford

Garda Colm Horkan murder accused gets date for trial

A 44-year-old man charged with the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan has been scheduled for trial at the Central Criminal Court in June 2022. Stephen...

Monaghan · March 22, 2021

Woman violently assaulted and raped in own home by Tinder date

A man has pleaded guilty to rape and oral rape following a violent assault on a woman at her Dublin home in January 2018. Peter Loughran, aged 36, of...

Convoy · March 22, 2021

Acquitted IRA prisoner suffered 'classic case of miscarriage of justice', lawyers say

Michael Connolly, a 47-year-old man from County Louth, has had his case examined for potential miscarriage of justice findings following his acquittal at the...

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