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Riverstown · June 26, 2020

Woman has jail term increased for causing death of pedestrian during chase

A woman from Riverstown in County Sligo has had her custodial term increased following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against a...

Monaghan · June 26, 2020

Thief told how to 'beat the system' with debit card scam

Ricardo De Freitas Correia, a 34-year-old Portuguese national with an address in Dublin 15, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to deception and...

Emyvale · June 24, 2020

HSE apologises, makes €4.6m payment to boy who suffered injuries at birth

A boy born at Cavan General Hospital in August 2017 with cerebral palsy has received a €4.6 million interim payment following settlement of his High Court...

Donegal · June 22, 2020

Garda's appeal over tribunal findings is dismissed

A Garda from Donegal has failed in his appeal to the Court of Appeal to have findings made against him by the Disclosures Tribunal overturned. Garda Keith...

Roscommon · June 18, 2020

Woman wants to sue former lottery operator over alleged advice on €3.3m win

A woman from County Roscommon is seeking High Court permission to pursue a negligence claim against the former National Lottery operator, An Post National...

Castlebar · June 16, 2020

Severely autistic man claimed penis abnormality drove him to seek naked pictures from boys

A man from Castlebar, County Mayo, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sexually exploiting children online. Mark...

Letterkenny · June 16, 2020

DPP appeals suspended sentence for 'protracted and brutal onslaught’

The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed a suspended sentence imposed on a Roscommon man convicted of assaulting and falsely imprisoning his...

Riverstown · June 15, 2020

DPP appeals driver's 12-month jail term for causing pedestrian's death

The Director of Public Prosecutions is appealing a sentence imposed on a Louth woman convicted of dangerous driving causing death. Eimear White pleaded guilty...

Monaghan · June 12, 2020

Essex Migrant Deaths: High Court orders extradition of alleged Irish 'ringleader'

The High Court in Dublin has ordered the extradition of a County Monaghan man to face charges in the United Kingdom relating to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese...

Mayo · June 11, 2020

Adrian Donohoe accused said he'd 'murdered a cop in Ireland', witness tells trial

A witness testified at the Central Criminal Court that Aaron Brady, the man accused of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, admitted to killing someone...

Castlebar · June 11, 2020

Child porn distributer was raped from age 4, court hears

The Court of Appeal has refused the Director of Public Prosecutions' challenge to a suspended sentence imposed on a 78-year-old man convicted of child...

Castlebar · June 10, 2020 Also covered in Claremorris

Youth who killed teen he found in bedroom with sister is jailed for 5 years

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for the manslaughter of a teenager in Castlebar, County Mayo....

Cavan · June 10, 2020

Trial date set for Kevin Lunney accused

Four men faced the Special Criminal Court on charges of false imprisonment and assault causing serious harm to Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial...

Mayo · June 08, 2020

Man appeals sentence for abusing three sisters over 18-year period

A 65-year-old Mayo man has appeared before the Court of Appeal to challenge the severity of his sentence for sexually abusing three sisters over an 18-year...

Buncrana · June 03, 2020

Pair charged with involvement in attempted murder by McCarthy-Dundon gang

Two men appeared before the Special Criminal Court in June 2020 charged with involvement in an attempted murder linked to the McCarthy-Dundon organised crime...

Carrickmacross · May 22, 2020

Bankruptcy extended for farmer who remains 'haunted' by shooting of cattle

The High Court has extended the bankruptcy of a Carrickmacross farmer whose cattle were destroyed by Defence Forces marksmen in 2016. Justice Teresa...

Letterkenny · May 22, 2020

8.5-year sentence upheld for attacker who left victim battling for life

A man convicted of stabbing a friend seventeen times with scissors in Letterkenny has failed in his appeal against an eight-and-a-half year prison sentence....

Castlebar · May 21, 2020 Also covered in Claremorris

Judge to hear evidence on whether young killer can be sent to prison

Justice Eileen Creedon will hear medical evidence at the Central Criminal Court regarding whether a young man with a serious brain condition can be...

Killala · May 19, 2020 Also covered in Ballina

Bankruptcy can't be annulled after discharge, judge finds

The High Court has dismissed an application by a woman from Killala, County Mayo, seeking to annul her bankruptcy following a mortgage overcharging dispute...

Cavan · May 18, 2020

Child rapist to appeal 20-year sentence

A man convicted of serially abusing seven siblings over nearly two decades has been granted permission to appeal his 20-year prison sentence at the Court of...

Monaghan · May 15, 2020

Essex migrant deaths: territorial issue a 'red herring', State says

At a High Court hearing in Dublin on 15 May 2020, counsel for a Monaghan haulier contested arguments that the State had raised regarding jurisdictional reach...

Mayo · May 08, 2020

Abuser fails in bid to overturn conviction for assaults on neighbouring sisters

A man from County Mayo has unsuccessfully appealed his conviction for sexually assaulting three sisters over an eighteen-year period beginning in 1976. He was...

Letterkenny · May 08, 2020

Sentence imposed on man who stabbed friend 17 times 'too severe', court hears

A man has brought an appeal against his eight-and-a-half year sentence for stabbing his friend seventeen times with scissors in Letterkenny, County Donegal,...

Monaghan · May 07, 2020

Essex Migrant Deaths: warrant for NI man 'wholly unsatisfactory', court told

The Court of Appeal in Dublin heard arguments on May 7th concerning the extradition of a 23-year-old man from County Down in connection with the deaths of 39...

Castleblayney · May 07, 2020

Capital Murder trial hears of pursuit of fuel launderers

At the Central Criminal Court, jurors have viewed CCTV footage documenting events preceding a fatal robbery at Lordship Credit Union in County Louth....

Cavan · May 06, 2020

Robber rumbled after DNA found on juicebox

Gareth Hamilton, aged 26, from Drumconnick, County Cavan, was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea...

Castleblayney · May 01, 2020

IRA man's conviction appeal is dismissed

A 57-year-old mechanic from Castleblayney, County Monaghan, has had his conviction appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The man was convicted in March...

Mayo · April 30, 2020

Man in bid to overturn conviction for abusing three sisters

A Mayo man has appealed his conviction for sexually abusing three sisters over an extended period. He was found guilty in October 2017 on 19 counts of...

Monaghan · April 30, 2020

Alleged 'ringleader' behind Essex migrant deaths is refused bail

A 40-year-old Monaghan haulier alleged to be the principal organiser of a human trafficking network has been refused bail by the High Court ahead of...

Roscommon · April 30, 2020

Notorious serial killer Nash fails in bid for damages

Mark Nash, serving life sentences for multiple murders in Roscommon and Dublin, has had his application for damages dismissed by the European Court of Human...

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