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Letterkenny · January 31, 2020 Also covered in Milford

"Until the UK is gone, it’s in": judge says extradition application must be dealt with as before

The High Court has scheduled judgment for 12 February on extradition proceedings against two Dublin men sought by Northern Irish authorities for alleged...

Convoy · January 28, 2020

"This was done for money, nothing else": garda murdered for base motive, prosecution tell jury

A man has pleaded not guilty to the capital murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe at the Central Criminal Court. The garda was shot during a robbery at...

Roscommon · January 28, 2020

Suspended sentence for drunk driver who crashed into nurse was "too lenient"

Alan Craughwell (35) of Athlone, Co Westmeath, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm following a collision with a nurse on December...

Castlebar · January 27, 2020

Trial date set for man accused of murdering his mother

A 26-year-old man from Castlebar, County Mayo has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of his mother. Celyn...

Mayo · January 27, 2020

Two years for man who sexually assaulted woman with special needs

A 59-year-old Mayo man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following his guilty plea to sexually assaulting a woman...

Drumcliff · January 20, 2020

Garda feared for life and fired shot after "hit team" member drove at him

A garda discharged his firearm at the Special Criminal Court after fearing for his life and that of a man he was restraining when a jeep was driven towards...

Leitrim · January 17, 2020

Woman raped by two men says attacks ruined her life

A woman has described how she was raped by two men after losing consciousness at a house party in County Leitrim in 2017. Following an eleven-day trial at the...

Mayo · January 14, 2020

Ireland's longest serving prisoner seeks temporary release

John Shaw, aged 73 and Ireland's longest-serving prisoner, pursued an appeal at the Court of Appeal in January 2020 challenging the Minister for Justice's...

Convoy · January 13, 2020

Getaway driver set himself alight while trying to burn out car used in murder

A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Douglas, a 55-year-old shot six times at his shop in Dublin's Liberties on 1 July 2016....

Mayo · December 20, 2019

Rapist father "a highly manipulative person", appeal court finds

A County Mayo man convicted of raping his daughter over a sustained period has had his appeal against conviction dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The man,...

Monaghan · December 20, 2019

Claim over alleged unlawful incarceration for failure to pay debt is struck out

The High Court has struck out a damages claim brought by a man who was imprisoned in Mountjoy prison over Christmas 2007 for non-payment of debts. Mr Justice...

Sligo · December 19, 2019

"Arrogant" double rapist fails in appeal

A man convicted of raping two women at his Sligo apartment has failed in his appeal against conviction at the Court of Appeal. Clement Limen, aged 47, of...

Mayo · December 18, 2019

NI man caught with child abuse imagery on phone avoids jail

A man from County Down pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of child sexual abuse material discovered on his mobile phone. The...

Castlebar · December 16, 2019 Also covered in Ballina

Double murderer who bludgeoned special needs brothers to death told to "rot in hell"

Alan Cawley, aged 32, from Ballina in County Mayo, has exhausted his appeal against two murder convictions at the Court of Appeal in Dublin. Cawley was...

Strokestown · December 13, 2019

11 years for robber who left shopkeeper with life-changing injuries after hammer attack

A man from Strokestown, County Longford, has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment following a violent hammer attack on a Dublin shopkeeper in March...

Kingscourt · December 10, 2019

20 months for hit-and-run driver who admitted drink driving

A man has been sentenced to twenty months' imprisonment following a fatal collision on the Naas Road in Dublin on 31 January 2016. Anthony Corcoran, aged 39,...

Donegal · December 10, 2019

Pensioner's abuse conviction is upheld

A pensioner from Crolly, Co Donegal, has failed in his appeal against conviction for indecently assaulting a teenage boy over three decades ago. The...

Kingscourt · December 09, 2019

Hit-and-run driver told gardai he had been drinking

Anthony Corcoran, aged 39, of Newcastle, County Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to failure to remain at the scene with intent to...

Cavan · December 06, 2019

Jury acquits "tiger-raid" accused on all charges

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has acquitted Patrick Carroll on all charges relating to a €90,000 post office robbery in September 2014. The...

Milford · December 05, 2019

Extradition of men wanted for attempted murder of PSNI officer should be refused, lawyers say

Two Dublin men wanted in Northern Ireland on charges of attempted murder of a Police Service of Northern Ireland officer have had their extradition hearing...

Mayo · December 02, 2019

"Moronically stupid": disgraced politician's son lit firework in Copper's

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Oliver Callely (27) of Clontarf, Dublin, pleaded guilty to igniting fireworks at Copper Face Jacks nightclub on Harcourt...

Ballyshannon · December 02, 2019

Addict who staged talented musician's suicide has rest of sentence suspended

A woman from Sligo has had the remainder of her four-year prison sentence suspended by the Central Criminal Court following her conviction for impeding the...

Drumlish · November 29, 2019 Also covered in Edgeworthstown

Beef protest injunction lifted

The High Court has struck out injunctions that were secured in September against two men accused of blockading and intimidating workers at a pet food...

Donegal · November 28, 2019

Jailed pensioner appeals conviction for abusing teenage boy

A 74-year-old man from Crolly, County Donegal, appeared before the Court of Appeal on 28 November to challenge his conviction for sexually abusing a teenage...

Sligo · November 27, 2019

Sister who "staged" musician's suicide to help murderer brother may have rest of sentence suspended

A Sligo woman has been sentenced to four years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for staging a crime scene to obstruct the prosecution of her...

Carrickmacross · November 25, 2019

Scammer stole thousands from "vulnerable" woman

A 46-year-old man from Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, has been imprisoned for 14 months following a conviction at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing...

Mayo · November 22, 2019

Man tries to effect "citizen's arrest" on DPP solicitor

A lay litigant with addresses in County Mayo attempted to effect a citizen's arrest on a solicitor from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions...

Donegal · November 22, 2019

Men wanted for attempted murder of PSNI officer raise constitutional rights concerns

Two Dublin men wanted in Northern Ireland for the alleged attempted murder of a PSNI officer have sought access to documents relating to their arrest and...

Cavan · November 21, 2019

Accused are members of IRA "guerilla army", senior garda tells trial

At the Special Criminal Court, a Detective Chief Superintendent presented evidence regarding two men charged with membership of an unlawful organisation...

Cavan · November 20, 2019

IRA accused met with Old Bailey bomber Marian Price, trial hears

Two men charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army in connection with the March 2013 killing of dissident...

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