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Aughavas · May 20, 2019

Psychic had responsibility for account that transferred €660k, trial hears

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a 54-year-old man from Aughavas, County Leitrim, pleaded not guilty to 22 charges including money laundering, theft,...

Aughavas · May 17, 2019

Psychic told gardai he used alternative names to stop them tracking him

Simon Gold, aged 54, from Aughavas, County Leitrim, pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 22 charges of money laundering, theft, deception...

Aughavas · May 16, 2019

Man on trial accused of €1.7m deception

A 54-year-old man from Aughavas, County Leitrim, has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with defrauding five men of approximately €1.7...

Roscommon · May 16, 2019

Teachers challenge decision to redeploy them

Two secondary school teachers from Roscommon Town have initiated High Court judicial review proceedings challenging their redeployment. Aisling McTiernan and...

Convoy · May 13, 2019

Asst Commissioner gives belief evidence at IRA trial

A Garda Assistant Commissioner has given evidence at the Special Criminal Court that he believes a County Louth man is a member of the IRA. Michael Connolly,...

Ballybofey · May 13, 2019

Former school principal who avoided jail for €200k theft is jailed after appeal

A former school principal from Ballybofey, County Donegal, has been sent to prison following a Court of Appeal ruling that his original suspended sentence was...

Letterkenny · May 13, 2019

Woman takes High Court action over suspension from housing list

A 66-year-old woman from Co Donegal has initiated High Court judicial review proceedings against Donegal County Council's decision to suspend her from its...

Monaghan · May 01, 2019

Serial offender jailed over nine burglaries

A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following guilty pleas to nine burglaries and one count of...

Castlefinn · April 29, 2019

Trial date set for Jasmine McMonagle murder accused

The Central Criminal Court has scheduled a trial for June 10, 2020, in the case of Richard Burke, who faces a charge of murder in connection with the death of...

Castlebar · April 29, 2019

Disgraced garda loses appeal over sex assault on sleeping woman

A former garda has failed in his appeal against a two-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a sleeping woman at a Mayo hotel in July 2015. The...

Letterkenny · April 29, 2019

11 years for father who repeatedly raped teen daughter

A man from Castlefin in County Donegal has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment following his conviction for the repeated rape of his teenage daughter....

Castleblayney · April 29, 2019

IRA man to be sentenced next month

A 56-year-old mechanic from Castleblayney, County Monaghan, convicted of membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, will...

Bundoran · April 15, 2019

Mary Lowry's evidence "devious poison", defence tell Moonlight jury

At the Central Criminal Court, defence counsel Bernard Condon SC characterised Mary Lowry's evidence as fundamentally unreliable during closing arguments in...

Convoy · April 12, 2019

Violent burglar has sentence increased over attack led by Dessie O'Hare

A Dublin man who participated in a violent assault and false imprisonment as part of an organised eviction has had his prison sentence increased by the Court...

Bailieborough · April 12, 2019

"Gross negligence" conviction for shooting wife dead is upheld

The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction and sentence of Oliver Kierans, a man from Bailieborough, County Cavan, for the manslaughter of his wife...

Donegal · April 11, 2019

Jury heard secret recording where victim confronted brother about rape

A 43-year-old man from Donegal has been convicted of sexually abusing his sister during their childhood. The Central Criminal Court jury returned unanimous...

Convoy · April 11, 2019

"Border Fox" jailed for seven years by non-jury court

A man known as "The Border Fox" has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court for his role in forcibly evicting a family from...

Letterkenny · April 08, 2019

Father-of-six raped teen daughter once a week

A man from Castlefin in County Donegal has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to raping his teenage daughter repeatedly over an eight-month period...

Enniskillen · April 05, 2019

Downey gets date to appeal extradition over 1972 Enniskillen bombing

A 67-year-old man from County Donegal has been granted a date to appeal his extradition to Northern Ireland over charges relating to a 1972 bombing in...

Bailieborough · April 04, 2019

Husband appeals "gross negligence" conviction for shooting wife dead

Oliver Kierans, aged 60, of Drumbannon in Bailieborough, County Cavan, has appealed his conviction and sentence following the death of his wife at their home...

Convoy · April 03, 2019

"Border Fox" O'Hare told gardai he was working for Jim Mansfield Jnr

A 62-year-old man from County Armagh has been remanded in custody pending sentence at the Special Criminal Court following admissions to assault and false...

Castlebar · April 02, 2019 Also covered in Ballinrobe

Businessman left in "severe stress" after theft of catering equipment

A Mayo businessman described suffering severe physical, mental and financial stress following the theft of catering equipment valued at over €10,000 from his...

Castlebar · April 01, 2019 Also covered in Ballina

Man jailed for double murder of elderly brothers gets date for appeal

Alan Cawley, aged 31, from Ballina in County Mayo, has been granted an appeal hearing date of 21 June following his conviction for the murder of two elderly...

Cavan · April 01, 2019

Pair jailed for their roles in murder of dissident republican

Two men have been convicted and sentenced by the Special Criminal Court in connection with the 2013 murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly. Michael...

Longford · April 01, 2019

Child porn distributor "well advised" to drop appeal

A man from Knockloughlin in County Longford has withdrawn an appeal against his sentence for distributing child sexual abuse material, following advice from...

Drumcliff · March 29, 2019

14 months for speeding, "barely over the limit" driver who caused death of woman (92)

A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 months imprisonment for dangerous driving causing death at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. James Dingle, of...

Longford · March 29, 2019

Pair jailed following €645k drugs seizure

Two men from Dublin have been sentenced following their involvement in a significant drugs seizure and money laundering operation. Patrick Kavanagh, aged 59,...

Border · March 27, 2019

Forensic anthropologist "doubtful" that Ryan fracture caused by falling concrete

A forensic anthropologist giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court has expressed doubt that a fractured femur found on the remains of Bobby Ryan could...

Strokestown · March 22, 2019

Teen gets four years over violent escape from Oberstown

A 19-year-old man from Strokestown, County Longford, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for violent offences...

Longford · March 21, 2019

Drug dealer who stabbed man to death in broad daylight guilty of murder by unanimous verdict

A man has been convicted of murder following a fatal stabbing in Longford town centre. Rihards Lavickis, aged 26, with an address at Annaly Court in Longford,...

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