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Raphoe · December 14, 2018

Man who hit fellow coaching student with car avoids jail

A 21-year-old Dublin man has received a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting a fellow soccer coaching student with his car at...

Letterkenny · December 12, 2018

Men wanted for alleged attempted murder of PSNI officer challenge their arrest

Two Dublin men wanted in Northern Ireland for the alleged attempted murder of a police officer have challenged their arrest and detention in Co Donegal...

Monaghan · December 07, 2018

Serial burglar tells court he wants to become "honest member of society"

A 29-year-old man from Ballymun pleaded guilty to burglary at Copper Face Jacks nightclub in Dublin on 27 May 2017. Jason Whelan admitted stealing...

Cavan · December 07, 2018

Man guilty of tiger kidnapping at home of post mistress

Paschal Kelly, aged 53, with an address in Cootehill, County Cavan, has been convicted of tiger kidnapping, false imprisonment and robbery at Dublin Circuit...

Cavan · December 06, 2018

Judge warns jury about ID evidence in tiger kidnapping trial

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the trial of Paschal Kelly, aged 53, from Cootehill, Co. Cavan, who has pleaded not guilty...

Convoy · December 05, 2018

"Foot solider" helped criminal organisation murder David Douglas

A man has been remanded in custody at the Special Criminal Court pending sentencing after admitting his role as a junior participant in the murder of David...

Cavan · December 05, 2018

State's case "riddled with doubts and unanswered questions", defence tell tiger kidnap trial

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the defence barrister in a tiger kidnapping trial has submitted that the State's case against Paschal Kelly, aged 52 and...

Sligo · December 05, 2018

"This is a tragedy": murder trial collapses after "Prime Time" segment

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has collapsed following broadcast content on RTÉ's Prime Time programme concerning the legal defence of...

Sligo · December 04, 2018

Jury deliberating in trial of man accused of musician's murder

A jury at the Central Criminal Court is deliberating in the trial of a Sligo man charged with the murder of a musician. Keith Brady, aged 31 and from Cartron...

Cavan · December 04, 2018

On-the-run abuser sentenced to 7 years in absentia

A man in his twenties has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in absentia at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction for sexually abusing a...

Cavan · December 04, 2018

"Mass of evidence" points to tiger kidnap accused's guilt, prosecution say

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, prosecution counsel has outlined what it characterises as compelling evidence linking Paschal Kelly, aged 52, from...

Sligo · December 03, 2018

Jail for homeless man who demanded €20k and weekly protection money

A 31-year-old homeless man has been jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to demanding money with menaces. Brendan...

Sligo · November 30, 2018

Killing of "true gent" was "deliberate and conscious", prosecution tell jury

A 31-year-old man from Cartron Estate in Sligo is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with murdering Martin Kivlehan, a 59-year-old musician,...

Rooskey · November 29, 2018

Disputed hotel will open to asylum seekers in early January, court told

The High Court heard on Thursday that the 39-room Shannon Key West Hotel at Rooskey, on the Leitrim-Roscommon border, is set to accommodate asylum seekers...

Sligo · November 29, 2018

Murder accused withdrew admission before making prison confession

A Sligo man charged with murder at the Central Criminal Court has pleaded not guilty to killing a musician but guilty to manslaughter. Keith Brady, aged 31,...

Ballisodare · November 28, 2018

Accused admits helping IRA transport mortar

A 29-year-old man from Ballysodare in County Sligo has pleaded guilty before the Special Criminal Court to assisting an unlawful organisation by transporting...

Sligo · November 27, 2018

Killing of musician "a moment of madness", murder accused told gardai

A man charged with murder in connection with the death of a Sligo musician has told gardaí that the killing was "a moment of madness" following drug use....

Sligo · November 27, 2018

Unusual meeting between prisoners held on "humanitarian grounds", superintendent tells trial

A superintendent has told the Central Criminal Court that he facilitated an unusual meeting between two detained siblings on humanitarian grounds rather than...

Cavan · November 27, 2018

Former accused turned State's witness describes role in shooting of dissident republican

A protected State's witness testified at the Special Criminal Court on the circumstances surrounding the 2013 shooting death of dissident republican Peter...

Sligo · November 26, 2018

Murder accused said he was "off his head" when he stabbed musician

A 31-year-old man from Sligo town is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with murdering a local musician in August 2015. The accused has pleaded...

Cavan · November 26, 2018

Detective tells trial he believes tiger kidnap accused has links to organised crime

A detective has testified at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he holds the view a man accused of involvement in a €90,000 tiger kidnapping in 2014 has...

Cavan · November 26, 2018

Butterly murder accused pleads guilty to impeding firearms investigation

Frank Murphy, aged fifty-eight, of Bettystown in County Meath, pleaded guilty before the Special Criminal Court to obstructing the apprehension or prosecution...

Sligo · November 23, 2018

Accused told gardai he "never murdered anyone"

Keith Brady, of Cartron Estate in Sligo, is charged with the murder of Martin Kivlehan, a musician, at his home on Holborn Street between 2nd and 3rd August...

Cavan · November 23, 2018

Detectives who identified tiger kidnap accused previously took part in his arrest, trial told

A man from Cootehill, County Cavan, has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an alleged tiger kidnapping in September...

Enniskillen · November 23, 2018

Downey to seek discovery of UK state documents in extradition fight

A High Court hearing into the extradition of John Downey to face charges arising from a 1972 bombing in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, has been adjourned to...

Cavan · November 23, 2018

Man admits helping IRA carry out murder of dissident republican

Michael McDermott, a fifty-nine-year-old man from Ballinagh in County Cavan, has pleaded guilty before the Special Criminal Court to assisting an unlawful...

Bundoran · November 22, 2018

Musician likely to have been incapacitated when stabbed to death, trial hears

At the Central Criminal Court, a pathologist has given evidence that a musician found dead in his Sligo home was severely intoxicated at the time of his...

Cavan · November 22, 2018

Murder accused taken from court in ambulance

A man on trial at the Special Criminal Court for the murder of a father-of-two was removed from proceedings in an ambulance after falling unwell before the...

Sligo · November 21, 2018

Musician slumped in chair or sitting on ground when wound inflicted, expert tells jury

A scenes of crime expert has told the Central Criminal Court that a musician found dead in his Sligo home was likely in a seated or recumbent position when...

Cavan · November 21, 2018

Tiger kidnap trial enters seventh week

The trial of Paschal Kelly, aged 52 and from Cootehill, Co. Cavan, has entered its seventh week at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Mr Kelly has pleaded not...

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