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Castlebar · February 15, 2018

Alleged trespassers "demanded €10,000 per caravan" to leave business park, High Court told

A fund-appointed receiver has initiated High Court proceedings at the N5 Business Park in Moneen, Castlebar, Co Mayo, seeking the removal of alleged...

Cavan · February 14, 2018

Jury deliberating in staged suicide trial

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberating in the trial of a 34-year-old Latvian woman charged with impeding the prosecution of her boyfriend...

Longford · February 14, 2018

Murder accused's partner feared revenge

A woman testified at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday that she feared reprisals from associates of a man fatally stabbed in Longford in 2016. Inita...

Sligo · February 14, 2018

Wind-farm developer secures injunction against winding-up petition

A wind-farm developer operating in County Sligo has obtained a temporary High Court injunction preventing a quarrying company from pursuing a winding-up...

Cavan · February 13, 2018

Jury asked to consider defences of duress and reasonable excuse

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been instructed to consider defences of duress and reasonable excuse in the trial of a 34-year-old woman charged with...

Longford · February 13, 2018

Murder accused told garda he was "going to sort out" deaceased

At the Central Criminal Court, a garda gave evidence that a murder accused had expressed intent to "sort out" the deceased hours before a fatal stabbing in...

Longford · February 13, 2018

Murder accused had been beaten up by deceased, partner tells trial

At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, the trial of Rihards Lavickis, a 25-year-old Latvian man from Annaly Court, Longford, heard evidence relating to the...

Cavan · February 13, 2018

"A series of most unfortunate events": Tribunal hears closing submissions

The Disclosures Tribunal heard closing submissions on its first module of inquiry concerning false allegations of sexual abuse made against garda...

Cavan · February 12, 2018

Accused's violent childhood left her with "limited ability" to defy abusive partner, psychiatrist tells trial

A trial at the Central Criminal Court heard evidence that a 34-year-old woman accused of impeding the prosecution of her partner in connection with a death...

Claremorris · February 12, 2018 Also covered in Castlebar

Teen who killed schoolmate needs brain surgery, sentence hearing told

A teenager convicted of manslaughter in connection with a fatal stabbing in County Mayo has had his sentencing adjourned pending brain surgery. The Central...

Cavan · February 09, 2018

Suspect neo-nazi killer being "spoon fed" after injuries sustained in violent kidnap, trial hears

A 34-year-old Latvian woman is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with impeding the prosecution of a man suspected of murdering Antra Ozolina, a...

Edgeworthstown · February 09, 2018

Latvian man admitted stabbing man to death in row over broken windows

A 25-year-old Latvian man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a Polish construction worker at the Central Criminal Court. Rihards Lavickis of Annaly...

Cavan · February 08, 2018

Woman accused of simulating housemate's suicide told gardai of row over car loan

A 34-year-old woman from Latvia is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a man in connection with...

Cavan · February 08, 2018

Woman said she was "in fear for her life" when she simulated housemate's suicide

A 34-year-old Latvian woman is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a man in connection with the...

Longford · February 08, 2018

State rejects manslaughter plea by murder accused

A 25-year-old man charged with murder in Longford in 2016 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, but the State has rejected the lesser plea. Rihards Lavickis, of...

Cavan · February 07, 2018

Woman accused of simulating housemate's suicide was "acting strangely", trial told

A 34-year-old Latvian woman has pleaded not guilty to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a man in connection with a death in Co Cavan. The trial at...

Achill · February 07, 2018

Burglar tied up and threatened family with imitation firearm

A Dublin man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for his role in an aggravated burglary at a home in Crumlin on 7 December 2013. Declan Maxwell, then...

Cavan · February 07, 2018

Victim's daughter tells simulated suicide trial that mother was "happy person"

A daughter testified at the Central Criminal Court that her mother, a 49-year-old Latvian woman, was a contented and healthy person with no medical ailments....

Cavan · February 07, 2018

Retired garda civil servant denies "going after McCabe" remark

A retired garda civil servant has denied telling a colleague that the garda legal team was "going after" Sergeant Maurice McCabe, a garda whistleblower. The...

Cavan · February 06, 2018

Woman faked housemate's suicide out of "fear", jury to hear

A 34-year-old Latvian woman has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a person in connection with a...

Cavan · February 05, 2018

Woman to go on trial charged with simulating suicide of homicide victim

A 34-year-old woman is set to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a man in connection with a...

Cavan · February 05, 2018

Schoolboy (18) sexually assaulted cousin (15) after "developing crush"

A County Cavan man pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to sexually assaulting his 15-year-old cousin as she slept beside him at his home in May 2015....

Cavan · February 04, 2018

Retired garda chief apologises over congratulatory circular

A retired garda chief superintendent has apologised to the Charleton Tribunal for a 2011 circular sent to stations in the Cavan-Monaghan division...

Arva · February 02, 2018

Cannabis "gardener" has balance of sentence suspended on appeal

A Polish national has successfully appealed his sentence for cannabis cultivation at Cavan Circuit Criminal Court. Stanislaw Gronski, aged 44, of Hill Lodge,...

Ballaghaderreen · February 02, 2018

Reserved judgement in State's bid to dismiss Peter Pringle damages claim

The High Court has reserved judgement on the State's application to dismiss a damages claim brought by Peter Pringle, whose murder conviction was overturned...

Ballybay · February 01, 2018

Drug mule in poor health avoids jail over €50k cannabis bust

A Lithuanian man charged with importing cannabis worth €58,820 through Dublin Airport has received a fully suspended three-year sentence. Egidijus Sniauksta,...

Roscommon · January 31, 2018

State bids to dismiss damages claim by man wrongly convicted of 1980 garda murder

The State sought dismissal of a damages claim brought by a man whose conviction for the 1980 murders of two gardaí in Ballaghadreen, County Roscommon, was...

Ballymahon · January 30, 2018

Cage fighter who beat man and left him to drown in Shannon has murder conviction upheld

The Court of Appeal in Dublin has upheld murder convictions against two men in connection with the death of a 23-year-old in County Roscommon in June 2014....

Castleblayney · January 29, 2018

PHD student jailed for life after brutally murdering mum-of-three for pay

A man from Castleblayney, County Monaghan has been sentenced to life imprisonment following his guilty plea to the murder of a 43-year-old mother of three at...

Convoy · January 29, 2018

Dispute over facts of IRA firearms case

A man from County Dublin has had his sentencing adjourned at the Special Criminal Court following a disagreement between prosecutors and the defence over the...

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