"Wake up and help us": Tribunal chairman requests new statements from senior gardai
The Charleton tribunal has requested new statements from four senior gardaí regarding an October 2013 meeting in Letterkenny, County Donegal, which prompted...
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Tusla official tells tribunal she felt professional integrity was "attacked"
Two senior Tusla officials from County Donegal have told the Charleton tribunal that allegations of improper pressure on the child protection agency have...
Child rapist an "animal" who subjected victim to 12 years of "sexual and mental torture"
A man from Mayo has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to twenty counts of child sexual abuse against a boy over a twelve-year period between 1997...
Partner tells tribunal that garda did not want whistleblower fame
At the Charleton tribunal in Dublin, the partner of Garda Keith Harrison testified that he did not seek recognition as a whistleblower. Ms Marisa Simms...
Four are charged in connection with Peter Butterly murder
Four men appeared before the Special Criminal Court in September 2017 following charges connected to the fatal shooting of Peter Butterly, aged thirty-five,...
Date set for child-minder's retrial on charge of serious harm to infant
A retrial date has been set for a Cavan childminder charged with causing serious harm to an infant. Sandra Higgins, aged 36, of The Beeches, Drumgola Wood,...
Man who bought car used in murder of NI prison officer is found guilty of IRA membership
Vincent Banks, aged 47 and residing at Smithfield Gate Apartments in Dublin 7, has been convicted by the Special Criminal Court of membership of an unlawful...
High Court rejects bid to appeal extradition over Brexit
The High Court has rejected an application for leave to appeal against the extradition of a Roscommon man wanted in the United Kingdom in connection with a...
Former GAA coach has conviction for sexually abusing boys upheld
A former GAA coach's conviction for sexually abusing five boys has been upheld by the Court of Appeal. Ronan McCormack, aged 75, from Cuppanagh, Cloonloo, Co...
Charleton Tribunal completes first module
The Charleton Tribunal has concluded its first module of proceedings examining allegations that garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe was targeted by a...
Retired teacher (77) to face historic abuse charge
A 77-year-old retired teacher with an address in County Donegal has been ordered by the High Court to be extradited to the United Kingdom to face a charge of...
High Court to decide on extradition of man wanted in connection with murder of NI prison officer
A 40-year-old man arrested in County Donegal is awaiting a High Court decision on his extradition to Northern Ireland. Damien Joseph McLaughlin, with an...
Singer Tommy Fleming awarded damages over TV station's copyright breach
A High Court judge has awarded €150,000 in damages to singer Tommy Fleming, his wife Tina Mitchell Fleming, and their company TF Productions following an...
Garda tells Tribunal she never received "instruction" to inform Commissioner's Office that allegation was false
A garda inspector testified at the Charleton tribunal that she received no instruction to inform the Office of the Garda Commissioner that an allegation of...
Cawley found guilty of "wanton, savage" double murder of elderly brothers
Alan Cawley, then aged 30 and from Ballina in County Mayo, was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court in July 2017 of murdering two elderly brothers at...
Two wanted over attempted murder of PSNI officer granted leave to seek judicial review
Two men sought by Northern Irish authorities in connection with the attempted murder of a PSNI officer have been granted leave to pursue judicial review at...
Non-jury court to deliver verdict in trial of IRA accused arrested in connection with murder of NI prison officer
A three-judge panel at the Special Criminal Court has delivered its verdict in the trial of Vincent Banks, a Dublin man charged with membership of an unlawful...
Jury have to consider whether double murder accused had mental disorder
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberating in a double murder trial concerning a 30-year-old man from Ballina, County Mayo. Alan Cawley has...
Men wanted on charge of attempted murder of PSNI officer seek garda records
Two men wanted in Northern Ireland on charges of attempted murder of a PSNI officer and possession of explosives with intent to endanger life have brought...
Jail for serial phone thief
A 28-year-old man from Tallaght has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to stealing five iPhones...
Whistleblower bullied and called a "rat", barrister tells tribunal
A garda whistleblower was subjected to hostility and bullying within the Cavan-Monaghan division, the Charleton tribunal heard. Sergeant Maurice McCabe's...
Mayo man took decision to kill elderly brothers in "acts of extreme violence", State tells jury
The trial of a thirty-year-old Ballina man charged with the murders of two elderly brothers concluded at the Central Criminal Court in July 2017, with closing...
71-year-old woman to be extradited on charge of assisting in rape of her daughter
A 71-year-old UK citizen with an address in County Roscommon has been ordered to be surrendered to British authorities to face charges of assisting in the...
Intoxication led Mayo man to extremely violent acts, psychiatrist tells murder trial
A State forensic psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that a Mayo man was voluntarily intoxicated when he killed two elderly brothers with special...
Whistleblower forced to "retreat to garda station" after confrontation with accuser's family
A tribunal examining allegations of a smear campaign against garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe heard evidence relating to incidents that occurred in...
Murder accused did not have mental disorders in law, forensic psychiatrist tells trial
A forensic psychiatrist for the State has told the Central Criminal Court that a Co Mayo man accused of murder did not have mental disorders recognised in...
"Real risk" man wanted in connection with NI prison officer murder would face "inhumane treatment"
A 40-year-old man from Belfast, arrested in County Donegal in March on a European Arrest Warrant, appeared before the High Court on 19 July to contest his...
Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe no longer trusts anybody, tribunal hears
At the Charleton tribunal on 19 July, the inquiry into whether Sergeant Maurice McCabe was targeted by a smear campaign heard testimony from Superintendent...
Car was used in murder of NI prison officer, prosecution say
At the Special Criminal Court, the prosecution presented evidence that a Toyota Camry allegedly used in the November 2012 fatal shooting of Northern Ireland...
Mental disorders diminished killer's responsibility, psychiatrist tells trial
A consultant psychiatrist has testified at the Central Criminal Court that a 30-year-old man accused of killing two elderly brothers in Castlebar was...
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