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Drumlish · October 12, 2016

Number on SIM card called garda station, explosives trial hears

A trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin has heard evidence concerning a mobile telephone number allegedly linked to bomb threats made during the State...

Drumlish · October 11, 2016

Explosives trial hears of car search

The trial of Donal Billings, aged 65, of St Bridget's Court, Drumlish, County Longford, continues before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin. Mr Billings has...

Lanesborough · October 11, 2016

Man caught with child porn not charged for 3.5 years due to garda backlog, court hears

A man from Lanesborough has been convicted of possession of child sexual abuse material at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Paul Devine, aged 45, pleaded guilty...

Drumlish · October 10, 2016

Caller said mortars set at Dublin Castle during Queen's visit, trial hears

A man from County Longford is on trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin accused of making false bomb threats during a state visit in May 2011. Donal...

Monaghan · October 10, 2016

High Court lifts freezing order

Ms Justice Caroline Costello has lifted freezing orders on bank accounts at the High Court following agreement by the account holders to transfer funds to the...

Drumlish · October 07, 2016

Irish-language trial hears of phone allegedly used to make threats

A 65-year-old man from Drumlish in County Longford has pleaded not guilty to charges of making false bomb threat reports during Queen Elizabeth II's visit to...

Granard · October 06, 2016

Woman sat on fellow prisoner during assault

A Longford woman has received a suspended sentence for her role in an assault on a fellow inmate at the Dochas Centre women's prison in Dublin. Marian Leddy,...

Ballina · October 06, 2016 Also covered in Drumlish

Anonymous caller claimed bombs were "for the Queen"

A 65-year-old man from Drumlish, County Longford, denies five charges relating to bomb threats made during the Queen of Britain's 2011 visit to Ireland. The...

Ballina · October 05, 2016 Also covered in Drumlish

Gardaí found bomb aboard Dublin-bound bus on eve of Queen's visit

A Special Criminal Court trial has heard that gardaí discovered an improvised explosive device on a passenger bus bound for Dublin on the eve of a royal visit...

Ballina · October 04, 2016 Also covered in Drumlish

Gardaí received bomb threats on eve of Queen's visit to Ireland, trial hears

A man charged in connection with bomb threats made to Longford garda station during a state visit by Queen Elizabeth II in May 2011 has pleaded not guilty to...

Ballisodare · August 25, 2016

IRA accused granted bail

Two men from County Sligo have been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court following their arrest in Co Leitrim during an operation targeting dissident...

Ballisodare · August 16, 2016

Two men charged with IRA membership

Two men from County Sligo have been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army. Damhan McFadden, aged 27, of...

Inniskeen · July 29, 2016

Probation Act for man who shot burglar at elderly father's farm

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a 51-year-old man from Inniskeen, County Monaghan, was given the benefit of the Probation Act after pleading guilty to...

Letterkenny · July 29, 2016

74-year-old man charged in connection with killing of M15 spy is granted bail

A 74-year-old man has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court following his arrest in County Donegal on charges relating to the 2006 killing of Denis...

Carrickmacross · July 29, 2016

Issues over interconnector case referred to European Courts

A High Court judge has referred legal questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding cost allocation in proceedings connected to the...

Killybegs · July 29, 2016

Dutch skipper of former "Atlantic Dawn" fails in appeal against conviction for breaching fishing regulations

A Dutch skipper has failed in his appeal against conviction for breaching EU fishing regulations in Irish waters. Gerrit Plug, aged 59, was found guilty by...

Kenagh · July 28, 2016

Application to jail father of family who illegally moved in to council house

An application to commit to prison the father of a family accused of unlawfully occupying a local authority house in Kenagh, Co Longford, was adjourned by the...

Ballyshannon · July 28, 2016 Also covered in Letterkenny

74-year-old man charged with withholding information over killing of MI5 agent

A 74-year-old man appeared before the Special Criminal Court on Thursday charged with withholding information relating to the 2006 killing of Denis Donaldson,...

Leitrim · July 27, 2016

Retired D4 guesthouse owner jailed for historic abuse of niece

A retired guesthouse owner has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment following his conviction for the sexual abuse of his young niece during a 1985 summer...

Donegal · July 27, 2016

Jail for IRA man caught with assault rifles in Slane

Shane Rowan, aged 39, from Forest Park, Killygordan, County Donegal, has been sentenced to seven and a half years' imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court...

Convoy · July 25, 2016

Sentence cut for attempted cash van robbery

A man's sentence for attempted robbery of a cash-in-transit van has been reduced by the Court of Appeal. Joseph Warren, aged 32, was convicted by jury at...

Donegal · July 19, 2016

Donegal man pleads guilty to possession of AK47-type rifles

A 39-year-old man from Killygordan in County Donegal has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin to multiple charges including possession of...

Killala · July 19, 2016

Great-granddad received "chilling" text messages during garda detention

A man from Cabra West in Dublin has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, following his conviction for involvement...

Ballyconnell · July 18, 2016

DPP to appeal Pearse McAuley's 12-year sentence for attacking estranged wife

The Director of Public Prosecutions will argue before the Court of Appeal in November that a 12-year prison sentence imposed on a man for attacking his...

Donegal · July 14, 2016

Self-proclaimed "whistle-blower" found guilty of harassing garda

A Dublin man has been convicted of harassing a garda sergeant through approximately 50 online posts and harassing phone calls over a two-year period. Sean...

Ballymahon · July 13, 2016 Also covered in Granard

Longford man was in "dire financial circumstances" when he allowed IED construction at his home

A 29-year-old man from Ballymahon, County Longford, has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court, with one year...

Sligo · July 11, 2016

Paedophile jailed for abusing his daughter

A man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with the final year suspended for three years, at the Central Criminal Court for the sexual abuse of his...

Cavan · July 07, 2016

Ruling on dangerous driving causing death trial overturned

The Court of Appeal has overturned a Circuit Court ruling that a man was unfit to stand trial for dangerous driving causing death. Robert Harrison, aged 25,...

Donegal · July 07, 2016

Assault rifle accused faces additional charge

A 39-year-old man from Killygordan in County Donegal has been charged with unlawful possession of ammunition before the Special Criminal Court. Shane Rowan...

Donegal · July 07, 2016

Harassment accused considers himself "whistleblower", trial hears

A man charged with harassing a garda sergeant considers himself a whistleblower exposing police corruption, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. Sean...

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