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Convoy · March 11, 2016

54-year-old man from small community jailed for abusing 14-year-old girl he knew all her life

A 54-year-old man from Convoy, County Donegal, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court following his conviction on six...

Donegal · March 11, 2016

Man charged with possession of assault rifles and ammo at out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court

Shane Rowan, aged 39, from Forest Park, Killygordan, County Donegal, was charged at an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court with possession of...

Carndonagh · February 29, 2016

Donegal man to stand trial accused of murdering his parents

A 43-year-old man from Carndonagh in County Donegal has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court on charges of murdering his parents. Julian...

Donegal Town · February 26, 2016

21-year-old man acquitted of Donegal rape

A 21-year-old man has been acquitted at the Central Criminal Court of rape allegations arising from an incident in Donegal Town in July 2012. The accused had...

Convoy · February 26, 2016

Suspicions of off-duty garda led to €1.3 million cannabis bust

A father and son from Drogheda have had their appeals against prison sentences dismissed by the Court of Appeal following their conviction for cannabis...

Donegal Town · February 25, 2016

Rape trial jury to resume deliberations

The jury in a rape trial at the Central Criminal Court is to resume deliberations tomorrow following over two hours of consideration today. The accused, now...

Tubbercurry · February 24, 2016

Does the media have a constitutional right to publish material, which overrides a jury verdict of defamation?

The Supreme Court has granted leave to appeal in McDonagh v Sunday World, a significant defamation case concerning the limits of jury verdicts and media...

Donegal Town · February 24, 2016

Consensual sexual contact “not a blank cheque” to force sex on someone, trial jury told

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been told that prior consensual sexual contact does not permit subsequent forced intercourse. The trial concerns a...

Donegal Town · February 23, 2016

Rape accused told gardai he was "very very sorry", trial hears

A man from Donegal Town is on trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of rape alleged to have occurred in July 2012. During garda interviews following...

Donegal Town · February 19, 2016

Woman denies making rape allegation in response to being "mocked"

A trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence concerning an alleged rape in a Donegal town alleyway in July 2012. The accused has pleaded not...

Donegal Town · February 18, 2016

Complainant tells trial medical examination was "nearly worse" than alleged rape

A trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence from a woman who alleges she was raped in an alleyway in Donegal Town in July 2012 when she was...

Roscommon · February 18, 2016

Roscommon man who stabbed his mother to death is committed to Central Mental Hospital

A 29-year-old man from Roscommon has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital following his acquittal on grounds of insanity for the 2011 stabbing death...

Roscommon · February 17, 2016

Roscommon man who stabbed his mother to death found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity

A 29-year-old man from Roscommon has been found not guilty of murdering his mother by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. Paul Henry was charged...

Cavan · February 16, 2016

Man who admitted role in killing Adil Essalhi to be sentenced in April

A 22-year-old man who admitted to manslaughter in connection with a fatal stabbing will be sentenced in April at the Central Criminal Court. Michael Kinsella,...

Roscommon · February 16, 2016

Mother was "prepared to sacrifice her own happiness and her marriage" for son who killed her, jury told

A man from Roscommon has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his mother by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. Paul Henry, aged 29, is charged...

Roscommon · February 16, 2016

Jury hears that man who stabbed his mother to death did not have capacity to form intent

A forensic psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that a 29-year-old Roscommon man lacked the capacity to form intent when he stabbed his mother to...

Castlebar · February 16, 2016

5 Notorious Irish Murder Cases

The source material is a narrative feature article surveying five historical Irish murder cases rather than a contemporaneous court report documenting a...

Roscommon · February 15, 2016

Man stabbed mother to death month after he was released from mental health hospital

A Roscommon man pleaded not guilty to murdering his mother by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court on 15 February 2016. Paul Henry, aged 29, is...

Roscommon · February 15, 2016

Newspaper fined €75k over pre-trial coverage of serial killer's case

The Sunday World has been fined €75,000 for contempt of court following pre-trial coverage of a serial killer's case. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy imposed the...

Knock · February 09, 2016

ACC secures €3.89m summary judgement against directors of development firm

ACC Loan Management Ltd has secured summary judgement in the High Court for €3.893 million against three directors of a Mayo-based development company. Ms...

Mayo · February 09, 2016

Court dismisses appeal over Corrib gas terminal planning permission as moot

The High Court has dismissed an appeal concerning planning conditions imposed on Shell's gas terminal development in County Mayo. Justice Dunne determined the...

Sligo · February 08, 2016

Sligo man jailed for sexually abusing cousin he babysat

A 28-year-old man from Sligo has been sentenced to seven and a half years' imprisonment following his guilty plea to sexually assaulting his young cousin...

Ballyconnell · February 08, 2016

Car-jacking shattered victim's confidence, court hears

Two men were sentenced to four years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following their guilty pleas to car-jacking. Francis Stokes, aged 29, of...

Sligo · February 08, 2016

5 of Ireland’s Dumbest Crimes

A man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to making a false report concerning explosives at an Intel facility in County Kildare on January 13th,...

Ballymahon · February 04, 2016

Book of evidence for IRA & explosives accused

A book of evidence has been served on two men following their arrest in County Longford in June 2015 as part of investigations into dissident republican...

Castleblayney · February 03, 2016

Trial of Armagh man and son accused of assault cannot proceed this week

Eugene Hanratty Senior, aged 57, of Castleblaney Road, Crossmaglen, and Eugene Hanratty Junior, aged 34, of Dundalk Road, Armagh, face charges of assault...

Castleblayney · February 03, 2016

7 of Ireland's Longest Serving Prisoners

Ireland's prison system held approximately 350 life-sentence prisoners in 2015, with sentences averaging around 18 years. However, a small cohort has served...

Ballina · February 01, 2016 Also covered in Castlebar, Erris

Retrial for man following doubts over majority jury verdict

A man from Erris, County Mayo, will face a retrial following the Court of Appeal's decision to quash his careless driving conviction. Brendan Hegarty, aged...

Mayo · January 26, 2016

Second Special Criminal Court unlikely to sit before Easter

A High Court judge indicated on 26 January 2016 that a second Special Criminal Court is unlikely to commence operations before the end of the current legal...

Cavan · January 25, 2016

State appeals ruling that man charged with dangerous driving causing death is unfit for trial

The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed a Circuit Criminal Court ruling that a man charged with dangerous driving causing death is unfit to stand...

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