‘Solitary and sad’ German man (63) jailed for 12 years over house fire that killed mother
Guenter Lohse set fire to home in Co Donegal after family plan to send him back to Germany, court heard
Central Criminal Court
‘House of horrors’: Father jailed for rape and abuse of his four daughters in their family home
The court heard that the abuse continued for over 15 years
Man convicted of murder after jury rejects claim he intended to ‘frighten’ rather than kill neighbour
Robert Murphy (42) stabbed Jamie Kavanagh (24) in hostel on Dublin’s Harrington Street in April of last year
Diarmuid Phelan trial: Distance of more than one metre between barrister accused of murder and victim when fatal shot fired
Judge informs jury in trial of Phelan for murder of Keith Conlon that prosecution case is close to conclusion
Man (22) found guilty of murder of Marius Mamaliga in Swords
The jury heard that Gavin’s phone had searched for ‘prison sentence for murder in Ireland’ on the day before the stabbing
Man (31) who raped teenager after offering him place to stay is jailed for four years
Victim tells court he has not slept properly since the assault in 2022
Murder accused searched ‘prison sentence for murder in Ireland’ prior to fatal stabbing
Brandon Gavin (22), who has pleaded not guilty, also contacted a woman on Tinder 20 minutes before Marius Mamaliga (19) was killed
Jurors invited to pull trigger of revolver at centre of Diarmuid Phelan murder trial
The prosecution invited the 12 individual members of the jury to hold the Smith & Wesson handgun
Man who killed his mother by setting fire to home will return to Germany after sentence, court told
Geunter Lohse had lived with his mother, Ruth, all his life and thought his family was going to remove him from Donegal house
Jury in murder trial of law professor sent away until tomorrow
Diarmuid Phelan has denied the murder of a trespasser on his farm in February 2022
Limerick man jailed after woman in critical state following rape in Cork
Mihail Ciorici (41) jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to rape and oral rape of the college student in Fermoy
Two Co Kildare men jailed for rape of teenage girl in four different locations
Patrick (aka PJ) Kelly (22) and Joseph Byrne (44), both of Corra Choill Park in Prosperous, were sentenced at the Central Criminal Court
Trial of woman charged with 2014 murders of two ‘inseparable friends’ not ready to proceed, Central Criminal Court told
Ruth Lawrence (42), originally from Clontarf, is accused of the murder of Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O’Connor (32), whose bodies were found in plastic sheeting on Inchicup Island
‘I knew ... I couldn’t stay with him any more ... I had a husband who was addicted to drugs and raping me’
‘I stood up for myself and I was believed,’ says Kathleen Correia, who was raped and coercively controlled by her then husband, Sergio Correia
GAA coach who ‘destroyed’ boy’s life refused Supreme Court appeal over sentence increase
Man’s original term of 10½ years extended by four years for ‘unusual, shocking and extremely disturbing’ crimes
‘There was a lot of fear’: Diarmuid Phelan trial hears from witness to fatal shooting
Keith Conlon and his friend ‘did not seem a danger’, farmworker tells court
Farm worker tells court he saw man fall to ground after shot was fired by law professor Diarmuid Phelan
Man who was shot was bleeding from the head and asking for help, jury told
Law professor shot unarmed trespasser on his farm in the back of the head, jury told
Diarmuid Phelan denies murder of Keith Conlon on farm in Tallaght in February 2022
‘I was a walking target’: Co Wicklow man jailed for grooming and sexually assaulting teenage girl
Victim says attention from Fergus Delaney made her feel wanted but she later realised initial text from him was ‘the beginning of the end of my childhood’
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter of father and daughter killed in Co Kerry house fire
Philip Griffin (37) was charged with murdering Anthony O’Brien and Nadine O’Brien in Tralee in May 2012
‘A shameful betrayal’: father allowed defenceless son (4) be subjected to ‘frightening’ abuse
The child was found at a house in the southwest of the country on March 13th, 2021. He died three days later in hospital in Dublin
Man accused of murder told gardaí body could be found in his wardrobe, court hears
Dean Caffrey (38) of Beaucourt, Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Sean McCarthy (28)
Woman who stabbed former lover to death has ‘turned her life around’, barrister tells Central Criminal Court
Nicola Brennan (33) pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Juris Viktorovs in Co Wicklow two years ago
Woman’s trial on double murder charge put back to late October
Ruth Lawrence charged with murder of two men whose bodies were found in 2014
‘Extraordinary level of brutality’: Boy (17) sentenced for murdering Lorna Woodnutt and posting video on Snapchat
Sentence of life in detention for youth, who used hammers to bludgeon 51-year-old and then posted video on Snapchat, to be reviewed after 15 years
Judges to receive specialist training in dealing with sexual violence cases
Prison visits among other judicial training initiatives
Gardaí suspect ‘predator’ swim coach Derry O’Rourke abused more victims
Former Olympic swimming coach jailed for 10 years for raping young swimmer he groomed in 1989
Judge notes man’s lack of remorse as he is jailed for raping teenage stepdaughter
Ms Justice Rind tells Anthony Byrne (55) it is difficult to understand how any sexual encounter with a child could be considered consensual
Man who raped woman in laneway continued attack after gardaí were called
Wayne Higgins (27), of no fixed abode, was described by the woman as ‘an animal’ and ‘a danger to vulnerable women’
Sentence imposed on two men convicted of Matt O’Neill’s manslaughter ‘does not amount to justice’, father says
Judge jails Ricardo Hoey (21) and Jordan Deasy (20) for four years over death of 29-year-old in Carraigaline, Co Cork in 2022
Man jailed for rape and sexual abuse of his son
Victim, now aged 24, says father defiled him in ‘worst ways possible’ but has clearly shown him how not to act if he wants to be a good person
Thomas Dooley murder: Woman recalls ‘horror show’ attack on husband as five of his relatives receive life sentences
Judge says despite ‘protestations of innocence’ by defendants the ‘only miscarriage of justice’ in case was death of Thomas Dooley (43)
Man ordered to hand over interest in family home after conviction of assaulting wife
The couple married in 1990 after the woman answered an ad listed as a ‘quiet man’ in Ireland’s Own magazine
Life of Valerie French ‘taken in the cruelest, most violent and terrifying way possible’, brother says
James Kilroy sentenced to life in prison after failing to convince jury he was insane when he killed his wife
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