Garda feared for his life when dragged six metres by motorist, court hears
The garda no longer has the confidence to work ‘on the front line’
Criminal Courts
Dentist who defrauded HSE over 17 years is jailed and ordered to pay €100,000
Court at loss to understand Jerome Kiely’s actions as it seems he had a lot of money, judge says
Sex offender who assaulted vulnerable young man jailed for five years
Ronaldo Otto, who goes by the first name Samantha, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 20-year-old autistic man
Farmer tells gardaí he’s ‘no Pablo Escobar’ after arrest for cannabis farm in west Cork
West Cork sheep farmer Daniel Kelleher (53) pleads guilty over growing more than €100,000 worth of plants
Mentally ill defendant sent to jail due to lack of places in Central Mental Hospital
Judge says Patrick Sibanyoni is ‘deteriorating’ in prison and court is ‘completely hamstrung’ by situation
Cyclist ‘convinced he would die’ after being driven over by SUV making illegal turn
Rider ‘still tortured’ by sound of his breaking bones, court hears
Man jailed for 6½ years after hijacking car at service station while woman hoovered it
Joseph Rafferty (45) threatened to kill woman, causing her to jump out while car was moving
Part-time DJ caught with €1.4m drugs is jailed for five years
Christian Munoz Sanchez (35) with an address in Barcelona, Spain had acted ‘for personal gain’ and had come to Ireland for this purpose
‘Highly reckless’: Garda jailed for spear tackling ‘skinny’ teenager during Dublin arrest
Lorcan Murphy (32) sentenced to three years with two years suspended over incident that happened in Temple Bar area in June 2021
Man pleads not guilty to corruption by giving detective garda €20,000 for information
Jury hears Stephen O’Sullivan was given information by Detective Garda David Bourke
Brian Grendon to be sentenced next week for failing to pay tax on €27,000 found at home
He denied being part of crime group when asked about other seizures of money and drugs, court hears
Convicted rapist jailed for six and a half years after sexual assault of woman in her home
Christopher Ryan (33) admitted breaking into home and assaulting woman and daughter before he was fought off
Man stole €90,000 from Dublin primary school while he was chair of management board
Roy Hicks used money to keep his Welsh accountancy business afloat, court hears
Widower asks: ‘How many more have to die until driver behaviour changes?’
Ann Watters never regained consciousness after suffering head injuries when struck by a van driven by a delivery driver
More than 65 injuries to Bruna Fonseca’s head, body and limbs, murder trial hears
Miller Pacheco denies murdering his ex-girlfriend at his apartment in January 2023, saying: ‘I am not this monster’
Court accepts it cannot review ‘Boy B’s’ sentence for murdering Ana Kriégel
Last year the Supreme Court ruled a sentencing court cannot review terms of detention imposed on child offenders
Son of late criminal tried to murder ex-wife’s friend he blamed for marriage break-up
Mattias Kelly stabbed woman in neck and head, saying: ‘You’re dead’
‘Justice was never going to be delivered’: Woman’s Garda ex-husband avoids jail for assault
Margaret Loftus says her experience of the criminal justice system has been ‘every bit as damaging as the abuse itself’
UCD business student exposed himself to three women in ‘brazen’ public incidents
Rishabh Mahajan (30) pleads guilty to four counts of offensive conduct of a sexual nature
Man suffering from relapse of schizoaffective disorder found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
Jury accepts evidence that Austin Mangan was unable to refrain from killing Maud Coffey
‘It haunts me’: Mother describes daughter’s final moments before murder
Eight-year-old Malika al-Katib was killed by her father in 2024
Cork hospital murder accused shouted ‘this man ate my son’, court hears
Dylan Magee (33) of Churchfield Green, Churchfield, Cork has denied murdering Matthew Healy (88)
Man who admits unlawful killing of Canadian tourist granted bail ahead of sentencing
Ionut Danca (25) pleaded guilty on Friday to the unlawful killing of Neno Dolmajian on July 2nd, 2024 on O’Connell Street Upper
Woman who made false claim of sexual assault against prison officer receives jail term
Nicole Chambers (29) alleged the prison officer assaulted her in a hospital cubicle
‘Couriers’ found in possession of €345,000 sentenced to three-year jail term
Three men originally from Syria but with valid Swedish passports were en route to Dublin Airport to travel to Istanbul when detained
Supreme Court upholds sentence for man who forced partner into car boot and beat her
Soufiane Mountassir (40), who is wanted in Germany for arson, was given five-and-a-half-year sentence
Judge suspends sentence of ‘money mule’ whose bank account was used to move funds from frauds
Judge tells guilty party he is fed up with young people coming into court and saying, ‘I was young and I was stupid’
Man stopped strangling wife only when children intervened, court hears
Cork Circuit Criminal Court remands man in custody over Christmas, saying bail would be inappropriate
Man caught with almost 1.5 million images of child sexual abuse jailed for 27 months
Stephen Byrne (26), with an address in Terenure, began accessing images as a 13-year-old
Man who crashed into lorry walked away from scene with friend dead in car, court hears
Emergency responders were not aware passenger in car driven by Jake Kelly (22)
Suspended sentence for assault while others beat man to death on Dublin street
Connor Rafferty (21), of Castlegrange Close, Clondalkin, received a wholly suspended sentence for assaulting a man while two others beat that man’s friend to death
Man and woman facing sentence over alleged student accommodation scam fail to attend court
Judge issues warrant for arrest of pair who admitted theft charges
Woman jailed for creating fake dating profiles of ex-partner in campaign of harassment
Andreia Funicio (46) subjected former partner to ‘sustained campaign of terror’ designed to destroy, court hears
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