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Criminal Courts
Gardaí feared they would be beheaded as man went on axe rampage in Sligo
Damien O’Sullivan chased gardaí with axe, threatened to kill them, and damaged two Garda vans and a patrol car
‘Monster’ jailed for nine years for sexually abusing daughter and sister-in-law
Christopher O’Mahony (67) pleaded guilty to 18 sample counts of sexual and indecent assault on dates in the 1980s and 1990s
College student who raped woman (20) in laneway jailed for five years
Michael Molloy (25) raped and sexually assaulted woman while walking her home from pub
Teenage girl claims two boys (13 and 15) raped her in car at Limerick race course
Boys claim sex with girl, who was 16 at the time, was consensual
Supreme Court rules man convicted of murdering Cameron Blair is entitled to anonymity
Judgment overrules landmark decision by Court of Appeal provisionally permitting the naming of the young man
Man jailed for three years over abuse of young girl who was minded by his mother
Victim said ‘I can say your name and you can’t say mine now, I have the power' after waiving anonymity
Sixth man charged in relation to death of Quham Babatunde in Dublin assault
Mr Babatunde (34) died after being stabbed on South Anne Street last month
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns found guilty of murdering man (66) whose body was thrown over Sliabh Liag
Pair will face a mandatory term of life imprisonment
Wife of gangland figure Martin Foley fights attempt by Cab to sell family home
Sonia Foley says she and daughter (9) will be left homeless if Kimmage property sold
Jury begins deliberations in Sliabh Liag murder trial
Alan Vial (39) and Nikita Burns (23) have both accused the other of beating Robin Wilkin (66) to death with a rock
Couple jailed for ‘savage’ and unprovoked attack on homeless man while he slept in tent
Vasile Manole (46) slashed through tent on Tara Street, Dublin 2 causing victim to receive 190 stitches
Doctor with drug addiction pleads guilty to forgery and stealing prescriptions
Daniel Nevin’s (39) fiancee also admitted stealing prescriptions and using them in pharmacies around the midlands
Rape trial of three people based in west of Ireland collapses
Judge tells jurors she did not take decision to end case lightly
Man (23) jailed for sexual attack on woman in south Dublin
Seif Waleed Al Hindawi argued that he was intoxicated after his first time drinking, pointing out that he was from a culture where alcohol is not used
Woman who stabbed partner in ‘anticipation of attack’ jailed for five years
Ann Phelan pleaded guilty to manslaughter of David Ennis after using excessive force in self-defence
Man pleads guilty to murder of wife after gardaí unlock phone and find footage of killing
Stephen Mooney admitted to murdering Anna Mooney at their home in Kilbarrack in 2023 after new evidence emerged
Man (47) jailed for sexual exploitation of teenage girl in foster care
Court told gardaí estimate that at least 20 incidents occurred
Man would not have died immediately from skull fractures, Sliabh Liag murder trial hears
Jury to hear closing speeches on Tuesday in trial of Alan Vial (39) and Nikita Burns (23) over death of Robert Wilkin (66)
Gambler jailed for conning ‘vulnerable’ man out of life savings by promising romantic relationship
Karl Jess (45) induced ‘lonely and kind’ man to give him more than €25,000 which he used to pay off debts
Man (24) jailed for five years for ‘vicious’ attacks on two former girlfriends
Armed support unit and garda helicopter surrounded David McNamara’s house during his arrest
Spanish tourist allegedly raped in Dublin six years ago denies being ‘affectionate’ with accused
Complainant seen on CCTV footage holding on to accused ‘the way a woman who is affectionate with a man might hold on to his elbow’, asserts defence counsel
Galway man jailed for rape and ‘persistent, deplorable’ sexual abuse of girl
Sean Kinneavy (74) sentenced to nine years for ‘deplorable’ abuse of girl
Man who survived being shot in head pleads guilty to causing motorcyclist’s death
Daniel Phillips (35) admits to dangerous driving causing death of Maurice Fehilly (54) in Co Limerick
Ronan Keating hits out after man given suspended sentence over death of brother
Ciaran Keating, an older brother of the former Boyzone singer, died in a car crash in Mayo in 2023
Old people deserve protection says judge after hearing how elderly farmer was defrauded
Judge Sinead Behan told James O’Driscoll (59), of Upper High Street, Drimoleague, Co Cork, he should be ashamed of himself when he appeared before her at Cork Circuit Criminal Court
Mother jailed for neglect of her children in filthy and freezing home
Son (12) tells court of eating mouldy bread and drinking gone-off milk
Judge bans man from ever owning pet after he is convicted over ‘cowardly act’ of animal cruelty
Steven Stawen, of Durrus, Co Cork, repeatedly kicked dog in head, court heard
Three men found guilty of murdering gunman Tristan Sherry
Gunman was beaten to death after attempting to kill gangland figure Jason Hennessy snr in restaurant
Man who threatened to publish intimate images of ex-girlfriend jailed for 18 months
Craig Coyle (37) sent victim hundreds of ‘grotesquely pornographic’ emails
‘This was a serious breach of trust’: Judge convicts former An Post employee of theft and interfering with mail
Seán Hogan (39), a former An Post employee convicted of theft and interfering with mail over 2½ years, was given a fully suspended two-year sentence
Man jailed for 16 months for setting fire to house with woman and children inside
David Fannin, of Edenmore Avenue, Coolock, said he carried out the arson on foot of an instruction from a man to whom he owed money
Woman stabbed to death by ‘jealous and controlling’ partner at their Meath home, murder trial hears
Court told Daniel Blanaru (37) and Larisa Serban (26) had a ‘turbulent relationship’
Woman pleads guilty to stealing more than €60,000 from Department of Social Protection
Samantha Cookes falsely claimed she sufferered from Huntington’s disease
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