‘Take Mr Donaldson down’: The rise and fall of former DUP star Jeffrey Donaldson
Politician once won praise in Westminster and Washington, but on Monday was being processed in prison
Criminal Courts
New custody cases may be disrupted as solicitors escalate action over legal aid payments
More criminal hearings are adjourned as row with Department of Justice worsens
Man who got tattoo as reminder of day he violently raped teenager is jailed for 10 years
She tells court she hopes he ‘feels nothing but shame and disgust’ when he looks at it
Man jailed for 17 years for rape and coercive control of ex-partner
Woman tells Central Criminal Court she was ‘merely an object to be used, abused and destroyed’
Cork solicitors withdraw from legal aid scheme for criminal work
Contentious proposals to overhaul free legal aid scheme could lead to exodus of solicitors
Former teacher told he ‘might die in prison’ at sentencing for child sex abuse
Patrick Sharkey (83) given 6½ years for 132 charges of abuse spanning a quarter of a century
Gardaí warned criminal prosecutions may be at risk over solicitors’ withdrawal of service
Denial of right to solicitor’s advice could lead to suspects seeking to derail prosecutions, force fears
Hundreds of criminal cases adjourned as solicitors withdraw services in legal aid row
Action could intensify next week to affect all cases, solicitors warn
US tourist who killed mother of two while driving rental car gets suspended sentence
Cathy Stewart (67) deemed to have pressed accelerator rather than brake while parking outside hotel
Man accidentally set off panic alarm while attempting to rob Ranelagh ice cream parlour
Carl McGuinness (31), who has 117 previous convictions, tracked down by gardaí via phone finder app on handset he stole
Man who stabbed 14-year-old’s hand with glass shard while trying to rob e-scooter jailed
Behaviour of Daniel Hayes (30), who had 126 previous convictions, ‘cowardly and shameful’, judge says
Jeffrey Donaldson watches from the dock as two alleged victims address sex abuse trial
Two alleged victims in trial of former DUP leader and wife Eleanor Donaldson have between them spent five days in the witness box
Murder accused captured on CCTV saying he could not wait to see face of attack victim
Alex Deady was heard telling two co-accused he believed his injuries were nothing compared with those of Barry Daly
Trial hears Jeffrey Donaldson told teenager: ‘I am truly sorry. Please forgive me’
Founder of Christian Family Centre facilitated meeting between former DUP leader and complainant, Newry court told
Sentencing of Charlie Chawke’s son and daughter for assault set for mid-July
Bill and Alison Chawke pleaded guilty to assaulting two men at Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare in 2023
Prosecution to argue three youths charged with murder of Cork man ‘acted together’
Youths pleaded not guilty to murder of father of five Barry Daly (44) in Co Cork last October
Teenager ‘addicted to stealing cars’ pleads guilty to 11 charges
Court hears boy has not been provided with services to meet his needs
Ex-business student who exposed himself to women given 16-month sentence
Judge says man offended against solitary women, locating vulnerable victims including a woman working alone at night
New ‘actuarial’ criminal legal aid payments open to legal challenge, Law Society warns
Anger mounts among solicitors after Minister for Justice presented plan as a ‘fait accompli’
Man appears in court accused of murdering mother of two in Co Galway
Ali Sohrabi charged after hotel worker Masoumeh Jafri Manojan found dead in Clifden
Civil servant accused of leaking confidential information to foreign ‘handlers’, court hears
Yevgen McKeeffe, an Irish citizen originally from Ukraine, was arrested at Dublin Airport on Thursday
Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife had listening device planted in car due to suspicion of affair
Ex-DUP leader was ‘very clever man’ who would not admit to abuse in 2020 letter, complainant tells abuse trial
Man given suspended sentence for harassing female colleague with ‘relentless’ sexual innuendo
Judge said case derived from a male culture where speaking disrespectfully of women ‘is excused by the manosphere and the likes of the Tates’
Two murder accused allegedly heard ‘gloating’ about assaulting man who died in hospital
Christopher Colin Nobes (31) and Andrew John Matthews (25) charged with murder of Nicholas Gordon (51) in Belfast
Man who broke red light and killed couple at pedestrian crossing in Blanchardstown jailed for five years
John Halpin (46) had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of Anthony Hogg (40) and Georgina Hogg Moore (39)
Garda taped conversations with wife, put tracker on her phone and told her to stay at home
David Reynolds had ‘old-fashioned attitude’ and treated woman like ‘chattel’, judge says
‘You hunted me and broke the soul of a child’: Sports coach sexually abused teenage girls
Victims tell Central Criminal Court of ordeal at hands of man who was training and mentoring them
Man jailed for 11 years after kicking to death ‘inoffensive man’ he met in pub
Gardaí found Aaron Wolfe (32) in a highly intoxicated state, stripped to the waist, with his hands covered in blood
Mother who captained Irish boxing team stabbed cousin 12 times in ‘savage’ knife attack
Victim underwent emergency surgery, plastic surgery, blood transfusions and is permanently injured, court hears
Conviction for Dublin rioter who set Garda car alight upheld by Court of Appeal
Man argued there was a risk he was ‘being made an example of’ by the sentencing judge
Woman’s world ‘shattered’ after driver broke red light and knocked her down, court hears
Driver who was ‘distraught over what happened’ gets 12-month suspended sentence
Mother of three jailed for Brown Thomas designer jacket theft
Cathriona Joyce (39) and Caitlin Joyce (21) of St Brigid’s Lawn, Porterstown in Dublin were before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday
Court hears 3D printed guns are becoming ‘more prevalent’ as man jailed for four years
Comment made during sentence hearing of Craig McKeever for possession of .22-calibre printed gun with ammunition
Drug dealer threatened ‘to get junkies to rape woman’s son’ over €157k debt, court hears
He also told her he would give her a month to pay up or ‘her son would be shot’
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