Woman says ‘death would have been easier’ as rapist jailed for 10 years
William Kavanagh (58), who smirked at victim after one offence, found guilty of three rapes after retrial at Central Criminal Court in Limerick
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Psychotic ‘spiral’ led to grandfather’s killing as jury rules insanity verdict
Derek Mulligan (39) had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder of Derek Burns (78) in Donegal in 2023
Judge rules man fit to stand trial in June over Parnell Square attack in Dublin
Riad Bouchaker is charged with attempted murder of three children in November 2023
Man jailed for attempting to kill woman he blamed for break-up with wife
Son of veteran criminal Eamon Kelly handed 10-year sentence for ‘ferocious attack’ on Fiona Timmermans
Man who violently murdered defenceless friend sentenced to life in prison
Juris Kokenbergs’ brothers tell Central Criminal Court of having to inform their parents about death
Woman raped by uncle was ‘rebuffed’ when she attempted to report abuse to gardaí, court told
Michael Poole (65) was unanimously convicted of raping his niece while babysitting
‘What was done to Daena was evil’: Man found guilty of murdering mother-of-two Daena Walsh
Adam Corcoran had denied murdering partner of 10 years at their Cork apartment in August 2024
‘Unfortunate situation’ leads to discharge of jury in murder trial
Liam O’Leary had pleaded not guilty to the murder of John Casserly in October 2024
Girls felt community was ‘poisoned’ against them after reporting sex assaults by local teen
Judge says it should be clear who ‘the bad guy’ was as he sentences defendant, now aged 18, to prison term after late guilty plea
Murder accused admits killing Daena Walsh despite previously insisting she died by suicide
Adam Corcoran (31) tells Cork court he was not acting in self-defence and denied inventing story to fit the facts of case
Man accused of Daena Walsh’s murder told gardaí he did not kill his ‘soul mate’
Central Criminal Court trial hears Garda Technical Bureau members found knives in bags in Co Cork apartment and items of bloodstained clothing
Man accused of ‘savage’ murder in Co Mayo told gardaí he acted in self-defence
Liam O’Leary (33) said he ‘smashed’ John Casserly’s face with a glass in Ballina apartment after being told he was ‘dying tonight’
Man jailed over role in €500,000 An Post smishing scam
Laptop found in home of Brandon Abrahams (33) had ‘thousands and thousands’ of spreadsheet pages with people’s personal debit-card details
Pathologist found 25 knife wounds on Daena Walsh’s body, murder trial told
Accused Adam Corcoran (31) called emergency services and claimed his partner was stabbing herself in their Midleton apartment
Former judge appeals conviction for attempted rape and sexual abuse of six young men
Lawyers for Gerard O’Brien (61) say trial judge gave jury confusing instructions ‘weighted against the defence’
‘I have lost my self-worth completely,’ influencer tells court after assault
Conor Greaney said he assaulted Selina Regazzoli after mistaking her for someone else
Man told paramedic he planned to propose to woman he is accused of murdering
Court told of ‘gruesome’ scene in Midleton apartment where Adam Corcoran (31) denies murdering Daena Walsh (27) in August 2024
Man (58) died after being exposed to ‘almost indescribable savagery’ in his Co Mayo home
Liam O’Leary (33) denies murdering John Casserly at a Peter McVerry Trust housing unit on Tone Street, Ballina in October 2024
Man who meted out a ‘volley of violence’ on his defenceless friend found guilty of murder
Tomas Cypas inflicted ‘a battering’ during ‘appalling attack’ on Juris Kokenbergs
Man jailed for sexually abusing vulnerable woman in swimming pool steam room
Victim, who has an intellectual disability, tells court incident involving Akbar Moqadar ‘ruined everything’ and has affected her independence
Man jailed for raping young relative is removed from teaching register
Teaching Council bans him from reapplying for 30 years over sex attacks he committed in his teens
Man sentenced to life for murder of ‘loving and caring family man’ in Finglas
Joseph Lawlor (39) criticised over letter blaming incident on gardaí and Michael Ryan, who he stabbed in neck
Murder accused told 999 his friend was cold to the touch
Tomas Cypas (35) said Juris Kokenbergs was on the ground, not breathing and ‘out cold’
New Yorker who killed his father at five-star resort committed to Central Mental Hospital
Henry McGowan was not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, jury found earlier this month
Murder trial jury to hear evidence that 49-year-old man died after head stomped on
Tomas Cypas has pleaded not guilty to murdering Juris Kokenbergs in October 2024
Gunman jailed for seven years in connection with ‘meticulously planned’ murder in Ballymun
Robert Sheridan was shot and killed by Joseph Richards (35) at the front door of his Ballymun home in 2018
Man raped ex-partner and threatened to take her eyeball out with a spoon, court hears
Man (36) was jailed for nine years for sexual assault, rape, and threats to kill
Twin brothers admit killing Romanian man in Tallaght
Eric and Sean Farrell denied murder, but their guilty pleas to manslaughter were accepted by DPP
‘A grotesque breach’: Man jailed for 20 years for sexually abusing five of his children
Judge says ‘one runs out of words in trying to describe the depths plumbed in this particular case’ by Noel Farrell (70)
Judge criticises failure to sanction psychiatric report for murder accused over lack of PPS number
‘We can’t have trials held up over trivialities like supplying someone’s PPS number,’ the judge said
Man who kicked ‘good-natured’ pensioner to death after chance meeting admits manslaughter
Aaron Wolfe attacked Florrie O’Sullivan hours after they got talking in pub, court hears
Man who killed Canadian tourist with ‘full force running kick’ to head jailed for 5½ years
Ionut Danca (25) ‘brazenly’ carried out attack on Neno Dalmaijan in public view, judge said
Teenage boy sent for trial over alleged rape of unwell girl at house party
Judge says schoolboy (16) should be tried in the Central Criminal Court
US man told father he would ‘always love him’ as he strangled him at Ballyfin Demesne, court hears
Psychiatrists agree verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity was open to the jurors in case of Henry McGowan
Man jailed for attempted murder of former partner after tracking car and stabbing her
Pedro Cifali’s motivation for attack was in part due to jealousy of Lucia Nezbalova’s new relationship, court hears
Sex offender jailed for ‘appalling’ rape of partner in woods
Dylan McMahon (31) pushed dog faeces into the woman’s mouth during attack in Co Kildare woods
Kickboxer who killed his mother with fractures to head guilty of manslaughter
‘I lost all control ... it all happened in a moment,’ says accused who claimed life of abuse at mother’s hands
Judge to rule next month if man is fit to stand trial over Parnell Square attack
Psychiatrists clashed over Riad Bouchaker’s fitness to plead and stand trial
Anatomy of an obsession: the end of a relationship and the murder of Bruna Fonseca
Texts, voice messages and recorded conversations read out in court show Miller Pacheco would not accept the end of his relationship with his Brazilian girlfriend
Murder accused son says he was ‘groomed’ into life of drugs and violence by mother
Luke Donnelly (29) has admitted killing his mother but denies it was murder
‘Emergency measures’ allow higher pay for psychiatrist reports in bid to stop trial delays
A Central Criminal Court judge had asked a Department of Justice representative to address the court on difficulties engaging psychiatrists
Teen fails in High Court action to stop trial on charge of raping 15-year-old
Defendant had not established that his vulnerabilities were caused or exacerbated significantly by delay in coming to trial
Man who raped one woman and sexually assaulted another on the same night jailed
Luca Fox (30) was extremely drunk on the night and had assaulted both women in their beds, court hears
Woman (62) died from severe blunt force trauma to the head, jury hears
Luke Donnelly (29), of no fixed abode, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of his mother Catherine Henry
Man accused of young woman’s murder remains ‘mute’, court hears
Ahmed Abdirahman (31) is accused of murdering his former partner Mary Ward in September 2024
Teenage rape victim lay awake wondering if anyone would believe allegations against coach
Equestrian coach found guilty of rape and sexual assault of girl from age 14
Doctor stabbed multiple times during ‘vicious’ home invasion in Limerick, court told
Dean Hayes, who has 129 previous convictions, entered Waleed Mustafa’s Limerick bedroom before attacking him
Man jailed for eight years for domestic violence
Woman said living with ex-partner was seven years of ‘mental torture’ and she believed he was going to kill her
Man (34) jailed for seven years over sexual abuse of nieces
‘Psychologically, I am living in fear all the time,’ says one of the victims
Mother who sexually assaulted daughter (6) and let brother rape her jailed for 15 years
Child’s uncle also jailed for 15 years - with neither accused accepting jury’s verdict
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
‘Constant manipulation’: Man sentenced to life for murder of ex-girlfriend Bruna Fonseca in Cork
‘A life was taken because a woman was not allowed to move on,’ says Fonseca family
Woman found guilty of attempted murder of her daughter (8) in stabbing attack
Unanimous verdict returned in case where mother pleaded not guilty after child sustained more than 70 wounds
Man accused of murdering Bruna Fonseca a ‘coward’ and ‘arch manipulator’, jury told
No evidence found of Miller Pacheco intending to kill ex-girlfriend, says defence counsel in closing speech
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