Central Criminal Court

Garda found eight-year-old ‘gasping for breath’ after alleged knife attack by mother, court hears

Accused has pleaded not guilty and said she was ‘out of my mind at that time’

Limerick woman jailed for life for murder of boyfriend’s four-year-old son

Tegan McGhee (32) was also sentenced over two charges of child cruelty

Tegan McGhee’s murder trial: The full story

Mason O’Connell-Conway had bruises ‘from head to toe’, a doctor told trial of his murderer Tegan McGhee

Man pleads guilty to shooting Noel Campion in Limerick as part of organised crime group activities

Darragh Quinlivan had originally been charged with murder in 2007 death of 34-year-old in Limerick

Mother told girl ‘I am going to kill you’ during alleged stabbing, court hears

Mother on trial for one count of attempted murder of her daughter in midwest region in September 2022

Appeals over murders of Cork woman in 1981 and Garda Colm Horkan among cases in new law term

Woman faces sentence for murder of four-year-old stepson on the opening day of the new term on Monday

Man shot dead by relative paid ultimate price for meeting people involved in drugs trade, court told

Michael Tormey was a ‘decent, honest man’, says brother Patrick Tormey

Man jailed for using Somali diplomatic passports to help women enter the State

Abdallatif Mohamed (40), aka Hussein, pleaded guilty to four counts of assisting women’s unlawful entry into the State

‘I want to turn my pain into purpose’, says woman raped by former partner after his jailing

Nathan Grant McNulty (27) sentenced to eight years for rape and coercive control of Sarah Ryan

Man charged with Parnell Square attack on children unfit to stand trial, court told

Judge orders legal representatives for defendant, and medical witnesses, not to be identified

Cork hospital killing: Man found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility

Dylan Magee of Churchfield, Cork, had denied the murder of Matthew Healy (88) in Mercy University Hospital

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

Valerie French Kilroy’s family sue her killer husband for damages

James Kilroy is serving a life sentence for murder of wife Valerie French Kilroy in Co Mayo in 2019

Grandmother stabbed with seven-inch knife after Dublin Christmas lights event, court hears

Darragh Quigley (26) of Carndonagh Road, Donaghmede pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Gretta McCullough (64) at Chatham Row

Man who stabbed father to death during psychotic episode not guilty by reason of insanity

He developed a delusion that his dad was mixed up with criminals and posed a threat to him

Man sentenced to 17 years for rape, assault and coercive control has appeal rejected

Evidence presented at trial of Dean Ward (38), also known as Dean Alexander Fowkes, was ‘relevant’ and ‘potentially probative’, appeal court rules

Jury views footage of moment father of four stabs man outside home

Trial hears accused seemed ‘slightly nervous’ when gardaí arrived after death of Jordan Ronan

Alleged collusion between school bus operators drove up tender prices, trial hears

Five men accused of colluding in tender process to provide school routes for Bus Éireann, leading to ‘disappearance of competition’

Judge’s concern over children’s access to internet after hearing teen abused young sister

Boy had been given a tablet computer when he was aged just five, Central Criminal Court is told

‘Dangerous predator’ jailed for 15 years for sexual abuse of half-brother and two girls

Judge said he would have considered life sentence had attacker been an adult when abusing children

The full story of Ruth Lawrence’s double murder trial

Girlfriend of drug dealer crossed paths with Eoin O’Connor and Anthony Keegan before they were shot dead and their bodies left on a Lough Sheelin island in 2014

Man jailed for setting fire to house with four people inside on Christmas Day

Shane Casey was on bail and had been released from psychiatric unit 10 days earlier, court hears

Boy (16) sentenced to 15 months for rape of girl in Galway

Perpetrator, who admitted watching porn on his smartphone from a young age, from same estate as girl

Man who raped neighbour as she recovered from surgery jailed for six years

Assailant, who was next-door neighbour, gained entry to victim’s home by pretending to have lost his keys

Judge laments ‘lack of knowledge’ about sexual consent as man given three-year sentence

Offences took place in skatepark in January 2022, when both the man and the victim were 17

Man accused of killing relative in garden with machine gun admits manslaughter

Christopher Devine (44) not suffering from mental disorder but meets criteria for cocaine intoxication, trial told

Further remand for man accused of murdering parents and brother in Co Louth

Court

Former member of Defence Forces pleads not guilty to murder of pensioner found shot dead at Kerry home

Thomas Carroll, the accused, and Patrick O’Mahony, the deceased, had been friends over many decades, trial told

Father of four who beat man to death with a shovel jailed for 7½ years

Court heard Joseph Cahill believed he was protecting himself and his children, but used excessive force

Man who fatally stabbed sister’s partner while drunk jailed for eight years

Judge said Valeriu Melnic’s intoxication when he killed Ion Daghi (39) in Co Kildare was an aggravating rather than a mitigating factor

Psychiatrists differ over insanity verdict in case of Kerry man who killed mother

Billy Burns (55) accepts killing but denies murdering his mother Miriam Burns (75) in August 2022

Man (22) jailed for nine years for rape of two girls he met on Snapchat

Over 1,600 files of downloaded child abuse material were found on man’s phone following his arrest

Ruth Lawrence found guilty of murdering two men whose bodies were found on lake island

Dublin woman (46) had denied murdering Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor in 2014

Stepmother accused of murdering four-year-old boy changes plea to guilty

Extensive injuries to small child were like those from a car crash, Central Criminal Court heard

Child died of injuries associated with road traffic collisions or striking trauma, murder trial hears

Child at centre of case was unresponsive when brought to hospital, stepmother’s murder trial hears

Jury in Ruth Lawrence double murder trial given option of returning majority verdict

Jury of four men and eight women began considering their verdicts last Thursday

Meet the retirees whose hobby is watching Irish court trials: ‘It’s fascinating and costs nothing’

A group of retired people ‘from different backgrounds and walks of life’ have formed a club to watch proceedings in the Central Criminal Court

Woman asks how she can trust men as ‘monster’ father given 12-year sentence for rape

Co Offaly man (51) threatened to kill daughter and start abusing her younger sister if she told anyone what had happened, court hears

Doctors gasped when reviewing injuries of dead boy (4), murder trial hears

Physical condition would usually be associated with car crashing into a wall, court told

Sign language team to assist in trial of seven men accused of sexually abusing deaf woman

Woman’s three uncles and four brothers charged with 98 counts of sexual abuse, as judge says court is in ‘new territory’

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