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
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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
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’
‘Monster’ sex abuser whose abuse spanned three decades jailed for 20 years
Declan Daly pleaded guilty to multiple counts against four women
Man jailed for coercive control and threats to publish intimate images of woman
He sent her almost 5,000 text messages in four days and threatened to kill her, court hears
Family speak of their horror as two men jailed for beating Kieran Quilligan to death
Kieran Quilligan’s father says killers did not show ‘one bit of remorse’
Murder accused’s ‘unsavoury’ views about immigrants must not prejudice verdict, jury told
Barrister for Mark Lee (44) said there is no evidence assault was motivated by anti-immigrant stance
Man (61) died of shock and haemorrhage from multiple slash and stab wounds, jury will hear
Two people face trial accused of the murder of Michael Foley in Macroom in 2023
‘Make sure those clothes are burnt’: How relatives aided Ashling Murphy killer Jozef Puska
Trial gave insight into killer’s home life and efforts by his brothers and sisters-in-law to thwart Garda investigation
Five members of Puska family jailed for trying to cover up murder of Ashling Murphy
Judge accepts psychologist’s report that the women ‘did what they were told’ in Roma culture
‘Uncle’ figure who raped girl while he was a lodger in her home jailed for seven years
Victim, who was aged between 11 and 14, tells court rape has had severe and long-lasting consequences
Drug dealer had gunshot wounds to head, abdomen and finger, murder trial hears
Former state pathologist Marie Cassidy gives postmortem evidence at trial of Ruth Lawrence
Ukrainian pleads guilty to attempted murder of woman in Kerry
Hryhorii Sryotenko (49) pleaded guilty to one charge relating to January 2024
‘Trust for me has been broken’: Man to be sentenced for sexual abuse of nieces
‘My heart hurts because of what happened to me,’ one of the victims says
Man jailed for eight years for attempted rape outside Dublin nightclub
Judge says attack by 43-year-old was ‘profoundly disturbing, degrading, primitive’
Drug debts and buried bodies: the trial of Ruth Lawrence for double murder
In the News podcast: Bodies of two Dublin men were found on an island in Lough Sheelin
Fractures of skeletal remains suggest victim suffered severe assault, murder trial hears
Kieran Quilligan’s remains were found more than five months after he went missing
Man jailed for more than five years for raping daughter’s friend at house in Galway
Iosif Ghergut (50) jailed for five years and two months
Man pleads guilty to murder of daughter (8) and attempted murder of girl’s mother
Muhammed Shaker Al Tamimi (35) faces a life sentence for the offences
Woman was stabbed more than 50 times by ‘jealous’ former boyfriend, court hears
Niamh Kelly says life ‘changed forever’ after attack, which she only survived due to off-duty paramedic
Two men were ‘shot to death’ and Dublin woman was part of ‘a team’ with boyfriend, jury told
Prosecution will say Ruth Lawrence ‘spoke openly’ about murders and disposing of the bodies
Seven men go on trial accused of sexually abusing deaf relative over 17 years
Her four brothers and three uncles deny collective 98 counts
Man was murdered in Cork after carrying out robbery and assault, trial hears
Kieran Quilligan’s body was found five months after he went missing, Central Criminal Court jury is told
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