Central Criminal Court

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

Ruling on whether alleged Parnell Square attacker fit to stand trial due next month

Riad Bouchaker (51) charged with attempted murder of three children in November 2023

‘No basis’ for murderer’s challenge over prison sentence, says High Court judge

Raymond Donovan, who is serving life for the murder of Ann Walsh in 2005, claimed his sentence was changed on appeal

Psychiatrists clash over man’s fitness to be tried over attempted murder of three children

Riad Bouchaker also charged with assault of care worker at Parnell Square East in November 2023

More than 65 injuries to Bruna Fonseca’s head, body and limbs, murder trial hears

Miller Pacheco denies murdering his ex-girlfriend at his apartment in January 2023, saying: ‘I am not this monster’

Court accepts it cannot review ‘Boy B’s’ sentence for murdering Ana Kriégel

Last year the Supreme Court ruled a sentencing court cannot review terms of detention imposed on child offenders

Son of late criminal tried to murder ex-wife’s friend he blamed for marriage break-up

Mattias Kelly stabbed woman in neck and head, saying: ‘You’re dead’

Man (26) jailed over ‘totally unprovoked’ stabbing of grandmother in central Dublin

Judge says Darragh Quigley, from Donaghmede, had significant mental health issues but came to city with a knife and a plan to hunt somebody

Miller Pacheco searched how to kill on web before death of former partner, trial hears

Brazilian denies murder of former girlfriend Bruna Fonseca (28) in 2023

Independent review into Tusla’s engagement with family of murdered four-year-old boy

Mason O’Connell-Conway was in private family care arrangement, agency says

Jailed for life: The full story of Tegan McGhee’s murder trial

In the News podcast: Tegan McGhee jailed for life for brutal murder of partner’s child, Mason O’Connell-Conway

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

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