Central Criminal Court

Man pleads guilty to murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father in Co Cavan

Danny Heyneman (32), from Kilnavart, Ballyconnell, appeared before the Central Criminal Court on Monday

Teen facing rape and child pornography charges sent for trial to Central Criminal Court

Boy, who was 14 when alleged offences occurred, appeared at Dublin Children’s Court, which does not have jurisdiction to hear case

Ex-soldier (60) who harassed ‘very vulnerable’ woman for months is given suspended sentence

Man followed victim, who had emerged from abusive marriage, to her home, shops and children’s schools

Detective praised for 25-year pursuit of man who raped and abused stepdaughter

Tommy Barry (67) jailed for 12 and a half years after initially escaping prison and living under aliases in UK

Mullingar man found not guilty of attempted murder of his brother by reason of insanity

Court heard Gary O’Shaughnessy (39) had delusion that he and his brother were under a ‘forever curse’

Care assistant found vulnerable patient ‘drained’ of blood by brother, court hears

Accused pleads not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity

Man (43) pleads guilty to manslaughter of mother-of-two Paula Canty

Joseph Butler was ‘very remorseful’ for his actions, court hears

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

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

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