Man jailed for 6½ years after hijacking car at service station while woman hoovered it
Joseph Rafferty (45) threatened to kill woman, causing her to jump out while car was moving
Criminal Courts
Part-time DJ caught with €1.4m drugs is jailed for five years
Christian Munoz Sanchez (35) with an address in Barcelona, Spain had acted ‘for personal gain’ and had come to Ireland for this purpose
‘Highly reckless’: Garda jailed for spear tackling ‘skinny’ teenager during Dublin arrest
Lorcan Murphy (32) sentenced to three years with two years suspended over incident that happened in Temple Bar area in June 2021
Man pleads not guilty to corruption by giving detective garda €20,000 for information
Jury hears Stephen O’Sullivan was given information by Detective Garda David Bourke
Brian Grendon to be sentenced next week for failing to pay tax on €27,000 found at home
He denied being part of crime group when asked about other seizures of money and drugs, court hears
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
Man stole €90,000 from Dublin primary school while he was chair of management board
Roy Hicks used money to keep his Welsh accountancy business afloat, court hears
Widower asks: ‘How many more have to die until driver behaviour changes?’
Ann Watters never regained consciousness after suffering head injuries when struck by a van driven by a delivery driver
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’
‘Justice was never going to be delivered’: Woman’s Garda ex-husband avoids jail for assault
Margaret Loftus says her experience of the criminal justice system has been ‘every bit as damaging as the abuse itself’
UCD business student exposed himself to three women in ‘brazen’ public incidents
Rishabh Mahajan (30) pleads guilty to four counts of offensive conduct of a sexual nature
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
‘It haunts me’: Mother describes daughter’s final moments before murder
Eight-year-old Malika al-Katib was killed by her father in 2024
Cork hospital murder accused shouted ‘this man ate my son’, court hears
Dylan Magee (33) of Churchfield Green, Churchfield, Cork has denied murdering Matthew Healy (88)
Man who admits unlawful killing of Canadian tourist granted bail ahead of sentencing
Ionut Danca (25) pleaded guilty on Friday to the unlawful killing of Neno Dolmajian on July 2nd, 2024 on O’Connell Street Upper
Woman who made false claim of sexual assault against prison officer receives jail term
Nicole Chambers (29) alleged the prison officer assaulted her in a hospital cubicle
‘Couriers’ found in possession of €345,000 sentenced to three-year jail term
Three men originally from Syria but with valid Swedish passports were en route to Dublin Airport to travel to Istanbul when detained
Supreme Court upholds sentence for man who forced partner into car boot and beat her
Soufiane Mountassir (40), who is wanted in Germany for arson, was given five-and-a-half-year sentence
Judge suspends sentence of ‘money mule’ whose bank account was used to move funds from frauds
Judge tells guilty party he is fed up with young people coming into court and saying, ‘I was young and I was stupid’
Man stopped strangling wife only when children intervened, court hears
Cork Circuit Criminal Court remands man in custody over Christmas, saying bail would be inappropriate
Man caught with almost 1.5 million images of child sexual abuse jailed for 27 months
Stephen Byrne (26), with an address in Terenure, began accessing images as a 13-year-old
Man who crashed into lorry walked away from scene with friend dead in car, court hears
Emergency responders were not aware passenger in car driven by Jake Kelly (22)
Suspended sentence for assault while others beat man to death on Dublin street
Connor Rafferty (21), of Castlegrange Close, Clondalkin, received a wholly suspended sentence for assaulting a man while two others beat that man’s friend to death
Man and woman facing sentence over alleged student accommodation scam fail to attend court
Judge issues warrant for arrest of pair who admitted theft charges
Woman jailed for creating fake dating profiles of ex-partner in campaign of harassment
Andreia Funicio (46) subjected former partner to ‘sustained campaign of terror’ designed to destroy, court hears
Lessons of the Alexander McCartney ‘catfisher’ case go far beyond one failed investigation
Police worldwide are struggling with the epidemic because too many in positions of influence failed to see what was coming
DPP calls for more clarity regarding law on records disclosure in sexual assault trials
Director welcomes ‘cultural shift’ in judgments addressing disclosure obligations
Kilkenny pensioner John Mackey remembered by family as ‘perfect uncle’ after man found guilty of his murder
Kilkenny pensioner was attacked and robbed near his London home by violent criminal
Venezuelan drug mule was hospitalised after cocaine pellets burst in stomach, court hears
Johan Monzon imprisoned for two years which judge backdated
Woman who created alias to avoid deportation claimed €6,775 social welfare
Sandra Moneme (27) created the alias in 2019 after she was issued with a deportation order to be returned to her native South Africa
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter of grandmother (82) in Cork
Bryan Nnadi Ogbo (38) had a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, court hears
‘I was prepared to be hurt’: Influencer says man following her into hotel had lasting impact
Denis Morris (24), who pleaded guilty to stalking the woman, is remanded on bail until February 23rd
Man who stabbed woman’s vagina in ‘misogynistic and depraved attack’ jailed for nine years
The woman had lost about a quarter of her overall blood count following the attack
Deliberations cease in Ruth Lawrence double murder trial, with jury to return on Monday
Accused was extradited from South Africa to face trial over case where bodies of two men were found on lake island
Four-year-old made sit on bedroom floor in days before death, murder trial hears
Emergency services noticed bruises of different colours to child’s face, chest, arms and legs
DJ Carey: The Irish courts’ increasing will to jail fraudsters
Guidance says non-custodial sentences ‘not to be the starting point in any case’
Ruth Lawrence and boyfriend acted as ‘tag team’ to kill drug dealer, murder trial hears
Lawrence has pleaded not guilty to murdering Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor
Two men plead guilty to conspiring to murder Dublin teenager
Stephen Mulvey and Jamie Berry entered a guilty plea to the charge
Halfway through the account of DJ Carey’s career as a swindler, the atmosphere changed
Former Kilkenny hurler sits motionless in the dock as stories of his cold exploitation unfold
Murder accused Ruth Lawrence feared becoming human trafficking victim, pastor tells trial
Court hears accused’s boyfriend Neville van der Westhuizen currently serving sentence for murder, attempted murder and kidnap
Convicted killer sentenced for attempting to drown woman in bathroom of flat
Man was previously jailed for seven years for the manslaughter of a man and woman
Man (70) jailed for sexual abuse of young child
Court hears William Butler had assaulted child on more than 10 occasions between 2020 and 2022
Man who punched retired judge (80) outside cafe given seven month prison sentence
Jamie O’Connor (45) was sentenced to seven months in prison for the assault on Joseph Mangan
Man charged with pregnant woman’s murder admitted responsibility, court hears
Sarah Montgomery (27) was due to give birth last August but was found dead in her home in June
Man who burgled and attacked ex-girlfriend, threw her grandmother’s ashes on fire, court hears
Willie Woodland (31) also pleaded guilty to possession of a submachine-gun and ammunition
Man died from gunshot wounds to head and neck, Ruth Lawrence murder trial told
Woman pleads not guilty to murdering Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O’Connor (32) in 2014
Fisherman tells Ruth Lawrence murder trial he noticed ‘dreadful smell coming off’ lake island
Lawrence denies the murder of Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor in 2014
Ruth Lawrence trial: Jury sent away until Thursday as witness ‘in medical situation’
Ruth Lawrence (45) has pleaded not guilty to murdering Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O’Connor (32)
Former haulier jailed for 7½ years over €2.8m cocaine haul
Killian McNay of Ardilaun Green, Mullingar admitted to having 40kg of cocaine for sale or supply at Dublin Port
Man who reversed car over child (3) on scooter avoids jail
Victim had been left with ‘incredibly serious injuries’ following incident in Cappagh, Dublin in May 2022
Woman accused of murdering men whose bodies were found on island had asked to borrow boat
Ruth Lawrence denies murdering Eoin O’Connor (32) and Anthony Keegan (33) in 2014
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