Central Criminal Court

Barrister denies murder of trespasser on his Co Dublin farm

Anthony O’Brien and his daughter Nadine died at Killeen Heights in Tralee on May 12th, 2012

Defendant (35) sexually assaulted then 17-year-old, who was homeless at time, in car and while she drifted in and out of sleep in bed

Philip Cox had pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of his former partner, Cristal O’Brien, at York Street Flats in Dublin 2 in December 2022

Two victims were told by serving garda to withdraw statements against Thomas Collins (59) in 1997

Defendant had pleaded not guilty at start of 10-week long trial to McCarthy’s murder in August 2022

Patrick Murphy (52) told to leave gathering at Joseph Brosnan’s home but then returned with a knife and stabbed him

Lisa O’Meara waived right to anonymity so that Barry Murphy (39), from Ballycumber, Co Offaly, could be named

Diarmuid Phelan has denied the murder of a trespasser on his Co Dublin farm

Diarmuid Phelan has denied murder of trespasser on his Co Dublin farm

Richard Farrell given six-year sentence for four counts of defilement of a 16-year-old girl

Ms Justice O’Connor said that Dmitrus Aleinkovs (31) subjected the victim to further attack after she had been ‘rendered powerless by a person who drugged and raped her’

Lawyers acting for Riad Bouchaker (50), of no fixed abode, said they will keep the court updated on progress at a hearing one week before Christmas

Cailean Crawford to be sentenced to mandatory period of life in prison later this month for killing Thomas McCarthy

Jury convicted Brandon Gavin (22) of murdering Marius Mamaliga (19) in Swords in February 2023

Farmer’s high profile 2005 manslaughter conviction was quashed and he was found not guilty in a retrial

David Dunne (40) found guilty of murder of Robert O’Connor by stamping on his head in a ‘vicious and unprovoked’ assault

Jurors also heard a description of footage of dogs being encouraged to attack a live kitten

The man pleaded guilty to 26 sample counts for crimes which occurred on dates between 2004 and 2019

Guenter Lohse set fire to home in Co Donegal after family plan to send him back to Germany, court heard

The court heard that the abuse continued for over 15 years

Robert Murphy (42) stabbed Jamie Kavanagh (24) in hostel on Dublin’s Harrington Street in April of last year

Judge informs jury in trial of Phelan for murder of Keith Conlon that prosecution case is close to conclusion

The jury heard that Gavin’s phone had searched for ‘prison sentence for murder in Ireland’ on the day before the stabbing

Victim tells court he has not slept properly since the assault in 2022

Brandon Gavin (22), who has pleaded not guilty, also contacted a woman on Tinder 20 minutes before Marius Mamaliga (19) was killed

The prosecution invited the 12 individual members of the jury to hold the Smith & Wesson handgun

Geunter Lohse had lived with his mother, Ruth, all his life and thought his family was going to remove him from Donegal house

Diarmuid Phelan has denied the murder of a trespasser on his farm in February 2022

Mihail Ciorici (41) jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to rape and oral rape of the college student in Fermoy

Patrick (aka PJ) Kelly (22) and Joseph Byrne (44), both of Corra Choill Park in Prosperous, were sentenced at the Central Criminal Court

Ruth Lawrence (42), originally from Clontarf, is accused of the murder of Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O’Connor (32), whose bodies were found in plastic sheeting on Inchicup Island

‘I stood up for myself and I was believed,’ says Kathleen Correia, who was raped and coercively controlled by her then husband, Sergio Correia

Man’s original term of 10½ years extended by four years for ‘unusual, shocking and extremely disturbing’ crimes

Keith Conlon and his friend ‘did not seem a danger’, farmworker tells court

Man who was shot was bleeding from the head and asking for help, jury told

Diarmuid Phelan denies murder of Keith Conlon on farm in Tallaght in February 2022

Victim says attention from Fergus Delaney made her feel wanted but she later realised initial text from him was ‘the beginning of the end of my childhood’

Philip Griffin (37) was charged with murdering Anthony O’Brien and Nadine O’Brien in Tralee in May 2012

The child was found at a house in the southwest of the country on March 13th, 2021. He died three days later in hospital in Dublin