Criminal Courts

Man who stabbed 14-year-old’s hand with glass shard while trying to rob e-scooter jailed

Behaviour of Daniel Hayes (30), who had 126 previous convictions, ‘cowardly and shameful’, judge says

Jeffrey Donaldson watches from the dock as two alleged victims address sex abuse trial

Two alleged victims in trial of former DUP leader and wife Eleanor Donaldson have between them spent five days in the witness box

Murder accused captured on CCTV saying he could not wait to see face of attack victim

Alex Deady was heard telling two co-accused he believed his injuries were nothing compared with those of Barry Daly

Trial hears Jeffrey Donaldson told teenager: ‘I am truly sorry. Please forgive me’

Founder of Christian Family Centre facilitated meeting between former DUP leader and complainant, Newry court told

Sentencing of Charlie Chawke’s son and daughter for assault set for mid-July

Bill and Alison Chawke pleaded guilty to assaulting two men at Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare in 2023

Prosecution to argue three youths charged with murder of Cork man ‘acted together’

Youths pleaded not guilty to murder of father of five Barry Daly (44) in Co Cork last October

Teenager ‘addicted to stealing cars’ pleads guilty to 11 charges

Court hears boy has not been provided with services to meet his needs

Ex-business student who exposed himself to women given 16-month sentence

Judge says man offended against solitary women, locating vulnerable victims including a woman working alone at night

New ‘actuarial’ criminal legal aid payments open to legal challenge, Law Society warns

Anger mounts among solicitors after Minister for Justice presented plan as a ‘fait accompli’

Man appears in court accused of murdering mother of two in Co Galway

Ali Sohrabi charged after hotel worker Masoumeh Jafri Manojan found dead in Clifden

Civil servant accused of leaking confidential information to foreign ‘handlers’, court hears

Yevgen McKeeffe, an Irish citizen originally from Ukraine, was arrested at Dublin Airport on Thursday

Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife had listening device planted in car due to suspicion of affair

Ex-DUP leader was ‘very clever man’ who would not admit to abuse in 2020 letter, complainant tells abuse trial

Man given suspended sentence for harassing female colleague with ‘relentless’ sexual innuendo

Judge said case derived from a male culture where speaking disrespectfully of women ‘is excused by the manosphere and the likes of the Tates’

Two murder accused allegedly heard ‘gloating’ about assaulting man who died in hospital

Christopher Colin Nobes (31) and Andrew John Matthews (25) charged with murder of Nicholas Gordon (51) in Belfast

Man who broke red light and killed couple at pedestrian crossing in Blanchardstown jailed for five years

John Halpin (46) had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of Anthony Hogg (40) and Georgina Hogg Moore (39)

Garda taped conversations with wife, put tracker on her phone and told her to stay at home

David Reynolds had ‘old-fashioned attitude’ and treated woman like ‘chattel’, judge says

‘You hunted me and broke the soul of a child’: Sports coach sexually abused teenage girls

Victims tell Central Criminal Court of ordeal at hands of man who was training and mentoring them

Man jailed for 11 years after kicking to death ‘inoffensive man’ he met in pub

Gardaí found Aaron Wolfe (32) in a highly intoxicated state, stripped to the waist, with his hands covered in blood

Mother who captained Irish boxing team stabbed cousin 12 times in ‘savage’ knife attack

Victim underwent emergency surgery, plastic surgery, blood transfusions and is permanently injured, court hears

Conviction for Dublin rioter who set Garda car alight upheld by Court of Appeal

Man argued there was a risk he was ‘being made an example of’ by the sentencing judge

Woman’s world ‘shattered’ after driver broke red light and knocked her down, court hears

Driver who was ‘distraught over what happened’ gets 12-month suspended sentence

Mother of three jailed for Brown Thomas designer jacket theft

Cathriona Joyce (39) and Caitlin Joyce (21) of St Brigid’s Lawn, Porterstown in Dublin were before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday

Court hears 3D printed guns are becoming ‘more prevalent’ as man jailed for four years

Comment made during sentence hearing of Craig McKeever for possession of .22-calibre printed gun with ammunition

Drug dealer threatened ‘to get junkies to rape woman’s son’ over €157k debt, court hears

He also told her he would give her a month to pay up or ‘her son would be shot’

Man with ‘significant history of violence’ who assaulted ex outside workplace jailed

Mykola Kaznacheiev (56) previously received prison sentences totalling 21 years in his native Ukraine

Man who absconded from mental health facility and falsely imprisoned woman jailed

Court hears woman was in ‘total state of shock’ after incident and her life has changed significantly since

Man who indecently assaulted teenage girl more than 35 years ago jailed

Woman said going to gardaí was ‘most traumatic experience of my life, second only to the assault’

Convicted killer allowed on family holiday before sentencing over serious crash

Derek Moore took the stand and said the opportunity to go on the trip had only arisen recently

Dublin businessman and co-accused face trial over alleged €700,000 money laundering

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Man made ‘ham-fisted’ attempt to get €20,000 loan with false documents

Declan Conolly (42) of Coultry Drive, Dublin 9, pleaded guilty to attempting to make a gain by deception

Majority of allegations against six men accused of sexual abuse withdrawn

Seventh man is no longer on trial in case believed to be one of longest jury trials in history of State

Cork man on weapons charges will not face trial at Special Criminal Court

Paul Sheehan (46) of Elm Drive, Shamrock Lawn, Douglas back in court on further charges

Man who jumped over 6ft wall and escaped Garda custody is jailed

He was pursued by patrol car and air support, but was not captured for two months

Man attempted to rob three shops on Dublin street in less than five minutes, court hears

Michael O’Toole (41), formerly of Citi Hostel, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted robbery at two Paddy Power premises and a Spar

‘Thrill-seeking’ disqualified teenage driver who led gardaí on high-speed chases jailed

Teenager drove vehicle against southbound traffic on M50 during one chase

‘Middleman’ involved in €500,000 Trinity College Dublin hardship fund fraud jailed

Luke Taaffe (34) pleaded guilty to 11 counts of possessing proceeds of criminal conduct

Tenant who assaulted his landlord and another man is jailed for 12 months

He also brandished a knife, but fled from a window after armed gardaí were called, court hears

Man jailed for beating pregnant partner and attacking another woman over drug debt

Drug dealer pleaded guilty to separate attacks one year apart

Father and wife of wanted man tried to get him false passport before he fled, court hears

Gardaí discovered application form and pictures 'had been stamped by senior member of force'

Ryanair crew member left her job after being sexually assaulted during flight, court hears

Passenger drank ‘mind boggling’ amount of alcohol at airport and on plane

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