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Hearing date set for cage fighter seeking to have murder conviction declared miscarriage of justice
Court of Appeals
Ms Justice Kennedy noted the duration would "very much depend on what the disclosure is from the DPP"
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Man who killed friends in drunken collision jailed for four years and given eight-year road ban
Drink-driving
Patrick Carroll told gardai he was "truly sorry" for the men's deaths following the collision on February 20, 2024
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Challenge to Slane bypass permission can go to Court of Appeal, judge rules
High Court
In a judgment on Friday, Nolan said the action could go to the Court of Appeal to clarify two points of law
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Court rejects Regency getaway drivers' bid to have sentences reduced
Regency Hotel
Jason Bonney (55) and Paul Murphy (64) were tried alongside Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch at the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court in 2022. Hutch was acquitted of the murder of David Byrne
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Daughter of a garda charged with raping wife said she grew up expecting to be hit over uneaten meals
An Garda Siochana
Jurors were shown a DVD of the then 15-year-old’s girl interview with gardai, recorded in the winter of 2024.
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Man racially abused following assault in Belfast
Irish News
Police are appealing for witnesses and information about the incident in the north of the city on Monday
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Man accused of murdering Soham murderer Ian Huntley appears at Newcastle Crown Court
Courts
Anthony Russell, 43, is accused of murdering Soham murderer Ian Huntley in a workshop at Frankland Prison
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Pensioner records himself murdering his neighbour during a vicious bust‑up over noise
Courts
Hughes used a Dictaphone device to record the Christmas morning altercation
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Jury in trial of former sports coach accused of abusing four girls to resume deliberations today
Courts
The 77-year-old was originally charged with 79 counts, but pleaded guilty before the jury to five of them
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Eldest daughter of garda charged with raping his wife addresses journal
Courts
The 48-year-old man has also pleaded not guilty to two counts of raping his wife, this woman’s mother, on dates in 2009 and 2021 and to child cruelty of another, younger, daughter
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Murder trial jury watches CCTV of moment man who was fatally stabbed ran from Dublin house clutching chest
Courts
Derek Boyd is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of Mark Carroll, while his partner Chantelle Harcourt stands accused of impeding his prosecution
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Six months too lenient for man who defiled child and sent her sexually explicit photo, State argues
Courts
Barristers for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said that the girl had suicidal ideation and required therapy after being defiled by Ben Lawlor, now 22, of Ban ne Gréinne, Craddockstown, Naas, Co Kildare
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Garda accused of rape and child cruelty made daughter eat bucket of KFC chicken until she was sick, court told
Courts
All parties in the case have a statutory right to anonymity
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Gary Glitter charged with sex offences against girl under 14
Gary Glitter
Glitter, of HMP Channings Wood, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London on August 5
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Man to appear in court charged over assault on teen in Limerick
Courts
The accused, who was arrested by Gardai on Wednesday, July 1 as part of the investigation, is expected to appear before the court at Mulgrave Street on Thursday, 2 July 2026.
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Man due before court after gardai recover suspected stolen motorbikes in major raid
Courts
The man, aged in his 30s, was arrested following raids in Ballymun, Dublin 11, carried out on Wednesday morning, July 1, by the Stolen Motor Vehicle Investigation Unit of the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI).
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Murder trial jury told there is CCTV footage of stabbed man running from house with hand on chest
Courts
Derek Boyd has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of Mark Carroll, while his partner Chantelle Harcourt stands accused of impeding his prosecution
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Riad Bouchaker could face life behind bars after jury delivers guilty verdicts
Riad Bouchaker
The Central Criminal Court jury of nine men and three women took just over four hours and 40 minutes to convict Bouchaker, 52, of the attempted murder of the three children in a brutal attack on Dublin’s Parnell Square East on November 23, 2023
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Woman tells jury that Garda stepdad ripped earrings out of her ears when she was 10 after she had been misbehaving
Courts
The 48-year-old man has also pleaded not guilty to two counts of raping his wife, this woman’s mother, on dates in 2009 and 2021 and to child cruelty of another daughter
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Riad Bouchaker trial: What it was like in the courtroom as guilty verdicts reached
Riad Bouchaker
Moments after a jury of nine men and three women found him guilty of the monstrous attempted murder of three young kids, Riad Bouchaker was jabbering away as he sat in the dock of the CCJ’s court 19
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Gang sewed disabled man's toes together and tattooed penis on head as part of sick 'game'
Crime
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT: Six people were convicted of torturing a disabled man where they sewed his toes together and tattooed a penis on his face during a so-called 'game'
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Mother of young girl seriously injured in Parnell Square attack speaks of moment she received phone call that changed her life
Riad Bouchaker
In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the mother of a young girl left with lifelong injuries following a stabbing on Parnell Square in Dublin has opened up about the day her life changed forever
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'Anti-Islam activist' charged over alleged Dublin mosque attack: 'I don't care if children died'
Arson
Iranian national Saeid Khosroabadi allegedly told gardaí that he hated Islam and called its followers 'dirty people'
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Parnell Square trial verdict updates as Riad Bouchaker found guilty on all charges
Riad Bouchaker
Riad Bouchaker, 52, of no fixed address, was charged with the attempted murder of two girls, aged five and six, and one five-year-old boy in Dublin city centre
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