Murder

10:26, 30 APR 2025

Richard Satchwell trial: Every update from day one as truck driver denies murdering wife Tina in Cork

Richard Satchwell

Mr Satchwell had reported his wife missing to gardaí in Fermoy, Co Cork, in March 2017

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Wife and brothers of killer Jozef Puska to go on trial tomorrow

Marek Puska, Lubomir Puska and Lucia Istokova are charged with withholding information that could have led to the arrest or prosecution of Jozef Puska for the murder of Ashling Murphy

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Missing woman went to Garda station for help before vanishing in 2015, mother reveals

Missing persons

Gardaí have upgraded their investigation into the disappearance of Elizabeth Clarke in 2015 to a murder inquiry

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Watch: Mum of missing Elizabeth Clarke asks those who know where her body is to come forward

Exclusive: “I just want answers and want to know what happened to Elizabeth," said Noeleen. "And I am appealing to those who know where she is buried to come forward to gardai, even anonymously. Ease your conscience.."

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Detective who nailed monster Graham Dwyer: "I believe he filmed the murder of Elaine O'Hara"

EXCLUSIVE: Retired officer Peter Woods also told the Irish Mirror about the moment he arrested Dwyer for the August 2012 murder of Ms O'Hara, 36

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Inside the web of lies and sordid sex fantasies in the Graham Dwyer murder trial that gripped the nation

As the Irish Mirror sheds new light on Graham Dwyer's gruesome murder of Elaine O'Hara, we look back at the details of a trial that shocked the nation

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Killer Chris Watts' chilling prison confession about daughter's haunting last moments

Chris Watts took the lives of his pregnant wife Shanann and their two daughters, Bella, four, and Celeste, three, in a sickening act of violence - later making a horrifying prison confession

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Gardai hopeful Sophie Toscan du Plantier case can be solved with forensic advancements and FBI help

Sophie Toscan du Plantier

The head of the cold case review team, Supt Des McTiernan said the investigation remains "active" despite the death over a year ago of long-time prime suspect Ian Bailey

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Sister of missing Jo Jo Dullard issues Easter plea as she thanks public for support

In October 2020, gardaí upgraded the investigation into the disappearance to a murder probe.

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'A lovely boy': Family of Cork murder victim Daniel O'Sullivan thank Gardai as tributes pour in

Mr O’Sullivan was rushed to Cork University Hospital on Monday night with serious injuries but was later pronounced dead

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Gardai set to launch murder probe after 'harmless' Donegal man killed in own home

An Garda Siochana

Gardaí are expected to launch a murder investigation after 61-year-old Eddie Friel was found dead in his Donegal home following a suspected violent altercation.

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Commission launches fresh appeal to help find Disappeared victim Seamus Maguire

Seamus Maguire, who was 29 and from Aghagallon, was murdered and secretly buried by republican paramilitaries during the mid-1970s

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Pair who murdered man over tablets fail to convince appeal court they were 'accessories after the fact'

Father-of-one Andrew Guerrine was stabbed 20 times, including through his skull and spine

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'Jennie's Law' petition gathers momentum with 19,000 signatures supporting domestic abuse register

Domestic violence

Exclusive - Jennifer Poole's brother Jason has been campaigning for a domestic abuse register, which would allow those with concerns to ask authorities for information about a partner's violent past.

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Family of murdered mum blast killer: 'This criminal lives, yes, in prison, but doing well, it makes us sick'

Larisa Serban's mother said it makes her 'sick' knowing her killer is 'alive while my daughter is in the ground'

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HSE counsellor found guilty of being getaway driver for 'violent thug' who murdered Lisa Thompson

Evidence was heard at Brian McHugh's trial that Ms Thompson was dealing prescription drugs from her home, with gardai who searched the house finding thousands of prescription tablets worth nearly €50,000 hidden in the attic

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Man who sobbed claiming he accidentally cut wife's throat with carving knife found guilty of murder

Regin Rajan (43) didn’t show any emotion as the jury at the Central Criminal Court in Cork found him guilty of the murder of his 38 year old wife Deepa Paruthiyezhuth Dinamani

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Mother of baseball bat killer's victim speaks out: 'You would not do it to a dog'

Robert Broughan beat his "best friend" "to a pulp" with a baseball bat after they had set out together on a fishing trip

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Man who beat best friend 'to a pulp' with baseball bat then texted him chilling four-word message jailed for life

Robert Broughan attacked Roy Hopkins on the Grand Canal on 31 July 2020 after they had gone there together to fish

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Two brothers jailed for beating homeless Irishman to death in Spain

They were also ordered to pay €150,000 to the family of the victim, who wasn't named in court but is from Cork

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Pub lunch DNA clue finally leads to killer being caught after 26 years

Paul Hutchinson, who brutally murdered schoolgirl Colette Aram in 1983 and taunted police for years, was finally caught in 2009 after DNA evidence from a pub lunch linked him to the crime, ending a 26-year hunt.

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Son slaughtered parents, chopped them up and burned their heads in fireplace

Chandler Halderson had been lying to his parents about studying at a technical college and working with the local police

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Man accused of wife's murder told garda that he stabbed her because she 'cheated on him'

The family were living in Cork for around four months when Deepa was found dead in a blood-soaked bed in a rental property in the city

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Handwritten note where writer asks for forgiveness found at scene of Cork murder

Detective Garda John Paul Twomey told the jury that he seized and bagged amongst other items a knife, a wedding ring, a broken gold necklace and a bloodied T-shirt and shorts

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