‘My child woke up and had to fight’: Man jailed over fire that killed father and daughter (5)
Anthony O’Brien and his daughter Nadine died at Killeen Heights in Tralee on May 12th, 2012
Central Criminal Court
Man jailed for raping teenager after New Year’s Eve party
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
Attempted murder charge dropped against man accused of twice stabbing ex-partner
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
Man jailed for 11 years over abuse of cousins, 26 years after first complaints
Two victims were told by serving garda to withdraw statements against Thomas Collins (59) in 1997
Man convicted of manslaughter of drug dealer and leaving body in wardrobe
Defendant had pleaded not guilty at start of 10-week long trial to McCarthy’s murder in August 2022
Man sentenced to life in prison for ‘cowardly’ murder of grandfather in Co Kerry
Patrick Murphy (52) told to leave gathering at Joseph Brosnan’s home but then returned with a knife and stabbed him
‘You thought you were untouchable’: Man jailed for raping and coercively controlling ex-partner
Lisa O’Meara waived right to anonymity so that Barry Murphy (39), from Ballycumber, Co Offaly, could be named
Murder trial of law professor adjourned to December 30th due to unavailability of jurors
Diarmuid Phelan has denied the murder of a trespasser on his Co Dublin farm
Murder trial of law professor adjourned due to juror unavailability
Diarmuid Phelan has denied murder of trespasser on his Co Dublin farm
‘I hope my words haunt you forever’: soccer coach jailed for sexual activity with teen player
Richard Farrell given six-year sentence for four counts of defilement of a 16-year-old girl
Man raped his landlady who was in temporary paralysis after taking spiked cocaine
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’
Reports awaited in relation to defence of man (50) charged with attempted murder at Parnell Square
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
Accused storms out of dock after being convicted of murdering man (55) in Ballyfermot
Cailean Crawford to be sentenced to mandatory period of life in prison later this month for killing Thomas McCarthy
Parents speak of ‘unbearable pain’ as man sentenced to life in prison for murdering their son (19)
Jury convicted Brandon Gavin (22) of murdering Marius Mamaliga (19) in Swords in February 2023
Padraig Nally, who shot trespasser John ‘Frog’ Ward on his Mayo farm in 2004, dies aged 81
Farmer’s high profile 2005 manslaughter conviction was quashed and he was found not guilty in a retrial
Mountjoy prisoner ‘lured’ fellow inmate to cell and murdered him
David Dunne (40) found guilty of murder of Robert O’Connor by stamping on his head in a ‘vicious and unprovoked’ assault
Diarmuid Phelan trial: Jury view ‘upsetting’ animal attack videos from phone of trespasser
Jurors also heard a description of footage of dogs being encouraged to attack a live kitten
Man (45) jailed for repeated rape of wife and two young daughters over 15-year period
The man pleaded guilty to 26 sample counts for crimes which occurred on dates between 2004 and 2019
‘Solitary and sad’ German man (63) jailed for 12 years over house fire that killed mother
Guenter Lohse set fire to home in Co Donegal after family plan to send him back to Germany, court heard
‘House of horrors’: Father jailed for rape and abuse of his four daughters in their family home
The court heard that the abuse continued for over 15 years
Man convicted of murder after jury rejects claim he intended to ‘frighten’ rather than kill neighbour
Robert Murphy (42) stabbed Jamie Kavanagh (24) in hostel on Dublin’s Harrington Street in April of last year
Diarmuid Phelan trial: Distance of more than one metre between barrister accused of murder and victim when fatal shot fired
Judge informs jury in trial of Phelan for murder of Keith Conlon that prosecution case is close to conclusion
Man (22) found guilty of murder of Marius Mamaliga in Swords
The jury heard that Gavin’s phone had searched for ‘prison sentence for murder in Ireland’ on the day before the stabbing
Man (31) who raped teenager after offering him place to stay is jailed for four years
Victim tells court he has not slept properly since the assault in 2022
Murder accused searched ‘prison sentence for murder in Ireland’ prior to fatal stabbing
Brandon Gavin (22), who has pleaded not guilty, also contacted a woman on Tinder 20 minutes before Marius Mamaliga (19) was killed
Jurors invited to pull trigger of revolver at centre of Diarmuid Phelan murder trial
The prosecution invited the 12 individual members of the jury to hold the Smith & Wesson handgun
Man who killed his mother by setting fire to home will return to Germany after sentence, court told
Geunter Lohse had lived with his mother, Ruth, all his life and thought his family was going to remove him from Donegal house
Jury in murder trial of law professor sent away until tomorrow
Diarmuid Phelan has denied the murder of a trespasser on his farm in February 2022
Limerick man jailed after woman in critical state following rape in Cork
Mihail Ciorici (41) jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to rape and oral rape of the college student in Fermoy
Two Co Kildare men jailed for rape of teenage girl in four different locations
Patrick (aka PJ) Kelly (22) and Joseph Byrne (44), both of Corra Choill Park in Prosperous, were sentenced at the Central Criminal Court
Trial of woman charged with 2014 murders of two ‘inseparable friends’ not ready to proceed, Central Criminal Court told
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 knew ... I couldn’t stay with him any more ... I had a husband who was addicted to drugs and raping me’
‘I stood up for myself and I was believed,’ says Kathleen Correia, who was raped and coercively controlled by her then husband, Sergio Correia
GAA coach who ‘destroyed’ boy’s life refused Supreme Court appeal over sentence increase
Man’s original term of 10½ years extended by four years for ‘unusual, shocking and extremely disturbing’ crimes
‘There was a lot of fear’: Diarmuid Phelan trial hears from witness to fatal shooting
Keith Conlon and his friend ‘did not seem a danger’, farmworker tells court
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