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The judge in the courtroom refused to leave when Dunican told her she could go. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

Man held up judge and barrister in ‘terrifying’ siege, court told

January 22, 2021, 17:35

Edmund Dunican (47) used a fake pistol and a hoax pipe bomb during incident

Justice Michael White said that the attacks were extremely violent and had had a severe impact. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Man jailed for repeatedly raping a child over a two year period

January 20, 2021, 17:53

Victim’s wish for man to be publicly named cannot be done without a court order

Carey’s 70 previous convictions include a number of theft offences, court told. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Man found with €12,000 of stolen North Face clothing in home is jailed

January 19, 2021, 17:53

Garard Carey (43) said he had no involvement in the burglary but had agreed to hold the items

Man pleaded guilty to sexual assaulting the woman on the Dublin city centre tram on September 26th, 2019. File photograph: Alan Betson

Man who sexually assaulted woman on Luas tram is jailed

January 19, 2021, 16:14

Victim said offence had affected her life and left her feeling ‘dirty and scared’

File image of Phoenix Park in Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Man who made three hoax calls about bombs in Phoenix Park gets suspended sentence

January 19, 2021, 15:43

John Murphy (44) was homeless when he threatened to ‘blow up all devices’

The victim said the abuse has left him with a life altering condition of anxiety and depression. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Child abuser is jailed 18 years after he admitted assaults

January 19, 2021, 13:13

Kevin Brazil (51) was first questioned in 2002 about molesting boy (12) but file was not sent to DPP

The man pleaded guilty to murdering the boy, who cannot be named because he is a minor, in the southwest of the country on November 3rd, 2019. File photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

Man (28) admits murdering 11-year-old in 2019

January 18, 2021, 12:48

Accused pleads guilty to killing boy he had ‘clear relationship’ to in southwest of country

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that during an extensive skimming operation in the UK a Romanian criminal gang based there used a “deep insert skimmer” to collect details of customers of the HSBC bank outlets.

Gang members made fake credit cards and used in shops, court hears

January 13, 2021, 13:29

Men arrested when gardaí noticed them acting suspiciously in Temple Bar

Mr Justice Michael White said that jury panels are currently suspended for the next three weeks and the situation will be reviewed on January 26th.

Trial of man (55) accused of murdering Co Galway woman (75) unable to go ahead

January 11, 2021, 13:42

Other murder trials also postponed as courts are not swearing new juries due to Covid-19 restrictions

A courtroom in the Criminal Courts of Justice complex in Dublin. Photograph: Collins Courts

Man convicted of raping wife’s sons can be named after court order lifted

December 22, 2020, 12:02

Paul Gregory (56) pleaded guilty in 2015 to 205 counts of rape and sexual assault

Glen ‘Ossie’ Osborne (20): murdered at Ballybough House, Ballybough, Dublin on April 15th.

Teenager sentenced to life in prison for murdering his friend

December 16, 2020, 19:01

Seventeen-year-old pleaded guilty to killing Glen ‘Ossie’ Osborne (20) in Dublin

Maura Thornton (38) from Inverin, Connemara, Co Galway was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for manslaughter. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy.

Woman who killed partner fails to get Christmas release from jail

December 16, 2020, 12:49

Maura Thornton sought to be freed from prison to spend time with her mother

Nicola Henry (32) was the secretary of the Johnson & Johnson social club when she wrote 37 cheques to herself, forging her colleagues’ signatures. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Woman stole €20,000 from company’s social club and credit card, court told

December 15, 2020, 21:00

Nicola Henry (32) spent money on holidays to Australia, Sri Lanka and Dubai

Judge Elma Sheahan said that while the plea in this case was by no means early, it had value in that it spared the victim from going through the rigours of the trial process. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Man jailed for indecently assaulting boy (8) in the 1980s

December 15, 2020, 14:09

‘Any power he had over me as a child is gone,’ victim says of his attacker Thomas Deegan

In the months before the 90-year-old victim’s hospitalisation, Lynda Goldsmith began taking money from her bank account by getting cash back while she was buying groceries for her using her debit card.Photograph: Dave Meehan

Woman who stole €2,700 from elderly friend’s bank card, is jailed

December 14, 2020, 17:12

Judge notes aggravating factor was taking from victim while she was sick in hospital

The court heard Griffin was well known to staff and had been sitting at one of the machines in the bookmakers for the whole day. File photograph: Dave Meehan

Man who threatened bookmakers with toilet brush handle gets suspended sentence

December 14, 2020, 16:09

Thomas Griffin (47), who stole €500 from betting shop, was a regular customer, court told

It was the defence contention that ‘fear’ was at ‘the heart of the case’ and the accused was not only afraid for ‘his own skin’ but that the victim had also threatened his family, which had ‘set him off’. Photograph: Collins Courts

Man who admitted stabbing fisherman found guilty of manslaughter

December 4, 2020, 23:37

Jury unanimously accepted defence case that Darren Houlden ‘lost control and snapped’

Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

Teenager accused of raping and sexually assaulting girl in Dublin park

December 1, 2020, 18:23

Teen pleads not guilty to charges

Rachel Kearney said her boyfriend Stephen “Apples” Kavanagh was pleading with her as he was being stabbed by the accused and asked her: “Will you help me. He is going to kill me”. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

Woman tells murder trial she saw accused ‘slaughtering’ her boyfriend

November 25, 2020, 18:20

Darren Houlden pleads not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter of Stephen Kavanagh

A woman was walking across a pedestrian crossing with her granddaughter when a TV fell from above her, hitting her and knocking her to the ground.

Woman threw TV off balcony injuring person walking below, court told

November 25, 2020, 13:26

Caroline Connors (34) blames a ‘moment of madness’ and gets suspended sentence

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