Businessman pleads guilty to drug importation and facilitating criminal gang in relation to record crystal meth haul
Former Ballyseedy Group chief executive Nathan McDonnell (44) to be sentenced on December 17th
Former Ballyseedy Group chief executive Nathan McDonnell (44) to be sentenced on December 17th
Nathan McDonnell (44) and co-accused James Leen (41) to be tried by non-jury Special Criminal Court
Stephen Carberry (46) also accused of setting fire to car and acting to impede investigation into teenager’s murder
Nathan McDonnell (44) and James Leen (41) accused over drug discovery at Ballyseedy Garden Centre in Tralee
Aaron Brady (33) sentenced to three years and Dean Byrne (31) given two years, which will begin once his current jail sentence expires
Brandon Hennessy’s (21) father was shot on Christmas Eve, with alleged gunman Tristan Sherry (26) dying later from blunt-force trauma
Sentence hearing for Aaron Brady and hearings linked to killing of Tristan Sherry in Blanchardstown moved by judge due to action
Glen Ward (31) and Eric O’Driscoll (22) told to indicate by end of month if they want matter to go to trial
Currently, offence is dealt with via emergency terrorism and criminal gang law, which must be renewed annually
All face drug and organised crime charges after some 2.25 tonnes of cocaine was found aboard MV Matthew in Irish waters
Gunman killed after shooting Jason Hennessy snr on Christmas Eve in Blanchardstown
Noah Musueni was a juvenile when initially charged but has since turned 18 and can be identified
Five charged over seizure of 2.2 tonnes of cocaine worth €157 million on MV Matthew in September last year
Michael Crotty (42), from Cashel, bought Seán McGovern €20 top-up ahead of Noel Kirwan’s shooting in late 2016
Five men arrested about MV Mathew to face Special Criminal Court over €157m cocaine haul
Counsel for Declan ‘Mr Nobody’ Brady says client on ‘a path to change’ and is now a model prisoner
Dundon was sentenced to life in prison in 2013 for the murder of Shane Geoghegan
Convicted killer accepted responsibility for recording footage of interview with witness who told gardaí he heard Brady admit to shooting detective
Brendan Grehan, who represented Gerard Hutch during his trial at the non-jury court last year, urges reform of emergency law dating back 50 years
Special Criminal Court ‘hard to disappear’ and ‘new forms of exceptionality’ building around far right, says expert
Michael Crotty (40) has pleaded not guilty to helping to facilitate Mr Kirwan’s murder in 2016
The party’s stance on the Government response quickly hardened from support to outright criticism once gaps in policing emerged.
State’s main opposition party - consistently topping opinion polls - is tinkering with its stances on tax and foreign policy as it seeks to present itself as a party of Government
Sandra Hehir (54) was discovered to have €124,055 in cash from criminals, with two others also pleading guilty to same offence
Harte brought a High Court case challenging the law that permitted his Special Criminal Court conviction
Michael Carroll (43) showed ‘callous contempt for public safety’ in attempts to murder Edward Staunton
James Flynn (32) found guilty of taking vehicle which prosecutors said used in incident leading to death of Det Adrian Donohoe
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Barry Young pleaded guilty at Special Criminal Court after phone containing incriminating messages seized by gardaí
Limerick criminal Noel Price (45) has 90 previous convictions, including for unlawful seizure of vehicle occupied by three children
Courts with exceptional powers are mostly a feature of undemocratic countries, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin tells event
New trial for Thomas ‘Nicky’ McConnell after Judge David McHugh becomes unwell
The Act has been deployed against the IRA at various times in the past but that threat no longer exists
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee unlikely to accept Sinn Féin amendments in vote for renewal of the Court’s remit
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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