Justice Paul Coffey
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Jim Mansfield jnr granted legal aid by Special Criminal Court
- Courts
- December 3, 2019, 13:23
Businessman Jim Mansfield jnr has been granted legal aid on charges relating to false imprisonment and perversion of justice after the Special Crimina(...)

Secret garda recordings can be used in murder conspiracy case
- Politics
- October 30, 2019, 13:50
The Special Criminal Court has ruled that CCTV footage and recordings from covert audio devices placed on six cars as part of an investigation into th(...)

Cause of fire key issue for relatives in Stardust inquests
- Crime & Law
- September 26, 2019, 21:39
The fresh inquests into the deaths of 48 people in the 1981 Stardust fire will be the fourth time an inquiry has been held into the cause of the trage(...)

Man to be sentenced for possession of heroin valued at €1.25 million
- Courts
- July 15, 2019, 15:18
A Dublin man will be sentenced at the Special Criminal Court later this month for possessing €1.25 million worth of heroin. Michael Brady (54), with (...)

‘Mr Nobody’ who minded Kinahan gang ‘arsenal’ jailed for 10½ years
- Courts
- July 15, 2019, 13:21
A Kildare man who minded an “arsenal” of firearms and ammunition for the Kinahan cartel has been jailed for 10 years and six months. Declan Brady (5(...)

Man who admitted gun possession ‘took orders from criminals abroad’
- Courts
- June 24, 2019, 16:10
A Kildare man who pleaded guilty to possessing 15 guns and 1,355 rounds of ammunition received his instructions from senior criminals based abroad, a (...)

Two men jailed for roles in murder of dissident republican
- Courts
- April 1, 2019, 13:23
Two men who played roles in the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly have been jailed by the Special Criminal Court. Peter Butterly (35), w(...)

Garda search failed to find drugs and assault rifle stashed in bed
- Courts
- March 15, 2019, 20:30
Gardaí failed to find millions of euro in drugs and an assault rifle stashed in a bed when they carried out a search of a house during a “very fast-mo(...)

Ross Outram (28) found guilty of murdering 90-year-old farmer Paddy Lyons
- Criminal Court
- March 8, 2019, 12:35
Ross Outram has been jailed for life after a jury found him guilty of murdering a 90-year-old retired farmer, who was found beaten to death in his own(...)

Murder trial jury asks to see clothing worn by accused and deceased
- Criminal Court
- March 7, 2019, 13:45
The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 90-year-old in his home has asked to hear evidence from two pathologists again and to view a hoo(...)