Justice Tara Burns
22 results

Former GAA star charged in connection with ATM robberies
- Courts
- September 1, 2020, 19:13
A former All Ireland club champion has appeared in court charged in relation to the theft and attempted theft of ATMs in Cavan and Monaghan last year.(...)

Trial of man accused of murder in a Limerick bar begins
- Criminal Court
- September 1, 2020, 14:05
A 43-year-old man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of stabbing another man to death in a Limerick bar after a row over payment (...)

Man pleads guilty at Special Criminal Court to helping facilitate murder
- Courts
- December 13, 2019, 21:35
A 25-year-old man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to helping facilitate the murder of David Douglas. Mr Douglas (55) was shot six t(...)

Ruling may change way IRA cases are tried
- Crime & Law
- December 9, 2019, 02:49
The Special Criminal Court had a 94 per cent conviction rate at trial last year, but the rate could be reduced in future following the acquittal of tw(...)

Woman says rapist ‘only told me how to kneel, obey and be quiet’
- Circuit Court
- October 7, 2019, 17:41
A woman who became pregnant after she was raped by a man introduced to her as “a good guy” who could help her, has said her daughter will never be his(...)

Meat factory worker jailed for nine years for killing housemate with boning knife
- Criminal Court
- July 25, 2019, 14:03
A meat factory worker has been jailed for nine years for using his boning knife to kill his housemate after losing hundreds of euro to him in poker. (...)

Two Limerick men found with loaded gun jailed for total of 21 years
- Criminal Court
- July 15, 2019, 18:59
Two Limerick men have received sentences totalling 21 years after armed gardai stopped them in a car and found a loaded handgun, a petrol canister, la(...)

Man jailed for six and a half years for rape of woman at beach
- Criminal Court
- July 11, 2019, 15:38
A father of three who raped a woman in the back of his car while on a trip to the beach has been jailed for six and a half years. The man (37), who c(...)

Jury begins deliberations in trial of man who killed poker opponent
- Criminal Court
- July 3, 2019, 16:41
A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the murder trial of a Cavan meat factory worker, who killed his poker opponent with a knife from the fac(...)

Man (31) jailed for raping schoolgirl at his sister’s birthday party
- Circuit Court
- June 6, 2019, 12:54
A Co Clare man has been jailed for 12 years for twice raping a schoolgirl at his sister’s birthday party. Richard O’Mara (31), with an address at Wal(...)