The Irish Times

Michael Lynn theft trial opens before jury

Former solicitor facing charges relating to alleged theft of €27m from lenders

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 15:06

Child pornography films and images found on garda’s laptop, trial told

The 58-year-old man pleaded not guilty in court to possession of child pornography at his home

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 13:54

Man who defiled girl after teenage disco in Dublin has sentence cut on appeal

Fact victim (14) ‘obviously inebriated’ a cause for ‘serious concern,’ Court of Appeal finds

Tue Oct 30 2018 - 14:59

Man who infected two partners with HIV jailed for ten years

Former wife says her heart was ‘smashed into a million pieces’ after testing positive

Thu Jul 26 2018 - 16:45

Gang members who kidnapped family in Securicor raid are convicted

Armed and masked men held mother and two sons and stole over €2m in March 2005

Mon May 21 2018 - 20:01

Pat Whelan pleads guilty to Anglo loan register offence

Former director of lending at Anglo Irish Bank was due to go on trial next month

Wed Dec 21 2016 - 17:58

‘Dark net’ drug-dealer loses appeal over jail sentence

Neil Mannion (35) had pleaded guilty to the possession of €143,000 worth of narcotics

Thu Nov 03 2016 - 16:03

Sex offender sentenced to 14 years for rape and sexual abuse

Kenneth Cooke told to ‘rot’ in prison by associates of his two victims as he is led away

Wed Nov 02 2016 - 20:15

Special prison security measures for jailed Hutch family member

Counsel tells court Samuel Hutch is ‘very lonely’ as he’s not allowed visitors or to mingle

Thu Jul 21 2016 - 14:34

Man jailed after ‘relapsing’ into child pornography

John O’Dowd had UK conviction and was monitored by Garda after moving to Ireland

Tue Jul 05 2016 - 01:00

‘Feral youth’ jailed over glassing of innocent passerby

Dylan Murphy (20) admitted he overreacted ‘out of pure rage’ to incident involving sister

Fri Mar 11 2016 - 19:30

Anglo Irish accounts did not link funding with €7.2bn ILP transactions

Interbank loans allegedly used to flatter Anglo balance sheet

Fri Mar 11 2016 - 17:11

Anglo banker refused to sign off on €7.2bn ILP transfers, court hears

Inter-bank deal allegedly used to flatter now-defunct bank’s balance sheet

Fri Feb 26 2016 - 16:01

‘Notorious’ murderer will not serve time for prison incident

Jeffrey Dumbrell will not spend any extra time in prison for threatening to rip the head off a prison officer

Tue Feb 23 2016 - 13:05

Man who helped smuggle 10m cigarettes jailed for three years

Accused pleaded guilty to evasion of excise duty with potential loss to exchequer of €4m

Thu Jan 28 2016 - 01:00

Animal charities criticise leniency of sentence for dog killing

Man who swung dog by lead given community service, not banned from owning dogs

Wed Jul 29 2015 - 11:34

Man who broke skull in attack gets suspended sentence

Dean Adams (22) assaulted Deomid Ryabkov after his friend stole the victim’s headphones

Mon Jul 27 2015 - 16:36

Man found asleep on stolen cash gets suspended sentence

Luke Curry (25) pleaded guilty to robbery of pharmacy in Tallaght

Fri Mar 13 2015 - 16:08

Woman must pay €21,000 over row outside Dublin school, High Court rules

Victim received 20 stitches to her head after assault

Thu Feb 19 2015 - 01:00

Case against Michael Lowry for alleged tax offences adjourned

Former minister yet to indicate how he will plead to charges linked to tax returns

Fri Feb 06 2015 - 15:48

Teenagers to face trial for alleged mugging of stroke survivor

Man (52), who had survived a stroke two years ago, was attacked and left for dead

Wed Aug 20 2014 - 01:00

Teen to be tried for burglary in which women allegedly threatened in bedroom

Gardaí traced male through tracker app on robbed phone; 17-year-old to be tried as adult

Tue Aug 19 2014 - 19:48

Solicitor says FitzPatrick may have to apply for legal aid for upcoming trial

Former Anglo chairman faces 12 counts of failing to disclose to auditors the true value of loans worth at least €139 million

Fri Aug 01 2014 - 01:01

Order to stop sex offender contacting children online refused

Judge says no evidence before court that any threat posed to a child or children

Fri Aug 01 2014 - 01:00

Stolen money used for extension and Barbados apartment, O’Brien trial hears

Investments characteristic of ‘Ponzi scheme’, court told

Thu Jul 31 2014 - 23:00

Burglar caught after victim chased him with garden hoe

Homeowner asks court to consider ordering recovering addict into treatment instead of jail

Wed Jul 16 2014 - 17:33

Soldier said he got cannabis to ease pain of dying wife

Widowed father-of-two initially told gardaí he was moving drugs to pay debt of €40,000

Tue Jul 15 2014 - 19:18

Man involved in kidnapping of hurling champion to be sentenced

Stephen Freeman pleaded guilty to attempting to steal cash from Kilkenny bank in 2009

Fri Jul 04 2014 - 17:42

Judge asks victim of sexual assault to consider meeting her abuser

Man was convicted in April of assaulting his brother’s step-daughter

Thu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00

Former solicitor to be sentenced for fraud dating back to late 1990s

Dublin man admitted charges on three counts of fraud amounting to IR£35,000

Thu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00

Taxi driver ran down man who failed to pay fare

David Ryan expresses regret over incident in which he ‘snapped’ and pursued passengers who left without paying

Wed May 28 2014 - 01:00

Man jailed for four years for Swedish House Mafia assault

Raymond Donnan (24) stabbed two bystanders at Phoenix Park concert

Mon Feb 24 2014 - 16:43

Dublin man acquitted of manslaughter of taxi driver

Witness said a backseat passenger got out of the taxi and the driver followed him

Wed Feb 05 2014 - 01:02

Man who tried to choke ex-partner with flex jailed

Ralph Currivan (49) also hit woman with an iron and threatened her with a knife

Tue Feb 04 2014 - 18:24