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Man in his 20s charged over serious assault in Co Wicklow

A man has been charged after a man was attacked at a house in Co Wicklow, gardai said. Two men were arrested on Thursday over the serious assault, which happened on the Ashfield Estate in the early hours of Tuesday August 2. The victim, in his 40s, ...

19 Aug 2022 at 22:02

National News

Former Irish soldier to be sentenced for Islamic State membership

A former Irish soldier found guilty of being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) is due to appear before a Dublin court on Friday for sentencing. Ex-Defence Forces member Lisa Smith, 40, was found guilty in May of membership of the IS ...

22 Jul 2022 at 03:45

National News

Ex-Irish soldier Lisa Smith jailed for 15 months for IS membership

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group. The 40-year-old ex-Defence Forces member was found guilty in May of IS membership but was cleared ...

22 Jul 2022 at 14:18

National News

Co-accused in midlands rape trial said girl was very drunk and did not know 'what where how'

One of the four men accused of raping a teenage girl “one after another” told gardai that after the alleged events he thought she “might come to her senses” and go to the police, a trial has heard. The four men, who cannot be named for ...

22 Mar 2022 at 17:51

National News

Defence tells Court of Appeal that arrest of man convicted of attempted rape was not lawful

The arrest of a homeless man who was caught on security cameras attempting to rape another homeless man in the street was not lawful, his lawyers argued at the Court of Appeal on Tuesday. William Dollard (32) had pleaded not guilty to ...

22 Mar 2022 at 18:11

National News

Man jailed for 15 years after leaving female neighbour permanently paralysed in attempted gun murder

A "danger to society" who led a campaign of abuse against his neighbour before leaving her permanently paralysed in an attempted gun murder that "obliterated" her life has been jailed for 15 years. The Central Criminal Court has ...

26 Apr 2022 at 14:09

Crime & Court

*Reader warning* Pensioner beaten and mutilated, had cardboard in mouth, pathologist tells Kilkenny murder trial

Reader warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of injuries The body of a pensioner was discovered in a mutilated state after she had been beaten, stabbed and had her throat slit in her own home, while a large piece ...

10 Mar 2022 at 16:23

Crime & Court

Kilkenny murder accused told detective he committed 'five other murders', trial hears

A man accused of murdering a 71-year-old pensioner in her home told a detective that he had committed 'five other murders', was working for the Kinahan Cartel and received €5,500 'for doing a murder', his trial has heard. ...

02 Mar 2022 at 19:16

Crime & Court

Kilkenny murder trial: Gardai found accused man hysterically shouting

Gardai who called to a murder accused's home found him hysterically shouting that he had 'slit her throat, buried a knife in her head' and that this was his 'fifth one', his trial has heard. Another garda witness told ...

02 Mar 2022 at 15:29

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Trial of man accused of murdering Kilkenny pensioner opens at Central Criminal Court

A murder accused made three anonymous phone calls to gardai stating that he had killed a 71-year-old pensioner who lived alone in her home, a prosecution barrister has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court. John ...

01 Mar 2022 at 15:21

Crime & Court

Kilkenny Court: Man charged with 41 sexual offences

A man charged with 41 sexual offences has been sent forward to the Central Criminal Court for trial. The man is charged with offences including rape and sexual assault against two people between 2001 and 2009. ...

23 Feb 2022 at 11:00

Crime & Court

'Death had a face': Trevor Rowe gets life for inflicting 'unnatural terror' on pensioner in her own home

A man has been jailed for life for the brutal murder of a Kilkenny pensioner, who suffered a "torturous and painful death" and "unnatural terror" in her own home, her distraught daughter told Central Criminal ...

01 Apr 2022 at 16:27

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