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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 O'Kelly SC, for the State, also ...

01 Mar 2022 at 15:21

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Woman (71) was found with lacerations and head injury, Kilkenny murder trial hears

A detective has told a murder trial he saw that a 71-year-old pensioner had lacerations to the neck, an injury to her head and her left ear appeared to be missing when he entered her home. The jury has also heard that murder accused Trevor Rowe ...

03 Mar 2022 at 16:17

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Jury in murder trial of Kilkenny man 'must focus on the question of intent' - trial judge

The jury in the trial of a homeless man who admits killing his friend but denies it was murder must focus on the question of intent, the trial judge has told them. Damien Singleton (31) of no fixed abode, has pleaded not guilty to murder but ...

24 Nov 2021 at 19:04

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Kilkenny man who died after stabbing was able to point out alleged attacker at scene, murder trial hears

A 40-year-old man who died after a fatal stabbing was still conscious when gardai arrived at the scene and was able to point out his alleged attacker, a murder trial has heard. Andrew ‘Andy’ Cash of Highrath, Clara, Co Kilkenny, is accused ...

06 Nov 2023 at 17:40

Crime & Court

Kilkenny man goes on trial after pleading not guilty to murdering his brother in law

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a man accused of murdering his brother-in-law in Kilkenny last year. Andrew ‘Andy’ Cash of Highrath, Clara, Co Kilkenny, is accused of the murder of John Cash (40) at ...

02 Nov 2023 at 16:13

Crime & Court

‘He had it coming for 20 years’: Kilkenny murder accused

A Kilkenny man who is accused of stabbing his brother-in-law to death in broad daylight in front of his wife shouted "he had it coming for 20 years" in the presence of gardaí attending the scene, a murder trial has been told. Andrew ...

03 Nov 2023 at 14:28

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Guilty - Garrett Smith to be sentenced for manslaughter of Kilkennyman Edward (Liam) O'Sullivan

A man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Kilkenny man Edward (Liam) O’Sullivan. Mr O’Sullivan suffered a “determined and vicious assault” at his home at High Hayes Terrace, in Kilkenny, in the early hours of Thursday, ...

28 Oct 2022 at 18:36

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National: Witness tells murder trial of finding the body of teen while walking his dogs

A witness has described to the Central Criminal Court the moment he found the dead body of a teenager while taking his dogs for a morning walk. “I looked up and saw the body. I walked over and said hello, thinking it was ...

30 Nov 2022 at 19:12

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Kieran Greene lodges appeal against conviction and Keith Johnston lodges appeals against conviction and sentence

A 35-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for murdering a retired grandmother, whose dismembered remains were found scattered at nine different locations in the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, has lodged an appeal ...

06 Aug 2020 at 16:42

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Kilkenny murder trial: Nancy Smyth subjected to head injuries and strangled before fire started in her home

A murder trial has heard that a widowed pensioner was subjected to head injuries and strangled before a fire was started in her Kilkenny home 30 years ago. State Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy was giving ...

24 Mar 2017 at 18:41

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"He had it coming for 12 years" - Kilkenny man told gardaí after stabbing brother-in-law

A Kilkenny father-of-three who believed his brother-in-law had been "intimate" with his wife in the past stabbed his relative to death and told gardai: "he had it coming for 12 years", the Central Criminal ...

01 Dec 2023 at 14:21

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Kilkenny murder trial: Malone told Gardai he argued with woman hours before she was found strangled

A man accused of the murder of a widowed pensioner in Kilkenny in 1987 told gardai that he had argued with her over a pigeon hours before she was found strangled, his cold-case trial has heard. John ...

07 Apr 2017 at 14:44

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