Central Criminal Court

Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan speaks to media

Justice Minister renews claims that striking solicitors targeted rape trials

Criminal Courts of Justice opening Dublin

Criminal defence solicitors escalate dispute with Justice Minister

Riad Bouchaker court case

‘In a way she died’ – Court hears from Parnell Square stabbing victims’ parents

Gibney, who was arrested on foot of an Irish extradition warrant in Florida least year, had lived in the US for years

George Gibney sentenced to 16 years and eight months

Louise O'Connor (56), Mark O'Connor (54) and Evan O'Connor (27) were killed in their home in Co Louth last year

Breaking Murder trial for man who killed mother, father and brother postponed

Criminal defence solicitors stage a protest

Solicitors extend walkout amid concerns for tenability of Jim O’Callaghan’s job

The men are also charged with falsely imprisoning the same alleged victim on the same date

Breaking Men accused of rape at Irish train station face new charges

Criminal Courts of Justice

Man who violently raped niece loses appeal against 15-year sentence

Osgur Breatnach raising a fist in the air

Osgur Breatnach’s Sallins train raid conviction declared miscarriage of justice

The girl was left severely disabled after the attack, but her mother says anger would not ‘change anything’.

Mother of little girl stabbed in the heart ‘does not feel anger’

The scene in Dublin city centre in November 23

Riad Bouchaker found guilty of attempting to murder three children in Dublin

Gardaí at a cordon on a street

Jury continues deliberations in Dublin stabbing trial

Dublin city centre incident

Jury sent home after an hour of deliberations in Dublin stabbing trial

Dublin city centre incident

‘Absurd’ to suggest stabbing accused did not intend to kill, jury told

Candles and tributes

Parnell Square stabbing accused told gardaí he was a ‘sick person’, jury hears

Dublin city centre incident

Riad Bouchaker said social welfare refusal made him go into ‘blackout’

The scene in Dublin city centre

Bouchaker said ‘I did not want to kill’ in garda interview played in court
Riad Bouchaker is charged with the attempted murder of two girls and one boy, and assault causing serious harm to an adult, in Dublin in 2023.
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The scene in Dublin city centre after five people were injured, including three young children, following a serious public order incident which occurred on Parnell Square East in November 2023

Jury shown Garda video interview with Riad Bouchaker

The scene in Dublin city centre after an alleged attack on Parnell Square East in November 2023

Doctor tells court he thought Parnell Square victim was dead

Parnell Square incident

Firefighter tells Bouchaker trial about chaos and injuries in Parnell Square

Dublin city centre incident

Girl had ‘no pulse’ and was ‘not breathing’ after Dublin stabbing, trial told

Dublin city centre incident

Parnell Square attacker had to be ‘put down’, witness says

The judge said the mother had the intention to kill her child at the time

Mother who stabbed daughter 70 times jailed as victim speaks out

Dublin city centre incident

Childcare worker describes tackling man during Parnell Square attack

The scene in Dublin city centre after five people were injured, including three young children, in November 2023

Woman tells court of ‘chaos’ on Parnell Square after attack in 2023

Police officers and vehicles in Dublin city centre

Woman’s bloodstained jacket shown in Parnell Square stabbing trial

Police officers in Dublin city centre

Jury shown CCTV footage of attack on children in Dublin

Dublin Central Criminal Court

Man goes on trial accused of attempting to murder three children
The trial of 52-year-old Riad Bouchaker, of no fixed address, opened before the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on Wednesday.
Cillian Sherlock, Press Association

The scene in Dublin city centre after the attack

Child injured in Parnell Square attack answers questions by blinking, court told

The scene in Dublin city centre after five people were injured, including three young children, following a serious public order incident which occurred on Parnell Square East

Man pleads not guilty to attempted murder of three children in Dublin city

Candles and tributes

Man going on trial accused of attempted murder of three children in Dublin

Tom White, of Brookhaven, Montpelier, County Limerick, was found guilty by a jury earlier this year of 10 counts of indecent assault of the then girl

'I was a happy child' - Irish pensioner repeatedly groped and sexually abused yo...

The man was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin

'It is no way to live' - former soldier avoids prison for harassing vulnerable r...

Man ‘fit to stand trial’ over attempted murder of Dublin children, judge finds

The man appeared before Letterkenny District Court

Garda charged with rape and child cruelty in Donegal faces Central Criminal Cour...

Afghan man living in Ireland convicted of sexual assault of vulnerable woman in ...

Ms Justice Eileen Creedon said the Westmeath man's relationship with the complainants' older sister 'allowed him to exploit these three young girls' and it was 'an egregious abuse of trust'

'Wolf in sheep's clothing': Midlands man jailed for sexual abuse of his partner'...

Army chaplain who forgave attacker awarded distinguished service medal

'I was brandished a slut in my hometown' - Waterford man jailed for raping ex-wife and her sister

'Monster' musician who busked in Kilkenny jailed for raping ex-wife and her sist...

Hearing held over whether man charged with Dublin attack fit to stand trial

The late Mason O'Connell-Conway

'Evil' stepmother, who murdered 4-year-old boy, is named after judge lifts repor...

Viko Viko and Variety Coffee shop were broken into at approximately 1 a.m., July 8 2025

'She was going to kill me': Child, 8, gives evidence of alleged stabbing by moth...

Woman charged after extradition in relation to fatal 2017 shooting

'Pure evil' - Woman who posted on Facebook trying to find missing man helped dump his body

'Pure evil' - Woman who posted on Facebook trying to find missing man helped dum...

Central Criminal Court

'Manipulative monster' in New Ross who 'smiled' as he cut daughter's throat sent...

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Paramedic reveals what father of boy (4) killed by stepmother said as they treat...

32-year-old woman pleads guilty to killing four-year-old boy but denies murder

Central Criminal Court

'The child was terrified': Man jailed for eight years for sexual abuse of young ...

The trial is being heard at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Limerick | FILE PHOTO

Man accused of murdering his brother in Kerry town goes on trial as jury is sel...

The accused Joseph Cahill (inset) of Sarsfield Avenue, Garryowen

'I hit him with a shovel and I hope the c*** is dead'- Limerick killer told gard...

Central Criminal Court

Court rejects sentence too 'difficult' claim by Kilkenny man caught with €1.7m...

The now 49-year-old man pleaded guilty to one count of anal rape and two counts of sexual assault at an address

Lengthy prison sentence for man who raped 12-year-old boy at Dublin home three d...

Psychiatric report on man charged over Parnell Square attack being assessed

Convicted rapist Thomas 'Tossy' Nyhan outside Limerick Courthouse on a previous date I PICTURE: Brendan Gleeson

Married farmer convicted of raping man twice led away to begin sentence

Dylan McCarthy, 29, died following an incident in which he received punches and a kick to the head outside a pub in Monasterevin

'Sportsman' jailed for manslaughter following assault during melee outside Kilda...

Convicted rapist Thomas ‘Tossy’ Nyhan outside Limerick Courthouse in May I PICTURE: Brendan Gleeson

'Powerful piece of work': Judge praises man who was raped twice by 'violent' far...

Bernard Brennan, aged 67, formerly of Rathfarnham, Dublin, but most recently residing in the United States, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of indecent assault at various locations within the State

Lengthy prison term for man who subjected sisters to 'horrific' and repeated sex...

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