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Earlier this month, Donaldson was given a 15-year sentence for a series of historical sex offences

Convicted paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson accused of 2026 rape

Minister of State Robert Troy had left his tenant without a functioning oven for at least three months

Minister of state ordered to pay damages for breaching landlord duties

Sabrina Kehoe’s sentencing hearing on Tuesday for murder heard that following her arrest she told Gardaí that she was glad the father of her children was dead

'I'm after stabbing him' - Woman boasted about murdering ex-partner

A general view of the Criminal Courts of Justice

Courts at a ‘standstill’ as minister criticised for criminal legal aid dispute

Alison Chawke, pictured outside Limerick Courthouse, has been released from prison

Breaking Shock as Alison Chawke released from prison after Limerick assault

Limerick courthouse

Breaking Man caught with horrific child pornography material is jailed

Alison Chawke and Bill Chawke - at Limerick Courthouse I PICTURES: Brendan Gleeson

Breaking Siblings jailed for 'vicious and unprovoked assault' in Limerick

Seamus O’Callaghan (82) was convicted of one count of anal rape following a Central Criminal Court trial in May

Retired Franciscan brother jailed for rape of boy at an Offaly school

An appeal against conviction was launched on Thursday, July 9

Offaly man jailed for sexual abuse of two children disputes evidence

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’

Judge Keenan Johnson commented on solicitors withdrawing services at Tullamore Circuit Court

Judge 'can't understand' why Circuit Court hit by legal aid row

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

Mr Bouchaker, of no fixed address, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the attempted murder of two girls and one boy, and assault causing serious harm to a care worker, at Parnell Square East in Dublin City on November 23rd 2023.

Parnell Square suspect allegedly targeted children's upper bodies

Ex-MP Jeffrey Donaldson, 63, has pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged offences

Husband of wife who alleges Donaldson rape 'emotional' in court

Ten of the 18 sex abuse charges Donaldson denies relate to complainant B, with the offences allegedly committed between 1985 and 1991

Woman who alleges Donaldson rape says she ‘tried not to be a victim’

Ms McNally, 32, had been 15 weeks pregnant when she was subjected to what judge Mr Justice Kinney described as a “brutal and frenzied attack”

Man jailed for 'brutal and senseless murder' of pregnant girlfriend

Donaldson, 63, has pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged offences.

'I kept my eyes closed' - Details heard in Jeffrey Donaldson trial
The complainant told of hearing the former DUP leader’s “heavy breathing” during the alleged sexual assault
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Murder accused claimed he hid in attic after he was attacked by wife

Murder accused claimed wife was ill in England weeks after her death, court told Staff reporter

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Offaly shooting horror as gardai rush to scene of 'shots fired' at house

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Longford Judge condemns doctor for showing 'total disregard' for law after he was caught driving while disqualified

Judge in the Midlands condemns doctor for showing 'total disregard' for the law

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Under the new protocol, the criminal justice system will aim to deal with cases involving juveniles within 12 months

New protocol announced to expedite rape and murder cases involving children

Man to appear in Belfast court after fatal assault in Dublin

Two women in court after altercation that boiled over in car park in the Midland...

Judge Kenneth Connolly: "This was an utterly despicable breach of trust, especially in circumstances where the victim's daughter had gone out of her way to ask that he not contact her mother.”

‘A crime of utter repulsion’: Man in his 80s in the Midlands who had sex with de...

Longford Circuit Court heard the email system of a Dublin-based legal firm was 'compromised' by fraudsters

'Sophisticated fraud' - Money mule jailed for laundering' nearly €200k

Man arrested after garda raid uncovers huge haul of crack cocaine and cannabis

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Central Criminal Court

Special Criminal Court to hear case of four men accused of conspiring to smuggle...

Man in court charged with murder of mother and attempted murder of father

Victim said she felt 'dizzy and intimidated and sick'

'Energy healer' who 'continues to victim-blame' jailed for sexually assaulting a...

Victim said she felt 'dizzy and intimidated and sick'

Energy healer in the Midlands who 'continues to victim-blame' jailed for sexuall...

Harry Maguire banned from driving for 56 days after admitting speeding

Irish father leaves baby in car for eight hours before rushing to Garda station

Irish father leaves baby in car for eight hours before rushing to Garda station

Man who sexually abused three of his wife's siblings claims conviction was 'perv...

The case was heard at the High Court in Dublin

Kevin Lunney kidnappers launch 'invasion of privacy' appeal over phone records

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Man (20s) to appear before the courts following fatal assault in Dublin

Ex-Scotland captain Stuart Hogg sentenced to non-harassment order

Adam Doyle, aged 31, of Bremore Pastures Green, Balbriggan, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm to Evan Somers on Dame Street, Dublin on April 10, 2022

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