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Courts

April
April 2026
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Dublin man had ledgers showing €5m in cash movements in hidden car compartment, court told
25 Apr
17.3k
Courts
Man who stabbed English tourist in Dublin's Temple Bar is jailed
24 Apr
15.9k
Courts
Man returned to pub after knocking friend unconscious and putting him in recovery position
24 Apr
32.9k
drogheda circuit court
Man who deceived widow into giving him over €140k is jailed for five years
24 Apr
16.8k
Cork
Women deported to Ireland by ICE fined for stealing ham and cosmetics when she was a teen
24 Apr
31.6k
Inquest
Man who stole Noah Donohoe’s rucksack says he ‘never had’ schoolboy’s coat
23 Apr
12.0k
Wilson's Hospital School
Enoch Burke fails in last-ditch legal attempt to halt disciplinary hearing into his sacking
23 Apr
15.0k
Courts
Man (62) missed daughter's wedding after making 'bomb in luggage' joke at Dublin Airport
23 Apr
25.6k
Court of Appeal
Enoch Burke seeks to stop new DAP hearing and overturn injunction keeping him away from school
The Court of Appeal this morning heard arguments about why two High Court judgements against Burke from 2023 should be overturned.
The judgments found that Burke's original suspension was fair, and required him to stay away from the grounds of Wilson's Hospital School.
A new meeting of the disciplinary panel into whether Burke's sacking was fair is due to take place on Friday.
Stephen McDermott
Updated 22 Apr
31.1k
Circuit Criminal Court
Man involved in scheme that defrauded Trinity College hardship fund of over €500k is jailed
22 Apr
22.3k
Courts
Teenage boy to go on trial accused of raping a girl and making child sex abuse material
22 Apr
20.8k
Courts
TDs giving character reference letters in sentence hearings 'inappropriate', Justice Minister says
21 Apr
6.5k
Courts
Woman ate cannabis cake, drove 800 metres in reverse mistaking gardaí for robbers, court hears
21 Apr
21.5k
Court of Appeal
Judge refuses to reveal identity of former TD who gave reference on behalf of sex offender
Updated 21 Apr
25.3k
Courts
Man sent online messages about wanting to 'rape and kill a child', court hears
21 Apr
13.3k
Tolls
Judge slams M50 toll dodgers as he hands maximum fines of €25,000 to 16 serial evaders
20 Apr
22.4k
Courts
Woman who tasered security official during repossession taken into custody after court hearing
20 Apr
29.2k
Courts
Man who killed pensioner with MMA-style kick remanded in custody ahead of sentencing next month
20 Apr
25.7k
Special Criminal Court
Sentencing for jihadist who set Conor McGregor’s pub on fire and stabbed a garda adjourned
20 Apr
7.3k
Mitch Winehouse
Amy Winehouse's father loses court row over her friends auctioning items owned by late singer
20 Apr
11.9k
Courts
Patient who beat elderly man to death in hospital bed jailed for 12 years
17 Apr
13.9k
Courts
Young man maimed his brother in horrific crash after speeding 'like a missile', court hears
17 Apr
39.8k
Westmeath
Former Royal Navy officer admits to more child sex abuse material offences while on bail
16 Apr
16.8k
Belfast
Judgment reserved after trial of three men accused of murdering Lyra McKee
16 Apr
4.9k
Courts
Huntsman who shot man meditating in his garden to be sentenced for assault next July
16 Apr
29.6k
Whitegate refinery
Man (27) charged with dangerous driving over five incidents during fuel protests
16 Apr
11.4k
Carrickmacross
Monaghan couple who abducted neighbour's cat and tied it in a bag sentenced to three months
16 Apr
27.6k
Courts
Former OPW worker sent sexualised messages to undercover PSNI officer posing as 13-year-old girl
16 Apr
21.8k
High Court
Son of hotelier Noel O'Callaghan 'regrets' saying he wanted to 'shoot' him over business dispute
15 Apr
25.4k
Courts
Love/Hate actor jailed for four years for robbing shop armed with broken pint glass
15 Apr
48.1k
Courts
Man charged with assaulting his father, who was found dead at his home in Waterford
15 Apr
43.6k
Courts
Freddie Thompson to go on trial for making threats to kill in Portlaoise Prison
15 Apr
13.0k
Dublin
Lodger who sexually assaulted teenage girl jailed for four years and three months
14 Apr
23.0k
Courts
Man who overpowered and sexually assaulted teenage girl in alleyway jailed for six years
13 Apr
30.4k
Green Line
Luas Finglas extension back on track after Manhattan Peanuts legal challenge resolved
13 Apr
25.3k
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Courts
'Extraordinary' that TD did not mention child victim in reference for convicted ex-adviser, judge says
13 Apr
46.5k
Courts
Convicted child rapist found in company of three boys jailed for two and a half years
13 Apr
22.1k
Courts
Man thrown into Luas tracks, strangled and hit with glass bottle during robbery, court hears
13 Apr
17.7k
Dublin
Man charged over ketamine seizure jumped from upstairs window when gardaí arrived, court hears
7 Apr
19.3k
Courts
Man charged after twin teenage girls and passer-by stabbed in Dublin city centre
6 Apr
85.4k
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