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Drama teacher jailed for raping girl (7) at Offaly school
The victim said a woman at the school had told her not to tell her mother about the abuse.
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Feb 26th 2016, 2:44 PM
A man has been acquitted of raping a woman during a night out in Donegal
The woman said she left the nightclub to make a phone call when the accused went with her.
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Feb 26th 2016, 2:23 PM
A teacher who raped a seven-year-old student is appealing because a juror was 'smiling'
The victim, now aged 25, said the pain was “unbelievable”.
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Feb 23rd 2016, 6:06 AM
Judge praises sex workers' "courage and determination", returns "hard earned" cash stolen from them
The prosecution in the case of thief Mantas Grazevicius had suggested that two sex workers’ earnings that Grazevicius had stolen be confiscated by the State.
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Feb 9th 2016, 4:07 PM
Man accused of possessing 67 allegedly stolen antique books said that he "can't read too well."
The man pleaded not guilty to possessing the books at his home while knowing or being reckless as to whether they were stolen.
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Jan 28th 2016, 9:13 PM
Man on trial for having ancient stolen books in his house
51-year-old Andrew Shannon stands accused of unlawfully possessing the antique books which were taken from Carton House in Co Kildare in or around 2006.
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Jan 27th 2016, 5:59 PM
Man who forced boy to have sex with him when they were both minors pleads with judge not to jail him
The man says a jail term may make him suicidal. He has been convicted of forcing his friend to have sex at his home in 2011 when he was 15.
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Jan 22nd 2016, 4:43 PM
Judge warns head lice removal company they must pay employee for jury duty
“I’m happy to serve but I fear I may lose my job,” the woman told Justice McCarthy.
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Jan 19th 2016, 4:47 PM
"I can't go out on my own anymore..." - Victim impact statement of woman with Down syndrome read to court
Faisal Ellahi was found guilty of rape and sexual assault last month.
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Jan 18th 2016, 4:51 PM
Man jailed after pretending to be a girl online so he could have sex with teen
He told her he was a teenage girl called ‘Julie’ after meeting her on the website Tagged.com.
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Jan 12th 2016, 12:07 PM
Victim in horrific abuse case: "Some people had cereal for breakfast, I seemed to be molested for breakfast"
A 51-year-old Wicklow man is to be sentenced in February for raping and sexually assaulting two boys hundreds of times.
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Dec 22nd 2015, 9:04 PM
"Absolutely correct" - Man found guilty of raping woman with Down syndrome
The judge said the man’s claims that the woman had consented to the acts was “absolutely ludicrous”.
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Dec 18th 2015, 12:41 PM
Rape trial hears from accused who claims woman with Down syndrome enjoyed sexual activity
The Pakistani man also said that in his country people with mental disabilities are kept in hospitals or at home.
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Dec 9th 2015, 6:15 PM
Woman with Down syndrome could not consent to sex, court told
A man is accused of luring the woman back to his house and raping her after she became separated from her mother.
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Dec 4th 2015, 6:45 PM
Man accused of raping woman who has Down syndrome pleads not guilty
The man said that the woman “is a bad person”.
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Nov 27th 2015, 4:59 PM
Woman with special needs tells rape trial that man took her to house for sex
She had become separated from her mother while out walking in Dublin.
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Nov 24th 2015, 6:08 PM
Woman who broke DART passenger's eye-socket spared jail at victim's request
Leanne Goode was convicted of assaulting Paula McCarthy by punching her in the face – but her victim appealed for leniency.
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Nov 16th 2015, 5:15 PM
Former fireman sentenced to seven years over sexual relationship with young teen
She was under 17 years of age at the time.
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Nov 16th 2015, 4:29 PM
Man jailed for having sex with his underage step-sister when he was a teenager
Russell Ward (23) has been jailed for 18 months for carrying on the relationship which began when he was 16 and his step-sister was 12.
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Nov 13th 2015, 4:59 PM
Man attacked 73-year-old parking warden with bolt cutters after getting two tickets in one day
“The redness descended on him”, his lawyer told the court today.
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Nov 10th 2015, 10:00 PM
Limerick man jailed for six years after sexually abusing young nephew
His now 32-year-old victim said the abuse has torn his family apart.
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Oct 27th 2015, 10:00 PM
Dublin man convicted of using fake social media profile to convince young girl to have sex
The 26-year-old set up a profile as a 13-year-old girl called “Julie” and later introduced himself as Julie’s brother.
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Oct 21st 2015, 8:22 PM
Man jailed for using Facebook to try to get sisters (12 and 14) to have sex with him
He tried to get one of the girls to bring her sister so he could ‘train’ her
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Oct 19th 2015, 7:10 PM
Man caught cycling with stolen phone box under his jacket is jailed for three years
Judge Martin Nolan said Austin Byrne (38) was either a “very incompetent or very unlucky” burglar.
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Oct 15th 2015, 9:27 PM
Man jailed after raping girl (14) in a field as she was walking to a friend's house
Martin Stokes (24) was jailed for ten years after a trial in which he called the girl a liar.
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Aug 7th 2015, 8:01 PM
Anglo officials jailed for trying to hide accounts connected to Sean FitzPatrick
The three were found guilty on all charges.
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Jul 31st 2015, 10:43 PM
Anglo verdict was delayed over anonymous claim about jury foreman
The three accused had pleaded not guilty to conspiring to conceal or alter accounts.
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Jul 30th 2015, 2:30 PM
Ex-Anglo officials hid accounts from taxman, jury told
Closing speeches are taking place in the trial of three former Anglo officials.
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Jul 24th 2015, 1:43 PM
Revenue official pocketed nearly €20,000 in motoring fines
John Kelly’s job was to collect the fines from people who hadn’t paid vehicle registration tax.
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Jul 17th 2015, 9:30 PM
Fake reporter threatened to put sex offender “beside Larry Murphy” in newspaper
31-year-old John Murphy pretended to be a journalist to extort money from an elderly sex offender.
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Jul 17th 2015, 6:33 PM
No jail for 'out of his head' Dublin man who attacked shopkeeper with broken sword
The shopkeeper confronted the man as he tried to steal sweets.
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Jul 9th 2015, 7:00 PM
Sean Fitzpatrick told employee not to submit accounts to Revenue, Anglo Irish trial is told
Three Anglo officials are in court, accused of hiding accounts connected to Mr FitzPatrick.
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Jul 6th 2015, 7:25 PM
Tipperary man jailed for raping young girl who believed he was her Dad
Michael Smith will spend at least 12 years in prison.
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Jun 19th 2015, 2:45 PM
Anglo officials in court accused of hiding records linked to Sean FitzPatrick
The three are charged with hiding accounted linked with Seán Fitzpatrick.
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Jun 16th 2015, 7:10 AM
A trial of Anglo officials ran out of jurors today
13 were objected to by counsel for the State and the defendants.
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Jun 10th 2015, 7:57 PM
Fake journalist threatened to publish man's picture 'beside one of Larry Murphy'
The man extorted money from an elderly sex offender.
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May 13th 2015, 10:00 PM
Pensioner jailed for two years for sexually abusing his sister-in-law
The judge said that it was the maximum term she was able to impose.
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May 9th 2015, 7:00 AM
Gail O'Rorke cleared on two charges of assisting the suicide of her friend
The jury were ordered to acquit her due to a lack of evidence.
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Apr 24th 2015, 5:57 PM
Gail O'Rorke says someone else was with her friend when she took her own life
Gail O’Rorke has named a woman who she says was with her friend when she died.
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Apr 23rd 2015, 8:25 PM
Jury in assisted suicide case hears the last words of dead woman
A woman who was a friend of the dead woman is the first person in the State to be charged with the offence.
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Apr 20th 2015, 8:02 PM