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Courts
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31.5k
Courts
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51.8k
Courts
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Dublin
Judge notes 'advice' from higher courts as man gets suspended sentence for child sex abuse images
5 Mar
18.7k
Galway
Man jailed for four and half years for his role in human trafficking three women into Ireland
5 Mar
15.2k
Last month
February 2025
Sligo
Man sentenced to 12 years for sexual abuse of sister
28 Feb
21.9k
Dublin city centre
Teenage boy who instigated 'unprovoked' attack on American tourist Stephen Termini sentenced
26 Feb
22.8k
Courts
Woman and two men on trial for alleged rape of young girl
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38.3k
Courts
Man jailed for sexual activity with 14-year-old girl he contacted on Instagram
21 Feb
28.8k
Courts
Man who set fire to church crypt containing historic mummified remains jailed for six years
20 Feb
9.5k
Courts
Man who 'destroyed' sister’s childhood with sexual abuse jailed for five and a half years
14 Feb
23.8k
Courts
Three men convicted of raping a woman they met in a Dublin nightclub in 2019
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74.8k
This year
2025
Courts
Man and woman jailed for over two years for sitting driver theory test on others' behalf
30 Jan
20.9k
Courts
Man and woman who sat driver theory test on behalf of others plead guilty to conspiracy
29 Jan
29.3k
Courts
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21 Jan
45.1k
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2024
Courts
Man jailed for seven years for the rape of a teenage girl after a New Year's Eve party
18 Dec 2024
26.5k
Courts
Man pleads guilty to making threats against Mary Lou McDonald and Drew Harris
12 Dec 2024
5.3k
Courts
Man who raped landlady after finding her drugged and in near paralysis jailed for seven years
6 Dec 2024
85.0k
Courts
Child psychiatrist who groomed, sexually abused teenage girl jailed for eight-and-a-half years
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40.7k
Courts
Top criminal defence solicitor convicted for €400 theft and deception has jail term increased
25 Nov 2024
42.6k
Cahir O'Higgins
Top criminal defence solicitor convicted of €400 theft and attempting to pervert course of justice
15 Nov 2024
30.9k
Courts
Man guilty of 6 violent sexual assaults on then-girlfriend when they were both teens is jailed
31 Oct 2024
27.1k
Courts
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24 Oct 2024
30.0k
Court
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7 Aug 2024
49.7k
Matthew Fadeyi
Man who raped young woman after driving her home jailed for five-and-a-half years
29 Jul 2024
31.7k
FGM
Female genital mutilation charges dropped against married couple in Dublin court
26 Jul 2024
23.2k
raymond shorten
Rape Crisis Centre says 30-year jail time for taxi driver 'should give great hope' to victims
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Updated 25 Jul 2024
32.3k
Courts
Taxi driver Raymond Shorten sentenced to 13 years for rape of seven-year-old girl
Updated 22 Jul 2024
35.3k
Courts
Garda accused of sexually assaulting woman told her to ‘wear something tight’ to the station, trial hears
18 Jul 2024
28.7k
Courts
Wicklow Garda goes on trial accused of false imprisonment and sexual assault at garda station
17 Jul 2024
23.3k
Courts
Man who habitually raped and assaulted wife during '25 years of hell' given life sentence
16 Jul 2024
51.0k
raymond shorten
Taxi driver rapist also found guilty of raping a seven year-old girl
8 Jul 2024
36.5k
Courts
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1 Jul 2024
29.9k
Courts
50-year-old Dublin taxi driver convicted of the rape of two women in the back of his car in 2022
14 Jun 2024
34.2k
Courts
Jury in trial of taxi driver accused of rape of two passengers begins deliberations
13 Jun 2024
6.9k
Rape Trial
Taxi driver accused of rape claims woman asked if trip was 'off the bill' after 'consensual' sex
11 Jun 2024
17.9k
Courts
Woman allegedly raped by taxi driver tells court she woke up with him on top of her
10 Jun 2024
17.0k
Court
'Ordinary decent citizen' giving evidence in court subjected to 'psychic assault'
7 Jun 2024
22.6k
Courts
Taxi driver accused of rape claims sexual interaction was consensual
6 Jun 2024
13.4k
Central Criminal Court
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Updated 5 Jun 2024
42.0k
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