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Last month
March 2026
Special Criminal Court
Man (49) charged with the 2006 murder of Denis Donaldson in Co Donegal
Updated 30 Mar
21.6k
Courts
Judge rules man fit to stand trial over attempted murder of three children on Dublin's Parnell Square
27 Mar
22.1k
Courts
Five members of Dublin gang jailed for assault in which ‘RAT’ was branded on victim’s face
25 Mar
24.1k
Courts
Man who set fire to Conor McGregor's pub and stabbed garda was inspired by Isis founder, court hears
23 Mar
8.1k
Special Criminal Court
Seven cocaine smugglers jailed for between 10.5 and 12 years as a ‘significant deterrent’
23 Mar
10.6k
Courts
Man jailed after using US citizenship to buy guns legally in America to re-sell them in Ireland
16 Mar
13.2k
This year
2026
Central Criminal Court
Man found guilty of murdering his friend as jury rejects claim stabbing was done in self-defence
20 Feb
6.9k
Sentencing
Two jailed for disposing of remains of murdered teenager Keane Mulready Woods in Dublin
16 Feb
6.6k
Courts
Woman who helped dump man's body 'like a piece of rubbish' jailed for six years
9 Feb
9.8k
Dublin
'If you are going to stab me, stab me now,' stabbing victim told murder accused
4 Feb
12.8k
Courts
Deceased screamed 'you stabbed me, you f**king eejit' after fatal neck wound, court hears
29 Jan
58.8k
Keane Mulready-Woods
Man was instructed by 'volatile and dangerous' criminal when driving with teenager's body
26 Jan
11.6k
Courts
Judge accepts he has no power to review sentence of Ana Kriegel’s killer
19 Jan
23.7k
Courts
Son of murdered criminal tried to murder ex-wife's friend after marriage breakup, court hears
19 Jan
17.3k
Courts
Man pleads guilty to conspiracy to murder Dublin father at his home
16 Jan
9.5k
Limerick
'Evil' stepmother Tegan McGhee sentenced to life in prison for murder of 4-year-old stepson
14 Jan
26.9k
Last year
2025
Courts
Dublin father who stabbed 'intruder' outside home found guilty of manslaughter
17 Dec 2025
41.7k
Special Criminal Court
Man who was allegedly waterboarded and branded 'RAT' refuses to give evidence
5 Dec 2025
13.4k
Chrissie Treacy
Farmer who killed his 76-year-old aunt using a teleporter has sentence reduced by 18 months
3 Dec 2025
17.7k
josip strok
Two men jailed after acting on ‘weakest of hearsay’ in ‘brutal’ murder of Croatian man
17 Nov 2025
20.7k
Courts
Doctors 'gasped' when they pulled back drapes on boy (4) in operating theatre, murder trial hears
6 Nov 2025
42.3k
Courts
Woman who pleaded guilty to killing four-year-old boy but denies murder to go on trial
4 Nov 2025
21.0k
Sligo
Three men given sentences of 14 and 15 years for manslaughter of Tom Niland
Updated 16 Oct 2025
25.1k
tom niland
Three criminals who beat pensioner to death had combined 106 previous convictions, court hears
13 Oct 2025
26.8k
Dublin
Man repeatedly stabbed ex-partner after putting tracking device on her car, court hears
28 Jul 2025
21.1k
Anna Mooney
Man gets life sentence for wife's murder after gardaí find video of fatal attack on his phone
Analysis of the phone uncovered a 90-minute video clip, which included footage of the murder.
21 Jul 2025
66.4k
Manslaughter
Three men have pleaded guilty to killing Sligo pensioner Tom Niland
John Irving from Mayo this morning changed his plea to guilty five days into his trial.
17 Jul 2025
28.5k
Sligo
Man suffered injuries during alleged break-in similar to 'head-on crash', witness to tell trial
10 Jul 2025
9.2k
Child abuse material
Court orders extradition of child abuser Oliver O'Grady to serve prison sentence in Portugal
8 Jul 2025
16.2k
Trial continues
Fights that led to fatal stabbing in Finglas were captured on Ring doorbell, court hears
20 Jun 2025
16.7k
Central Criminal Court
No proof Puska's relatives knew he killed Ashling Murphy when they burned his clothes, laywer says
10 Jun 2025
8.2k
Central Criminal Court
Jozef Puska's brother withheld information to protect himself, not Ashling Murphy's murderer, lawyer says
9 Jun 2025
9.6k
Special Criminal Court
Lawyers for murder-accused Sean McGovern to challenge legality of his extradition from Dubai
5 Jun 2025
7.6k
Trial
Jozef Puska's sister-in-law told gardaí she was 'afraid the whole family would go against me'
30 May 2025
12.6k
Central Criminal Court
Puska seemed like he had 'problem he didn't want to share' on day of Ashling Murphy's murder, court told
27 May 2025
9.2k
Trial
Jozef Puska told brother he 'cut' a woman and it was 'probably bad', court hears
26 May 2025
16.3k
Court
Ashling Murphy 'kicked out hard' during struggle with murderer, eye witness tells trial
22 May 2025
24.1k
Courts
Four relatives of Jozef Puska go on trial accused of withholding information
19 May 2025
18.2k
Courts
Man found guilty of murdering mother after jury rejects self-defence claim
Updated 16 May 2025
32.8k
Courts
Man named as 'Mr Flashy' jailed after firing semi-automatic rifle at a house party in Finglas
28 Apr 2025
26.9k
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