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Wednesday 31 July, 2019



# Theft

# Theft

Former post officer worker jailed for stealing €23k in pension payments from customers

Jul 31st 2019, 7:25 AM 40,156 Views 22 Comments

Paula Underwood has been sentenced to three years with 18 months suspended.

Wednesday 24 July, 2019



# Courts

# Courts

Leaving Cert student who punched and kicked fellow pupil in the face gets suspended sentence

Jul 24th 2019, 8:06 PM 32,678 Views 37 Comments

Lee Fetherson, now aged 20, was expelled from the school immediately after the attack on 10 March 2017.

Thursday 18 July, 2019



# Court

# Court

Dublin man (41) jailed for sexually assaulting teenage girl during sleepovers

Jul 18th 2019, 4:48 PM 43,425 Views 0 Comments

The girl told the the court that her “innocence and childhood were taken away”.

Friday 12 July, 2019



# Courts

# Courts

Pregnant woman who led gardaí on high-speed chase with children in car to be sentenced

Jul 12th 2019, 7:58 AM 37,332 Views 0 Comments

Judge Patricia Ryan adjourned the case for sentencing in October.

Thursday 11 July, 2019



# MARTIN GUERIN

# MARTIN GUERIN

Brother of murdered journalist Veronica Guerin pleads guilty to possession of child pornography images

Jul 11th 2019, 4:32 PM 44,337 Views 0 Comments

Martin Guerin was arraigned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court this morning.

Friday 5 July, 2019



# Dublin

# Dublin

Woman jailed for kicking expectant mother in stomach

Jul 5th 2019, 9:15 PM 34,692 Views 48 Comments

Joyce Conlon was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

Friday 28 June, 2019



# Court

# Court

Man (36) admits stealing mummified head from St Michan's Church

Jun 28th 2019, 2:59 PM 20,044 Views 0 Comments

‘The Crusader’ was decapitated at the crypt in St Michan’s Church, Church Street in February of this year and stolen, along with another skull.

Tuesday 25 June, 2019



# Jailed

# Jailed

Man jailed for handling stolen vehicles after arranging to meet undercover guard to sell jet ski

Jun 25th 2019, 5:15 PM 24,501 Views 37 Comments

The man was connected to stolen vehicles by means of fingerprint evidence.

Monday 24 June, 2019



# Jailed

# Jailed

Father and son jailed for hammer assault on former family friend

Jun 24th 2019, 10:22 PM 37,424 Views 17 Comments

Michael Reilly Senior and his son Michael F Reilly Junior have been jailed for 40 months and 20 months respectively.

Tuesday 4 June, 2019



# Courts

# Courts

'It was a once off': Nine-year suspended sentence for woman whose flat was used to store drugs worth €1.3m

Jun 4th 2019, 4:38 PM 31,625 Views 21 Comments

The court heard that the incident was ‘totally out of character’ for the woman.

Friday 10 May, 2019



# Courts

# Courts

Grocer who sexually assaulted employees aged between 13 and 23 given thirteen-year sentence

May 10th 2019, 8:15 PM 50,219 Views 23 Comments

The judge imposed consecutive sentences on Joseph McGrane, citing his moral culpability in the assaults.



# Court

# Court

Man sentenced for unprovoked attack with pool cue on two tourists at Dublin hostel

May 10th 2019, 6:10 AM 21,399 Views 35 Comments

He pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of assault causing harm.

Wednesday 20 February, 2019



# Mugging

# Mugging

Community service for mugger caught hiding in bushes by gardaí using thermal imaging

Feb 20th 2019, 8:38 PM 23,238 Views 42 Comments

The muggers took the victim’s phone and wallet containing €110 in cash.

Friday 7 December, 2018



Man who stole spirits from Coppers told gardaí he was on way to toilet when he spotted opportunity

Dec 7th 2018, 9:19 PM 27,303 Views 0 Comments

Each of the 20 bottles stolen was worth between €700 and €900, the court heard.

Thursday 6 December, 2018



# Courts

# Courts

Former soldier jailed for three years for sexually assaulting niece and nephew

Dec 6th 2018, 6:00 PM 20,159 Views 0 Comments

The female victim delivered an emotional victim impact statement in court today.

Thursday 15 November, 2018



# Courts

# Courts

Man who damaged M50 toll gantry with angle grinder before threatening gardaí jailed for six months

Nov 15th 2018, 6:47 PM 28,769 Views 26 Comments

It was the second time that the accused had damaged an M50 toll gantry.

Friday 5 October, 2018



# Dundrum Town Centre

# Dundrum Town Centre

Former professional footballer jailed for using cloned payment cards to buy runners and toiletries

Oct 5th 2018, 10:44 PM 43,262 Views 30 Comments

Stefan Condurovici has been ordered to leave Ireland within seven days of his release from prison.



# Clonee

# Clonee

Youth who robbed delivery man in 'extremely vicious' assault gets four-year suspended sentence

Oct 5th 2018, 9:56 PM 35,839 Views 0 Comments

Judge Melanie Greally said the victim was subjected to a “horrifying experience”.



# Courts

# Courts

Dublin mother who flung boiling water at shop worker's face to be sentenced

Oct 5th 2018, 6:15 AM 38,586 Views 0 Comments

Michelle Ruth has 158 previous convictions.

Thursday 19 July, 2018



# Courts

# Courts

Donegal teenager acquitted of raping schoolmate after meeting at a takeaway

Jul 19th 2018, 6:05 PM 39,848 Views 53 Comments

The 19-year-old youth had denied one count of rape and another of oral rape of a girl.

Thursday 5 July, 2018



# Sentenced

# Sentenced

Garda dressed as a postman to deliver 36,000 ecstasy pills to suspected dealer

Jul 5th 2018, 4:16 PM 45,349 Views 47 Comments

Philip Noonan was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison today.

Tuesday 3 July, 2018



# Central Criminal Court

# Central Criminal Court

'Help help please' - Court hears of text sent by alleged rape victim to friend during incident

Jul 3rd 2018, 8:48 PM 31,546 Views 0 Comments

The alleged assault happened in a town in the northwest in the aftermath of St Patrick’s Day celebrations in 2016.

Friday 29 June, 2018



# Courts

# Courts

David Drumm pleads guilty to role in providing unlawful loans to the 'Maple 10'

Updated Jun 29th 2018, 12:02 PM 19,065 Views 0 Comments

Drumm was found guilty on charges of conspiracy to defraud the public and of false accounting earlier this month.

Thursday 28 June, 2018



# Courts

# Courts

Homeless man who brandished toy gun on Dart given 12-month suspended sentence

Jun 28th 2018, 6:11 PM 11,903 Views 27 Comments

The man pleaded guilty to possessing a realistic imitation firearm at Connolly Station on 10 July 2017.

Thursday 17 May, 2018



# Conor O'hora

# Conor O'hora

Man who harassed Sharon Ní Bheoláin and possessed child abuse images jailed for 3 years

May 17th 2018, 3:30 PM 16,740 Views 0 Comments

Judge Martin Nolan warned the accused would certainly face jail for what he termed his “debasing behaviour”.

Thursday 10 May, 2018



# Central Criminal Court

# Central Criminal Court

Man who repeatedly punched ex-partner, then abducted their one-year-old daughter, avoids jail sentence

May 10th 2018, 6:10 AM 21,225 Views 0 Comments

The man’s former partner said that on the night in question he had been “out of his bin” with alcohol.

Wednesday 9 May, 2018



# Courts

# Courts

Man (22) who assaulted two children and smashed windows in 'drunken rampage' jailed

May 9th 2018, 10:38 PM 28,734 Views 32 Comments

A garda witness said that “alcohol was the catalyst” for the attack.

Thursday 19 April, 2018



# Rape

# Rape

Man goes on trial accused of serial rape of his younger sister

Apr 19th 2018, 7:19 PM 27,573 Views 0 Comments

The abuse is alleged to have begun when the complainant was four years old.

Wednesday 18 April, 2018



# Brian Dunne

# Brian Dunne

Judge praises the resilience of two 80-year-old victims whose handbags were robbed by same thief

Apr 18th 2018, 5:59 PM 19,235 Views 38 Comments

Brian Dunne (33) was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for the offences.

Friday 9 March, 2018



# Courts

# Courts

Court hears postman, accused of causing death of woman by dangerous driving, told eye expert that he didn't drive

Mar 9th 2018, 6:15 AM 33,606 Views 0 Comments

David Byrne (42) denies dangerous driving causing the death of 70-year-old Patricia Dunne in north Dublin on 16 October 2015.

Friday 2 February, 2018



# Courts

# Courts

Jockey tried to gouge out taxi driver's eye after 'some confusion' over fare

Feb 2nd 2018, 5:58 PM 22,942 Views 0 Comments

Christopher Timmons is to be given community service in lieu of a jail sentence.

Thursday 1 February, 2018



# After Hours

# After Hours

Two homeless men dressed as workmen snuck into Dublin offices to steal cash and phones

Feb 1st 2018, 10:10 PM 32,282 Views 41 Comments

The men were jailed for between 18 months and three years.

Friday 26 January, 2018



# Courts

# Courts

Man sentenced to two years for robbery and 'merciless' attack on fellow homeless person

Jan 26th 2018, 6:10 AM 11,413 Views 6 Comments

Christopher Morgan was himself engaging with homeless services at the time of the attack in September 2016.

Thursday 11 January, 2018



# Jailed

# Jailed

Man promised girlfriend he'd buy non-existent site for house, before gambling away over €22,000

Jan 11th 2018, 9:45 PM 47,658 Views 25 Comments

Michael Williams has been jailed for nine months.

Thursday 21 December, 2017



# Harassment

# Harassment

Man accused of harassing Sharon Ní Bheoláin to face court in February

Dec 21st 2017, 6:06 PM 18,354 Views 0 Comments

He is also accused of possessing child pornography.

Saturday 16 December, 2017



# Courts

# Courts

Grandfather who raped his niece on Christmas night remanded in custody

Dec 16th 2017, 11:26 AM 43,047 Views 0 Comments

The woman only reported the offence when she discovered her uncle had circulated a letter to his family.

Friday 13 October, 2017



# Dublin

# Dublin

Man who claimed his dead mother's pension for 17 years jailed

Oct 13th 2017, 5:59 PM 22,545 Views 65 Comments

In total, €158,726 was stolen from the State by the Dublin man.

Thursday 12 October, 2017



# Fraud

# Fraud

Pensioner who stole over €200,000 in State benefits avoids jail

Oct 12th 2017, 7:05 PM 35,206 Views 95 Comments

She has been given a suspended sentence.

Friday 22 September, 2017



# Inchicore

# Inchicore

Prisoner whose family were injured in suspicious fire granted compassionate bail to visit them

Sep 22nd 2017, 8:05 PM 21,895 Views 0 Comments

Lawyers for the State had objected to bail.

Wednesday 21 June, 2017



# Jobstown Trial

# Jobstown Trial

Gardaí made 'unwise and inappropriate' decisions at water charges protest, court hears

Jun 21st 2017, 4:21 PM 15,207 Views 0 Comments

Six men have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to falsely imprisoning the then-Tánaiste Joan Burton.

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