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February
February 2026
Dublin Children's Court
Questions of age persist as youth sent forward for trial over murder of Ukrainian teen
10 Feb
11.5k
Courts
Two Dublin taxi drivers fined for refusing to take visually impaired couple and their guide dog
9 Feb
26.9k
Courts
Brazilian escort to go on trial accused of earning over €700,000 from Dublin brothels
9 Feb
35.0k
Courts
Serving garda to stand trial accused of corruption and leaking confidential PULSE information
5 Feb
17.5k
Courts
Three men accused of operating ‘cocaine bulking factory’ from Dublin bedroom granted bail
2 Feb
33.9k
January
January 2026
Courts
Man who smothered, choked and set wife on fire given five-year sentence
30 Jan
34.3k
Midlands
'House of horrors': Stepfather who treated partner's children 'like slaves' jailed for four years
29 Jan
28.1k
Courts
Man accused of sexually assaulting girl (10) near Citywest last year sent forward for trial
29 Jan
11.3k
Mullingar
Man jailed for eight years for what judge described as the worst domestic violence case he had seen
28 Jan
40.7k
Offaly
Father of Tadgh Farrell jailed for 7 years over heroin haul
27 Jan
14.9k
Court Appearance
Dublin man Brian Grendon charged with directing criminal gang in importing drugs
Updated 26 Jan
27.5k
Mullingar
Man who assaulted ex-fiancée after serving sentence for previous attack is jailed
24 Jan
13.1k
Westmeath
Mullingar chef jailed for ‘encouraging’ US teens to ‘self-produce’ child abuse images and videos
21 Jan
14.6k
Courts
Judge left 'speechless' by evidence in worst domestic violence case he has ever seen
21 Jan
26.2k
toll evaders
Man who didn't pay for over 1,200 M50 trips among 22 drivers fined total of €428,000
19 Jan
33.0k
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Courts
Dublin businessman tells court ‘I have never been violent’ as he launches bid to restore firearms cert
16 Jan
16.1k
Dublin
Garda sent for trial after delivery man suffered severed leg on the M50
12 Jan
18.4k
Courts
Couple 'traumatised' after alleged violent car hijacking in Dublin City centre, court hears
10 Jan
42.9k
Courts
Teenager remanded in custody over fatal stabbing of a grandfather in west Dublin
10 Jan
22.8k
Dublin District Court
Former TV personality pleads not guilty to breaking safety order
9 Jan
41.6k
Courts
Man who entered Dublin Garda station with four knives remanded in custody
7 Jan
11.6k
Courts
Father accused of slamming partner's head into wall and throwing baby 'across room'
6 Jan
24.0k
Courts
Teen spared jail after driving 21km on wrong side of dual carriageway during Dublin-Laois chase
5 Jan
21.6k
Last year
2025
Courts
Man (50s) appears in court accused of flouting safety order within 10 days
20 Dec 2025
31.4k
Dublin District Court
Woman gets six-month jail sentence for 'catastrophic' social media threats to Simon Harris
Sandra Barry broke down at Dublin District Court today, where her messages were described as having occurred during “three minutes of madness”.
18 Dec 2025
53.9k
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Harris says in victim impact statement that woman who threatened him online violated his family
18 Dec 2025
Courts
Man accused of sexual assault of girl near Citywest faces second charge
17 Dec 2025
17.9k
Courts
Somali youth accused of killing Ukrainian teen says documents stating he is a juvenile are ‘not real’
16 Dec 2025
26.2k
Courts
Teen boy to stand trial for 19 counts of rape that allegedly began when he was aged 10
15 Dec 2025
29.4k
criminal damage
Man refused bail after several cars set alight on Dublin’s South Circular Road
13 Dec 2025
18.4k
Athlone
Woman sentenced over €22,000 luxury goods and over €100,000 in drugs, cash
12 Dec 2025
12.8k
tadgh farrell
Father of boy (4) killed in Edenderry petrol bomb attack refused bail to attend funeral
11 Dec 2025
64.3k
Courts
Man who was 'wrongly accused' of Ashling Murphy's murder cites PTSD in disputed theft case
6 Dec 2025
52.6k
Courts
Gardaí caught man with cocaine after noticing another man urinating beside his car, court hears
2 Dec 2025
22.2k
Longford
Irish man sexually exploited and blackmailed 12-year-old Polish girl, court hears
29 Nov 2025
26.8k
Courts
Massage therapist accused of sexual assault of woman ‘pinned to the table’ in Dublin
29 Nov 2025
20.8k
Offaly
Man accused of kicking and headbutting his mother is refused bail
22 Nov 2025
21.4k
Tánaiste
Dublin woman charged with sending messages to Simon Harris which threatened his family
The court heard there were two messages, but metadata showed up to six, and they were sent over the course of an evening.
20 Nov 2025
41.1k
Courts
Man accused of sexual assault on 10-year-old girl in west Dublin 'fit to be tried'
19 Nov 2025
11.5k
Courts
Gardaí making enquiries on documents of 17-year-old accused of murdering Ukrainian teen
18 Nov 2025
15.3k
Courts
Man accused of causing a bomb scare at Dublin's St James's Hospital sent forward for trial
17 Nov 2025
10.6k
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