Man who assaulted two gardai and bit one in the thigh jailed for two years
Michael Talbot (33) went on to scream abuse at gardaí and smeared blood all over his jail cell after he was eventually arrested, the court heard.
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Michael Talbot (33) went on to scream abuse at gardaí and smeared blood all over his jail cell after he was eventually arrested, the court heard.
Ciaran O’Brien, who robbed the Celbridge service station while wearing tights on his head, pleaded guilty to all three charges.
In 2015, Ciarán Murphy was found in a dog cage in his home by a passers-by who noticed his cottage was in flames.
The owner of the creche said she was unsure if the children were being “fanciful” when the allegations first came to light.
Ben O’Reilly was acquitted of robbing Fernanda de Freitas’s cash and phone.
Hyonaru Moreno received a sentence of two and a half years.
The man told gardaí he had taken 30 tablets and vodka before making the crank call.
The motorist was given a three-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay the cyclist €10,000.
The man’s barrister told the court: “When he is sober, he is fine. When he is drunk, he is a nightmare.”
Paul Connolly was under the influence of drugs and driving his young child to school when his car mounted the footpath.
In her victim impact statement, the woman said she had to have surgery to repair her eye.
Judge Melanie Greally imposed a three-year sentence for the “sadistic” and “degrading” assault.
Shine performed surgery on the teenager’s appendix at Lourdes hospital in 1971 when he was aged 13.
Tony Walsh is currently serving a seven and a half year sentence for raping another boy three times in the 1980s.
The man sexually assaulted his granddaughter between 1997 and 2001.
The victims told the court that the man would tell people to stay away from them because they had the virus.
Judge Martin Nolan noted that there were “pre-existing tensions” between the two families involved.
Niamh Fitzpatrick said the Smith and Wesson revolver was hidden in her Ringsend home due to her life being under threat.
The Tipperary TD had faced eight charges relating to corporation tax returns stemming from dates between August 2002 and August 2007.
The now 16-year-old had 46 separate injuries all over her body when she was examined by medical practitioners in 2008.
In July 2012, a court imposed 16 orders against him as part of child protection measures introduced in the Sex Offenders Act 2001.
The judge suspended an 18-month sentence on strict conditions having noted that he was unlikely to re-offend.
John Moore, aged 59, broke the headstone in two and poured red paint over it.
One of the three victims was a 13-year-old boy, who has since left Ireland as ‘he doesn’t feel safe here’.
The 15-year-old boy will face trial in the Circuit Criminal Court.
Conor O’Hora also pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing child pornography at his home.
38-year-old Stephen McCullagh, who claimed he had taken “20 tablets” before attempting the robbery, now has no feeling in his injured fingers.
The two men pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm.
32-year-old Michael Cummins had been suffering a ‘paranoiac’ attack due to taking a cocktail of drugs, the court heard.
The court heard how a woman fought off her attacker outside her home.
Gardaí said the woman’s work as a rickshaw driver drew their attention to her.
Judge Martin Nolan said the woman had no “base motives” for her behaviour
66-year-old Donal Colgan was convicted today at his second trial for the murder of David Sheridan in August 2014.
Her former employers have been partially reimbursed and did not wish to make victim impact statements.
The former sports journalist groomed and sexually abused a teenage girl.
46-year-old Richard Burbridge committed the offences while operating a courier contract for the Courts Service.
The woman was struggling with financial difficulties when she carried out the ‘bizarre crime.’
Patricia Sweeney had forged declaration of unemployment forms in order to carry out the fraud.
Patrick Clarke made two phone calls to Paul Gilmartin, a man he did not know.
27-year-old Ruzmond Muwaniri, who suffers from schizophrenia, is also facing sentencing for punching another man in the face and smashing his teeth.