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Friday 27 November 2020
Amanda Carroll’s body was discovered in the bedroom of her apartment over two years ago by her then 16-year-old son.
He has been released on bail and will face trial for contempt of court.
Michal Kurek was discovered in Ballyboughal in August 2017.
Adam Muldoon’s body was found in the park on the morning of June 23. He had been stabbed 183 times.
Philip Dunbar is accused of murdering Adam Muldoon.
Arnoldas Ivanauskas had denied the murder of Dmitry Hrynkevich in Kerry in 2015.
The prosecution opened the trial today.
Sebastian Barczuk is charged with the murder of Michal Kurek over three years ago.
Azzam Raguragui (18) was stabbed at Finsbury Park in May 2019.
A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but not guilty to the murder of Azzam Raguragui.
Karen Crawford said her husband had “staggered” down the lane towards her car with “blood dripping from his hands”.
Aaron Brady was found guilty of the capital murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.
Aaron Brady is a “skilled and practiced liar”, the Central Criminal Court has been told.
Michael Barr was shot dead at a pub in Summerhill in 2016.
Judge Peter Cahill said he did not want the sensitive case to become a media circus with the US presidential election looming.
The bar tender today told the jury that Aaron Brady ‘ranted’ about having shot a garda.
Aaron Brady is accused of the capital murder of Adrian Donohoe.
The sentencing hearing was due to take place today.
Paula Farrell has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter for the unlawful killing of Wayne McQuillan.
Stephanie O’Connor (22) was found guilty a day after Kieran Greene was convicted of Patricia O’Connor’s murder.
Paul Jones was was found dead in the living room of his home last September.
The accused, 35-year-old Kieran Greene, gave differing statement to Gardaí in June and December 2017.
The trial also heard from the mother of murder accused Kieran Greene.
Forensic specialists tested dozens of items.
The trial has heard that the body of Mrs O’Connor was dismembered into 15 separate parts.
Kieran Greene has denied murdering the 61-year-old.
Aaron Brady has pleaded not guilty to the detective garda’s murder.
Patricia O’Connor’s remains were scattered across Dublin and Wicklow.
It is the prosecution’s case that Detective Sergeant Adrian Donohoe died from a single shotgun blast.
Richard O’Connor told the Central Criminal Court today that his mother was a “straight shooter”.
Det Garda Adrian Donohoe was providing a Garda escort to credit union employees when he was shot, counsel said.
Daughter Louise O’Connor described conditions in the cramped Rathfarnham House: “Getting a shower is like a miracle”.
The witness testified that the O’Connor family were very nice people as well as good neighbours.
Kieran Greene denies murdering Patricia O’Connor in May 2017.
The court has heard that the body of Mrs O’Connor was dismembered into 15 separate parts that were found at nine different locations.
The trial into the murder of Patricia O’Connor heard evidence from multiple witnesses.
Kieran Greene has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Patricia O’Connor on 29 May 2017.
A court heard today that victim Yosuke Sasaki (24) was a “fine, young man” who worked in a local factory in Dundalk.
Two teenage boys were today sentenced for their roles in the 14-year-old’s murder.
The trial has previously heard that, one of the IRA accused was seen in a KFC outlet in the company of two men.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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