Category: Courts

Convicted murderer, already serving life, gets three years

Convicted murderer, already serving life, gets three years

Ballyfermot

A convicted murderer, who is serving a life sentence for shooting his brother-in-law, has been given a three-year jail term for endangering ...

Mystery surrounds death of homeless man found in Liffey

Mystery surrounds death of homeless man found in Liffey

Tallaght

An inquest has heard a mystery still surrounds the circumstances of how a homeless man, whose badly decomposed body was recovered from ...

Six months in prison for man who had 23 previous convictions for theft

Six months in prison for man who had 23 previous convictions for theft

Lucan

A MAN who attempted to break into private property including a camper van and a vehicle in Lucan was sentenced to six ...

Gardai got a ‘strong smell of liquor’ from truck driver

Gardai got a ‘strong smell of liquor’ from truck driver

Clondalkin

A TRUCK driver who crashed into a van on Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, fled the scene and refused to give his details or ...

Young people ‘prevailed upon’ to launder money

Young people ‘prevailed upon’ to launder money

Lucan

A BROTHER who used his sister’s Revolut card for another person to launder money was fined at Blanchardstown District Court. Andri Eugen ...

Prisoner caught with mobile phone in Cloverhill

Prisoner caught with mobile phone in Cloverhill

Clondalkin

A PRISONER caught with a mobile phone in Cloverhill was fined at Blanchardstown District Court. Nigel Clancy (27), a Wexford man currently ...

‘Quite clear this was a very serious arson attempt’ – Judge

‘Quite clear this was a very serious arson attempt’ – Judge

Ballyfermot

A man involved in setting a fire outside an apartment where an infant and a small child were sleeping has been jailed ...

Convicted of money laundering syndicate on breathtaking scale

Convicted of money laundering syndicate on breathtaking scale

Ballyfermot

A “colonel and a major” in a “worldwide highly sophisticated money laundering syndicate on a breathtaking scale” have been jailed for nine ...

Allowed bank accounts to be used to defraud

Allowed bank accounts to be used to defraud

Lucan

A security guard who allowed his bank accounts to be used as part of a scheme to defraud a man out of ...

Former principal described as ‘sexual predator’ by judge

Former principal described as ‘sexual predator’ by judge

Tallaght

A former school principal described by a judge as “a sexual predator” who abused young boys in their “formative years” has been ...