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Kilkenny rape trial opens in Central Criminal Court
A man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of the oral rape of a woman as she was on her way home from a night out with friends in Kilkenny.
Leaders of feuding Traveller families say battle is over
The men who say the battle between the Dinnegans/McDonaghs is over are the same men who did nothing to prevent the Dalton Park riot from taking place, Mullingar Circuit Court has heard.
Oughterard grandmother ‘lived the high life’ after defrauding her boyfriend’s company
A grandmother who defrauded her lover’s company of €77,000 after she was appointed as financial controller has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Former VFI president and politician was ‘like a God’ in Tuam, indecent assault trial hears
A Galway man who allegedly sexually abused a boy in the seventies “was like a god” in his home town, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.
Mayo boy receives €3m following severe birth injuries at Mayo General
An eight year old boy has secured €3 million in settlement of his High Court case over the severe injuries he suffered at birth.
Citylink to contest unlicensed service charges
A case in which Galway-based bus company Citylink is charged with running unlicensed non-stop daily services to Dublin has been adjourned for hearing to March 8.
Get off drugs or go to prison
A Circuit Court judge has left a prison sentence hanging over a recovering Mervue heroin addict with a warning that the warrant for his committal to prison will issue if he takes the drug between now and November.
Drugs transporter to be sentenced following guilty plea
A Kilkenny roofer who transported cocaine valued at over €200,000 because of his so-called “drugs debt” to criminals, will be sentenced later by Judge Rory MacCabe.
Ex-Christian Brother acquitted of 35 sex assaults in Galway school
An ex-Christian Brother has been acquitted by direction of Judge Tony Hunt of sexually assaulting boys some 40 years ago in a Galway industrial school.
Inquest into woman’s death after childbirth adjourned for expert advice
The inquest into the death of Evelyn Flanagan, Hollyhill, Ballyheane, Castlebar was adjourned on Wednesday evening (September 24) by Coroner for South Mayo, John O’Dwyer, until December 1. The coroner adjourned the inquest after three days following an application by Mr John Jordan, legal representative for the deceased’s husband Mr Padraig Flanagan to retain expert independent evidence from an expert on amniotic fluid embolism (AFE), which, according to the pathologist for Mayo General Hospital Dr Fandel Bennani, was what led to Mrs Flanagan death.
