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Sentencing of former RTE DJ Nikki Hayes adjourns after she suffers head injury

A former radio DJ who had €15,000 lodged into her bank account as part of a money-laundering scam has had her sentencing hearing adjourned after suffering an injury. Nikki Hayes (44), real name Eimear Black O’Keeffe, of The Way, Hunter’s Run, Clonee,...

02 Nov 2023 at 14:31

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National: 64-year-old who attacked garda with baseball bat fails to get reduced sentence

A 64-year-old man who used a metal baseball bat to assault a plain-clothes garda has failed in a bid to have his five-year jail sentence reduced. At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in May 2022, Victor Akinlade was unanimously convicted by a jury of ...

08 May 2024 at 13:42

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Lengthy prison sentence for English man caught transporting cannabis through Dublin Airport

A man who was caught with over half a million euro worth of cannabis at Dublin Airport has been sentenced to four and-a-half years' imprisonment. Brandon Highfield, aged 23, with an address in Wolverhampton in the UK, was in transit through the ...

17 Apr 2024 at 18:38

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National: Convicted rapist rejects guilty verdict over bomb threat hoax targeting Helen McEntee's home

A rapist convicted of making a hoax bomb threat to the home of the Minister for Justice has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he does not accept the jury's verdict. Michael Murray (54), formerly of Seafield Road, Killiney, Dublin, ...

15 Mar 2024 at 18:16

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National: Christian brother who sexually abused six boys in a primary school is jailed

A Christian brother who sexually abused six young boys he was teaching over 40 years ago has been jailed for a further six and a half years. The 72-year-old man was convicted last March on a total of 25 charges of indecent assault in ...

14 May 2024 at 17:13

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Elderly Dublin man jailed for 7 years for molesting his young granddaughters

One of two sisters who were sexually abused by their grandfather has said that he “deserve every horrible thing that happens” to him and that she hates him for what he did to them. The now 22-year-old woman read her victim impact ...

23 Jul 2024 at 19:01

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'Bizarre' - Chef who bit female colleague TWICE while working gets fully suspended sentence

A chef who bit the shoulder of his co-worker twice while they were working has been handed a one-year suspended sentence. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that John O’Toole (33) of Elmdale Close, Ballyfermot, Dublin, pleaded ...

25 Jul 2024 at 20:59

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Woman had to dive on toddler grandson during Dublin post office robbery, court hears

Two men have been jailed for six years each for a Dublin post office robbery in which a customer had to dive on her three-year-old grandchild to protect him. Both men pleaded guilty to the robbery of a post office on Decies ...

02 Jul 2024 at 09:08

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Non-national who threatened to kill partner in her Dublin home jailed for 16 months

A man who made threats to kill his former partner and assaulted her in her home has been jailed for 16 months. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the now 29-year-old, who cannot be identified in order to protect the ...

04 Jul 2024 at 15:07

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'Open the door or I'll kill you' - Man with 139 previous convictions jailed after robberies

A man has been jailed after he admitted attempting to rob a shop and three days later robbing €350 from another shop while carrying a black mallet. Joseph French (33) pleaded guilty to attempted robbery on July 18, 2021 ...

05 Jul 2024 at 16:41

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Man caught hiding €6 million euro worth of drugs in shoeboxes jailed for six years

A man who was caught helping to transport €6 million worth of cannabis hidden in a fake shoebox consignment has been jailed for six and a half years. Ryon Fitzpatrick (34) was arrested along with two other men as they ...

18 Jun 2024 at 15:21

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Young man who sexually assaulted 79-year-old landlady avoids prison sentence

A young man who climbed into his 79-year-old landlady's bed and sexually assaulted her in the middle of the night has been given a suspended sentence. The 24-year-old man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal ...

14 Jun 2024 at 15:32

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