Courts News Ireland

A judge has noted the difficulties in sentencing those whose "gender identity does not align with their biological sex" as she jailed a 63-year-old Filipino - who previously poured boiling water over a man who rejected their advances - for sexually assaulting a teenager in a…

Drugs Kingpin Andrew Pender (52), who managed an "entire cell of a drug distribution network" in Dublin, has been jailed for 15 years after he was caught with almost nine million worth of assorted drugs, over €1 million in cash and a stolen garda uniform.…

A 24-year-old man who told gardai he was "so drunk" that he couldn't remember fatally stabbing his sister’s partner once in the chest with a kitchen knife following a dispute has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by a Central Criminal Court jury.…

A man who completed a PhD in social studies has been jailed for just over 3.5 years for the possession of €285,000 worth of heroin. courtsnewsireland.ie/doctor-of-soci…

A man who claimed he was “acting in the capacity of a vigilante” when he was caught with videos of child sex abuse will be sentenced later for possession and distribution of the material. courtsnewsireland.ie/man-who-distri…

More than 70 asylum seekers staying at a controversial centre in Athlone have been offered alternative housing while the government prepares emergency legislation to fast-track refugee accommodation, the High Court has heard. courtsnewsireland.ie/asylum-seekers…

A drugs mule who claimed he was visiting Ireland because he was a big fan of Conor McGregor and liked the look of Irish pubs in the movies has been jailed for importing cocaine. courtsnewsireland.ie/cocaine-mule-c…

A dad-of-two who inadvertently recorded the moment he stabbed his wife to death told paramedics and gardai at the scene that the deceased was having an affair and he “freaked out” after seeing “something on her phone about sex”, a court has heard. courtsnewsireland.ie/dad-of-two-mur…

A convicted killer previously jailed for "feud related" offences who has never had a job spent €100k carrying out “grandiose” renovations on his family home in Limerick, a court has heard. courtsnewsireland.ie/convicted-kill…

A Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator has abandoned a hearing today after deciding it was not “satisfactory” that a defence witness had dialled in from a train. courtsnewsireland.ie/tribunal-adjud…

Sean Cullen (22), who caused over €60k worth of damage to train carriages and pepper-sprayed an Irish Rail employee, has been given a four-year suspended sentence. courtsnewsireland.ie/some-form-of-a…

A Westmeath man who raped a teenage girl has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that his lawyers should have been allowed to cross-examine the victim on a “contraceptive bar” she was using at the time. courtsnewsireland.ie/rapist-fails-t…

Five days into his trial for the unlawful killing of 73-year-old Tom Niland, who was beaten in his home and left to die by three men, John Irving (31) this morning changed his plea to guilty. courtsnewsireland.ie/man-admits-to-…

A man who broke a safety order by posting a video of his ex-wife on Facebook with “abusive” rap music over it has had his four-month jail sentence replaced with a suspended term on appeal. courtsnewsireland.ie/man-who-posted…

A tribunal has made a maximum-compensation €26k award to former Bohemians FC coach David Henderson, after finding that he was subjected to a fabricated allegation of misconduct when the club “got rid” of him during a “ruthless and dishonest” bogus redundancy last winter.…

The former head of the United Nations’ migrant assistance bureau in Dublin was “reassigned because of her behaviour in Ireland” after over a dozen staff complaints and resignations, a tribunal has been told. courtsnewsireland.ie/ex-head-of-un-…

The wife of a man being sued by John Magnier over the purported sale of a prized Co Tipperary estate said she felt €50K in cash delivered in two brown envelopes on behalf of the bloodstock billionaire was “incredibly tainted and dirty”, while a rival bidder for the land…

A criminal with 168 previous convictions who attempted to ram a garda car following a high-speed chase and burgled the home of an 85-year-old man living alone has been jailed for five years and three months. courtsnewsireland.ie/criminal-with-…

An armed burglar who forced his way into the home of a woman and her autistic child and threatened to stab her has been jailed for three years and nine months. courtsnewsireland.ie/knife-wielding…

A man who raped his pregnant partner in their bed six years ago remained working for a local authority up until he was taken into custody earlier this month, a court has heard. courtsnewsireland.ie/man-who-raped-…