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Man pleads guilty to removing evidence from scene where Kean Mulready Woods was murdered last year
Kean Mulready Woods was killed in Dublin in January 2020.
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Kean Mulready Woods was killed in Dublin in January 2020.
Damien Singleton had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter.
Helen Jones (53) is accused of murdering her brother Paul at his home on the southside of Cork city in September 2019.
Helen Jones is charged with the murder of Paul Jones in Cork in 2019.
Cloverhill Prison Governor Anthony Harris explained that there was a Covid-19 outbreak at the prison.
Philip Finnegan was missing for just over three weeks before a dog walker found his remains in a Kildare wood in September 2016.
The remains of Philip Finnegan were identified by fingerprints from skin found in the soil at the gravesite.
The man was convicted of four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
The man was convicted of defilement by a Central Criminal Court jury following a trial last May.
The jury of nine men and three women rejected Mark Whelan’s defence.
A forensic scientist told the court that the victim’s blood and DNA were found on the accused’s clothes.
Mary O’Keeffe, 72, was found dead in Doneraile earlier this year.
Prosecution counsel told the court that gardaí “absolutely did not discuss witness statements” in the courtroom.
The judge said the “terrifying and violent” experience has a pervasive effect on the girl’s life.
The trial continues in front of Justice Michael MacGrath and a jury of five women and seven men.
The trial continues before Justice Paul McDermott and a jury.
The trial of Renato Gehlen (39) opened today.
Gavin Murphy was charged with murder and remanded in custody in April.
The incident happened in January as the mother-of-two walked home from work.
The judge told the jury there was no restriction on time.
A garda told the court that the two phones showed “a large degree of contact” in the months before her death.
The Central Criminal Court heard that Daniel Murtagh admitted to killing his former partner.
The mother is charged with attempting to murder her two young sons in 2019 at her home.
Stephen Lynch (31) had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Gerard Cervi (34) has pleaded not guilty to murdering Bobby Messett in June 2018.
The judge praised the young woman for her “courage, tenacity and composure”.
Gerard Cervi is charged with murdering Messett (50) at Bray Boxing Club, Bray, Co Wicklow on 5 June 2018.
Gerard Cervi is charged with murdering Messett (50) at Bray Boxing Club, Bray, Co Wicklow on 5 June 2018.
Oliver Kane pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to attempted rape of a now 21-year-old.
The other offences include alleged robbery, threat to kill or cause serious harm and production of a knife while attempting robbery.
Schoolboy Josh Dunne, aged 16, was injured and later died in January after being stabbed in Dublin.
The accused (17) pleaded guilty earlier this year to the murder of Romanian national Claudio Robu (39).
Whelan survived the attack but was shot dead two months later.
The jury has begun deliberating in the case.
The woman was stabbed 19 times by her former partner after their daughter was placed in her custody.
Counsel for Rafal Karaczynsaid the accused man’s marriage to Natalia Karaczyn was “not terribly happy” but they stayed living together for their children.
In sentencing Justice McDermott sentenced Loughran to nine years imprisonment but suspended the final 18 months.
The 38-year-old man, who had been friends with the woman for seven years, pleaded guilty to orally raping her during a prolonged attack in 2017.
The victim did not realise her father was behind everything until the age of 21.
The woman cannot be named for legal reasons.