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Thursday 3 December 2020
Bernard Kelly (38) broke red lights and mounted the pavement outside the school.
The man was connected to stolen vehicles by means of fingerprint evidence.
Michael Reilly Senior and his son Michael F Reilly Junior have been jailed for 40 months and 20 months respectively.
He said he was “tortured by memories” and could not explain why he had carried out the killings.
Anthony Moynihan was jailed today after he was brought into court following the execution of a warrant.
The 26-year-old man pleaded guilty to raping the 19-year-old victim in November 2015,
The attacks took place regularly while he was babysitting the child at weekends.
The Wikileaks founder faces a separate court battle to prevent his extradition to the US.
The woman, who is in her 30s, was convicted at Dublin District Court of neglecting the boy’s education.
Graham Stafford (36) has been jailed for four and a half years.
John Cash received a three and a half year sentence.
Jonathan Wainyae pleaded guilty to causing serious bodily injury.
“In solidarity with many activists facing the odds, I will stand by my principles,” Manning said.
Chico Makamda has 15 previous convictions, including for an offence of indecency.
Mudassar Khan’s bags were searched and customs official found 13kg of heroin wrapped up in one suitcase.
Martin Mulligan was stabbed to death by Joseph Hillen on 28 September 2015.
He was found guilty of picking her up off the street and raping her in the back seat of his car.
James Alex Fields (21) was convicted of murdering 32-year-old paralegal Heather Heyer.
Judge Brian O’Shea described Kathleen McDonagh’s actions as “smart-alec behaviour”.
Joseph Fraser attacked his girlfriend after she hid his car keys so he wouldn’t drink-drive, a court heard.
The 38-year-old has been given a two-year sentence by an Italian court.
Three of the indecent assault charges involved Byrnes “willing” the family dog to engage in sexual acts with one daughter.
Naa’imur Rahman pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in assisting the preparation of terrorist acts.
Daniel Sciusco was jailed for two and a half years.
She is serving a five-year jail sentence for alleged sedition – a charge she has always denied.
Safaa Boular had set about plotting an attack in the UK after she was prevented from travelling to Syria to marry a Daesh fighter.
The men’s sentences were backdated to 2 August 2017 when they went into custody.
Hannaway was one of a number of men interned at a secret base in Derry in 1971.
The woman described how she had no prior knowledge of sex the day the man raped her.
The girl was aged between 11 and 13 years old at the time of the offence.
Ross Thompson pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two charges of endangerment and a charge of dangerous driving.
Julie Fox’s body was found in a cupboard at her home in Worcester.
David Drumm has became the fourth person to be jailed over his role in a bank fraud scheme 10 years ago.
Eoin Berkeley has already served 18 months on remand.
Justice Patrick McCarthy said the three core factors were the effect the offences had on the victim, the age of the accused and the state of his health.
Patrick O’Brien pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 15 counts of sexual assault.
The now 16-year-old had 46 separate injuries all over her body when she was examined by medical practitioners in 2008.
His lawyer said they would appeal the sentence.
It was estimated that Frederic Fagnoul was importing an estimated 50kg of cocaine on each flight from France.
Anthony Cassidy, aged 34, attacked his victim as she was walking to a shop in the early hours of the morning.
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
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