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# Murder Trial

This month
July 2024
Family and teen used 'medieval violence' to 'butcher' father of seven at funeral, court told
Man on trial for murder will admit he strangled his partner to death, court hears
Last month
June 2024
Pathologist tells murder trial of stab and chop wounds to Thomas Dooley
Three men jailed for the murder of Dutch crime reporter Peter de Vries
Two more men accused of murdering Tristan Sherry sent for trial in Special Criminal Court
Widow of man allegedly murdered in cemetery denies falling out had occurred with another family
Murder trial hears how a father was stabbed multiple times in front of his children at a funeral
Teenager accused of murdering gunman Tristan Sherry sent for Special Criminal Court trial
This year
2024
Lyra McKee murder trial begins in Belfast with documentary footage shown in court
Murder trial of six people accused of murder in Tralee cemetery begins in Cork
Man jailed for life for murder of Tony McDermott, son of Mother and Baby Home campaigner
Maria Arbuckle, a mother and baby home survivor, said her son “will never be forgotten”.
Two men sentenced over killing of grandfather whose body was dumped in reservoir in Co Antrim
Man accused of murdering wife suffered cannabis induced psychosis, doctors tell court
Last year
2023
Ex-wife of French serial killer sentenced to life over three murders
Mayo man accused of killing his wife pleads insanity as murder trial opens
Jozef Puska tells trial he was 'witness' to Ashling Murphy's murder and tried to 'help' her
Ashling Murphy trial: Drugs had 'no influence' on Jozef Puska before alleged admissions
Jozef Puska told gardaí 'I am the murderer', Ashling Murphy trial hears
Witness was fearful of contacting gardaí due to 'ugly atmosphere' after Ashling Murphy's death
Barrister for man accused of murdering Ashling Murphy suggests he was 'trying to assist' her
Man jailed for life for murder of father-to-be Conor Quinn in Mallow
33-year-old man pleads not guilty to murder of Ashling Murphy
Trial of man accused of murdering Ashling Murphy to begin in two weeks
Former nurse Lucy Letby sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder of seven babies
Murder accused sent WhatsApp messages about 'opening up' victim's face in alleged assault
Forestry workers initially thought woman's body was a dead animal in 'cold case' murder trial
'Cold case' murder trial opens with man (74) accused of 1981 murder of woman in Co Cork
Dublin man pleads guilty to murdering friend who was "lured" to country lane
Mother who stabbed baby twice through heart wept on being handed jail term of 20 years minimum
Pat McCormick: Five sentenced in connection to murder of father of four from Co Down
Young man murdered in a row over a small amount of debt, court told
Woman accused of murdering her two children in Westmeath car fire to go on trial next year
Trial hears that Valerie French Kilroy died from a head injury, strangulation and a stab wound
Sister of Garda murder accused saw 'red flags' the day before fatal shooting
New jury to be sworn in at Stephen Silver murder trial after initial jury was discharged
All time
Dowdall says his mother and children received death threats since he turned State's witness
Jonathan Dowdall claims he was 'set up' for murder of David Byrne
Hutch trial: Jonathan Dowdall denies he is a 'master manipulator'
Special Criminal Court rules Jonathan Dowdall can give evidence in trial of Gerry Hutch
No evidence to support allegation Hutch 'effectively confessed' other than Dowdall's 'say so'