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# Special Criminal Court

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2022
Aaron Brady to stand trial in Special Criminal Court for plotting to pervert course of justice
Brady was handed a life sentence in 2020 for the fatal shooting of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.
Lisa Smith's lawyers make fresh bid to have charges against her dismissed
If the Special Criminal Court does not accept the arguments made by her lawyers, they will reveal their verdicts on 30 May.
Gerry Hutch and Dowdall fail in bids to prevent their murder trials being heard by non-jury court
‘The Monk’ and the ex-Sinn Féin councillor argued they shouldn’t be tried before the non-jury Special Criminal Court over the 2016 Regency Hotel attack.
Court will consider verdicts in Lisa Smith trial
The former Irish soldier has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful terrorist group, namely Islamic State.
Lisa Smith warned her family to become Muslim 'before it's too late', court told
Lisa Smith sent a Facebook message saying she would see her family in heaven if they converted, the Special Criminal Court heard today.
Special Criminal Court sentences man to 10 years imprisonment over ATM thefts
He had pleaded not guilty to offences under Section 72 and 73 of the Criminal Justice Act.
Three brothers jailed for nearly 20 years combined for their roles in ATM robberies
€790,000 was stolen when ATMs were ripped out of the walls of five premises in Cavan, Meath and Monaghan between 2018 and 2019.
Facebook in 'wholesale breach of privacy rights', Lisa Smith lawyers tell court
The legal team are objecting to the admissibility of messages sent using Facebook between Smith and known Islamist terrorists in Australia and Syria.
Lisa Smith called government a 'shower of b*****ds' while talking 'anti-western stuff'
The court also heard that Smith was described by a superior officer in the Irish army as “industrious, hard-working and reliable”.
Man charged with robbing credit union where garda was killed fights Special Criminal Court trial
Brendan Treanor is charged with participating in a robbery that occurred at the credit union on 25 January 2013.
Gang member who put tracker device on rival Hutch member's car jailed for six-and-a-half years
Last November, Glynn changed his plea to guilty just after a week from when he went on trial.
FBI agent tells court it was 'beyond suspicion' Lisa Smith joined Isis
Five counter-terrorism FBI agents gave evidence this week during legal argument in the trial.
Hutch and Dowdall fail in bids to prevent murder trials being heard by non-jury court
Both men are charged with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016.
Jim Mansfield Jnr jailed by Special Criminal Court for 18 months
He was taken into custody last month after being found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Lisa Smith was legally arrested in 2019, court rules
Lawyers for former Defence Forces soldier had challenged the legality of her arrest on her return to Ireland.
Three brothers who were part of ATM theft gang remanded in custody ahead of sentencing
Stephen, Gerard and Ciaran Duffy were present in the three-judge court for their sentence hearing.
Lisa Smith 'threw her life away to go and join a violent, extremist ideology', court hears
The Lisa Smith trial continues today.
Lisa Smith: Judges reject call to dismiss charges - trial starts tomorrow
Smith is charged with alleged offences associated with membership of Islamic State.
Lisa Smith bid to have charges dropped to be decided on Monday
The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, is accused of being a member of Islamic State and financing terrorism.
Ringleader of gang who kidnapped and assaulted Kevin Lunney named as Alan Harte
Harte was sentenced to 30 years in prison by the non-jury Special Criminal Court last month
'Spotter' for 'murder gang' who killed Eamon Kelly sentenced to life in prison
Eamon Kelly’s daughter Alison told the court that her father’s murder was a “cowardly and senseless act”.
Jim Mansfield Jnr found guilty of perverting the course of justice
Mansfield Jnr was acquitted of a separate charge of conspiracy to falsely imprison his former employee Martin Byrne.
Bid by Lisa Smith to have terror charges dropped to be heard today
Smith, 39, is accused of being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) and financing terrorism.
Court hears details of Kinahan gang member placing tracking device on murder target's car
The intended target of the hit was James ‘Mago’ Gately who was living in Belfast at the time.
Lisa Smith's bid to have terror charges dropped will be heard next week
Lisa Smith’s trial before the non-jury court was due to start this week.
Lisa Smith trial expected to be delayed as defence seek for case to be struck out
Smith is charged with alleged membership of terror group Islamic State (ISIS) and other associated charges.
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Border villages and isolated backroads: The key locations in the abduction of Kevin Lunney
The Special Criminal Court has sentenced three men for their role in the abduction and torture of Kevin Lunney.
The locations of Lunney's torture and abduction show a meticulously planned abduction, writes Garreth MacNamee.
Three men were sentenced at the Special Criminal Court on Monday for their roles in what happened.
From Kevin Lunney's own startling testimony to rows about phone data: The trial's key evidence
The Lunney Abduction trial lasted from June to August at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
In this article we look back on the trial and examine the key moments.
The Lunney Abduction trial lasted from June to August at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
A substantial part of the case centred around CCTV, secretive surveillance techniques and phone data.
Three men found guilty of Kevin Lunney abduction and torture sentenced to between 18 and 30 years
Three found guilty of false imprisonment and assault of QIH director Kevin Lunney
Three men found guilty of Kevin Lunney abduction and torture sentenced to between 18 and 30 years
The three men had denied the charges.
Man jailed for possessing over €100,000 of cross-border gang's ATM theft
Niall Finnegan will serve three years for possessing the proceeds of ATM thefts by a criminal organisation.
One man found guilty and one acquitted over killing of gangland figure Eamon Kelly
Kelly was shot four times in the back as he walked towards his home in north Dublin in December of 2012.
Garda application to ban media from special criminal court during gang killing trial refused
The judge ruled there was “nothing wrong” with the media being present as long as no gardaí are identified.
Trial of man accused of involvement in Kinahan cartel plot to murder Hutch rival begins
Douglas Glynn appeared at the non-jury court pleading not guilty to his involvement in the plot to murder James Gately
Three found guilty of false imprisonment and assault of QIH director Kevin Lunney
The court found the prosecution had proven beyond reasonable doubt that they had abducted Lunney.
Gerry Hutch challenges jurisdiction of non-jury Special Criminal Court to hear his trial
The trial has been fixed for October 2022.
Judge begins delivering verdict in Kevin Lunney abduction trial
Four men had pleaded not guilty to the abduction and assault of the Quinn Industrial Holdings executive.
Court rejects defence application to delay verdict in Kevin Lunney abduction trial
Kevin Lunney was an executive with Quinn Industrial Holdings when he was allegedly
'Absolutely enormous' volume of documents in Lisa Smith case is crashing printers
Lisa Smith is accused of being a member of ISIS and of financing terrorism.
Sinn Féin to debate ending total opposition to Special Criminal Court
A motion to be voted on at the party’s Ard Fheis on Saturday will continue to oppose the use of the court, apart from in “exceptional circumstances
Judgement for men accused of gangland figure Eamon Kelly's murder to be delivered next month
Father-of-nine Eamon Kelly was shot four times in the chest as he walked towards his home.