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# Special Criminal Court

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# Courts
Court of Appeal rejects application by Brian Rattigan to have drug dealing conviction quashed
The 37 year-old is the first person to be found guilty of charges connected to drug dealing while in prison.
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Oct 10th 2018, 1:43 PM
# Blackpool
Two men, aged 24 and 32, charged in connection with Aidan O’Driscoll murder
Aidan O’Driscoll, a former Real IRA chief, was killed in December 2016.
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Oct 8th 2018, 10:14 AM
# Dean Evans
Man who shot dead a dissident republican in pub car park gets life sentence
Dean Evans apologised to his victim’s family and said he made decisions as a younger man that he would not make today.
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Jul 31st 2018, 5:52 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Verdicts in Gareth Hutch murder trial to be handed down in October
Hutch was shot dead as he was getting into his car outside Avondale House flats on North Cumberland Street in Dublin.
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Jul 30th 2018, 3:47 PM
# coalitions
Junior minister says a government involving Sinn Féin would 'risk security of State'
Patrick O’Donovan ruled out the possibility of a coalition between his party and Sinn Féin.
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Jun 18th 2018, 10:49 AM
# Special Criminal Court
Man accused of murdering Gareth Hutch was recognised in chase after shooting, court told
As a result, Jonathan Keogh’s home was searched.
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Jun 8th 2018, 6:53 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Witnesses tell Freddie Thompson trial they saw car 'repeatedly crashing' into another car before it was set on fire
Two witnesses gave evidence in court today.
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May 4th 2018, 5:00 PM
# Dublin
Freddie Thompson was 'one of many fingers on the trigger' in killing of man, court told
David Douglas was murdered on 1 July 2016.
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May 2nd 2018, 2:40 PM
# Courts
Regency trial adjourned for three months over investigation into death of lead investigator
Senior prosecuting counsel Sean Gillane SC told the court today that “considerable progress” had been made in the enquiry.
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Mar 22nd 2018, 12:55 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Man charged in connection with murder of Michael Barr at Sunset House pub
Martin Aylmer (31), of Casino Park, Marino, was charged today before the Special Criminal Court.
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Mar 7th 2018, 1:02 PM
# Court
Dessie O'Hare to stand trial accused of false imprisonment and threatening a man's life
O’Hare was charged on 9 June 2015. He appeared before the Dublin District Court today where he was served a booked of evidence.
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Mar 5th 2018, 4:08 PM
# Adrian Crevan Mackin
GSOC launches legal bid to get transcripts related to Tony Golden killer
Adrian Crevan Mackin killed Garda Tony Golden in October 2015.
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Feb 7th 2018, 6:00 AM
# Special Criminal Court
Man jailed for life over murder of manager of Sunset House pub
Eamonn Cumberton had denied the murder of Michael Barr on 25 April 2016.
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Jan 29th 2018, 2:33 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Two Dublin men charged with possession of 4kg of explosive TNT
One of the men was previously charged with membership of the IRA.
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Dec 8th 2017, 2:05 PM
# ciaran ryan
Man who allegedly carried loaded gun on Dublin-Belfast train to be tried at non-jury Special Criminal Court
23-year-old Ciaran Ryan was charged with three firearms offences following the July incident.
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Nov 16th 2017, 12:13 PM
# Court
Man accused of IRA membership denies buying Shamrock glucose to make explosives
Seamus McGrane from Louth has pleaded not guilty to membership of the IRA.
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Oct 11th 2017, 5:32 PM
Man charged with conspiracy to murder friend of Hutch family to face non-jury trial
The court heard that it’s the DPP’s view that “the ordinary courts are not effective for the administration of justice” in this case.
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Sep 28th 2017, 6:46 PM
# Peter Butterly
Dublin man to face Special Criminal Court trial over killing of dissident republican
35-year-old Peter Butterly was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn in Gormanston, Co Meath.
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Sep 14th 2017, 1:41 PM
# Peter Butterly
Four men to be charged over the killing of dissident republican in Meath pub
Peter Butterly was shot dead at the Huntsman Inn in Gormanston, Dublin in 2013.
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Sep 8th 2017, 11:46 AM
# Courts
Woman (39) to go on trial accused of murder of Gareth Hutch
He was shot dead outside his home in Dublin.
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Jul 31st 2017, 2:39 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Two men due before in court after explosives seized in Dublin on Friday
A 55-year-old man has been released without charge.
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Jun 4th 2017, 6:15 PM
# meath and dublin
Man in his 30s appears in court over dissident Republican activity
A second man remains in custody.
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May 19th 2017, 4:56 PM
# Jonathan Dowdall
Ex-Sinn Féin councillor pleads guilty to false imprisonment and threatening to kill a man
Jonathan Dowdall and his father will be sentenced on 28 April.
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Mar 27th 2017, 1:50 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Trial collapses after court hears gardaí tell accused they would arrest his partner
Eimantas Valteris was the first Lithuanian to stand trial at the Special Criminal Court.
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Mar 20th 2017, 7:12 PM
# Courts
Second man (18) charged with murder of David 'Daithi' Douglas
Douglas was shot dead on a Dublin street last year.
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Mar 16th 2017, 12:02 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Man jailed for eight years for making 500lb bomb
62-year-old Philip McKevitt was yesterday convicted for constructing the device at his Co Louth home in 2010.
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Feb 14th 2017, 6:10 AM
# Special Criminal Court
Dissident republican caught at Busaras with "four blocks of TNT" and detonators
The incident last June saw Busaras evacuated the Special Criminal Court heard yesterday.
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Jan 31st 2017, 7:25 AM
# Courts
Man jailed for breaking into home in middle of night and raping former sexual partner
The accused man has been jailed for 10 years.
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Jan 30th 2017, 3:34 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Three men charged with dissident republican activity in Cork
The three men, ranging in age from the mid-30s to their early 50s, were arrested on Thursday evening.
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Dec 17th 2016, 8:14 AM
# donal billings
Man who made bomb threats during Queen's visit jailed for 8.5 years
The judge said Donal Billings “recklessly exposed passengers, staff and members of the emergency services to very significant risk of serious injury or death”.
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Dec 15th 2016, 7:25 PM
# Threats
Bomb on Dublin-bound bus during Queen's visit would have caused "complete destruction"
Donal Billings has also been convicted of making false telephone threats.
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Nov 30th 2016, 5:13 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Bail refused for former Sinn Féin councillor charged with falsely imprisoning and threatening to kill man
Jonathan Dowdall stands accused of the offences together with his father stemming from incidents on the 15 January 2015.
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Nov 10th 2016, 12:18 PM
# Bai
Complaint over Paul Williams calling some Sinn Féin voters "drug dealers" and "killers" on Late Late dismissed
Williams said that anyone who voted for Sinn Féin on foot of the party’s plan to get rid of the Special Criminal Court were ‘drug dealers, killers, kidnappers, and terrorists’.
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Oct 27th 2016, 2:20 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Man allegedly made bomb threats before visit of the Queen in 2011, trial hears
Donal Billings is charged with making bomb threats regarding a number of buses and the headquarters of Sinn Féin in May 2011.
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Oct 4th 2016, 7:00 PM
# Dissident Republicans
Three Dublin men charged with membership of the IRA
All three were remanded in custody and are due in court again on Tuesday.
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Sep 16th 2016, 3:22 PM
# Dissident Republicans
Two Sligo men charged with IRA membership appear before Special Criminal Court
The men, aged 27 and 35, made no comment when they were arrested by gardaí.
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Aug 17th 2016, 9:30 AM
# Denis Donaldson
Man in court in connection with murder of Sinn Féin man turned MI5 agent
74-year-old Patrick Gillespie has been charged with withholding information regarding the involvement of another person in the killing.
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Jul 28th 2016, 5:38 PM
# Special Criminal Court
Former Sinn Féin councillor and father charged with falsely imprisoning, assaulting and threatening to kill man
Each of the three charges against Jonathan Dowdall (39) and Patrick Dowdall (59) are alleged to have taken place in Dublin in January 2015.
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Jul 27th 2016, 5:27 PM
# Court
Man appears in Special Criminal Court charged with possession of explosives
The 52-year-old man was arrested as part of an ongoing operation targeting dissident republican activity.
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Jun 18th 2016, 9:32 AM
# Special Criminal Court
Slab Murphy given November date for tax evasion appeal
The 66-year-old was sentenced to 18 months in prison in February.
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May 27th 2016, 3:30 PM
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