# Special Criminal Court

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# 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

# Special Criminal Court

Ex-Sinn Féin councillor charged with possession of firearms and intent to falsely imprison

Jonathan Dowdall (37) and his father Patrick Dowdall (59) were arrested this evening by members of the Special Detective Unit.

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May 24th 2016, 9:22 PM

# Special Criminal Court

Men arrested after gardaí found bomb in car on the Naas Road to appear in court

They are aged in their 30s and 40s and were detained at Ballyfermot and Ronanstown Garda stations.

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Apr 15th 2016, 5:11 PM

# Special Criminal Court

Thomas 'Slab' Murphy to appeal 18-month prison sentence

The high-profile republican was convicted of various tax offences at the Special Criminal Court last December.

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Feb 26th 2016, 11:45 AM

# Special Criminal Court

RTE receives 'a number of formal complaints' over Friday's Late Late Show

Crime correspondent Paul Williams took aim at gangland criminals – and Sinn Féin.

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Feb 22nd 2016, 5:47 PM

# Row

Sinn Féin claims RTÉ has been refusing to give it coverage

The party complained to the national broadcaster yesterday.

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Feb 17th 2016, 1:51 PM

# Special Criminal Court

Sentencing of Thomas 'Slab' Murphy put off until 26 February

The high-profile republican was convicted of tax offences in December of last year.

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Feb 12th 2016, 1:15 PM

Voices

We seem to have forgotten the Special Criminal Court is supposed to be exceptional

While Sinn Féin’s manifesto pledge was always going to attract close scrutiny, the shootings in the past week have thrust its existence to the top of the news-cycle, writes Dr Alan Greene.

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Feb 10th 2016, 12:30 PM