Stabbed mother and her teenage son
A father-of-one who stabbed a teenager and his mother following a drunken row at an engagement party has been given a five year sentence.
View ArticleMan sent back to jail for dangerous driving causing three deaths
A man who caused the deaths of three people in a head-on collision after driving on the wrong side of the road having drank almost three-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit was sent back to prison...
View ArticleANGLO TRIAL: Directors say Drumm was told to inform Financial Regulator that...
Three former directors of Anglo Irish Bank have given evidence that they instructed the bank’s CEO to immediately inform the Financial Regulator that Sean Quinn controlled 25 per cent of their shares.
View ArticleTwo men accused of threatening to kill a Monaghan-based fitter
Two men have gone on trial for threatening to kill and extorting money from a Monaghan based fitter.
View ArticleANGLO TRIAL: Quinn Group was "doing what they were told"
The Quinn Group was “doing what they were told” by Anglo Irish Bank when unloading their 29 per cent control of the bank in July 2008. The trial of three former Anglo executives accused of illegally...
View ArticleCavan priest jailed for abuse of two boys aged ten years
There were anguished scenes in Cavan Circuit Court last week when two men drew courage from turmoil to confront their priest abuser and gave evidence of the horrific effects his abuse had on them.
View ArticleTrial of two men accused of threatening to kill collapses
The trial of two men accused of threatening to kill and extorting money from a Monaghan based fitter has collapsed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
View ArticleMonaghan sex offender jailed for schoolgirl approach
A Monaghan man who is unable to control his sexual behaviour after suffering damage to the frontal lobe of his brain has received a five-year jail sentence for inviting two schoolgirls to take part in...
View ArticleANGLO TRIAL: Bank was in daily contact with regulator about Maple Ten deal,...
The trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives has heard there was “a hotline” between the bank and the Financial Regulator about the allegedly illegal Maple Ten deal.
View ArticleANGLO TRIAL: Sean FitzPatrick in the witness box
Former Anglo Irish Bank Chairman Sean FitzPatrick told gardaí that he was aware the bank would be lending money to Maple Ten group of investors before the allegedly illegal transaction went through.
View ArticleANGLO TRIAL: Legal argument continues in absence of jury
The trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives accused of illegally lending money to buy Anglo shares is continuing in legal argument.
View ArticleDefence counsel make closes speeches in trial of former Anglo executives
Brendan Grehan SC has begun his closing speech to the jury in defence of Pat Whelan, former Head of Lending in Anglo Irish Bank.
View ArticleTrial against former Anglo executives to resume in the morning
Senior Counsel for Sean FitzPatrick has finished for the day and will resume his speech in the morning to the jury in the the case against three former executives at Anglo Irish Bank.
View ArticleANGLO IRISH TRIAL: Judge tells jurors to leave prejudices 'at the courtroom...
Judge Martin Nolan has told the jurors that they must leave any prejudices for or against the bankers “at the courtroom door”.
View ArticleJury continue their deliberations in criminal trial against former Anglo...
The jury have resumed their deliberations following the weekend in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives accused of illegally lending money to buy shares in the bank.
View ArticleJury in Anglo trial to resume deliberations in the morning
The jury will resume deliberations tomorrow morning (Tuesday) in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives accused of illegally lending money to buy shares in the bank.
View ArticleJury begin third day of deliberations in Anglo trial
The jury has begun a third day of deliberations in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives accused of illegally lending money to buy shares in the bank.
View ArticleJury's still out in trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives
The jury in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives has entered its fourth day of deliberations.
View ArticleJury begin fifth day of deliberations in trial against two former Anglo...
The jury has begun a fifth day of deliberations in the trial of two former Anglo Irish Bank executives after yesterday acquitting former chairman Sean FitzPatrick.
View ArticleTwo former Anglo executives found GUILTY, but not of Quinn charges
Former Anglo Irish Bank directors Pat Whelan and William McAteer have been convicted of providing illegal lending to the Maple Ten for a share support scheme.
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