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By Peter Murtagh and Fiona Ferguson A man who raped a woman described as his “best friend” and to whom he was “like a brother” has been given a seven-year…

Rachel Cunningham A man who is accused of murdering 23-year-old Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, appeared via live videolink on Mondayto hear the date set for his trial at the Central…

By Isabel Hayes & Brion Hoban A man who raped and sexually assaulted a teenage girl who he had invited into an apartment in the middle of the night has…

A man who subjected his sister to years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse during their childhood has been jailed for three years and nine months. The now 56-year-old man,…

A man has been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl. The 41-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to…

A man who attacked and raped a woman he met on the dating app Tinder has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years. During the attack in the woman’s home, Peter Loughran…

Legal history was made last week  when the first criminal trial ever to take place in Croke Park opened before a jury. The Central Criminal Court trial took place at GAA…

By Brion Hoban & Fiona Ferguson An Offaly man who sexually abused a teenage girl he met on social media and drove to his home has been jailed for two-and-a-half…

A burglar who broke in through the window of a sleeping woman’s bedroom and sexually assaulted her as she fought to escape has been jailed for ten years. The woman described…

A man who stole electric toothbrushes from a shop while on bail for stealing electric toothbrushes from the same shop has been ordered not to enter any Boots stores in…