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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Burglar who broke into sleeping woman’s bedroom and sexually assaulted her is jailed
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…
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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…