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Judge suspends sentence of ‘money mule’ whose bank account was used to move funds from frauds
Judge tells guilty party he is fed up with young people coming into court and saying, ‘I was young and I was stupid’ -
Former councillor receives suspended sentence for harassing waitress
Joseph O’Donovan (50), formerly Gary O’Flynn, served on Cork City Council from 2003 to 2008 -
Man who abused his stepdaughters has sentence more than doubled
Resentencing comes after Court of Appeal issued new sentencing guidance for sexual assault offences -
Criminal Legal Aid scheme spend to increase by a third to €120m this year
Leading Dublin solicitor says increase ‘not some kind of bonanza for criminal lawyers’ -
Driver who crashed through Dart barrier while being pursued by gardaí receives jail sentence and driving ban
Jeffrey Carter (33) drove a car with four passengers at speed through red lights, in the wrong direction in bus lanes and against other car drivers -
Man who raped neighbour as she recovered from surgery jailed for six years
Assailant, who was next-door neighbour, gained entry to victim’s home by pretending to have lost his keys -
Man who used e-bike to assault garda during Covid lockdown restrictions jailed for 20 months
Garda suffered eye injury in attack outside Monkstown -
Man convicted of trying to strangle woman in park says DNA evidence should not have been introduced at trial
Slawomir Gierlowski’s legal team tells Court of Appeal case against him was ‘fragile’ and ‘circumstantial’, involving ‘weak forensic evidence' -
Coast guard rescue crews working 24-hour shifts but only 16.5 hours recorded, TD claims
Sinn Féin’s David Cullinane warns safety being put at risk as practice breaches EU working time directives -
Businessman jailed over State’s largest crystal meth haul faces forfeiting part of house sale
Former garden centre operator Nathan McDonnell pleaded guilty to importing €32m of drugs into Cork in 2023