A 49-year-old man was charged with murder and assault causing harm at a special sitting of Killarney District Court and will appear again on Wednesday.
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‘Brazen’: Former Waterford school principal, 91, jailed for abusing pupil in his office in the 1970s as victim says memories came back ‘like a dam breaking’
Con Desmond, who was known as Brother Cornelius, was found guilty of nine counts of indecent assault against a child between 1978 and 1980.
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Blood on the stairs: Waterford man with 63 previous convictions jailed for three years over People’s Park assault, as judge throws out his ‘apology’
A 31-year-old man who left a victim with a deep cut and covered in blood near the entrance to Waterford's People's Park has been jailed for three years, after a judge refused to accept his apology letter.
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Courts in chaos: rape victims left waiting and bail hearings in disarray as solicitors’ months-long legal aid revolt drags on
Talks between the Minister for Justice and the Law Society began on Friday as a months-long withdrawal of services by criminal defence solicitors continues to stall trials, sentencing hearings and bail applications.
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Glock pistol, shotgun and 19 bullets: Ballinasloe man, 47, to face jury trial over alleged firearms in Galway and Athlone
Damien O'Connor (47) is accused of possessing a Glock pistol, a shotgun and ammunition at Athlone in January 2025 and at Garbally Demesne in December 2024. He was remanded on bail.
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Galway mosque bomb plot: three men jailed for planned terror attack on Maryam Mosque
Members of a self-styled far-right group planned to smash the windows of the Maryam Mosque on Galway's Monivea Road and throw pipe bombs inside. The plot was uncovered by chance at a Garda drugs checkpoint in Portlaoise.
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Pakistan jails famous rights lawyer couple for 10 years under terror laws – over road barriers
An anti-terrorism court has sentenced Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha to 10 years each over a 2024 confrontation at a security cordon in Islamabad. Human Rights Watch says the case sends a chilling message.