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Court to accept illegally taped Hutch-Dowdall recordings as evidence

A court has said that a portion of taped conversations recorded by Irish police in Northern Ireland was obtained illegally but will be permitted in the trial of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch. Mr Hutch is on trial over the murder of David Byrne, who was ...

02 Dec 2022 at 18:14

National News

Ex-Irish soldier Lisa Smith jailed for 15 months for IS membership

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group. The 40-year-old ex-Defence Forces member was found guilty in May of IS membership but was cleared of ...

22 Jul 2022 at 14:18

National News

Man caught with €1.1m of cocaine in his luggage in Dublin Airport gets jail

A man who was caught coming through Dublin Airport with over 16 kilos of cocaine in his luggage has been jailed for six and a half years. Daniel James Johnson (34) of no fixed abode in Lancashire, UK, pleaded guilty to one count of importing ...

13 May 2024 at 16:28

Northern Ireland

Man found liable for Omagh bombing dies in Co Louth

Colm Murphy, who was found liable in a civil trial for the 1998 Omagh bomb atrocity, has died. Murphy, 70, a Dundalk-based contractor and publican originally from Co Armagh, died in Co Louth. A death notice on Tuesday said he had died at ...

18 Apr 2023 at 18:54

Local News

'Ireland's top criminals, LOL': Man who sold guns to Derry gangs jailed for 10 years

A MAN who used his US citizenship to buy military-grade firearms and ammunition legally in America before selling them on to Irish criminal gangs - including in Derry - has been jailed for ten years. Passing sentence on Conor O'Brien at ...

16 Mar 2026 at 19:29

Man remanded on charge of murdering British spy Denis Donaldson

Northern Ireland

Man charged with murder of former Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson

A man has appeared in a Dublin court charged with the 2006 murder of British spy Denis Donaldson. He was also charged with five other offences, including the attempted murder of a second man in 2007. Antoin Duffy, in his 40s, of no ...

30 Mar 2026 at 17:19

Crime & Courts

Derry man jailed for 10 years for role in smuggling cocaine into Ireland

The Special Criminal Court in Dublin has has jailed seven cocaine smugglers for terms between 10.5 years and 12 years, with the presiding judge saying she must impose a "significant deterrent" to international criminal operations ...

23 Mar 2026 at 14:52

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