(Pictured: Munir Ghariani. Credit: Collins)

A convicted sex offender who was given a partly suspended sentence for robbery last May has been jailed after gardaí told a court that he was a danger to society.

In May 2017 Judge Melanie Greally imposed a four-year sentence on Munir Ghariani (26) and, taking into account the time he had spent in custody on this matter, backdated the sentence to May 19, 2016. She suspended the balance of the sentence.

Ghariani admitted attacking the woman and robbing her phone on a street “for the thrill”.

Ghariani, formerly of Granitefield, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin had pleaded guilty at Dublin ….read more

A man who stabbed his sister has avoided going to prison after the victim told a court she forgave her brother and had no animosity towards him.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Colm O’Hara (49) had mental health issues and had stopped taking his medication on the day he attacked his older sister.

O’Hara, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to assault of Miriam O’Hara causing her harm at her home on Edenmore Green, Raheny, Dublin on June 23, 2016.

The court heard that O’Hara was in an agitated state when he went to the house. He was giving out about a ….read more

(Pictured: Ms Eve Doherty. Credit: Collins)

The trial of a garda accused of harassing a State solicitor is continuing in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

Eve Doherty (49), a garda based in Dublin, is charged with harassing Elizabeth Howlin between September 2011 and March 2013 and making false statements claiming Ms Howlin was perverting the course of justice.

Ms Doherty has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Her trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court began last week and is scheduled to run to end of the month.

Judge Melanie Greally is hearing submissions on a legal issue and will give her ….read more

A supermarket security guard who was caught with nearly €10,000 worth of cannabis and cocaine will be sentenced to 240 hours of community service provided he is eligible, a judge has said.

In Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today, Judge Karen O’Connor said she would sentence Joseph Moore to community service in lieu of a three-year prison term, provided he was deemed suitable by the Probation Service.

Moore (30) told gardaí that the drugs found at his father’s home were for his own use. The drugs found by gardaí during a planned search of the house consisted of cocaine with an estimated street ….read more

(Pictured: Ms Eve Doherty. Credit: Collins)

A garda accused of harassing a State solicitor could not be linked by any computer used by her to a photograph of the solicitor used on abusive posters, a jury has heard.

Eve Doherty (49), a garda based in Dublin, is charged with harassing Elizabeth Howlin between September 2011 and March 2013 and making false statements claiming Ms Howlin was perverting the course of justice.

On day three of the trial former Detective Inspector Martin Cummins, now retired, showed the jury a poster which had photographs of Ms Howlin and Brendan Howlin TD, a distant cousin of ….read more

(Pictured: Accused Ms Eve Doherty. Credit: Collins)

A State solicitor who was allegedly harassed by a garda has told a jury that she had no idea how a “disgruntled” person would know her personal details.

Eve Doherty (49), a garda based in Dublin, denies harassing Elizabeth Howlin between September 2011 and March 2013 and making false statements claiming Ms Howlin was perverting the course of justice.

At the time Ms Howlin worked as a directing officer with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). She told the jury she was involved in deciding whether or not to direct prosecutions in criminal cases.

Ms Howlin has ….read more

(Pictured: Ms Eve Doherty. Credit: Collins)

A garda has gone on trial accused of harassing a State solicitor by describing her as politically corrupt in a series of “hideous” and “vitriolic” letters and emails.

Eve Doherty (49), a garda based in Dublin, has denied harassing Elizabeth Howlin between September 2011 and March 2013 and making false statements claiming that Ms Howlin was perverting the course of justice.

On the first day of a trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the jury heard that Ms Howlin worked in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the time.

Over the 18 month period ….read more

(Pictured: Mr Jeff Hendrick. Credit: Collins)

A jury has acquitted Republic of Ireland soccer player Jeff Hendrick of committing violent disorder during a nightclub row in Dublin city four years ago.

During a four day trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Darren McDermott claimed that after a verbal row in Krystal nightclub Mr Hendrick pulled him out of a taxi. Mr McDermott said he was then chased down a lane by other men.

He was assaulted in the laneway and suffered multiple fractures to his jaw and had his teeth smashed. He had emergency surgery for his injuries and is still receiving medical ….read more