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By Declan Brennan and Fiona Ferguson
A supermarket security guard who was caught with nearly €10,000 worth of cannabis and cocaine has been ordered to perform 240 hours of community service in lieu of a prison sentence.
Joseph 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 value of €7,735 and an estimated €2,142 in cannabis herb.
The court previously heard that Moore came from a decent hard working family and his father was a retired ….read more
By Gerard Cunningham
A senior gardaí decision to categorise a domestic disturbance complaint against a garda whistleblower as an incident causing serious harm or death was later questioned by the Garda Ombudsman.
The October 2013 complaint by Marisa Simms against her partner Garda Keith Harrison included allegations that he had threatened to “burn her” and “bury her”.
Superintendent Eugene McGovern had told the Charleton Tribunal that he regarded the complaint as serious enough to warrant referral to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) under a provision relating to incidents where a garda has caused serious harm or death.
Supt McGovern was the officer in ….read more
The Court of Appeal has confirmed the appointment of an examiner to seven companies controlled by Galway-based businessman Gerry Barrett.
Last month the High Court dismissed an application to grant the protection of the courts from their creditors to four firms connected to businesses including the Galway City based five Star G Hotel and the Eye Cinema.
The High Court did confirm the appointment of insolvency practioner Mr Neil Hughes as examiner to three other related companies, involved in the operation and ownership of the 4-star Meyrick Hotel, located in Eyre Square in Galway.
Mr Hughes, of Baker Tily Hughes Blake, was ….read more
The niece of a man charged with murdering the mother of his two children has said he had previously threatened to ‘run the car into her’ if he met the deceased on the road.
Mary Wallace Jnr was giving evidence to the Central Criminal Court this morning, on the second day of her uncle’s murder trial.
Danny Keena of Empor, Ballynacargy, Co Westmeath is charged with the murder of 43-year-old Brigid Maguire by strangling her.
The 54-year-old farmer has pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to her manslaughter at Main Street, Ballynacargy on November 14, 2015.
Ms Wallace told Remy Farrell SC, prosecuting, ….read more
A Dublin man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to falsely imprisoning a man and a woman in Saggart.
Christopher Maguire (38) of Dun Emer Place in Lusk, admitted today to falsely imprisoning Martin Byrne in Saggart and Lisa Byrne in the Towers, Garters Lane, Saggart, County Dublin, on June 9th, 2015.
Shane Costello SC, prosecuting, told the non-jury court that the pleas were acceptable to the State.
Maguire was remanded on continuing bail until October 18th, when he will be sentenced.
Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, ordered victim impact statements to be prepared.
(Pictured: Tom Humphries. Credit: Collins)
A once highly-respected sports journalist has admitted grooming a teenage girl by sending her thousands of sexually explicit text messages before going on to meet her for sexual acts.
Tom Humphries (54) of Corr Castle, Sutton, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to four counts of inviting a child to participate in a sexually explicit, obscene or indecent act between January 2010 and March 2011.
He also pleaded guilty to two counts of defilement of the child at a place in Dublin between December 5, 2010 and February 19, 2011.
The court heard that Humphries made contact ….read more
