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A bank appointed receiver has secured a High Court injunction granting him possession of “a palatial eight bedroom mansion” described as being similar to something that featured in the popular 1980′s TV series “Dallas.”
The injunction was granted by Mr Justice Paul Gilligan in respect of a property known as the Grange or Grange House Ballyboughal, Co Dublin against Jeremiah, otherwise Jerry, Donovan and his wife Bridget Donovan.
The injunction, which is to remain in place pending the final outcome of the dispute, requires the Donovans to hand over vacant possession of the property.
The judge said the property must be ….read more
A truck driver whose dangerous driving left a cyclist consigned to a wheelchair, and with a shortened life expectancy of up to 30 years, has had his 15-year driving ban upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Tim Walsh (52) from Moneen, Glamworth, Co Cork, had pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to cyclist Vincent O’Driscoll on the Cork—Moneen road in August 2013.
Walsh was jailed for three years and disqualified from driving for 15 years by Judge Seán O’Donnabháin on July 30, 2014.
The Court of Appeal upheld Walsh’s 15-year-driving ban today, with the three-judge ….read more
A Nigerian man caught transporting cocaine valued at €140,000 following a “controlled delivery” of a suspicious package has been jailed for four and a half years.
Anthony Eya (42) was stopped in his car with the drugs following a surveillance operation put in place by gardai after customs officers alerted them to the arrival of a suspicious package.
Eya, formerly of Park View, Ballyowen Lane, Lucan, Co Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of the drugs for sale or supply at Ballyowen Lane on August 28, 2012.
The court heard Eya, a naturalised Irish citizen, got bail after his ….read more
A former GAA coach jailed for sexually abusing five boys in the 1980s has had his conviction upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Ronan McCormack (75), of Cuppanagh, Cloonloo, Co Sligo, was found guilty by a jury at Sligo Circuit Criminal Court of 53 counts of indecently assaulting five boys aged between 10 and 13 at various locations between October 1981 and August 1986. He had denied the charges.
McCormack was sentenced to seven years and 10 months imprisonment with the final two years suspended by Judge Petria McDonnell on July 25, 2014.
The Court of Appeal upheld his conviction today, holding that ….read more
An elderly Dublin man who spent time in jail for indecently assaulting two brothers has returned to prison to serve a further year for similar abuse of a third brother.
The 72-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told gardai he was so drunk he couldn’t recall sexually abusing his victim in the early 1980s.
The court heard the man would invite the then seven-year-old into his bed when he knew nobody else was in the house and rub his penis off the child’s naked backside.
He pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to six counts of indecently assaulting the ….read more
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Minister for Justice must reconsider a decision to remove an Algerian man with alleged links to Islamic terrorism from the State.
The State claimed the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is involved with Islamic terrorism and was convicted of terrorism offences in Algeria and France.
The Minister issued a deportation order after gardaí informed the Department of Justice the activities of the man and his associates were “of serious concern” and “contrary to the State’s security”.
The man, who is aged in his 50s and has been living in Ireland for several ….read more
