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REVEALED: Fewer Kildare people in prison compared to rest of country

Kildare has been home to relatively fewer prisoners than other counties in Ireland in recent years, according to a Leinster Leader survey. Using the Irish Prison Service annual average prison numbers from 2008 to 2014, and county populations in 2011,...

24 May 2017 at 17:15

Crime & Court

Kildare woman avoids jail for phony €35k insurance claim after staged traffic accident

A woman who made a fraudulent insurance claim following a staged traffic accident in south Dublin has avoided jail with a suspended sentence. Ann Wilson (44) admitted fraudulently claiming over €35,000 after her car and another were involved in a ...

26 Jun 2024 at 16:58

'I felt humiliated and shamed' - Man jailed for for nine-and-a-half years for rape of teen stepdaughter

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'I felt humiliated and shamed' - Man jailed for for nine and half years for rape of teen stepdaughter

A man who raped his stepdaughter on her 15th birthday has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years at the Central Criminal Court. Anthony Byrne (55) was found guilty following a trial at the Central Criminal Court in May of two counts of raping his ...

31 Jul 2024 at 19:58

National News

'Inexcusable' - Former swimming coach Derry O'Rourke jailed for ten years for rape of young girl

Former international swimming coach and serial child abuser Derry O’Rourke has been jailed for ten years for the rape and sexual assault of a young teenager 35 years ago. O’Rourke (78) of Virgina Road, Cavan, had pleaded not guilty at the ...

31 Jul 2024 at 15:22

Local News

Kildare student tenants undertake to reduce noise in house

Threestudents summonsed to Court for creating excessive noise in a rented Maynooth house have given an undertaking to reduce the noise levels. If they breach it they could face a jail sentence for contempt of court. A resident, living in ...

10 Feb 2017 at 17:16

National News

Man jailed for seven years for rape of wife witnessed by child

A Wicklow man who continued to rape his wife after their young child walked into the room has been jailed. The 40-year-old man was convicted of one count of rape in January 2017 following a Central Criminal Court trial earlier this year....

25 Oct 2024 at 19:06

National News

Five men handed life sentences for 'horrible' murder of father-of-seven Tom Dooley

A judge has handed down five life sentences to the family members who murdered father-of-seven Thomas 'Tom' Dooley in "an honour killing" during a Co Kerry funeral, after hearing that his last act was to tell his wife to run so she ...

30 Jul 2024 at 14:26

National News

'Forever changed me' - Ex-wife gives powerful impact statement as husband jailed for rape and coercive control

A 48-year-old Portuguese man has been jailed for eight years at the Central Criminal Court for the rape and coercive control of his wife. Sergio Correia, of Front Street, Ardara, Co.Donegal, was convicted by a jury of two counts ...

21 Oct 2024 at 19:46

Local News

Community service for Kildare man who called ex a slut and whore

A man who called his partner a whore, bitch and slut when demanding money from her for car insurance appeared before Naas District Court on Thursday, April 27. The man, with a Sallins address, was charged with the breach of a ...

28 Apr 2017 at 17:22

Local News

Jailed for three Kildare meat thefts

A man who who stole hundreds of euros of meat from supermarkets in Kildare on three occasions in 2016 will have an eight month extension to a current jail sentence he is serving. Patrick Maughan (38), 4 Carton Road, ...

10 Aug 2017 at 18:00

Local News

A man who decapitated his mother in her Louth home has been jailed for life

A 35-year-old man who decapitated his mother in her Louth home has been jailed for life after he pleaded guilty to murder this morning, Thursday. Tomasz Krzysztof Piotrowski, who had previously lied to ...

11 Mar 2021 at 19:09

National News

Two men charged in connection to armed robbery

Two men have been charged in connection to the armed robbery that occurred in Ferbane, Co. Offaly on Monday morning, November 15, 2021. The two men, aged 19 and 26, were detained under Section 50 ...

17 Nov 2021 at 09:56

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