Central Criminal Court

Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan speaks to media

Justice Minister renews claims that striking solicitors targeted rape trials

Criminal Courts of Justice opening Dublin

Criminal defence solicitors escalate dispute with Justice Minister

The Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin.

Laois man jailed for 11 years for abuse and rape of young stepdaughter

Riad Bouchaker court case

‘In a way she died’ – Court hears from Parnell Square stabbing victims’ parents

Gibney, who was arrested on foot of an Irish extradition warrant in Florida least year, had lived in the US for years

George Gibney sentenced to 16 years and eight months

Louise O'Connor (56), Mark O'Connor (54) and Evan O'Connor (27) were killed in their home in Co Louth last year

Breaking Murder trial for man who killed mother, father and brother postponed

Criminal defence solicitors stage a protest

Solicitors extend walkout amid concerns for tenability of Jim O’Callaghan’s job

The men are also charged with falsely imprisoning the same alleged victim on the same date

Breaking Men accused of rape at Irish train station face new charges

Criminal Courts of Justice

Man who violently raped niece loses appeal against 15-year sentence

Osgur Breatnach raising a fist in the air

Osgur Breatnach’s Sallins train raid conviction declared miscarriage of justice

Jozef Puska had pleaded not guilty to murdering Ashling Murphy in January 2022

Ashling Murphy's murderer drops appeal against conviction

Central Criminal Court

Judge orders mother to court over alleged filming of daughter’s rapist

The girl was left severely disabled after the attack, but her mother says anger would not ‘change anything’.

Mother of little girl stabbed in the heart ‘does not feel anger’

The scene in Dublin city centre in November 23

Riad Bouchaker found guilty of attempting to murder three children in Dublin

Gardaí at a cordon on a street

Jury continues deliberations in Dublin stabbing trial

Dublin city centre incident

Jury sent home after an hour of deliberations in Dublin stabbing trial

Dublin city centre incident

‘Absurd’ to suggest stabbing accused did not intend to kill, jury told
Riad Bouchaker is charged with the attempted murder of two girls and one boy in Parnell Square East in 2023.
Gráinne Ní Aodha, Press Association

Candles and tributes

Parnell Square stabbing accused told gardaí he was a ‘sick person’, jury hears

Dublin city centre incident

Riad Bouchaker said social welfare refusal made him go into ‘blackout’

The scene in Dublin city centre

Bouchaker said ‘I did not want to kill’ in garda interview played in court

The scene in Dublin city centre after five people were injured, including three young children, following a serious public order incident which occurred on Parnell Square East in November 2023

Jury shown Garda video interview with Riad Bouchaker

The scene in Dublin city centre after an alleged attack on Parnell Square East in November 2023

Doctor tells court he thought Parnell Square victim was dead

Parnell Square incident

Firefighter tells Bouchaker trial about chaos and injuries in Parnell Square

Dublin city centre incident

Girl had ‘no pulse’ and was ‘not breathing’ after Dublin stabbing, trial told

Dublin city centre incident

Parnell Square attacker had to be ‘put down’, witness says

The judge said the mother had the intention to kill her child at the time

Mother who stabbed daughter 70 times jailed as victim speaks out

Dublin city centre incident

Childcare worker describes tackling man during Parnell Square attack

The scene in Dublin city centre after five people were injured, including three young children, in November 2023

Woman tells court of ‘chaos’ on Parnell Square after attack in 2023
The woman became ‘very emotional’ as she described the scene on Parnell Square East after the incident in Dublin.
Gráinne Ní Aodha, Press Association

Police officers and vehicles in Dublin city centre

Woman’s bloodstained jacket shown in Parnell Square stabbing trial

Police officers in Dublin city centre

Jury shown CCTV footage of attack on children in Dublin

Dublin Central Criminal Court

Man goes on trial accused of attempting to murder three children

Central Criminal Court

Longest running trial in the history of the State concludes

The scene in Dublin city centre after the attack

Child injured in Parnell Square attack answers questions by blinking, court told

The scene in Dublin city centre after five people were injured, including three young children, following a serious public order incident which occurred on Parnell Square East

Man pleads not guilty to attempted murder of three children in Dublin city

Candles and tributes

Man going on trial accused of attempted murder of three children in Dublin

Courtroom Criminal Courts of Justice

Historic familial sexual abuse trial paused

The defendants are facing trial before the Central Criminal Court

Jury retires in long running familial sex abuse trials

Central Criminal Court

'Devasting problem' for prosecution with man accused of rape aged four, a jury h...

Tom White, of Brookhaven, Montpelier, County Limerick, was found guilty by a jury earlier this year of 10 counts of indecent assault of the then girl

'I was a happy child' - Irish pensioner repeatedly groped and sexually abused yo...

The man was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin

'It is no way to live' - former soldier avoids prison for harassing vulnerable r...

Central Criminal Court

Uncle denies going near woman who alleges he raped her

Man ‘fit to stand trial’ over attempted murder of Dublin children, judge finds

Central Criminal Court

Uncle of woman who alleges she was abused told Gardaí she was 'tapped in the hea...

The man appeared before Letterkenny District Court

Garda charged with rape and child cruelty in Donegal faces Central Criminal Cour...

Afghan man living in Ireland convicted of sexual assault of vulnerable woman in ...

Ms Justice Eileen Creedon said the Westmeath man's relationship with the complainants' older sister 'allowed him to exploit these three young girls' and it was 'an egregious abuse of trust'

'Wolf in sheep's clothing': Midlands man jailed for sexual abuse of his partner'...

Central Criminal Court

Woman says younger brother 'learned to rape' her as a child

Gardaí pictured at Ballyfin Demesne this morning

Murder accused who strangled father in Laois five star hotel said he earned $4.5...

Army chaplain who forgave attacker awarded distinguished service medal

Central Criminal Court

Deaf woman allegedly sexually abused by seven family members 'angry' at brother'...

Court of Appeal, Dublin

Woman allegedly abused by seven members of her family told her claims are 'hard ...

Court of Appeal, Dublin

Woman tells familial abuse trial she is telling the truth

Hearing held over whether man charged with Dublin attack fit to stand trial

The late Mason O'Connell-Conway

'Evil' stepmother, who murdered 4-year-old boy, is named after judge lifts repor...

Viko Viko and Variety Coffee shop were broken into at approximately 1 a.m., July 8 2025

'She was going to kill me': Child, 8, gives evidence of alleged stabbing by moth...

Woman charged after extradition in relation to fatal 2017 shooting

'Pure evil' - Woman who posted on Facebook trying to find missing man helped dump his body

'Pure evil' - Woman who posted on Facebook trying to find missing man helped dum...