Paul Reynolds

Crime Correspondent

Image of Alexis Campion, who was seriously injured and suffered life changing burns to her face and body during an attack

Three arrests over attack on woman set on fire in Dublin

Three men have been arrested for the attempted murder of a woman who was set on fire at her home in Dublin last November.

Dublin • 11 hrs

Abdullah Khan carrying out an arson attack at The Black Forge pub in Dublin

Man who stabbed garda tells court he supported ISIS

A 24-year-old man said he stabbed a garda and set the Black Forge pub in Dublin on fire last year as a message to the Government and to the pub's owner Conor McGregor not to insult the Prophet Muhammad.

Courts • 23 Mar

Four men were arrested after they arrived back on a rigid inflatable boat at a pier at Meenogahane (above) in north Kerry

Seven jailed over conspiracy to import cocaine worth €42m

Seven men who conspired to import over 600kg of cocaine worth an estimated €42m into Ireland have all been jailed for between ten and 12 years by the Special Criminal Court.

Courts • 23 Mar

Steven Silvester (on left) and Elike Francis Ogbuefi (on right)

Men jailed for directing criminal gang, money laundering

Two directors of a criminal gang have been jailed for what was described in court as "a worldwide, highly sophisticated money laundering scheme on a breathtaking scale".

Courts • 20 Mar

Assistant professor charged with accessing students' data

An assistant professor at UCD has appeared in court this morning charged with harassment and unlawfully accessing the personal data of students at the college.

Courts • 20 Mar

Man held after incident at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre

A man in his 30s has been arrested and an area around the bus terminal at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre sealed off following a reported incident.

Dublin • 18 Mar

Former principal jailed again for sexual abuse of pupils

A retired school principal who repeatedly abused young boys at a Dublin school over a 40-year period has been jailed again for four years.

Courts • 18 Mar

Rise in ketamine, cocaine levels in European wastewater

A study published by the European Union Drugs Agency has found an overall increase in the levels of ketamine and cocaine in wastewater and decreases in traces of ecstasy in cities all over Europe.

Ireland • 18 Mar

Conor O'Brien (29), of Kilpatrick, Ardee, Co Louth, pleaded guilty to six charges, including possession of firearms and helping a criminal gang

Man jailed for selling imported weapons to crime gang

A 29-year-old man who was part of a criminal organisation that imported military-grade firearms from the US and sold them to "Ireland's top criminals" has been jailed for ten years.

Courts • 16 Mar

Sean McGovern pleaded guilty to two charges

McGovern admits directing crime gang over murder of man

One of the most senior figures in the Kinahan Organised Crime Group has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to directing a criminal gang in relation to the murder of one man and the surveillance of another.

Courts • 16 Mar