Paul Reynolds

Crime Correspondent

Man charged with directing activities of criminal gang

A 48-year-old man has appeared in court charged with an organised crime offence.

Ireland • 26 Jan

Man who made false claim has 19 convictions, court hears

A 46-year-old man who made a false claim against the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland has never worked and has 19 previous convictions, the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard today.

Courts • 24 Jan

The investigation is being conducted by a garda divisional Protective Services Unit in the city

Five boys questioned over alleged sexual assault of girl

Gardaí investigating the alleged serious sexual assault of a child by a number of other children in Dublin last year have questioned five teenage boys.

Dublin • 23 Jan

Jim O'Callaghan said that 14 non-EU nationals and 11 EU nationals have been deported

25 sex offenders removed from State, says minister

The Minister for Justice has said 25 sex offenders have been removed from the state as part of a garda operation to deport non nationals convicted of sex offences.

Politics • 21 Jan

Seven men to be sentenced over conspiracy to import drugs

Seven men who conspired to import over 600kg of cocaine worth an estimated €42m into Ireland will be sentenced in two months by the Special Criminal Court.

Courts • 19 Jan

'Family destroyed' says mother of murdered teenager

The mother of murdered teenager Keane Mulready-Woods, whose dismembered remains were found in Dublin and Drogheda, has told the Special Criminal Court that her son deserved to be treated as a human being, not something to be discarded.

Ireland • 19 Jan

Suspended sentence for garda who assaulted wife

A 48-year-old garda who assaulted his wife in her childhood home with their young children in the room over 13 years ago has been given a three-month suspended sentence.

Courts • 16 Jan

Martin Lynn was killed in an unprovoked one-punch attack near his home in Whitehall in Dublin

Man jailed for six years for fatal one-punch attack

A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing another man in an unprovoked one-punch attack near his home in Whitehall in Dublin two and a half years ago.

Courts • 15 Jan

No prosecution over ex-GSOC officer at Hutch party - DPP

A former investigator with the Garda Ombudsman Commission who attended a party in Gerard Hutch's home after Mr Hutch was found not guilty of murder will not be prosecuted.

Ireland • 14 Jan

Overcrowded prison conditions 'inhuman', cttee hears

The Chief Inspector of Prisons has described the overcrowded conditions for prisoners as inhuman, degrading, an affront to human dignity and unworthy of Ireland in 2026.

Ireland • 13 Jan