Former senator charged with demanding €100,000

Former senator charged with demanding €100,000
24 Apr 2013A former senator was granted bail after he appeared in court today, along with two other men, on a charge of demanding €100,000 with menaces.

Francie O’Brien (70) a former Fianna Fail senator, of Corwillan, Latton, Castleblayney; Michael Marron (56) from Taghart, Shercock, and Raymond McCaughey (55), of Drumgannus, Broomfield, Monaghan, were remanded on their own cash bail of €5,000 to appear at Carrickmacross District Court on May 22.

They are all charged that on April 27, 2012, at Tullyvaragh Lower, Carrickmacross, they demanded €100,000 from Michael Heelan with menaces, contrary to the Criminal Justice...read more

MS mum’s delight at new car from Toyota

MS mum’s delight at new car from Toyota

23 Apr 2013"I’m just so happy, you don’t know what this means for me," a delighted Eilís McSeain told The Anglo-Celt moments after management at Erne Motors on the Dublin Road handed her over...

Woman due in court over cannabis find

Woman due in court over cannabis find

22 Apr 2013On Saturday (April 20), an intelligence-led operation by gardaí led to a drug seizure of cannabis herb worth an estimated €10,500 from an address in the Cross-Mullagh area.

McCarthy Brady to be arraigned on murder charge today

McCarthy Brady to be arraigned on murder charge today

18 Apr 2013At 2pm GMT, Cavan nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady is due to be brought before a Boston court, where she is to be arraigned on charges of murder in the first degree and assault and battery, relating to...

Charge against Cavan nanny in US upgraded to murder

Charge against Cavan nanny in US upgraded to murder

15 Apr 2013Aisling McCarthy Brady (34), originally from Lavey, but living in the US for the past decade has been in custody in the US since her arrest on a charge of causing substantial bodily injury in...

Belturbet man sentenced to life imprisonment for brutal stabbing

Belturbet man sentenced to life imprisonment for brutal stabbing

26 Mar 2013A Belturbet man has been sentenced to serve life in prison for the murder of a Limerick father-of-two in an attack during which he slit his victim’s throat and stabbed him over 40 times.Gerard...

UPDATE: Further delay in hearing of McCarthy Brady case

UPDATE: Further delay in hearing of McCarthy Brady case

22 Mar 2013A Boston judge has delayed a probable cause hearing in the case of Cavan nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady who accused of assaulting a baby who later died.

Drugs sting sees at least one jailed

Drugs sting sees at least one jailed

19 Mar 2013Eight people have appeared in court in connection with a Garda drug operation in the Bailieborough area. Code-named ‘The Nettle’, it involved members of the local drugs division and...

Quinn action against IBRC allowed to continue

Quinn action against IBRC allowed to continue

19 Mar 2013The courts have the power to allow existing actions to proceed against former Anglo Irish Bank, now IBRC, including that of the family of bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn, a High Court judge has ruled.

Missing Daly case upgraded to murder

Missing Daly case upgraded to murder

13 Mar 2013Gardaí have made a “huge” breakthrough in their investigation of missing man Gerry Daly and have upgraded the case to murder. On Monday morning (March 11) at 8am gardaí in...

Quinns to find out next week if stay on bank legal actions can be lifted

Quinns to find out next week if stay on bank legal actions can be lifted

07 Mar 2013A High Court judge will rule next week whether the courts have power to lift a stay in the new Irish Bank Resolution Act which has halted all existing legal actions against the bank.

Suspended sentence for fatal hit and run driver who killed Monaghan cyclist

Suspended sentence for fatal hit and run driver who killed Monaghan cyclist

01 Mar 2013A man who was involved in the fatal hit and run of a young Monaghan cyclist was on bail and serving a suspended sentence for a number of thefts at the time of the accident, writes Declan Brennan.

HSE face trial on death of Cavan paramedic

HSE face trial on death of Cavan paramedic

25 Feb 2013The Health Service Executive has been sent forward for trial accused of breaking health and safety regulations over the death of a Cavan paramedic who fell out of the side door of the moving...

Cavan nanny's defence team granted evidence access

Cavan nanny's defence team granted evidence access

25 Feb 2013The defence team for Cavan nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady have been granted the right to preserve and access a range of private and electronic information and communication belonging to the family of...

Trio to appear before court following crackdown on road safety

Trio to appear before court following crackdown on road safety

13 Feb 2013Three men are due to appear at Enniskillen Magistrates Courts in the coming weeks after they were arrested as part of a joint Garda and PSNI crackdown in relation to road safety on both sides of the...

Man accused of causing the death of a 'Blaney cyclist

Man accused of causing the death of a 'Blaney cyclist

13 Feb 2013The trial of a man accused of dangerous driving causing the death of a Monaghan cyclist has heard evidence that the deceased had no lights on his bike that evening. Shane O'Farrell died on...

Two Vietnamese men appear in court

Two Vietnamese men appear in court

12 Feb 2013Almost 1,200 cannabis plants, with a street value of almost €1m, were discovered along with drug paraphernalia following a search of a disused premises in east Cavan. It was the second such discovery...

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