Thomas Carroll, with an address at Brookway, Clonmel, pleaded “not guilty” to the murder of Patrick O’Mahony,

Kyle Hayes Condon of Pairc an Tobair in Clonakilty, Co Cork, was jailed for seven years with the last year suspended.

The trial heard that Billy Burns had been aggressive and violent towards his mother since he was a teenager, and on one occasion broke his mother's jaw.

The judge noted the man lives alone and suffers from moderate intellectual disability.

Counsel submitted that whiskey can have a remarkable transformation on people's moods and how they behave.

Justice Greally said that the case of abuse encompassed a broad range of sexual violations which were carried out with regularity over a period of just over five years.

Currently, there is no definitive panel of psychiatrists available to lawyers to conduct assessments

Seven men are on trial, accused of a total of 98 counts of sexually abusing the woman at various stages over 17 years. They are her three uncles and four brothers.

Billy Burns accepts killing but denies murdering his mother, Miriam Burns (75), at her home in Ardshanavooley, Killarney, Co Kerry

The woman said she “doesn’t think she will ever be the same again.”

The jury heard that the accused man, Billy Burns (55), broke his mother's jaw in 1993 and often verbally abused her over the years

Billy Burns (55) of Arlington Lodge, Tralee, is charged with murdering Miriam Burns (75)

Various doctors gave evidence during the trial that when the boy was taken to hospital by ambulance on March 13th, 2021, he had bruises "from head to toe", some of which were considered classic signs of physical abuse.

Gintaras Jankevicius, of Bridge Meadows, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, pleaded guilty to rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment of the woman

The child was unresponsive when brought to hospital

The woman said the then 18-year-old man was 'my friend, someone I thought I could trust'.

This man (55), to be referred to in reporting as Accused A, is accused of a single count of raping her on a date between December 2009 and April 2011.

All five pleaded not guilty today on Tuesday at the Central Criminal Court to offences under the Competition Act 2002.

Defence counsel called the foundations of the State's case "shaky" and describing it as the "slimmest of prosecution cases"

The woman started giving evidence on Tuesday in the Central Criminal Court trial of the men - her three uncles and four brothers.

The judge told the jury that the allegation is one of murder and that the deceased was aged four-and-a-half at the time of his death on March 16th 2021.

Ruth Lawrence and boyfriend acted as "tag team" to "lure" drug dealer to their home to murder him, jury hears

Alec Goucher, of Lower George's Street, Wexford, Co Wexford, continues to deny the offending and does not accept the verdicts of the jury. Elizabeth Usher waived her anonymity so Goucher could be named.

Stephen Mulvey (34) and Jamie Berry (30), both of Leo Fitzgerald House, Dublin, were arraigned before the Central Criminal Court on Monday

Maxwell Itumelang Mosia (34) of Cherry Orchard Drive, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, pleaded guilty before he went on trial for more serious offences, the court heard.

Ruth Lawrence (46), who is originally from Clontarf in Dublin but with an address at Patricks Cottage, Ross, Mountnugent in Co Meath has pleaded not guilty to murdering Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O'Connor (32).

The now 78-year-old raped the young girl in a bedroom of his home in Co Westmeath while she was babysitting on an unknown date in 1981

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 1971 and 1981 at various locations in south Dublin

A jury of 10 men and two women at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Cork found Luke Taylor (28) and Niall Long (33) guilty of the murder of Kieran Quilligan last week following a three-week trial.

A CARLOW man who sexually abused his younger cousin when they were both children has been jailed for two years.

Daniel Hourigan (32) and Linda O'Flynn (32) have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Michael Foley in Macroom last year

Mark Lee has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of Josip Strok at Grangeview Way in Clondalkin on April 3rd, 2024.

The two accused went on trial earlier this month charged with the murder of Mr Quilligan who was last seen alive on September 1st, 2023.

Ruth Lawrence (45) has pleaded not guilty to murdering Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O'Connor (32) in 2014.

The 49-year-old man was convicted by a jury following a trial of raping the girl at her home on a date between 2001 and 2005.

Niall Long (33) and Luke Taylor (27) are on trial at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Cork, charged with his murder.

Hryhorii Sryotenko admitted one count of attempting to murder Victoria Pavienko at the holiday homes, on January 13th, 2024.

'The complaint I made was a nightmare,' the woman told the court, adding that she explained this to gardaí. 'It was a bad dream that felt real.'

The woman, who is in her 50s, had denied 14 charges, including 13 charges of sexual assault and one of rape.

Fergus O’Connor, (41), Scartaglen, Castleisland, Co Kerry, who denied the murder of his brother, Paudie O’Connor, (42), will be sentenced before Christmas.

The prosecution told the court that Jade MacFarlane wished to waive her anonymity and have Ghergut named.

Seoirse Ó Dúnlaing SC told the jury that Josip Strok's status as a foreign national has relevance in the case of the three men accused of his murder.

Chloe Loran delivered her victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing of Martin Harte (33) last March.