Former rugby star Brendan Mullin freed after serving just 13 months of 36-month sentence

Ex-Ireland international was found guilty of stealing more than €567,000 from bank Former rugby international Brendan Mullin. Photo: Collins Former rugby international Brendan Mullin was released from prison three months ago, having served just 13 months of his three-year jail sentence. Mullin (62) stole hundreds of thousands of euro from Bank of Ireland Private Bank … Read more

A lost boy: the harrowing story of one Dublin child, failed by those who should have protected him, whose life is now blighted by drugs and crime

Family criticised as court hears case of teenager’s descent into criminality Stock image: Getty It was just after 10pm when the missing boy answered the knock at the door from the garda. The 13-year-old, regarded as one of Ireland’s most vulnerable children, opened the door to his aunt’s Dublin home with a large cannabis joint … Read more

Ex-wife of ICE detainee Séamus Culleton claimed he physically abused her, court papers show

Sworn documents reveal ex-partner’s allegations along with separate case of alleged harassment Seamus Culleton has been held in an ICE detention centre for four-and-a-half months. Photo: GoFundMe Amy Molloy, Maeve Sheehan and Ali Bracken Today at 06:30 The ex-wife of Séamus Culleton, the Irishman in a US detention camp fighting his deportation, has alleged she … Read more

Mackenzie Michalski murder trial: Brother of woman allegedly killed by Irishman in Budapest says ‘we want the truth’

Accused claims neurosurgery nurse died accidentally while they were being intimate in his rented accommodation in the Hungarian capital Mackenzie Michalski was from Portland, Oregon The brother of an American woman allegedly killed by an Irishman in Budapest said his family “wants the truth” to come out about how his only sibling died. A Dublin … Read more

Parents of Dublin man accused of murder of American nurse in Budapest buy apartment in bail bid

Hungarian police said in the immediate aftermath of her death that the suspect admitted the killing and tried to conceal the victim’s body in a wooded area near Lake Balaton, more than 140km from Budapest Mackenzie Michalski The parents of a Dublin man accused of the murder of an American tourist in Budapest have bought … Read more

‘Life is now a perpetual funeral for us,’ says father of US nurse allegedly killed by Irishman in Budapest

Parents of Mackenzie Michalski will mark her 33rd birthday today as accused awaits trial Mackenzie Michalski’s body was found in a suitcase in a forest, 140km from Hungarian capital The father of an American woman allegedly killed by an Irishman in Budapest said life is now like a “perpetual funeral” for his family. Mackenzie Michalski … Read more

Sean McGovern ‘relieved’ to be back in Ireland after eight months in a Dubai jail

Sean McGovern Senior Kinahan gang member Sean McGovern was “relieved” to be extradited back to Ireland after spending eight months in prison in Dubai. A source involved in his “complicated and secretive” extradition said gardaí believed he was being returned home on a couple of other occasions in recent months, only for legal issues to … Read more

Man interviewed over missing Mike Gaine sketched weapons during questioning, baffling investigators

Search for missing Kerry farmer enters its 24th day There has been no breakthrough in the search for Mike Gaine A man interviewed as a witness in connection with missing Kerry farmer Mike Gaine sketched a series of weapons for gardaí during questioning. This man, who is among almost 100 people to have provided a … Read more

‘We can’t go back to where he might see his attacker’ — father of stabbed child applies for council transfer

Stephen Geraghty, father of Finglas stab victim on how his son is settling into new school The family of a boy who was stabbed at a Dublin school have moved out of their home in Finglas as it overlooks the school where he suffered the knife attack. Mason Geraghty (11) was stabbed by a classmate … Read more

‘I just want justice for Barry’ — Fears retrial may not go ahead over one-punch killing of Dubliner in Boston

Jury failed to reach unanimous verdict in the trial of Sanusi Sadiq for the manslaughter of carpenter Barry Whelan John Marsoobian, his former boss and friend, told the Sunday Independent: “He was working with my son that day, talking all about St Patrick’s Day, how he was looking forward to a pint of Guinness.” He … Read more