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Man before Dundalk court on sexual assault charges
A man appeared before Dundalk District Court earlier today accused of sexually assaulting two teenage boys decades ago. The 66-year-old, who now resides in England, was charged with nine counts of...
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Local motorists to lose out if penalty points system is overhauled
85% of motorists in Dundalk and Drogheda never actually received their penalty points Local motorists could be the biggest losers if the government proceeds with plans to overhaul the penalty point...
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Oxigen fined €1,000 over odours emanating from Coes Road facility
Oxigen Environmental Ltd were last week prosecuted and fined €1,000 at Dundalk District Court. The penalty for the waste company came about following an EPA investigation launched last year following...
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21-year-old remanded in custody over Mill Road stabbing
A 21-year-old local man appeared before Dundalk District Court yesterday charged in connection with an alleged stabbing incident outside a house on the Mill Road on Saturday. A 24-year-old man was...
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Omagh bomb accused in court on driving offences
Seamus Daly, the man charged last month with murder 29 people in the Omagh bombing in 1998, had a “driving without insurance” prosecution adjourned in his absence at Dundalk District Court yesterday....
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Local man appears in court accused of manslaughter of Laurence McGeown
The late Laurence McGeown RIP A man appeared before Dundalk District Court earlier today charged with the manslaughter of a 63-year-old man in the town last March. Charles Hutchinson (31), with an...
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Four arrested in Dundalk following water meter protest
A man is escorted from the scene by Gardaí at Fr Murray Park yesterday Four people were arrested in Fr Murray Park yesterday on public order offences following a protest against the installation of...
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Four arrested following drug seizures
A woman and three men were arrested throughout the county late last week after Gardaí seized an estimated €11,000 worth of cannabis plants, heroin and tablets, along with tobacco valued at €5,000. The...
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Man due in court this morning following €750,000 drug seizure in...
A man is due to appear in court this morning in connection with a €750,000 drugs seizure in Castlebellingham on Monday night. The 38-year-old man was arrested when heroin was discovered during the...
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38-year-old remanded in custody over Castlebellingham drugs seizure
A 38-year-old man appeared before Dundalk District Court yesterday charged in connection with a €750,000 heroin seizure at Castlebellingham on Monday night. William O’Connell – with a rented address at...
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Manslaughter accused to face trial at Dundalk Circuit Court in the New Year
The late Laurence McGeown RIP A 31-year-old who is charged with the manslaughter of a man in a local pub earlier this year has been returned to the Circuit Court to face trial. Charles Hutchinson (31),...
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Oxigen’s Dundalk waste plant the second most complained about in the country
Oxigen’s waste plant on the Coes Road in Dundalk was the second most complained about dump in the country in 2013, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In total there were 547...
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More than 400 motorists convicted of penalty point offences in Dundalk in...
More than 400 drivers have been convicted of penalty point offences in Dundalk District Court in the last two-and-a-quarter years. Figures from the Courts Service show that there were 446 convictions...
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Two brothels raided in Dundalk
Two brothels were raided in Dundalk recently. The raids were made on July 18th at two apartments at Griffith Court, The Laurels – opposite Carroll Village. Six women aged between 19 and 30, all from...
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Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy pleads not guilty to tax offences
Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy Local republican Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy pleaded not guilty to tax offences at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today. Mr Murphy (66), of Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, Co Louth,...
View ArticleTwo arrested over burglary in Dundalk
Gardaí arrested two men in connection with a burglary in Dundalk at the weekend. The burglary happened in the Carroll Mead area on Saturday at around 5.30pm. Two men, aged
View Article32-year-old found guilty of manslaughter of Laurence ‘Michael’ McGeown in...
Charles Hutchinson has been found guilty of the manslaughter of 60 year old Laurence ‘Michael’ McGeown at Dundalk Circuit Court this afternoon. 32-year-old Hutchinson, from Barton Park in Dundalk, had...
View ArticleOmagh bomb accused in court on driving offences
Seamus Daly, the man charged last month with murder 29 people in the Omagh bombing in 1998, had a “driving without insurance” prosecution adjourned in his absence at Dundalk District
View ArticleLocal man appears in court accused of manslaughter of Laurence McGeown
A man appeared before Dundalk District Court earlier today charged with the manslaughter of a 63-year-old man in the town last March. Charles Hutchinson (31), with an address at Barton
View ArticleFour arrested in Dundalk following water meter protest
Four people were arrested in Fr Murray Park yesterday on public order offences following a protest against the installation of water meters in the estate. The quartet were escorted from
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