Irish Times - Killarney murder inquiry: Gardaí have upgraded the violent death of American woman Jamey Carney (43) in Killarney to a murder investigation and are seeking a man in connection with the case. A family member found her at her home off Muckross Road on Tuesday.
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Garda rape and child-cruelty trial: The jury resumes deliberations today in the case of a 48-year-old garda who denies raping his former wife (in 2009 and 2021) and child cruelty against two daughters between 2015 and 2024.
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Cork postman killing: A jury failed to reach a verdict after more than 18 hours in the trial of a 17-year-old accused of murdering Barry Daly (44) in Doneraile in 2025. The teen and co-accused Alex Deady (21) pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter.
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Hospital sexual assault trial: A healthcare assistant in his 50s denies sexually assaulting a 17-year-old patient at a midlands facility; the complainant told the jury he undressed and washed her intimate areas and put his number in her phone. The trial continues.
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Dublin city-centre violence: Two men were jailed for five years for their roles in a string of assaults across central Dublin on St Valentine’s night last year. During the disorder, Quham Babatunde (34) was allegedly stabbed by another man who has since died.
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Dún Laoghaire shooting: Mark Cullen (39), fatally shot in the leg on Sunday, had received but avoided serving an 18‑month sentence weeks earlier after it was suspended. Gardaí believe he came under pressure from figures in the drugs trade.
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Road safety oversight: Junior transport minister Seán Canney criticised the Road Safety Authority’s “lack of visibility” after a spate of fatal crashes late last year, citing the absence of a prominent spokesperson and slow responses.
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Quarry death inquest: An inquest heard visibility was “total darkness” when Christopher Miley (30) was struck by a shovel loader and fatally crushed at Behan Quarry, Rathcoole, in 2021. Operators were later fined hundreds of thousands of euros.
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Certification sector dispute: ISO-certification firm Amtivo has told the High Court a new rival was built on the “wholesale departure” and rapid migration of its former staff and contractors. The competitor denies the claims.
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Concealed abuse confession: Mary Lou McDonald told the Dáil that a 1970 letter in which former Christian Brother Séan Drummond confessed to abusing 19 boys at Creagh Lane NS, Limerick, was concealed for decades, and called for an independent probe into who suppressed it.