The State had submitted this was the "clearest statement of intent" that the jury were likely to encounter.

Mooney pleaded guilty to his wife's murder earlier this year after gardaí hacked into his phone and discovered video footage of the build-up to the murder and an audio recording of the murder itself.

Drug dealer Wayne Cooney, with an address at Glenshane Drive in Tallaght, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jordan Davis (22) on May 22nd, 2019.

The bodies of the three children were discovered at their family home at Parson’s Court, Newcastle, Co Dublin on January 24th 2020.

The 27-year-old's remains were discovered on Glendoo Mountain, near the Lemass monument and close to Glencree/Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, on April 3rd, 1988.

Sean Beumer, (29), Edenmore Crescent, Raheny, Dublin 5, admitted slashing Aaron Babbington’s throat with a makeshift knife which he made by fixing a razor blade to a plastic handle.

A teenager who stabbed a man to death on a sunny afternoon in front of shoppers and children using a knife he had bought for self-protection has been jailed for 13 years

Mr Justice McGrath said he had to take into account that Arnold was under McHugh's "dominion", was the subject of abuse and was fearful of him.

Zak Hughes nodded his head when asked if he understood the charges against him.

Aaron Keating was murdered on Main Street in Ongar, Dublin 15.

Stephen McCourt (41), from Riverview in Augher, in Co Tyrone, was found guilty of murdering Damien Heagney following a trial which ended in April this year

Ryan Kearney (39), with an address at Loughnamona Drive, Leixlip, Co Kildare has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jeffrey Jackson (50) at The Lamps, School Street, Kilcock, Co Kildare on February 8th, 2024.

The trial heard that Doroscan and Clejan beat Mr Ilyas by stamping on him, kicking him, and striking his head with a hammer at an apartment in Blanchardstown in Dublin.

Ian Bailey was the chief suspect in the 1996 murder of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier

Marius Juodenas (44) was discovered with serious injuries in his home on Barrack Street, Dundalk, Co Louth, shortly before 7pm on July 5th, 2022.

John David Scott (36) was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court.

Marie Green was pronounced dead in the early hours of Tuesday at a house in the Shore Road area.

Jurors at the Central Criminal Court in Cork took just over four hours to unanimously convict Dylan Scannell

Keith Canavan also said his brother had "portrayed her in the courtroom not as the woman she truly was, but as someone he could scapegoat to protect himself"

Richard Satchwell made tearful television appeals for his wife to come home while his wife remained buried underfoot

12 jurors took nine hours and 28 minutes over four days to convict Satchwell, a British national who is shortly due to turn 59 years old.

The 12 jurors took nine hours and 28 minutes over four days to convict Satchwell, a British national whose is shortly due to turn 59 years old

Three others, including Hennesy snr's son, Brandon Hennessy (22), were jailed for a combined eight years and four months for violent disorder during the attack on Sherry.

The 56-year-old sheep farmer with land near Kenmare in Co Kerry was reported missing more than two months ago

Lorenzo Cantaragiu drove Mr Ilyas’s murderers Viorel Doroscan (23) and Otrniel Richardo Clejan (24) to a wooded area in Co Meath where the two killers left Mr Ilyas (22) for dead.

At the end of the statement, Marek said: "I want to tell you a bit more, but I can't because of the medicine I have taken [for his back]. My doctor told me it can affect my memory."

Bahaalddin Alshwawrah (45), with an address at Park Na Sillogue Court, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, has been sentenced to life for the murder of Zeinat Bashabsheh (42) at the same address on December 24th, 2021.

Brian Ibe was convicted of the murder of Peter Kennedy, who had just turned 65 and was retired from the probation services

Nigel Canavan, with an address at Erris Gardens, Crossmolina, Co Mayo, had pleaded not guilty to his mother's murder at her home in St John's Terrace, Co Sligo on May 1st 2023.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has dismissed charges against two people accused of identifying two teenage boys convicted of the murder of 14-year-old Ana Kriégel

News of the decision to hold an inquest was confirmed in a statement from the McLaughlin family

Jamie Tighe-Ennis (24) of Timberhill Apartments, Artane, suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the head when he was attacked on Moateview Avenue, Priorswood, Dublin 17 on October 28, 2017.

Nigel Canavan (39) said his mother, Angela Canavan (58), was "screaming obscenities" and had been insulting him in ways she knew would upset and annoy him.

Mr Justice Paul Burns described Padraig Delaney's claims that he acted in self-defence as a "self-serving fabrication" which was rightly rejected by the jury

He gave evidence that a struggle ensued between them before he fell to the ground, and in the process of getting up he felt the gun on Gda Horkan’s hip.

Supt Twomey said it was in February 2022 that gardaí formed the view that Tina Satchwell was no longer a living person.

Deepa Dinamani was murdered by her husband Regin Rajan in their home in Cork in July 2023.

Tristan Sherry (26) died when a group set upon him after he fatally shot gangland figure Jason Hennessy Snr in a busy restaurant on Christmas Eve over two years ago

A consultant psychiatrist had told the jury that the first time Brian Ibe (24) reported hearing voices in his head was over a year after he was remanded in custody.

The Central Criminal Court jury on Tuesday agreed with the prosecution's case that 42-year-old Deirdre Arnold was not an "innocent abroad" and had "decided at every turn" to assist her then-partner McHugh.

He shed a tear as he told the jury that he wished he could turn back the clock to July 14th, 2023 when his wife Deepa was last alive.

On February 28th, a jury took just two hours and 53 minutes to find Broughan guilty of murdering Mr Hopkins.

Michael Gaine (56) was last seen in Kenmare on Thursday, March 20th, and was reported missing the following day.