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Sentencing hearing details including pathologist evidence of multiple stab wounds, phone video evidence, the defendant's guilty plea and apology, and the judge's life sentence with no discretion.

Reports the sentencing of Stephen Mooney to life imprisonment, including details of the phone recording evidence, the pathologist's findings, and Mooney's guilty plea and apology to the victim's family.

Reports the sentencing: life imprisonment imposed by Mr Justice Paul McDermott, the guilty plea after phone footage was recovered, the weapon, the post-mortem findings, the accused's apology and the absence of previous convictions.

Reports that Mooney pleaded guilty to murder following extraction of video and audio footage from his phone via a Cellebrite UFED device, and provides background on the use of Cellebrite technology by An Garda Síochána.

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Provides detail on the Cellebrite software update that enabled the phone unlock, the court proceedings on the day of the plea, the names of counsel, and the adjournment of sentencing to 18 June.

Provides further detail on the Cellebrite software update that enabled the phone to be unlocked, the court proceedings on the day of the plea, the defence counsel's reaction, and the adjournment of sentencing to 18 June for a sentencing date to be set.

Mooney pleaded guilty to the single murder charge on 3 March 2025, after gardaí accessed video and audio of the attack on his phone. Sentencing was adjourned to allow family members to make statements.

Reports that Mooney pleaded guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court in March 2025 after gardaí unlocked his phone and found video and audio of the killing. Sentencing was adjourned to allow victim family statements, with a sentencing date to be set on 18 June.

Court appearance report on Tuesday 20 June 2023 after the charge. Gives Stephen Mooney's age as 51, and says the case may face additional charges pending a DPP direction. Adds the remand date of 4 July and that bail was not sought.

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Adds the charge and first court appearance: Mr Mooney was arrested at the scene, charged at Clontarf Garda station, and remanded in custody to Cloverhill District Court. Gives his age as 51 and says he made no comment when charged.

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Adds that Stephen Mooney was charged with murder at Dublin District Court on 16 June 2023, made no comment, was remanded in custody to appear again on 20 June by video link from Cloverhill Prison, and was granted legal aid. Gives the victim's age as 46 and the accused's age as 51.

Reports that Stephen Mooney was arrested at 3am on 16 June, charged with murder, and remanded in custody to appear at Cloverhill District Court. Gives Anna Mooney's age as 46 and Stephen Mooney's as 51. Says there was no bail application and that free legal aid was granted.

Reports that Stephen Mooney, 51, was charged with the murder of Anna Mooney at Clontarf Garda Station and remanded in custody at Dublin District Court on 16 June 2023. The article does not say how Mooney was found or whether he was convicted.

Reports that a man in his 50s was arrested at the Kilbarrack Road home, held on suspicion of murder, charged over the fatal stabbing, and due before the Criminal Courts of Justice on 16 June 2023.

Early report of the killing: a man in his 50s was arrested at the scene and held for questioning on suspicion of murder. Two children in the house were not injured, and detectives said the row escalated before the victim was knifed.

Adds that the suspect was arrested at the scene and is believed to have raised the alarm before the ambulance service alerted gardaí. It also names the victim, says she was originally from Ukraine, and states the suspect is held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

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Reports that the suspect was arrested on suspicion of murder and detained under section four of the Criminal Justice Act, that the children were in the house, and that gardaí were not seeking anyone else. Gives the location as Raheny, Dublin 5, and says the scene was sealed at about 1am.

Reports the charge of murder against Stephen Mooney, the remand in custody, his no comment reply, the emergency call he made, and tributes. Adds the teenage girl and boy inside the house were cared for by relatives.

Reports the discovery of a woman's body in a Raheny home, the stabbing, and the arrest of a man in his 50s for murder. Two children were in the house at the time.

Initial report of the death and the arrest of a man in his 50s on suspicion of murder, with details of the scene and children present in the house.

Adds that gardaí are investigating, that the Garda Technical Bureau is examining the scene, that the state pathologist will be notified, and that the woman's body has been removed. Neighbours expressed shock. The article does not state the cause of death or a charge.

Gardaí confirm the man arrested over the discovery of the woman's body has been charged and is due before the CCJ on 16 June 2023.

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First report of the case: the woman's body was found in Raheny, a murder investigation has begun, and a man in his 50s has been arrested for questioning.