Jemima Burke’s public order conviction quashed, with no retrial ordered

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Jemima Burke was convicted of a public order offence at Ballina District Court on June 20, 2024, and fined €350. The case followed her arrest after she filmed a coroner and Mayo University Hospital staff in Swinford. She challenged the conviction in the High Court, arguing that the hearing proceeded too quickly and that she had not received disclosure.

On August 14, 2025, Ms Justice Sara Phelan quashed the conviction, ruling that the District Court hearing had deprived Burke of her constitutional right to a fair trial. The court declined to send the case back for another hearing and prohibited any further prosecution of Burke in the District Court. It also refused her request for compensatory damages.