Childminder to stand trial for second time accused of causing serious harm to baby
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) A childminder is to go on trial for a second time next May accused of causing serious harm to a ten-month-old...
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State mental health facility has only fraction of capacity needed to treat inpatients, court hears
By Conor Gallagher and Aoife Nic Ardghail The State's only designated facility for assessing and treating people found not guilty through “insanity” has just...
High Court challenge brought against planning permission extension for Mayo Windfarm
Well known environmental activist Peter Sweetman has brought a High Court challenge against Mayo Co Council's decision to extend the duration of planning...
Two charged with IRA membership and explosives offences at out of hours Special Criminal Court
Two men appeared before an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court tonight charged with membership of the IRA and explosives offences. The men were...
Four who got suspended sentences for verbally abusing and assaulting two off-duty gardaí are sent to jail after appeal
Four men convicted of assaulting two off-duty gardaí at Charlestown in June 2012 have been imprisoned following a successful appeal by the Director of Public...
Jury in childminder trial told it can return a majority verdict
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) The jury in the trial of a childminder charged with assaulting a ten-month-old baby have been told they can now...
Jury fail to reach verdict in childminder trial
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a childminder accused of causing serious harm to a...
Jury to continue deliberating in trial of childminder accused of assaulting baby
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) The jury in the trial of a childminder charged with assaulting a ten-month-old baby will continue it's...
Closing speeches in childminder trial
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) The jury in the trial of a childminder charged with assaulting a baby has been told they must decide “when did...
Jury to begin deliberating in trial of childminder charged with assaulting baby
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) The jury will begin deliberating tomorrow in the trial of a childminder charged with assaulting a ten-month-old...
Handwriting expert could not say when entry in childminding diary was altered
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) A garda handwriting expert has told the trial of a childminder accused of assaulting a baby that he could not...
DPP won't proceed with case against woman charged in connection with 1988 death of her father
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has dropped the charge against a woman charged in connection with the death of her father almost 25 years ago....
Shaken baby syndrome has no "scientific validation", UK Doctor tells childminder trial
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) A UK neuropathologist has told the trial of a childminder charged with assaulting a baby that shaken baby...
Consultants and Limerick County Council responsible for wrongful demolition of family home, court finds
The High Court has found that consultant engineers and Limerick County Council were responsible for the wrongful demolition of a family home during the...
US radiologist tells childminder trial that bleeding around baby's brain does not point to diagnosis of baby shaking
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) A US radiologist has told the trial of a childminder accused of assaulting a baby that bleeding around the...
Bruising represented a "classic text book" picture of baby shaking, consultant tells childminder trial
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) A consultant paediatrician has told the trial of a childminder charged with assaulting a baby that some of the...
Extra four years in jail for man who sexually abused six of his former partner's daughters after successful DPP appeal
A Dublin man jailed for five years for sexually abusing six of his former partner's daughters has been given an extra four years in jail and has lost the...
"Vulnerable" mother caught with €39k worth of herbal cannabis avoids jail
A young mother caught with €39,000 of herbal cannabis has received a suspended sentence after a judge said she was “vulnerable” and had been lead by her...
"Not reasonable" to suggest baby's injuries happened before being left with childminder, consultant tells trial
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) A consultant paediatrician has told the trial of a childminder accused of assaulting a baby that it wasn't...
Childminder told gardai that baby was not assaulted in her care, trial hears
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) A child-minder on trial for assaulting a 10-month-old baby told gardai that the baby was not assaulted in her...
Baby was “bright and bubbly” on day of alleged assault, childminder trial hears
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) The trial of a childminder charged with causing serious harm to a baby in her care has heard the child was...
Child minder pleads not guilty to charge of causing serious harm to 10-month-old baby
(Pictured: Ms Sandra Higgins. Photo: Collins) A registered child-minder has gone on trial charged with causing serious harm to a ten-month-old baby. On the...
"Devoted family man" jailed for transporting cannabis
A hard working and devoted family man has been jailed after he agreed to transport over €220,000 worth of drugs in order to pay a debt to a criminal. Mark...
Murderer's bid to have his conviction declared a miscarriage of justice after Supreme Court ruling on solicitor access is dismissed
A man jailed for life ten years ago has had a bid to have his murder conviction declared a miscarriage of justice based on a recent Supreme Court decision...
Dublin grandfather jailed for eight years over €500k cannabis haul
A Dublin grandfather has been jailed for eight years for his involvement in a €528,000 cannabis operation dating back to 2008. John Wilson (56) took a bench...
Serial burglar has sentence backdated on appeal
A burglar who had a lamp thrown at him while on the rural homeowner's property has had his sentence backdated on appeal. Nicky O'Driscoll (37), of Killala...
Man to be sentenced for violent attack on taxi driver
A man attacked a taxi driver after he wrongly thought the driver was the taxi he had ordered via Hailo, a court has heard. Nathan O'Rowe (20) and his friend...
Cork man jailed for four years for sexually assaulting 13-year-old girl he was babysitting
By Aoife Nic Ardghail and Sonya McLean A Cork man has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting his former partner’s 13-year-old daughter while he...
Increased sentence for “exceptionally good person” jailed over drugs and firearms offences
An “exceptionally good person” jailed for possession of a revolver and drugs worth €150,000 which he was “minding” for others, has been given an extra six...
Man charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls will stand trial next month
by Sonya McLean and Aoife Nic Ardghail A man charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls will stand trial next month at Dublin Circuit...
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