Council worker wins €45k for pregnancy-related dismissal
A Donegal County Council employee who had temporary contracts renewed year after year only to be left out of work after telling her bosses she was pregnant...
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Judge told he is facing jail for attempted rape and sex abuse of six young men
(Pictured: Gerard O'Brien. Photo: Collins) A former Circuit Court judge has been told that he is likely facing a custodial sentence for attempted rape and the...
Man whose surrender to Scotland was refused on humanitarian grounds to be extradited after new request
A 24-year-old man accused of threatening another man with a firearm, stamping on his head and gouging his eyes is to be surrendered to Scotland after...
'Age is just a number': rapist who went on the run after plying girl (16) with drink is jailed
By Eimear Dodd A rapist who went on the run to Slovakia after plying a teenage girl with alcohol and telling her “age is just a number” has been jailed for...
Victim's bravery commended as father who raped and abused her from age three gets 11.5 years
(Pictured: Survivor Ms Noreen Honan. Photo: Collins) By Eimear Dodd A Clare man who subjected his daughter to years of rape and sexual abuse starting from...
Abuser who groomed teen (14) with 'extreme' porn before defiling her gets four years
An abuser who groomed a teenager he met online and sent her “brutal” and “extreme” pornography before going on to sexually defile her has been jailed for four...
Worker's claim of racial discrimination over alleged 'Kung Fu' remark is rejected
A worker's claim that a hotel general manager racially harassed him by allegedly asking if he “knew Kung Fu” after learning one of his parents was Chinese has...
Fast food worker 'sacked on spot' during row with manager wins unfair dismissal case
A fast food worker who denied pointing a knife in his manager's direction during a row about "slacking off" that ended in the complainant's immediate sacking...
Fraudster jailed for role in €160k scam on finance companies
A fraudster has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for scamming two finance companies out of more than €160,000 following a major cross-border...
'Accidents don’t happen, they are caused': daughter of motorcyclist who died after being struck by careless driver
(Pictured: Laura Rice, daughter of victim Alan Rice, speaks to the media outside the CCJ. Photo: Collins) A woman whose father died after he was struck by a...
Pensioner jailed for abuse of defenceless girls in 1990s
By Claire Henry A pensioner who sexually assaulted his daughter and niece when they were “defenceless girls” 30 years ago has been jailed for seven years. The...
Jury verdict 'like black cloud being lifted', abuse survivor tells court
(Pictured: Abuser Paul O'Brien. Photo: Collins) A woman who was sexually abused by her friend’s older brother has said that the jury’s verdict which led to...
Dutch professor dismissed after housing crisis delayed move to Ireland wins €300k
A Dutch academic hired during the Covid-19 pandemic and then fired after telling University College Cork that he was having trouble moving to Ireland to teach...
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Abuser delighted in 'getting away with it under people's noses', survivor tells court
By Claire Henry and Sonya McLean An abuser who "seemed to delight in getting away with it under people’s noses" has been jailed for four years for the sexual...
Murderer who left homeless man to die in park will remain behind bars
A murderer who viciously beat a homeless man and left him to die in a Dublin park will remain behind bars after the Court of Appeal found aspects of his...
Judge says Court of Appeal might consider absence of guidance on sex offender's register
(Pictured: Judge Sarah Berkeley. Photo: Collins) By Eimear Dodd A judge has expressed concern that there is “no guidance” in recent legislation to assist a...
'Suspended in Time': The Stardust long read
Ⅰ SUSPENDED IN TIME Marie Kennedy's love of music had brought her to the Stardust. She loved the Bee Gees. She loved the Jackson Five and Leo Sawyer and she...
All 48 victims of Stardust fire were unlawfully killed, inquest jury finds
Over four decades after the biggest disaster of its kind in the history of the State, an inquest jury has found that all 48 of the young people who died in...
'Public Revelation': High Court battles over the Stardust Inquests
(Pictured: Campaigning Families of the Stardust Victims (L) and Stardust Manager Mr Eamon Butterly (R) Credit: Collins) by Ryan Dunne, Fiona Magennis PUBLIC...
British man caught with over €500k in cannabis in luggage
A British man has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after he was caught with over half a million euro worth of cannabis at Dublin Airport....
'Ripped apart': victim tells court that trial was as bad as abuse
By Sonya McLean and Eimear Dodd A woman who was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a man who regularly babysat her as a child has told a court that being put...
11.5 years for father who 'poisoned' daughter's youth with years of rape and abuse
(Pictured: Abuse survivor Chloe Mullane. Photo: Collins) A man who “poisoned” his daughter's youth with years of rape and sexual abuse after they reconnected...
Simeon Burke has public order conviction over court 'melee' quashed
(Pictured Mr Simeon Burke. Photo: Collins) Barrister Simeon Burke has had his conviction for a "volatile" breach of the peace following a "melee" at his...
Father raped and abused daughter from aged three
A father subjected his daughter to repeated rape and sexual abuse which started when she was aged just three and continued for over 12 years, the Central...
Paramedic who raped vulnerable woman is jailed for 8.5 years
By Eimear Dodd A paramedic who raped a vulnerable young woman almost 40 years ago has been jailed for eight and a half years. John Joseph Devaney (65) was...
Pair who were teens when they took part in violent 'mob' attack on Italian student avoid jail
(Pictured: Matthew O'Connell (L) & Evan Vella (R). Photo: Collins) Two men who were teenagers when they took part in a violent "mob" attack in a Dublin park,...
Victims of drunk driver tell court of 'trail of devastation' left in their lives
Two young men who were seriously injured after a drink-driver ploughed into them on a footpath in Dublin city centre on a summer’s evening have told a court...
Exams supervisor says 'cross country' routes risked getting stuck in 'silage traffic'
A Leaving Cert supervisor claims his pay was unlawfully docked by over €1,600 in a three-year row over mileage allowances because officials expected him to...
Pair admit to assisting the IRA
Two Cavan men have pleaded guilty to assisting the IRA in the furtherance of its aims at a sitting of the Special Criminal Court this afternoon. Desmond Smith...
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