Panel to oppose Enoch Burke's bid to halt appeal
(Pictured: Mr Enoch Burke. Photo: Collins) Enoch Burke's bid for injunction restraining the hearing of his appeal against his dismissal from his job as a...
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Woman tells High Court home has become 'living hell' due to excess noise
A woman has told the High Court that her home has been transformed into a "living hell" and her family's health damaged due to excessive noise being generated...
10 years for father (55) who raped daughter (6)
By Eimear Dodd A man who raped and exploited his six-year-old daughter for “his own sexual gratification” has been jailed for ten years. The 55-year-old man...
Convicted murder and gambling addict helped move sub-machine gun
A convicted murderer and a "long-standing" gambling addict who helped move a submachine gun that was recovered during a garda operation will be sentenced by...
Retired Christian Brother jailed for abusing pupil
(Pictured: Paul Hendrick. Photo: Collins) By Eimear Dodd and Sonya McLean A judge has commended an abuse survivor's "grace and courage” as she jailed a former...
Judge orders arrest of those occupying housing charity's property
A judge has ordered that gardai arrest and bring before the High Court all persons who are refusing to vacate a Dublin property that is owned by a charitable...
Enoch Burke secures last-gasp injunction over dismissal appeal
(Pictured: Mr Enoch Burke (L) and Mr Kieran Christie (R)) Enoch Burke has secured a last-gasp temporary High Court injunction restraining the hearing of his...
Stardust doorman tells inquest he did not kick padlock off door
A former Stardust doorman has told an inquest that witnesses were “wrong” in their statements about seeing a person who matched his description kicking the...
'When nature called': driver who said he had to urinate in bottle on delivery runs wins €15k
A van driver who said he had to urinate in a bottle because of the pressure of 10-hour cross-country delivery runs for an Italian food importer has won...
Lawyers for Qatari Royals say defamation action cannot be heard before Irish courts
Lawyers representing parties including senior members of the Qatari Royal family and the owner of several luxury hotels have claimed that defamation...
Sligo murders accused changes counsel ahead of trial
A 22-year-old man, who is charged with murdering two men and attempting to murder another one in Sligo, has changed his senior counsel ahead of his trial in...
Violent criminal who repeatedly punched pregnant partner has jail time doubled
A violent criminal who was jailed for nine months for repeatedly punching his pregnant partner during a protracted attack in her home has had his jail time...
'Callous' grandfather bids to overturn conviction for repeatedly raping granddaughter
A "cold, callous and cruel" grandfather jailed for repeatedly raping his granddaughter and carrying out scores of sex assaults on her and her two younger...
Asylum seeker had UK conviction for sex assault before rape and attacks on women here
A repeat sex offender, who was granted refugee status here after a 2014 conviction in the UK, raped one woman who had become isolated on a night out and...
Teacher in discrimination claim told she'd be 'better off selling traybakes' at protestant school, WRC hears
A teacher who says her colleagues repeatedly addressed by her Protestant husband’s surname, asked her when her children would make their communion and...
Ex-Christian brother (87) jailed for abusing boys almost 50 years ago
An octogenarian former Christian Brother has been jailed for indecently assaulting five schoolboys almost 50 years ago. The 87-year-old Co Waterford man, who...
'You can do what you like, traitor': Strokestown eviction attacker to judge
(Pictured: Defendant Martin O'Toole. Photo: Collins) One of three men convicted of a notorious attack at a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon five years ago...
Dublin Bus driver twice caught using mobile phone loses unfair dismissal claim
A Dublin Bus driver sacked after twice being caught by inspectors using his mobile phone while driving has lost his unfair dismissal claim. Okan Karpuz said...
Extradition to Scotland refused on humanitarian grounds after judge notes severe prison overcrowding
A High Court judge has refused to extradite a man to Scotland on humanitarian grounds after noting that prison over-crowding would see him locked up for 22...
Housing charity to renew contempt application over occupation of Dublin property
A housing charity will make a renewed application for High Court orders to have those unlawfully occupying a property it owns brought before the court for...
Jail for man who lied about sex attack on partner's sister being consensual
A man who sexually assaulted his partner’s teenage sister as the siblings slept in the same bed and then lied about it being consensual, putting her "through...
'Easy money': pedestrian avoids jail for false bus collision claim
(Pictured: David Gregan. Photo: Collins) A pedestrian who “succumbed to the temptation of easy money” and falsely claimed he was injured in a collision...
Consultancy giant Ove Arup fined €750k over the death of dad-of-seven who fell 24m
By Jessica Magee and Sonya McLean The Irish branch of engineering consultancy giant Ove Arup has been fined €750,000 for health and safety breaches following...
Court makes orders preventing Gemma O'Doherty from harassing mum of teen who died by suicide
The mother of a teenager who tragically died by suicide has secured High Court orders restraining former journalist Gemma O'Doherty from harassing her and...
WRC sets things straight for Chiropractor with €14k award in unfair dismissal case
A chiropractor accused by his former employer of refusing to abide by a non-compete clause in his contract and sacked has won €12,000 for unfair dismissal by...
'Without a free press there is no democracy': Supreme Court rejects garda bid to access journalist's phone
(Pictured: Mr Justice Gerard Hogan. Photo: Collins) The general protection of journalistic sources is integral to a free press, without which there is no...
Leaving Cert student recruited in PUP laundering scam
A Maynooth University student was recruited as a “money mule” to transfer illegally obtained pandemic unemployment payments into other people's bank accounts,...
Bus operator Go-Ahead ordered to reinstate depot supervisor
Bus operator Go-Ahead has been ordered to rehire a depot supervisor after sacking him over his part in a row with control room staff over giving directions to...
Judge commends courage of Dubliners who chased down bloodied robber
(File Picture: Judge Orla Crowe. Photo: Collins) By Eimear Dodd A judge has commended a group of Dubliners who came to a robbery victim's aid and chased down...
Cocaine dealing taxi driver avoids jail, urged to take 'considerable chance'
By Eimear Dodd A Dublin Circuit Criminal Court judge has told a taxi driver who was dealing cocaine on a "low level" to take the “considerable chance” given...
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