Retired garda drops appeal over destruction order for dog who bit walker
A High Court appeal against an order directing the destruction of a Jack Russell terrier dog owned by an 85-year-old retired Garda has been formally...
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Woman lost €254k life savings in romance fraud
(Pictured: Omowale Owolabi and Samson Ajayi. Photo: Collins) Three men have been jailed for their roles in an elaborate romance fraud in which a woman in her...
Victim speaks after coercive control rapist who targeted women through dating sites gets 17 years
(Victim Ms Sinéad O'Neill. Photo: Collins) A violent offender who targeted women through online dating sites and who raped, assaulted and coercively...
12-year battle ends as Dekker fails in bid to overturn Daniel McAnaspie murder conviction
(Pictured: Richard Dekker. Photo: Collins) A violent criminal has lost an appeal against his conviction for murdering 17-year-old Daniel McAnaspie, whose body...
Divorced couple avoid jail for part in €180k invoice fraud
A divorced couple have received a fully suspended prison sentence for laundering nearly €180,000 of cash stolen from an education board in an invoice redirect...
Trial date set for husband accused of murdering Valerie French Kilroy
by Alison O'Riordan A man accused of murdering his wife in Mayo in 2019 will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in December. James Kilroy (48) of...
No detention for teen who caused girl to get trapped underneath Dart in assault 'viewed 100 million times'
A teenager who pushed his bike at a teenage girl on a Dart station platform, causing her to fall off headfirst and become briefly trapped beside a train in a...
Law does not require mandatory ban for careless drivers who caused death, appeal told
The law does not require a mandatory driving ban for those convicted of careless driving causing death as a first offence, and a sentencing judge has...
Mum of murdered champ has raised arguable claim on victims rights, High Court finds
(Pictured: Ms Tracey Tully. Photo: Collins) The High Court has allowed the mother of murdered champion boxer Kevin Sheehy to bring a challenge aimed at...
Solicitor Ammi Burke in heated exchange with judge as she launches High Court challenge
Solicitor Ammi Burke has brought a High Court action seeking to overturn the rejection of an unfair dismissal claim she brought against her former employer...
Newspaper worker claimed he was penalised for giving evidence in grievance hearing
A newspaper worker’s complaint that he was penalised for giving evidence during a workplace grievance hearing by being denied lucrative Christmas work has...
Man accused of directing crime gang to be tried at non-jury court
A 37-year-old man who is charged with directing a criminal organisation is to have his trial heard before the non-jury Special Criminal Court after a...
Disclosures Tribunal hopes to issue report by year end
(Pictured: Retired Garda Sergeant Paul Barry. Photo: Collins) A report from the Disclosures Tribunal investigating the claims of a retired garda sergeant, who...
Dublin Bus driver who's special arrangement 'ruffled feathers' loses discrimination claim
A bus driver has lost a discrimination claim over Dublin Bus’s move to end an arrangement that saw him working day shifts only to accommodate his sleep apnoea...
Case of man who exposed himself to neighbour 'somewhat concerning'
A judge has said it is “somewhat concerning” that the case of a man who gained entry to his neighbour's apartment before exposing his penis to her as her...
O'Doherty & Waters won't have to pay State's legal costs in Covid laws challenge
(Pictured: Ms Gemma O'Doherty & Mr John Waters. Photo: Collins) The Supreme Court has ruled that Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters do not have to pay the legal...
Judge refuses to accept character references on behalf of child rapist
(Mr Justice David Keane. Photo: Collins) By Claire Henry A senior judge has refused to accept character references submitted on behalf of a man who raped one...
Environmental group's challenge to part of biggest capital spend in State's history opens before Supreme Court
(Pictured: Chief Justice Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell. Photo: Collins) An environmental group’s appeal against a refusal by the lower courts to overturn part of...
Transfer of champ boxer's murderer to UK prison breaches mother's rights, High Court told
(File Picture: Ms Tracey Tully. Photo: Collins) A decision by the Minister for Justice to allow the man who murdered Irish Champion boxer Kevin Sheehy...
Glitch in The Matrix: projectionist loses unfair dismissal claim after wrong film screened
(Matrix Image: Copyright © 1999-2003 by Jamie Zawinski) A cinema projectionist who was sacked after his bosses accused him of deleting files off a server in a...
Leading foundry used Covid as 'opportunity' to get rid of oldest employee, WRC finds
A leading bronze foundry used Covid as an opportunity to get rid their oldest and longest-serving employee from the workplace and must now pay her over...
Knife-wielding burglar who threatened to kill residents has jail term increased
A violent burglar who carried out a knife-point home invasion that involved "gratuitous" criminal damage and left the residents with "significant...
Man caused 'so much destruction' by raping and abusing daughter
A man who “caused so much destruction” by raping and sexually assaulting his daughter will be sentenced later this month. Patrick Shiels (66) sexually abused...
Brothers who tried to 'butcher' garda 'like an animal' are jailed
(Pictured: Garda Alan Murphy. Photo: Collins) Two brothers who tried to "butcher" a member of An Garda Siochana "like an animal" have received combined jail...
Second worker secures payment after unexpected closure of 'cash-for-visas' company
A worker has secured an order for a redundancy payment worth around €3,000 against a company promoting Irish residency visas to international property...
Injunction over alleged trespass at Traveller housing scheme is extended
The High Court has extended orders preventing persons from trespassing or occupying part of a Traveller Group Housing Scheme operated by Leitrim County...
Man kidnapped ex-wife for 24 hours and threatened to kill her
A man who kidnapped his ex-wife, drove her around the North for 24 hours to evade gardaí and threatened to kill them both has been sentenced to five years in...
Supreme Court upholds rejection of Waters O'Doherty's bid to challenge Covid laws
(File Picture: Ms Gemma O'Doherty & Mr John Waters. Photo: Collins) The Supreme Court has upheld a decision to dismiss a bid by Gemma O’Doherty and John...
Architect wins discrimination case after WRC hears of 'male culture' at State housing agency
The Workplace Relations Commission has awarded an architect €5,000 in compensation after finding she had made out a “strong complaint of discrimination” in...
Daniel Murtagh files affidavit in bid to overturn Nadine Lott murder conviction
(File Picture: Nadine Lott's family outside of court after Daniel Murtagh was jailed for life. Photo: Collins) Daniel Murtagh, who beat his former partner...
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