Beware the dangers of restorative justiceIt is a potent tool to empower victims but needs to be managed carefullyFri Jan 29 2016 - 03:30
Anglo and ILP trial delayed until WednesdayExecutives accused of using loans to make Anglo appear €7.2bn more valuable than it wasFri Jan 15 2016 - 20:37
Why forensic evidence may not be as certain as we’d like to think it isForensic evidence can be open to the same subjectivity that affects other types of evidenceFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:15
Shortage of funding for staff and facilities creates forensics in crisisImmediate investment is needed in DNA testing and in other forms of forensics to avoid a catastropheFri Nov 06 2015 - 04:30
Victims of Crime Bill a great step foward, but far from freeFrom November 16th, victims will for the first time have legally enforceable rightsFri Oct 30 2015 - 06:15
Rape victim tells court how family shunned him‘When I was popping anti depressants, he was popping down the aisle’, man tells court of uncleTue Oct 27 2015 - 21:49
Legal Opinion: victim impact statement system is flawedWhile it is valuable, the current method can lead to inconsistent and unfair sentencingFri Oct 09 2015 - 01:30
Two of three former Anglo officials appeal convictionsTiarnan O’Mahoney and Aoife Maguire are likely to argue that sentences unduly harshTue Aug 25 2015 - 19:22
Legal Opinion: The mentally ill should be spared the stresses of the courtroomOur insanity laws mean cases are heard even when the verdict is a foregone conclusionMon Jul 20 2015 - 03:00
Former Anglo official denied she was involved in conspiracyAoife Maguire among three accused of hiding accounts from RevenueFri Jul 17 2015 - 17:34
Anglo worker asked to remove name from documents for RevenueSenior manager gives evidence at trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank officialsFri Jul 10 2015 - 18:53
Nell McCafferty: ‘that wee Bogsider who hangs out with burglars’For eight years, journalist wrote her column In the Eyes of the Law for this newspaperMon Jun 29 2015 - 16:45
It’s a tough sell, but we need to deal with violent young men in a more nuanced wayYoung adults aged 18-24, mostly males, make up 20 per cent of the prison population and are far more likely to reoffend on releaseMon Jun 08 2015 - 01:15
Burglar who targeted judge’s house jailed for three yearsVincent McNally (32) sent to different court after judge realised he had stolen from himThu May 21 2015 - 17:18
Accused says another woman was present for lethal doseGail O’Rorke is accused of helping Bernadette Forde obtain and drug from MexicoThu Apr 23 2015 - 16:08
Woman goes on trial in State’s first assisted suicide prosecutionGail O’Rorke pleads not guilty to charges relating to the 2011 death of Bernadette FordThu Apr 16 2015 - 11:49
Drugs ruling will impact on pending cases, says expertLegislation rushed through Dáil as drugs like ecstasy become temporarily legalWed Mar 11 2015 - 09:50
Time to take another look at bringing cameras into courtCourts Service says no law bans cameras from courtrooms, it is simply a practice that has grown through the yearsMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:15
Former sports coach jailed over sexual abuse of two teensColin Goggin fled to Spain after first victim came forward in 2007Fri Jan 30 2015 - 15:10
€26,000 Rolex stolen in Dundrum ‘thrown out’ windowWatch yet to be recovered after thief claimed it was discarded during high-speed chaseTue Dec 09 2014 - 18:18
Man who knocked friend under bus has ‘primitive personality’Judge orders deaf homeless Edward Connors, convicted of manslaughter, to be assessed in UKTue Dec 09 2014 - 15:43
Suspended sentence for chef who set fire to his sister’s homeNeighbour went inside burning building to try to save dogMon Dec 08 2014 - 16:19
Irish lawyers call on government to shelve trade dealIreland, the last country left to ratify an EU deal with Colombia, urged to act over killing of lawyers and judgesMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:30
Man in high-speed chase freed on bail for drug treatmentLeonard Dumbrell (26) drove stolen car wrong way up one-way streets before crashing itTue Oct 21 2014 - 16:01
AIB worker spared jail after stealing €100,000Conor Egan (27) used money for gambling; His father agreed to repay in fullMon Oct 20 2014 - 18:45
‘Emergency’ court law rushed through Oireachtas in 2009 has never been usedHolding a trial without a jury addresses intimidation fears. But should the option now be scrapped?Mon Oct 20 2014 - 01:30
Google employee tried to sell stolen laptop back to colleagueMan was caught in a sting operationTue Jul 29 2014 - 01:00
Convicted sex offender claimed he worked for One DirectionDPP asks for order preventing Brian Mulvihill (36) from contacting children onlineMon Jul 28 2014 - 18:44
Man jailed for eight years for Adrian Ronan kidnappingStephen Freeman involved in robbery of Kilkenny hurler and his familyMon Jul 28 2014 - 12:39
Ivor Callely sentenced to five months in prisonFormer junior minister pleaded guilty to fraudulently using invoice for phone expensesMon Jul 28 2014 - 09:03
Social media now a valuable source of evidence in criminal trialsThe most obvious uses of the tool are in defence cases but recently prosecutors are also getting in on the actMon Jul 28 2014 - 01:15
Suspended sentence for ex-Anglo clerk who took €200,000Former Limerick employee ‘set aside war chest’ while bank was being nationalisedFri Jul 25 2014 - 13:26
Ivor Callely’s sentence hearing adjourned until MondayFormer junior minister pleaded guilty to fraudulently using invoice for phone expensesTue Jul 22 2014 - 18:36
Ex-Anglo employee pleads guilty to defrauding bank of €200,000Gordon O’Brien (43) transferred clients’ money into bank accounts he controlledFri Jul 18 2014 - 01:00
FitzPatrick loses application to have State pay his trial costsJudge says DPP conducted Anglo case in a ‘fair, principled and reasonable manner’Tue Jun 24 2014 - 01:02
Gardaí far less likely to be convicted in court than the general publicJust 22 of the 46 people prosecuted after investigation by Ombudsman convictedMon Jun 09 2014 - 01:10
No check on prisoner who took his own lifeInspector of Prisons finds Mountjoy staff failed to monitor vulnerable prisonerFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
DPP holds off on giving judges guidance on sentencingRulings caused confusion within the DPP’s office about where this sentencing information should come fromMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:10
Man (43) pleads guilty to harassing girl (13)Terence Weldredge to be sentenced in July for harassment, sexual exploitation and sending menacing messagesSat May 24 2014 - 10:07
Data authority receives 20 privacy queriesRequests follow European Court of Justice ‘right to be forgotten’ rulingWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
CCTV footage shows man died after punch knocked him under wheel of busDeaf and mute man (30) goes on trial accused of manslaughter in December 2012Wed May 14 2014 - 01:00
How two lawyers ended up on opposing sides in 1916A landmark trial began 98 years ago todayMon May 05 2014 - 01:06
Efforts underway to address lengthy delays in criminal trialsA shortage of judges is partly to blame, but a rise in complex cases, such as the Anglo trial, is also a factorMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:10
Untangling the vexed question of anonymity in sex casesShould the practice of automatic non-naming of accused come to an end?Mon Mar 03 2014 - 14:36
Special viewing room for Anglo Irish trialVacant court room turned into overflow because of level of interestMon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Why are so few women becoming senior counsel?Women will soon outnumber men in the law library, but their progress to the ‘inner bar’ has been much slowerMon Dec 09 2013 - 01:02
Thomas Byrne convicted of stealing €52 million from banks and defrauding 13 clientsTrial was largest theft case in the history of the StateTue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Asian migrants 75% of those jailed for cannabis cultivationMost non-Asian defendants were given suspended sentencesMon Nov 04 2013 - 07:47
Man to be sentenced for role in post office raidA MAN is to be sentenced at a later date for a post office robbery in Firhouse, Dublin, during which a a knife was held to a …Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Man jailed for 10 years for rape of daughtersA CAVAN man who fled to England for a decade after raping one young daughter and sexually assaulting another has been jailed …Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
