Criminal Courts

Two Glenageary houses gutted and ‘no longer habitable’ in arson spree

Boy is to serve a year’s detention for defilement of 16-year-old girl

Reform should not be treated as the alternative to controlling costs. We should have both

Fight arranged to take place in playground over earlier alleged attack on youth by three males

Most unhappy at single flat-fee payments, but adjustments to address concerns have pleased others

Patrick Faulkner (24) was 18 when he raped the then teenager during a birthday party for another teenage girl

Case is ‘cautionary warning against the kind of influences on young men these days’, judge says

Couple met in Sudan, were married in 2010 and went on to have three children, court hears

Lawyers’ representative body had ‘good meeting’ with Minister for Justice over legal aid dispute

‘It’s all mine,’ he told gardaí after 50kg haul was detected

Minister for Justice to meet Law Society representatives amid bitter row over remuneration reforms

Former pupil says he told principal of sexual abuse by Christian Brother Liam Coughlan in 1970s – Coughlan later became principal of another school

Patrick Maughan (27), who had 42 previous convictions, pleaded guilty to theft of a mobile phone

Officers suffered minor injuries after responding to public order incident in early hours of Monday morning

Dublin court hears WhatsApp records showed accused offered passport owner money in return for its use

At least 88 solicitors have resigned from criminal legal aid panel amid a row over fee structure changes

Family lawyers demand ‘immediate’ action over pay and legal aid reform as criminal courts face shutdown

‘Oh my God,’ said Alison Chawke when shown CCTV footage of her actions, which, along with those of her brother Bill, have brought ‘embarrassment’ on family name

Charlie Chawke’s children Bill and Alison Chawke pleaded guilty to assaulting two men at Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare in 2023

Neal Brennan (29) given partly suspended sentence for `bizarre’ and random attack in Portmarnock in January 2025

Minister says only a small number of solicitors are boycotting the new flat fees arrangement

Liam Coughlan (90) is currently in prison for sexually abusing former pupils in Kilkenny in the 1970s

Fighting broke out on South Anne Street and spilled on to Duke Lane and Dawson Street, court hears

Two went ahead only because defendants were minors, with legal services not withdrawn for children

Keith Hall (37) had just completed a sentence for Melanie McNamara’s manslaughter when he carried out the offences in Tallaght last July

In victim-impact statement, girl says the man used her age, innocence and trust against her

But Jim O’Callaghan says single flat-rate payments for solicitors in court will be brought in as planned

Security man had alleged Kevin Taylor grabbed him, causing him to go to ground

Jury hears of ‘atmosphere of fear’ as well as ‘suppressed and expressed violence’ in family home

Gardaí obtained video and audio recordings of the pair on Aston Quay talking about the incident

Politician once won praise in Westminster and Washington, but on Monday was being processed in prison

More criminal hearings are adjourned as row with Department of Justice worsens

She tells court she hopes he ‘feels nothing but shame and disgust’ when he looks at it

Woman tells Central Criminal Court she was ‘merely an object to be used, abused and destroyed’

Contentious proposals to overhaul free legal aid scheme could lead to exodus of solicitors

Patrick Sharkey (83) given 6½ years for 132 charges of abuse spanning a quarter of a century

Denial of right to solicitor’s advice could lead to suspects seeking to derail prosecutions, force fears

Action could intensify next week to affect all cases, solicitors warn

Cathy Stewart (67) deemed to have pressed accelerator rather than brake while parking outside hotel

Carl McGuinness (31), who has 117 previous convictions, tracked down by gardaí via phone finder app on handset he stole