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‘Oldest drugs mule to come before the courts’ jailed for three years
Court of Appeal found sentences for possession of drugs worth €1.2m too lenient
Alleged assailant warned by woman who was glassed, court told
Witness says she knew families had been engaged in a feud for several years
Woman who slashed journalist in Dublin city centre seeks re-trial
Ruth Barry cut face of Jennifer Bray during assault on O’Connell Street
Limerick drug courier gets suspended 10 year sentence
Ronald Walsh (61) told gardaí he transported cocaine to pay off drug debt
Feud between families started over pair of shoes, court hears
Feud may have led to Dublin woman losing sight in one eye after incident in nightclub
Woman who injured boy in car crash told to pay €5,000
Occupational therapist drove dangerously through busy junction
Former apprentice butcher who stole more than €49,000 has sentence adjourned
James Cahill ‘in the throes of drug-induced paranoia’ when stealing from former employer last Christmas Eve
Courts Service highlights savings made in judges’ expenses since 2008
Top judges can claim higher expenses than judges in the lower courts
Care assistant who stole from intellectually disabled clients avoids jail
Spanish national Jorge Garcia, who stole €1,000, worked in Cheeverstown for six years
Do boarding schools foster independent thinking or are they psychologically damaging?
While the more extreme regimes in boarding schools are disturbing, any blanket condemnation is wrong
Man threatened to set himself on fire outside Garda station
Held lighter above his head for about a minute while gardaí implored him to drop it
Bishop regrets use of corporal punishment as a teacher
“Tough regime” at boarding school described in new documentary
Father loses claim judge was biased in custody case
Man claimed alleged political interference by former Fianna Fáil TD Mary O’Rourke
Anthony Lyons will ‘always be notorious’, appeal court told
DPP says sentences must not only deter accused but also impose a general deterrence
Anthony Lyons appeal to go ahead next week
Court had ruled six-month custodial sentence was unduly lenient
Dublin man acquitted of manslaughter of taxi driver
Witness said a backseat passenger got out of the taxi and the driver followed him
Jury unable to agree on verdict in Monet damage trial
Andrew Shannon (48) pleaded not guilty to damaging €10m painting
Jury retire for a second night in Monet painting trial
Andrew Shannon pleading not guilty to criminal damage of painting at gallery
Jury retires to consider verdict in Monet damage trial
Andrew Shannon (48) says heart condition caused him to fall against €10m painting
Jury asked to give man ‘benefit of doubt’ over Monet damage
Andrew Shannon (48) claims heart condition caused him to collapse against painting
Family of Anthony Lyons targeted by taxi drivers and media, court told
Submissions on case heard this morning in Court of Criminal Appeal
Eye witnesses claim man put fist through Monet painting
Trial over damage to €10m National Gallery work enters second day
Man goes on trial over €7m damage to Monet painting
Accused charged with putting hand through Impressionist work at National Gallery
Lyons to return to jail for sexual assault after State wins appeal of sentence
DPP says six-month sentence did not take account of offence’s gravity or impact on victim
If the Oireachtas is to be asked to rule on in-camera proceedings it must first be enabled to examine them
Opinion: At the moment deputies are prohibited from hearing what happens behind closed doors
Man jailed for tying boy (14) to radiator and torturing him
Six year sentence for man who threw boiling water down victim’s trousers
The law and the media are allowing abuses in childcare cases to stay hidden
Opinion: State agencies normally protect the veil of secrecy with extreme menaces
Judgment may stir up dispute by raising new questions
Acrimonious case centred on dispute between parents over custody of youngest child
Judge says there was ‘improper interference’ in family law case
Mr Justice Henry Abbott says interference involved a political representative and a judge
Case discussed by judges was dispute over custody of child
Legal dispute involved 28 court appearances over six years
Judge should not have raised family law case, inquiry finds
Circuit Court judge Desmond Hogan denies conversation with Mr Justice Henry Abbott was an attempt to influence outcome
Statement raises key questions about that ‘casual conversation’ in Four Courts yard
Controversy points to urgent need for a Judicial Council
Wicklow County Council fined over deaths of two Bray firefighters
Judge describes system at fire station watch room as ‘antiquated, inefficient and flawed’
Council fined over safety breaches for firefighters
Members of Bray fire service angry at the council’s refusal to accept responsibility for deaths
Wicklow County Council fined €355,000 over firemen deaths
Authority pleaded guilty to three charges related to deaths of two men in 2007
Probation report ordered for sex attacker Anthony Lyons
Move in advance of State appeal against leniancy of six month sentence
Date set for State’s appeal against sex assault sentence
Six-month term handed to sex attacker Anthony Lyons to be challenged for ‘leniency’
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