Director of Public Prosecutions

Former DUP leader’s conviction shows North’s Public Prosecution Service regards no one as untouchable

Robert Sheehan highlights inability of Garda cold case team to forensically link Bailey to west Cork murder

Local doctor pronounced John Cashman snr dead at scene of killing in Cappagh in 2025

Shine was convicted of sexually assaulting young boys in course of his work at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda

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

Jury found four of seven men guilty of sexually abusing their vulnerable relative

Prosecutions across the country were put on hold after the July 2025 decision in High Court

Jurors unable to reach verdict on two other men accused of sexual abuse, in trial that began last October

Court found the Cameron Reilly trial judge’s charge to the jury lacked balance and in parts may have been seen as ‘advocacy’ for the prosecution case

Teenagers physically and verbally attacked Alex Coughlan, court hears, as one of teens denied bail for second time

Yevgen McKeeffe allegedly obtained or transferred official data ‘and supplied them to a foreign intelligence service for personal gain’

Seafra O’Donovan faced his second appearance at Dublin District Court

Attack by Shando Alfa (27) was ‘violent, vicious and unprovoked’, court told

Sean Egan (39) left Sharon Crean without medical help after attack at Laois home in December 2022

District judge’s refusal is quashed but drivers will avoid conviction and penalty points

Gardaí found Aaron Wolfe (32) in a highly intoxicated state, stripped to the waist, with his hands covered in blood

Victim underwent emergency surgery, plastic surgery, blood transfusions and is permanently injured, court hears

Judge says man suffered from complex mental health issues but Central Mental Hospital lacked capacity to accept him

Court of Appeal found trial judge’s instructions to jury may have been seen as ‘advocacy’ for prosecution in parts

Money laundering has surged in the Republic with a diverse, and growing, army of people across society involved

Liam Murray (42) was shot dead in his home on St Patrick’s Day 2009

‘Beyond regrettable’ some jurors ignored explicit instructions on carrying out private research, says judge

Gavin Lawlor repeatedly assaulted victim (18) and continued to attack her while on bail for assaults

Six men on trial facing combined total of 20 charges, 16 of which pertain to the main complainant, who is deaf

He was the fifth to be detained last week over suspected petrol bomb attack

‘Growing sense of fear in the community as violence escalates,’ says local People Before Profit councillor

De Renzy

Gangland figure has refused to disclose extent of his property assets in advance of May 22nd polling day

Seventh man is no longer on trial in case believed to be one of longest jury trials in history of State

Paul Sheehan (46) of Elm Drive, Shamrock Lawn, Douglas back in court on further charges

Go Safe vans were ‘shooting fish in a barrel’ in 60km/h zone on Kildare road, District Court judge said

Irish Road Victims’ Association says ‘lives continue to be lost and families continue to be affected’

Boy, who was 14 when alleged offences occurred, appeared at Dublin Children’s Court, which does not have jurisdiction to hear case

Justin Kelly praises late senior officer John O’Driscoll in first comments since Daniel Kinahan’s arrest

Insurer Axa’s lawyers said contact in 2023 collision so minimal it could not have caused injuries claimed by Conor Fallon (30)

Prosecution on sexual assault charge ‘destroyed’ his reputation, causing distress, entertainer alleges

Victim spoke of panic when accused admitted not being a taxi driver and considered jumping out of moving car

Complaints and unfairness will result from removal of sergeant role, he said

Jim O’Callaghan meets family members of people who died in Co Donegal explosion in 2022