Killer who beat ‘Bomber’ Keane to death loses appeal
Court finds no grounds Séamus Morgan’s trial was unfair or that verdict was unsafe
Justice Robert Eagar
Man accused of murdering woman found in burning car denied bail
Woman’s body was found in car at forest car park in Doneraile, Co Cork
Man who raped his son loses appeal against conviction
Boy gave testimony over nine days, with six days of cross-examination, court hears
Judge ‘shocked’ by six-day cross-examination of boy
Barrister representing man appealing conviction for raping son criticised in court
Stable owner who raped teenager gets partially suspended sentence
Ger Hehir was convicted of four sexual assaults and one charge of raping teenager
Jury fails to reach verdict in trial of woman accused of slitting civil servant’s throat
Court heard Fionnuala Bourke was attacked by Laura Kenna in Drumcondra
Jury out in case in which woman accused of slicing civil servant’s throat
Laura Kenna (35) has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the attempted murder of woman walking home from work
Woman accused of slitting throat ‘picked victim’ off street
Laura Kenna charged with attempted murder of Fionnuala Bourke in Drumcondra
Bail for second boy (13) charged over murder of Anastasia Kriegel
Teen expected to be served with book of evidence when case returns to court next week
Boy (13) accused of Ana Kriegel’s murder denied bail
Youth yet to indicate how he intends to plead to charges related to death of 14-year-old in Lucan
Dáil recognition of Traveller ethnicity has no legal effect, says judge
Enda Kenny’s statement deemed irrelevant to Traveller family’s bid for accommodation
Man accused of sexually assaulting adopted daughter, fails to stop trial
Father claimed 18-year lapse between complaint and charge as prejudicial
Woman awarded €210,000 over abuse by school chaplain
Judge commends bravery of woman for taking case over her abuse as a schoolgirl
Director of Áras Attracta settles case over alleged HSE ‘re-discipline’ move
Woman on paid leave since winning appeal over decision to dismiss her
Court rejects bid to stop bank selling Roscommon property
Man had originally borrowed €284,000 in relation to Carrick-on-Shannon premises
Chaplain allegedly performed oral sex on girl before Mass
Woman claims teacher sexually abused her in school oratory when she was student
Homeless family get order quashing refusal to accommodate them
Family were found ineligible for emergency housing as homelessness was due to ‘choices’
School chaplain and pupil had oral sex 35 times, court told
Woman (28) alleges she was physically and sexually assaulted between 2004 and 2007
Former chaplain claims ‘revenge’ behind girl’s sex assault allegations
Ex-priest denies wrongdoing during Gambia school trip
Action over alleged contamination of feed ingredient settled
Connolly’s Red Mills had claimed ground nut supply contained morphine
Dana loses High Court application for legal costs security
Singer and former Presidential candidate being sued for defamation by sister and niece
First trial opens at new Special Criminal Court
Ryan Glennon (25) pleads not guilty to membership of the Irish Republican Army
Father jailed for 14 years for raping son from the age of six
Child was taken out of home and placed in foster care where he was sexually abused
Families have a duty to report sex abuse, says judge
Decision by grandparents not to alert gardaí or social services to abuse ‘was a grave error’
Man (60) found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
James Redmond killed his neighbour in her kitchen and attempted to kill her daughter
Female army captain wins action over blocked promotion
Diane Byrne excluded from promotions process because she was on maternity leave
Man double-booked in court loses challenge to arrest warrant
Claim made it was not physically possible for man to be in separate courts on same day
Jury had to decide between two different stories of a boy’s life
With no physical evidence, the child’s credibility became central to the case
Suspected sex abuse in foster family where child sent, court hears
Victim sent to home after he was allegedly raped by father, forced to have sex with his mother
Foster mother says she believes boy was raped by father
Child claims he was sexually assaulted by his father and forced to have sex with his mother
Boy left foster home due to his ‘sexualised behaviour’
Foster mother of child who was allegedly raped by his father says he needed help
Boy alleged his father defecated on him, court hears
Foster mother says child claimed his father used to sexually abuse him in the shower
Boy who alleges rape by father showed ‘disturbing behaviour’
Teacher tells court the child engaged in inappropriate physical activity in school
Mother was threatened into having sex with son, court hears
Child has previously alleged his father raped him and sexually abused him with a poker
Boy alleges father locked him in cage-like box, court told
Child has alleged father raped him and made him have sex with his mother
Boy alleging rape by father says also abused in foster care
Child says he tried to run away from his first foster home because he missed his parents
Fostered boy alleged abuse as father ‘did not know’ his location
Man alleged to have held gun to child’s head and to have left him locked in a box
Boy says parents’ alleged sex abuse was real despite past claims
Child says he denied allegations when talking to social worker to avoid going to court
Child with illness wins challenge to denial of refugee status
Nigerian mother argued tribunal had failed to properly consider medical evidence
Bisexual woman loses legal bid for refugee status
Woman claimed she fled her native Nigeria after her family threatened to kill her
Man (49) found guilty by jury of Co Kildare murder
Seamus Morgan convicted of killing Laurence Keane (56) in Athy in 2013
Investigation into INBS essential, court told
Former INBS director says proposed inquiry violates constitutional rights
Refusal to grant planning permission for Navan development to be challenged
Bord Pleanála says proposal is premature, remote from town centre and in conflict with town development plan
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