‘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
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
Dear Mr Cowen: how you could help to kick-start the marketOPINION: With the market in turmoil, one Dublin estate agent suggests some steps the Government could take to help the industry…Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
