DPP calls for ‘urgent’ reform of way courts handle criminal trialsIncreased amount of digital evidence has lead to growing volume of material in criminal investigationsSat Nov 03 2018 - 16:01
Rapist Eoin Berkley did not qualify as having mental illnessDublin man had been detained and released a month before raping Spanish teenagerSat Nov 03 2018 - 00:01
Maurice McCabe spent latter part of career in eye of stormWhistleblower faced considerable animosity within the Garda forceWed Oct 31 2018 - 19:30
Former taoiseach’s advisor Paddy Duffy was ‘a true renaissance man’, funeral toldClose associate of Bertie Ahern sought to ‘make the world a better place’Wed Oct 31 2018 - 15:39
Judge calls for transparency in filling judicial postsTwo posts to become vacant next year, but selection process is ‘cloaked in opacity’Wed Oct 31 2018 - 00:34
The DPA regime recommended for Ireland does not allow deals which give immunity to particular individualsIt is often thought the state is the strong party in criminal law and the defendant weaker, but with major corporations the roles can be reversedFri Oct 26 2018 - 05:35
Tackling white-collar crime: report’s main recommendationsLaw Reform Commission report focuses on regulatory powers and corporate offencesTue Oct 23 2018 - 01:08
Patrick Honohan told to ‘dream on’ about banker prosecutions‘There will be another crisis, that’s for sure,’ says former Central Bank governorTue Oct 23 2018 - 00:05
Major report on business and law proposes new Cab-type agencySpecial white-collar crime unit should be set up within DPP’s office, report saysTue Oct 23 2018 - 00:05
Scheme for dealing with complex corporate crime suggestedMechanism allows authorities deal with suspected crimes by firms ‘too big to jail’Tue Oct 23 2018 - 00:03
Westmeath man’s bankruptcy extended over ‘sham’ house saleHigh Court cites lack of co-operation by Patrick J Daly over sale of Ballinagore HouseTue Oct 16 2018 - 01:00
Thousands of ‘undocumented’ may be regularised under new schemeMigrant Rights Centre Ireland says scheme will be ‘life-changing’ for those eligibleMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Tribunal finds it ‘likely’ Callinan spoke about McCabe to senior gardaíOnly two officers came forward with information after tribunal wrote to 430 gardaíSat Oct 13 2018 - 04:13
David Taylor’s smear campaign against McCabe bore no fruitLeaks directed at media manipulation did not succeed in tarnishing whistleblowerFri Oct 12 2018 - 20:09
Maurice McCabe ‘repulsively denigrated’ by Martin CallinanFormer Garda commissioner conducted ‘campaign of calumny’ against whistleblowerFri Oct 12 2018 - 01:00
Callinan told TD that Maurice McCabe was sex abuser, tribunal findsCharleton finds no evidence Nóirín O’Sullivan played any ‘hand act or part’ in smear campaignThu Oct 11 2018 - 22:29
Media deceived by leaked extracts from O’Higgins commissionSome journalists ‘taken in by’ Supt Dave Taylor, says Mr Justice CharletonThu Oct 11 2018 - 21:48
Disclosures Tribunal finds Callinan led ‘campaign of calumny’ against McCabeNo credible evidence that Nóirín O’Sullivan had any ‘hand, act or part’ in campaignThu Oct 11 2018 - 19:31
Sgt Maurice McCabe stood up for better standards but was ‘repulsively denigrated’Disclosures tribunal questioned why decent people like McCabe were so shamefully treatedThu Oct 11 2018 - 19:10
Oireachtas ‘might want to consider’ protected disclosures regulation – CharletonTribunal judge highlights controversy caused by publicity around disclosuresThu Oct 11 2018 - 16:33
Ex-Garda press chief Dave Taylor swore affidavit that was ‘nothing but lies’, Charleton findsTribunal report finds Supt Taylor was ‘suffused in bitterness’ against O’SullivanThu Oct 11 2018 - 14:47
Disclosures Tribunal: What is it all about and how did it start?Charleton report investigated Garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe’s claimsThu Oct 11 2018 - 12:56
Minister blames 17-month delay in department’s move on Office of Public WorksSimon Harris says OPW ‘solely responsible’ for accommodation and procurementSat Sept 29 2018 - 18:11
Thousands attend March for Choice as Harris calls for TDs to ‘get on’ with abortion legislationOver 1,500 Irish women have accessed terminations since referendum, Minister saysSat Sept 29 2018 - 16:46
Artist Doireann O’Malley wins prestigious Berlin Art PrizeWork links female-to-male transitioning to ‘phantoms of modernist utopias’Sat Sept 29 2018 - 15:51
Nóirín O’Sullivan requests data held on her by key media bodiesFormer Garda commissioner seeks files from RTÉ, ‘Irish Times’ and ‘Mail’ under GDPRWed Sept 26 2018 - 00:17
Ireland can be hub for dispute resolution after Brexit, says judgeUS companies doing business in EU will need English-speaking common law jurisdictionFri Sept 14 2018 - 00:01
Councillor admits meeting with ‘blonde bombshell’ was ‘not my finest hour’Joe Queenan filmed by undercover reporter discussing purported project for county SligoMon Sept 10 2018 - 20:50
Housing crisis: Land sale to highest bidder must ‘be reviewed’Selling land for top price not yielding best result, says society of chartered urveyorsMon Sept 10 2018 - 01:00
More oversight should come with Drew Harris appointment, says ICCLNew Garda commissioner’s ties with British intelligence services while in PSNI criticisedSat Sept 01 2018 - 01:00
Donald Trump visit: Opposition deputies condemn plan and warn of protestsClare councillor says visit will be ‘great boost for the West of Ireland’Fri Aug 31 2018 - 22:30
Law Reform Commission seeks views on ‘absolute privilege’Changes to rights of bloggers writing about court cases canvassed in paperWed Aug 29 2018 - 00:01
5,000 patients exposed to superbug will be told in coming weeksPeople may have come into contact with antibiotic resistant CPE while in hospitalSun Aug 26 2018 - 18:59
Defence of honest belief ‘not acceptable’ in rape cases says DRCCGroup responds to Law Reform Commission paper on consentFri Jul 27 2018 - 13:36
New crime of ‘gross negligence rape’ is put forwardProposed law would deal with cases where a man wrongfully believed consent was givenFri Jul 27 2018 - 00:23
Consent in claims of rape explored by Law Reform CommissionPaper considers validity of criminal punishment where partner’s consent may be questionableFri Jul 27 2018 - 00:10
Polish man to resist extradition after European court rulingWarsaw government claims CJEU ruling a ‘defeat’ for High Court rule of law concernsThu Jul 26 2018 - 20:29
EU court backs Irish judge’s right to query Polish justice systemHigh Court will now have to decide if alleged drug dealer can get fair trial in PolandWed Jul 25 2018 - 16:30
Australia’s cervical cancer programme could eradicate virus in 10 yearsProf Ian Frazer visits Dublin to speak about the success of the HPV vaccineMon Jul 09 2018 - 20:15
Michael Lowry tax filings saved him from more serious chargesTipperary TD’s filings to Revenue in 2007 facilitated declaration of untaxed £248,624Sun Jul 01 2018 - 19:05
Charleton evidence raises questions about damaging claims madeMultiple claims made on basis of evidence tribunal has shown to be questionableSat Jun 30 2018 - 06:00
Give Me A Crash Course In . . . Michael LowryWhat was he convicted of this week? Why was he described as ‘conscientious taxpayer’?Sat Jun 30 2018 - 06:00
Charleton expects final report to be published in OctoberTribunal has last sitting after over 100 days investigating alleged McCabe smear campaignFri Jun 29 2018 - 14:12
Martin Callinan’s sworn evidence ‘not credible’- Charleton Tribunal toldClosing submissions at tribunal examining alleged smear campaign against Sgt Maurice McCabeThu Jun 28 2018 - 12:29
Brexit debate an assault on values of democracy – Chris PattenFormer Tory minister says ‘nationalist rage’ is getting UK in ‘terrible mess’Wed Jun 27 2018 - 20:09
Michael Lowry claims he is vindicated, despite convictionTD found guilty of tax offences is fined and banned from acting as company directorWed Jun 27 2018 - 05:23
Payment at heart of Lowry tax trial would have been of great interest to Moriarty tribunalMoriarty tribunal never learned of £248,624 payment to Lowry’s refrigeration companyTue Jun 26 2018 - 17:46
Call to promote Irish legal system in wake of BrexitBar Council and Law Society report urges set of actions to capitalise on UK’s exit from EUTue Jun 26 2018 - 06:04
‘Disgruntled and bitter’: ‘Independent’ editor hits out at ex-colleagueFionnán Sheahan’s conflict of evidence with Anne Harris is fourth among journalists to come before tribunalFri Jun 15 2018 - 15:58
