Jury had to decide between two different stories of a boy’s lifeWith no physical evidence, the child’s credibility became central to the caseTue May 24 2016 - 01:00
Waterford mother convicted of child cruelty following seven-week trialJury had already convicted woman’s partner of nine counts of raping his sonMon May 23 2016 - 18:10
Rape sentences averaging 10 years after rise over last decadeDespite public outcry, data suggests non-custodial rape sentences very unusualMon May 23 2016 - 01:00
Numbers of prisoners dying rose to 22 in 2015Causes of death in jail or on temporary release include illness, suicide and overdosesMon May 23 2016 - 01:00
Jury hears gardaí not told child retracted sex abuse claimsBoy ‘brainwashed’ by social workers on allegations after being taken into care in 2011Tue May 17 2016 - 18:19
Foster mother says she believes boy was raped by fatherChild claims he was sexually assaulted by his father and forced to have sex with his motherThu Apr 28 2016 - 17:35
Concerns raised about death of prisoner in MountjoyJudge found ‘serious issues of significant concern’ including timing of cell checksThu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Boy alleged his father defecated on him, court hearsFoster mother says child claimed his father used to sexually abuse him in the showerTue Apr 26 2016 - 16:35
Mother was threatened into having sex with son, court hearsChild has previously alleged his father raped him and sexually abused him with a pokerThu Apr 21 2016 - 20:29
Two cases dismissed in wake of suspended sentences rulingHomeless man pleaded guilty to robbery but has case thrown out after Constitutional rulingWed Apr 20 2016 - 13:31
Fostered boy alleged abuse as father ‘did not know’ his locationMan alleged to have held gun to child’s head and to have left him locked in a boxThu Apr 14 2016 - 20:18
Boy says parents’ alleged sex abuse was real despite past claimsChild says he denied allegations when talking to social worker to avoid going to courtWed Apr 13 2016 - 16:32
Judge agrees to recuse himself from Seán FitzPatrick trialJudge Rory McCabe to take case after Judge Patrick McCartan steps asideMon Apr 11 2016 - 16:01
Gsoc to query the quality of Garda note-takingOmbudsman’s move follows complaints over handling of child sex abuse investigationSat Mar 05 2016 - 01:00
Anglo Irish Bank could not rely on pillar banks for aid, witness claimsTrader says at trial of four senior bankers accused of misleading investors that he had good relationship with peers at Irish Life & Permanent during crisis periodTue Feb 23 2016 - 17:17
Care After Prison: a vital support platform for ex-inmatesWhile serving a life sentence, Stephen Doyle founded the charity in a bid to help othersFri Feb 12 2016 - 02:20
Judge orders ‘hard earned’ cash returned to prostitutes after theftState had sought for the €2,675 stolen by Mantas Grazevicius (32) to be confiscatedTue Feb 09 2016 - 16:01
Man accused of assaulting garda claims he was beaten with tieStephen Tuohey alleged to have punched, kicked and spat at Garda John SantryWed Feb 03 2016 - 19:32
Beware the dangers of restorative justiceIt is a potent tool to empower victims but needs to be managed carefullyFri Jan 29 2016 - 03:30
Anglo and ILP trial delayed until WednesdayExecutives accused of using loans to make Anglo appear €7.2bn more valuable than it wasFri Jan 15 2016 - 20:37
Why forensic evidence may not be as certain as we’d like to think it isForensic evidence can be open to the same subjectivity that affects other types of evidenceFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:15
Shortage of funding for staff and facilities creates forensics in crisisImmediate investment is needed in DNA testing and in other forms of forensics to avoid a catastropheFri Nov 06 2015 - 04:30
Victims of Crime Bill a great step foward, but far from freeFrom November 16th, victims will for the first time have legally enforceable rightsFri Oct 30 2015 - 06:15
Rape victim tells court how family shunned him‘When I was popping anti depressants, he was popping down the aisle’, man tells court of uncleTue Oct 27 2015 - 21:49
Legal Opinion: victim impact statement system is flawedWhile it is valuable, the current method can lead to inconsistent and unfair sentencingFri Oct 09 2015 - 01:30
Two of three former Anglo officials appeal convictionsTiarnan O’Mahoney and Aoife Maguire are likely to argue that sentences unduly harshTue Aug 25 2015 - 19:22
Legal Opinion: The mentally ill should be spared the stresses of the courtroomOur insanity laws mean cases are heard even when the verdict is a foregone conclusionMon Jul 20 2015 - 03:00
Former Anglo official denied she was involved in conspiracyAoife Maguire among three accused of hiding accounts from RevenueFri Jul 17 2015 - 17:34
Anglo worker asked to remove name from documents for RevenueSenior manager gives evidence at trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank officialsFri Jul 10 2015 - 18:53
Nell McCafferty: ‘that wee Bogsider who hangs out with burglars’For eight years, journalist wrote her column In the Eyes of the Law for this newspaperMon Jun 29 2015 - 16:45
It’s a tough sell, but we need to deal with violent young men in a more nuanced wayYoung adults aged 18-24, mostly males, make up 20 per cent of the prison population and are far more likely to reoffend on releaseMon Jun 08 2015 - 01:15
Burglar who targeted judge’s house jailed for three yearsVincent McNally (32) sent to different court after judge realised he had stolen from himThu May 21 2015 - 17:18
Accused says another woman was present for lethal doseGail O’Rorke is accused of helping Bernadette Forde obtain and drug from MexicoThu Apr 23 2015 - 16:08
Woman goes on trial in State’s first assisted suicide prosecutionGail O’Rorke pleads not guilty to charges relating to the 2011 death of Bernadette FordThu Apr 16 2015 - 11:49
Drugs ruling will impact on pending cases, says expertLegislation rushed through Dáil as drugs like ecstasy become temporarily legalWed Mar 11 2015 - 09:50
Time to take another look at bringing cameras into courtCourts Service says no law bans cameras from courtrooms, it is simply a practice that has grown through the yearsMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:15
Former sports coach jailed over sexual abuse of two teensColin Goggin fled to Spain after first victim came forward in 2007Fri Jan 30 2015 - 15:10
€26,000 Rolex stolen in Dundrum ‘thrown out’ windowWatch yet to be recovered after thief claimed it was discarded during high-speed chaseTue Dec 09 2014 - 18:18
Man who knocked friend under bus has ‘primitive personality’Judge orders deaf homeless Edward Connors, convicted of manslaughter, to be assessed in UKTue Dec 09 2014 - 15:43
Suspended sentence for chef who set fire to his sister’s homeNeighbour went inside burning building to try to save dogMon Dec 08 2014 - 16:19
Irish lawyers call on government to shelve trade dealIreland, the last country left to ratify an EU deal with Colombia, urged to act over killing of lawyers and judgesMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:30
Man in high-speed chase freed on bail for drug treatmentLeonard Dumbrell (26) drove stolen car wrong way up one-way streets before crashing itTue Oct 21 2014 - 16:01
AIB worker spared jail after stealing €100,000Conor Egan (27) used money for gambling; His father agreed to repay in fullMon Oct 20 2014 - 18:45
‘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
