Shop worker who stole €54,000 in fake Lotto wins jailedDublin father of two spent the money on take-aways, taxis and cannabis, court toldWed Nov 02 2016 - 16:56
Jury in sexsomnia rape trial fail to reach a verdictMan claimed he was suffering from condition that causes people to carry out sexual acts while asleepTue Nov 01 2016 - 15:45
Rape accused more likely drunk than asleep during sex, jury hearsProsecution rejects defence claim that man suffered from sexsomnia on night of incidentTue Oct 25 2016 - 18:29
Burglar gets two years for trying to rob Dublin apartmentMan tells court he was seeking money for his daughter’s First CommunionMon Oct 24 2016 - 15:17
Calls to pardon those convicted of homosexual offencesDavid Norris supports following ‘excellent’ British law to pardon consenting adultsFri Oct 21 2016 - 01:00
Volunteers to support and monitor sex offendersProbation Service scheme sees offenders meet and socialise with people weeklyThu Oct 20 2016 - 01:00
Lookout at burglary left mobile phone in back gardenMan sentenced after his phone was found following robbery at elderly couple’s homeMon Oct 17 2016 - 18:51
Mother who failed to protect son from father jailed for 18 monthsLast week the father was jailed for rape and locking child in box in Waterford homeMon Oct 17 2016 - 14:26
Laois man convicted of raping and beating wifeMan (45) punched woman several times after she implied he could not attract womenThu Oct 13 2016 - 16:57
Delay of more than three years in child porn prosecutionPaul Devine (45) was caught with 25 videos and 80 photographs of child sex abuseTue Oct 11 2016 - 16:46
Waterford rape case: Boy continues to struggle after years of abuseThere may be no happy ending but the boy, now 13, is showing some improvementMon Oct 10 2016 - 20:48
Six months’ jail for man over sex abuse of siblings and nephewMan pleads guilty to indecently assaulting three at family home between 1966 and 1984Thu Oct 06 2016 - 15:33
Murderer Jeffrey Dumbrell punched prison nurse in faceCourt hears ‘notorious’ killer was judged to be one of most high risk prisoners in StateWed Oct 05 2016 - 15:32
Waterford abuse case: ‘Words have not been invented yet for what my dad has done to me’Boy repeatedly raped by father from age six and locked in box gives victim impact statementFri Sept 23 2016 - 16:15
Sean FitzPatrick for court accused of misleading auditorsTrial of former Anglo chairman expected to last 12 weeks at Circuit Criminal CourtTue Sept 20 2016 - 15:00
Court of Appeal backlog ‘could take over a decade to clear’Backlog of number of cases processed fell by 187 in past yearMon Sept 19 2016 - 13:28
Should judges be able to impose a minimum term for murder?Calls to reform a system where sentence review possible after seven yearsTue Sept 06 2016 - 01:00
Families have a duty to report sex abuse, says judgeDecision by grandparents not to alert gardaí or social services to abuse ‘was a grave error’Fri Jul 29 2016 - 16:37
Kerry rape: why did Hussey carry out such a brutal attack?Psychology reports give no clues why Hussey broke into house and raped woman twiceTue Jul 26 2016 - 01:00
Man jailed for 10 years for threatening, assaulting and raping his wifeJustice Isobel Kennedy said assaults were ‘cowardly’ and ‘brutal’Mon Jul 25 2016 - 12:53
Man convicted of raping and threatening to kill his wifeThird successful prosecution of rape within a marriage in IrelandThu Jun 30 2016 - 17:07
Man who raped boys hundreds of times given 21-year sentence‘Some people had cereal for breakfast, I seemed to be molested for breakfast’Fri Jun 03 2016 - 14:02
Suspended sentence for man who tore out ex-girlfriend’s hairDavide Sanfillipo (30) attacked woman after seeing message on her phone from another manTue May 31 2016 - 18:14
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
