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Judges adopt heavier sentence guideline for many domestic violence offences
Guidance applies to offences committed in intimate relationships
Children and separation: ‘I had so much fear of people seeing inside our snow globe of doom’
Barnardos report warns high-conflict parental separation has a ‘profound’ impact on children
The cost of defending cases: solicitors push back on plan to change how lawyers are paid through criminal legal aid
‘There’s a world of difference between theft of a Creme Egg and mortgage fraud,’ says one lawyer
Forget pinkwashing on International Women’s Day – this is what Irish women need
Places such as maternity hospitals and the family law courts, where women are most likely to need physical privacy and comfort, are the least likely to provide them
Jurors to receive ‘thank you’ cards in recognition of ‘stressful’ role in court trials
Cards will have information on accessing mental health resources although jurors do not receive payment or counselling
‘Calm, thoughtful’ Supreme Court judge retires, creating one of two pending vacancies
Elizabeth Dunne notes departure means just two of nine Supreme Court judges are women
Mother refused social housing priority fails in bid for legal costs against council
Judge accepts council offer of house not a result of litigation by mother and daughter
Canadian tourist beaten to death in Dublin was ‘loved by everyone’, sister says
Neno Dolmaijan was kicked in the face while in Ireland for Liam Gallagher concert
Man settles case against local authority over father’s exhumation
Council did not alert son to sister’s application for exhumation
Ireland’s justice system is operating with too many data blind spots
A justice system that can’t be measured is one that can’t be transparent
Irish courts slowest in EU at hearing and deciding cases, report finds
National and global data used to evaluate how State’s justice institutions perform compared with jurisdictions elsewhere
‘Plain evil’: Predator who sexually assaulted nephew sentenced to 10 years
‘You have ripped our family apart,’ says assailant’s sister
Bibles and chairs could be used as ‘projectiles’ in court, warn judges
Judicial report calls for binding laws to make unruly behaviour in court a criminal contempt
‘Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin’: Judge reduces €50,000 damages award by 80%
Court finds cyclist was mainly responsible for collision with motorbike in which he suffered brain and soft-tissue injuries
Judges deserve more ‘credit’ for their handling of planning cases, says High Court president
Increased Garda presence sought at Four Courts after recent increase in hostile litigants attending court
Two senior counsel nominated for appointment as High Court judges
Mark Dunne and Micheál O’Connell to fill vacancies arising due to appointment of judge to Court of Appeal and an upcoming retirement
Dublin man found guilty of manslaughter for killing ‘intruder’ at his home
Patrick Murphy (35) was found not guilty of the murder of Jordan Ronan (20)
Woman tells judge she doesn’t want to be ‘another statistic to domestic violence homicide’
‘Volatile’ ex ‘terrorises me and the kids’, woman tells domestic violence court
Woman’s ex-partner threatened to ‘burn alive’ their son
Emergency court hears from another woman seeking protection against her ‘very cruel’ husband who forces her to have sex
Gardaí should be able to arrest people suspected of breaching bail conditions, report finds
Examination of existing laws carried out in memory of Shane O’Farrell, who was killed in 2011
Minister considering ‘next steps’ over use of poor box in District Courts
Reform aims at ‘fair, equitable and transparent’ reparation scheme for minor offences
Eight in 10 protection orders, about one in three barring orders, granted
In-law and neighbour disputes feature in civil restraint order applications
Man who cut hole in attic and recorded teenage stepdaughter in shower jailed
Accused homeless and living in his car before sentence of three years handed down by judge
Combined award of more than €300,000 for windfarm nuisance
Challenges the first private nuisance claims from wind turbine noise to run in Ireland or the UK
Ireland ranks high on rule of law, but justice weakens in most countries
Rule of Law Index warns of executive overreach eroding courts and freedoms
Court hears Ruth Lawrence told witness that drug-dealer shooting ‘went wrong’
Central Criminal Court trial hears testimony that boyfriend ‘murdered’ Eoin O’Connor and friend
Labour councillor’s challenge to Seanad election result dismissed by High Court
Politician fails to prove Seanad returning officer unreasonable in not directing recount
Taxi driver who admitted consensual sex with ‘vulnerable’ passenger has licence reinstated
Judge cannot see the basis for refusing to restore permit
Man convicted of breaching safety order asks judge to extend his jail sentence
Solicitor tells court client seems ‘completely institutionalised’ and wants to spend more time rehabilitating himself
Businessman charged with sexually assaulting woman during job interview
Court hears applicant fled meeting after employer assaulted her
Landowner in dispute with ESB over tree trimming says work caused €64,000 damage
Tom O’Shea last July agreed not to interfere with emergency works to repair power lines
Woman says woodland sex assault was ‘attack on sense of safety’
Teen receives 18-month detention for attack on walker
Only 4% of learner drivers disqualified since 2023 have handed in their licences
Road safety campaigners says system is a ‘shambles’ as just 211 out of 5,310 banned drivers have surrendered their permits
Seven on trial accused of raping deaf woman
One of the accused also accused of sexual misconduct against two other women, court hears
Online dispute resolution and AI ‘could revolutionise’ Irish courts system - judge
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Woman granted protection order after being menaced and assaulted by partner
Family court: Man angered after discovering flights booked for woman and daughter to go abroad
Former election candidate for Irish People Party accused of harassing garda
Officer felt ‘intimidated’ and ‘distressed’ by Ross Lahive’s alleged actions, court told
Man tells court he was ‘Dad’ to children fathered by former partner
Father of children born to surrogate mothers ‘vigorously opposing’ application for access, saying applicant is a ‘stranger’ to them
Inquest into death of Co Wicklow man who died after gun attack adjourned
Clinton McCormack died five days after being shot at building site
Dr Moling Ryan to take over as interim director of Arts Council
Government body undergoing review of operations following €6.7m IT system controversy
‘So, yeah, I’d say let’s go ahead with the appeal’. Why won’t the courts use plain English?
Legal profession cleaves to version of English stuck somewhere between the Norman conquest and Great Expectations
High Court judge says judgments should avoid Latin and ‘terms of art’
Legal terms for costs orders would mean ‘double-Dutch’ to lay person, says judge in costs ruling
Number of small claims court cases have more than halved since 2019
Pandemic, lack of awareness of the service and more settlements among factors behind drop
Man (59) charged over €2.1m Cork drug seizure ‘maintaining his innocence’, court hears
Truck driver charged with cannabis possession and with possession of the drug for sale or supply
Wife and ex-partner of ‘controlling and dangerous man’ secure protection orders
In separate case, mother gets barring order against mentally ill son who came into house with crowbar
Open verdict recorded after 95-year-old nursing home resident found dead with duvet over head
Open verdict recorded by jury into death of elderly woman in Co Cork care home
Courts Service launches first Irish language strategy
Strategy aims to turn Courts Service into ‘genuinely bilingual organisation’
Judge warned €1.5m spend on temporary courthouse could become latest in series of ‘OPW disasters’
Cost of solution provided after Roscommon Town courthouse closed would be ‘laughable if it wasn’t so serious’, James Faughnan wrote
Domestic violence register will not breach perpetrators’ rights, Minister for Justice says
Scheme would publicise details of people found guilty of sexual and domestic violence
Personal injury award levels fell by 45% to about €150m last year, Courts Service says
There were some 25,000 applications for protection from domestic violence in 2024, with 314 for anti-stalking orders
Court-appointed liquidations triple as Revenue ends debt warehousing scheme
Second quarter saw almost 20% rise in overall insolvencies compared with the first, bringing the first six months in line with last year
Woman went without food for days as husband refuses to give money for essentials, court told
Protection order granted to woman who has a disability
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