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
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‘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
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