Criminal Courts

I am aware of at least one case where an accused, who was unrepresented in the District Court and granted bail, assaulted their partner to a degree requiring surgery within two days of being released

Des Shiels from Balbriggan charged with assault causing harm, production of an article and threats to kill or cause harm

Oireachtas justice committee to invite Minister to hearing as courts backlog worsens; Minister insists courts are ‘operating effectively’

Impact of dispute set to escalate as courts resume after summer recess

Man faces charges under the Official Secrets Act and data protection law

High Court told Simon O’Donovan was member of dissident-aligned republican group Saoradh

Volvo was observed on M50 and an operation to contain the vehicle was initiated, court heard

Haul was discovered after report of burglary where Chinese national was seen fleeing with hands tied

He told gardaí he was opposed to sharia law and did not care if children died in fire, it is alleged

Officer has been suspended from duty since investigation first began

Defendant and complainant are in long-term relationship and share children together, defence solicitor says

Some ammunition rounds were modified to cause maximum damage on impact, court hears

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Dubliner became first Irish person to be extradited from United Arab Emirates under new extradition treaty after he was flown to Dublin on Government jet

‘One-size-fits-all’ legal aid payment model is more about cost-cutting and optics than genuine reform

Solicitors ask for ‘targeted corrections and adjustments’ in exchange for adopting new scheme on interim basis

Coercive control by husband (20s) was in upper range of scale, judge says

Two Glenageary houses gutted and ‘no longer habitable’ in arson spree

Boy is to serve a year’s detention for defilement of 16-year-old girl

Reform should not be treated as the alternative to controlling costs. We should have both

Fight arranged to take place in playground over earlier alleged attack on youth by three males

Most unhappy at single flat-fee payments, but adjustments to address concerns have pleased others

Patrick Faulkner (24) was 18 when he raped the then teenager during a birthday party for another teenage girl

Case is ‘cautionary warning against the kind of influences on young men these days’, judge says

Couple met in Sudan, were married in 2010 and went on to have three children, court hears

Lawyers’ representative body had ‘good meeting’ with Minister for Justice over legal aid dispute

‘It’s all mine,’ he told gardaí after 50kg haul was detected

Minister for Justice to meet Law Society representatives amid bitter row over remuneration reforms

Former pupil says he told principal of sexual abuse by Christian Brother Liam Coughlan in 1970s – Coughlan later became principal of another school

Patrick Maughan (27), who had 42 previous convictions, pleaded guilty to theft of a mobile phone

Officers suffered minor injuries after responding to public order incident in early hours of Monday morning

Dublin court hears WhatsApp records showed accused offered passport owner money in return for its use

At least 88 solicitors have resigned from criminal legal aid panel amid a row over fee structure changes

Family lawyers demand ‘immediate’ action over pay and legal aid reform as criminal courts face shutdown

‘Oh my God,’ said Alison Chawke when shown CCTV footage of her actions, which, along with those of her brother Bill, have brought ‘embarrassment’ on family name

Charlie Chawke’s children Bill and Alison Chawke pleaded guilty to assaulting two men at Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare in 2023

Neal Brennan (29) given partly suspended sentence for `bizarre’ and random attack in Portmarnock in January 2025

Minister says only a small number of solicitors are boycotting the new flat fees arrangement

Liam Coughlan (90) is currently in prison for sexually abusing former pupils in Kilkenny in the 1970s

Fighting broke out on South Anne Street and spilled on to Duke Lane and Dawson Street, court hears