‘Oldest drugs mule to come before the courts’ jailed for three years

Court of Appeal found sentences for possession of drugs worth €1.2m too lenient

Alleged assailant warned by woman who was glassed, court told

Witness says she knew families had been engaged in a feud for several years

Woman who slashed journalist in Dublin city centre seeks re-trial

Ruth Barry cut face of Jennifer Bray during assault on O’Connell Street

Limerick drug courier gets suspended 10 year sentence

Ronald Walsh (61) told gardaí he transported cocaine to pay off drug debt

Feud between families started over pair of shoes, court hears

Feud may have led to Dublin woman losing sight in one eye after incident in nightclub

Woman who injured boy in car crash told to pay €5,000

Occupational therapist drove dangerously through busy junction

Former apprentice butcher who stole more than €49,000 has sentence adjourned

James Cahill ‘in the throes of drug-induced paranoia’ when stealing from former employer last Christmas Eve

Courts Service highlights savings made in judges’ expenses since 2008

Top judges can claim higher expenses than judges in the lower courts

Care assistant who stole from intellectually disabled clients avoids jail

Spanish national Jorge Garcia, who stole €1,000, worked in Cheeverstown for six years

Do boarding schools foster independent thinking or are they psychologically damaging?

While the more extreme regimes in boarding schools are disturbing, any blanket condemnation is wrong

Man threatened to set himself on fire outside Garda station

Held lighter above his head for about a minute while gardaí implored him to drop it

Bishop regrets use of corporal punishment as a teacher

“Tough regime” at boarding school described in new documentary

Father loses claim judge was biased in custody case

Man claimed alleged political interference by former Fianna Fáil TD Mary O’Rourke

Anthony Lyons will ‘always be notorious’, appeal court told

DPP says sentences must not only deter accused but also impose a general deterrence

Anthony Lyons appeal to go ahead next week

Court had ruled six-month custodial sentence was unduly lenient

Dublin man acquitted of manslaughter of taxi driver

Witness said a backseat passenger got out of the taxi and the driver followed him

Jury unable to agree on verdict in Monet damage trial

Andrew Shannon (48) pleaded not guilty to damaging €10m painting

Jury retire for a second night in Monet painting trial

Andrew Shannon pleading not guilty to criminal damage of painting at gallery

Jury retires to consider verdict in Monet damage trial

Andrew Shannon (48) says heart condition caused him to fall against €10m painting

Jury asked to give man ‘benefit of doubt’ over Monet damage

Andrew Shannon (48) claims heart condition caused him to collapse against painting

Family of Anthony Lyons targeted by taxi drivers and media, court told

Submissions on case heard this morning in Court of Criminal Appeal

Eye witnesses claim man put fist through Monet painting

Trial over damage to €10m National Gallery work enters second day

Man on trial over €7m damage to Monet painting

National Gallery masterpiece damaged in incident

Man goes on trial over €7m damage to Monet painting

Accused charged with putting hand through Impressionist work at National Gallery

Lyons to return to jail for sexual assault after State wins appeal of sentence

DPP says six-month sentence did not take account of offence’s gravity or impact on victim

If the Oireachtas is to be asked to rule on in-camera proceedings it must first be enabled to examine them

Opinion: At the moment deputies are prohibited from hearing what happens behind closed doors

Man jailed for tying boy (14) to radiator and torturing him

Six year sentence for man who threw boiling water down victim’s trousers

The law and the media are allowing abuses in childcare cases to stay hidden

Opinion: State agencies normally protect the veil of secrecy with extreme menaces

Judgment may stir up dispute by raising new questions

Acrimonious case centred on dispute between parents over custody of youngest child

Judge says there was ‘improper interference’ in family law case

Mr Justice Henry Abbott says interference involved a political representative and a judge

Case discussed by judges was dispute over custody of child

Legal dispute involved 28 court appearances over six years

Judgment on the judges

Judge should not have raised family law case, inquiry finds

Circuit Court judge Desmond Hogan denies conversation with Mr Justice Henry Abbott was an attempt to influence outcome

Statement raises key questions about that ‘casual conversation’ in Four Courts yard

Controversy points to urgent need for a Judicial Council

Wicklow County Council fined over deaths of two Bray firefighters

Judge describes system at fire station watch room as ‘antiquated, inefficient and flawed’

Council fined over safety breaches for firefighters

Members of Bray fire service angry at the council’s refusal to accept responsibility for deaths

Wicklow County Council fined €355,000 over firemen deaths

Authority pleaded guilty to three charges related to deaths of two men in 2007

Probation report ordered for sex attacker Anthony Lyons

Move in advance of State appeal against leniancy of six month sentence

Date set for State’s appeal against sex assault sentence

Six-month term handed to sex attacker Anthony Lyons to be challenged for ‘leniency’

DPP appeal against leniency of sex assault sentence given priority listing

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