Special Criminal Court

Former Ballyseedy Group chief executive Nathan McDonnell (44) to be sentenced on December 17th

Nathan McDonnell (44) and co-accused James Leen (41) to be tried by non-jury Special Criminal Court

Stephen Carberry (46) also accused of setting fire to car and acting to impede investigation into teenager’s murder

Nathan McDonnell (44) and James Leen (41) accused over drug discovery at Ballyseedy Garden Centre in Tralee

Aaron Brady (33) sentenced to three years and Dean Byrne (31) given two years, which will begin once his current jail sentence expires

Brandon Hennessy’s (21) father was shot on Christmas Eve, with alleged gunman Tristan Sherry (26) dying later from blunt-force trauma

Sentence hearing for Aaron Brady and hearings linked to killing of Tristan Sherry in Blanchardstown moved by judge due to action

Glen Ward (31) and Eric O’Driscoll (22) told to indicate by end of month if they want matter to go to trial

Currently, offence is dealt with via emergency terrorism and criminal gang law, which must be renewed annually

All face drug and organised crime charges after some 2.25 tonnes of cocaine was found aboard MV Matthew in Irish waters

Gunman killed after shooting Jason Hennessy snr on Christmas Eve in Blanchardstown

Noah Musueni was a juvenile when initially charged but has since turned 18 and can be identified

Five charged over seizure of 2.2 tonnes of cocaine worth €157 million on MV Matthew in September last year

Michael Crotty (42), from Cashel, bought Seán McGovern €20 top-up ahead of Noel Kirwan’s shooting in late 2016

Five men arrested about MV Mathew to face Special Criminal Court over €157m cocaine haul

Counsel for Declan ‘Mr Nobody’ Brady says client on ‘a path to change’ and is now a model prisoner

Dundon was sentenced to life in prison in 2013 for the murder of Shane Geoghegan

Convicted killer accepted responsibility for recording footage of interview with witness who told gardaí he heard Brady admit to shooting detective

Brendan Grehan, who represented Gerard Hutch during his trial at the non-jury court last year, urges reform of emergency law dating back 50 years

Special Criminal Court ‘hard to disappear’ and ‘new forms of exceptionality’ building around far right, says expert

Michael Crotty (40) has pleaded not guilty to helping to facilitate Mr Kirwan’s murder in 2016

The party’s stance on the Government response quickly hardened from support to outright criticism once gaps in policing emerged.

State’s main opposition party - consistently topping opinion polls - is tinkering with its stances on tax and foreign policy as it seeks to present itself as a party of Government

Sandra Hehir (54) was discovered to have €124,055 in cash from criminals, with two others also pleading guilty to same offence

Harte brought a High Court case challenging the law that permitted his Special Criminal Court conviction

Michael Carroll (43) showed ‘callous contempt for public safety’ in attempts to murder Edward Staunton

James Flynn (32) found guilty of taking vehicle which prosecutors said used in incident leading to death of Det Adrian Donohoe

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Barry Young pleaded guilty at Special Criminal Court after phone containing incriminating messages seized by gardaí

Limerick criminal Noel Price (45) has 90 previous convictions, including for unlawful seizure of vehicle occupied by three children

Courts with exceptional powers are mostly a feature of undemocratic countries, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin tells event

New trial for Thomas ‘Nicky’ McConnell after Judge David McHugh becomes unwell

The Act has been deployed against the IRA at various times in the past but that threat no longer exists

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee unlikely to accept Sinn Féin amendments in vote for renewal of the Court’s remit

Government-appointed group recommends controversial non-jury Special Criminal Court be retained

Court of Appeal president Mr Justice George Birmingham said that when he first read the appellant’s submissions, his first reaction was that Dowdall had done “extraordinarily well”

Minister for Justice to seek Cabinet approval for review of report on future of Special Criminal Court, majority and minority reports to be published on Tuesday

One-third of Government-appointed review group believe the non-jury court is no longer justified

Public representatives and NGOs need time to analyse recommendations, says Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Special Criminal Court declined to order the State pay Mr Hutch’s costs for 52-day trial, likely to top €500,000