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fromIndependent
3 days ago

'Absolutely scandalous' - judge decries attempt by man and up to 30 supporters to 'invade' High Court office

Patrick McGreal has initiated over 20 High Court actions since 2023, allegedly intimidating court officials and solicitors.
fromIrish Independent
5 days ago

Man (40s) extradited from Scotland and due in court over murder of Sinn Fein informant Denis Donaldson

A man in his 40s is due before the Special Criminal Court charged in relation to the murder of republican double agent Denis Donaldson nearly 20 years ago.
UK news
#enoch-burke
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fromIndependent
2 months ago

'He has followed a disastrous legal strategy from start to finish,' judge who jailed Enoch Burke says

Enoch Burke was ordered back to Mountjoy Prison for contempt after trespassing at Wilson's Hospital School; the judge said he acted as if predetermined.
Law
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Enoch Burke may take legal challenge against disciplinary appeal panel

Enoch Burke may initiate legal proceedings against the Disciplinary Appeals Panel over his dismissal by Wilson's Hospital School.
Law
fromIrish Independent
4 days ago

Martina and Ammi Burke arrested at Castlerea Prison where Enoch is currently in custody

Two females were arrested for contempt of court during a hearing related to Enoch Burke's imprisonment.
fromIndependent
2 months ago
Miscellaneous

'He has followed a disastrous legal strategy from start to finish,' judge who jailed Enoch Burke says

London politics
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Five members of Dublin gang jailed for total of 34 years for torture of man 'that bypasses any notion of humanity'

Five gang members received 34 years in prison for torturing Barry Moore, including waterboarding and branding him with a hot iron.
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Gun smuggler has over 17,000 cash returned after DPP drops money laundering charges

Conor O'Brien, 29, was sentenced to eleven years in prison for importing military-grade firearms and ammunition, with the final year of his sentence suspended.
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UK news
fromIndependent
6 days ago

Former rugby star Brendan Mullin freed after serving just 13 months of 36-month sentence

Brendan Mullin, a former rugby international, stole over €567,000 from Bank of Ireland and served 13 months of a three-year sentence.
#contempt-of-court
fromIndependent
1 month ago
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Judge warns Enoch Burke's mother and sister to 'be prepared' for contempt hearing that could see them jailed

fromIndependent
1 month ago
UK news

Enoch Burke's mother and sister to learn fate next Wednesday following contempt hearing

The mother and sister of jailed teacher Enoch Burke face potential imprisonment or fines for contempt of court after disrupting a courtroom hearing.
fromIndependent
1 month ago
UK news

Enoch Burke's mother claims 'blood dripping from hands of judiciary' as she and daughter to learn fate in contempt case

The mother and sister of jailed teacher Enoch Burke face potential imprisonment or fines for contempt of court after disrupting a courtroom hearing.
Law
fromIrish Independent
4 days ago

Martina and Ammi Burke arrested at Castlerea Prison on foot of court order

Martina and Ammi Burke were imprisoned for contempt of court due to disruptive behavior during a hearing regarding Enoch Burke.
fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Judge warns Enoch Burke's mother and sister to 'be prepared' for contempt hearing that could see them jailed

fromIndependent
1 month ago
UK news

Enoch Burke's mother claims 'blood dripping from hands of judiciary' as she and daughter to learn fate in contempt case

fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Lawyer says Meath couple who built without permission 'are not criminals on the run and have been punished enough' as demolition proceeds

A solicitor acting on behalf of Rose and Chris Murray made an application today seeking for the demolition to be halted while they awaited a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
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fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

State still trying to determine age of person accused of murdering Ukrainain teen in Dublin Tusla unit

A Somali national accused of murdering 17-year-old Ukrainian teenager Vadym Davydenko at a Dublin care facility remains of undetermined age pending court proceedings.
UK politics
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Minister's plan for electronic tagging of prisoners faces fresh delays

Electronic tagging implementation for prisoners has been delayed due to no viable tender responses, marking another setback to Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan's rollout plans.
fromwww.independent.ie
4 days ago

Two men in court over alleged 6,400 drone drug delivery to Cloverhill Prison

Craig Doyle, 25, of The Paddocks Way, Adamstown, Lucan, and 30-year-old Adam Aspel, with an address at Corkagh Grange Way, Clondalkin, were arrested by gardai carrying out surveillance of drone activity on March 28.
Law
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

'Ten years, what justice is that?' - homeowner jailed for killing Jordan Ronan (20) after he stole from van

A man with previous convictions for knife crime has been jailed for nine years after he killed a 20-year-old who stole from the defendant's unlocked van in the early hours of the morning.
London politics
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fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

Council seizes Meath house at centre of 20-year planning dispute

Meath County Council seized Chris and Rose Murray's home in Bohermeen following a High Court order after the couple built a house twice the approved size without planning permission and exhausted all legal appeals.
Agriculture
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

'My late uncle left me a landlocked field accessed by a laneway that runs through a neighbour's farm, but now he says there's no right of way'

A landlocked field inherited through a will requires access via a neighbor's property through an established laneway, raising legal questions about right of way and property access.
#prison-transfer
#defamation
fromIndependent
1 week ago
Law

Court told no recording of alleged 'shoot in the head' comment in defamation action between racing tipsters

fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Woman claims she was falsely branded 'major criminal' and 'serious gouger' after relationship with garda discovered

fromIndependent
1 week ago
Law

Court told no recording of alleged 'shoot in the head' comment in defamation action between racing tipsters

fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Woman claims she was falsely branded 'major criminal' and 'serious gouger' after relationship with garda discovered

Games
fromIrish Independent
4 weeks ago

Blame game between Courts Service and Transport Minister as thousands escape penalty points

A loophole in driver number collection allows thousands of motorists to avoid penalty points, with 19% of unallocated points potentially assignable to drivers in a one-month sample.
Law
fromIndependent
1 week ago

'Six years of exile, suffering and character assassination' - charges dropped against three Limerick gardai over alleged 'squaring away' of motoring offences

Charges against three gardaí for alleged misconduct in fixed-charge notices have been dropped.
SF parents
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Mother is jailed for 18 months for not protecting her daughter from sexual abuse

A woman endured 13 years of rape by her father, with the case presented in court while her mother remained emotionally composed during testimony.
Law
fromIndependent
1 week ago

From barbaric torture and insulting a judge to claims of being reformed: how the bravado faded from five Hennessy gang members

Five gang members displayed bravado in court after torturing a victim with extreme violence.
London politics
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

Judge refuses mother's bid to relocate children from west to Dublin following new job and ahead of planned remarriage

A Dublin woman's High Court appeal to relocate her two children from the west of Ireland to Dublin was rejected because the judge found her motivation was personal dissatisfaction and career aspirations rather than the children's welfare.
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fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Seamus Culleton's US lawyer says there are 'significant legal questions' about his case as court grants order preventing his deportation

A US Court of Appeals granted a stay of removal for an Irish man detained for overstaying his visa, allowing judicial review of immigration procedures and constitutional questions before deportation.
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Man (39) pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering grandfather in Donegal Gaeltacht

The accused was the victim of serious sexual abuse at the hands of a school caretaker when he was a child and has suffered with a litany of mental health difficulties since his teenage years.
Law
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Serving garda to appear in court over 'interaction' with stolen car linked to death of pedestrian

Michael Farrelly (40) who suffered fatal injuries when he was struck by a vehicle at Coast Road, Baldoyle, at around 1am on July 17, 2024 was killed instantly.
London politics
UK news
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Enoch Burke moved to different part of Mountjoy and served with disciplinary report after allegedly disobeying prison officer

Enoch Burke was relocated within Mountjoy Prison and received a disciplinary report for allegedly disobeying a prison officer's orders during a court visit.
World news
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Ex-wife of ICE detainee Seamus Culleton claimed he physically abused her, court papers show

Seamus Culleton's ex-wife alleges physical and psychological abuse; he was also served a harassment prevention order over an alleged 2019 Boston harassment.
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Enoch Burke returned to jail and hearing suspended amid chaotic scenes in High Court

A hearing involving jailed anti-transgender schoolteacher Enoch Burke descended into chaos today when he refused to stop interrupting a barrister for Wilson's Hospital School.
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UK news
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Enoch Burke seeks Court of Appeal challenge to judgment barring him from school

Jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke seeks Court of Appeal permission to challenge a three-year-old High Court ban from Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath.
Real estate
fromIndependent
2 months ago

High Court order could pave the way for John Magnier's rival to buy estate at centre of row

High Court dismissed John Magnier's challenge, vacated the lis pendens, clearing the way for sale of the 751-acre Barne Estate to Maurice Regan.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

'The family circus has to end' says judge as Enoch Burke's mother and sister to be jailed for contempt

Mr Justice Brian Cregan imposed the sanction over the behaviour of Martina Burke, a teacher, and Ammi Burke, a trained solicitor, at a hearing on February 20 where they engaged in 'shouting and roaring at the top of their voices' to the extent they had to be removed by gardaí.
Law
#child-sexual-abuse
fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

'I was only a baby and you took my life away' - Man who abused his five children and locked them away for days without food jailed for 20 years

fromIndependent
1 month ago
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'I was only a baby and you took my life away' - family speak out after man who abused his five children and locked them away for days without food jailed for 20 years

fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

'I was only a baby and you took my life away' - Man who abused his five children and locked them away for days without food jailed for 20 years

fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

'I was only a baby and you took my life away' - family speak out after man who abused his five children and locked them away for days without food jailed for 20 years

LGBT
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

Enoch Burke jailed for a fifth time following arrest this morning at Wilson's Hospital School

A High Court judge ordered an anti-transgender teacher returned to Mountjoy Prison for breaching an injunction and trespassing at a Co Westmeath school.
#murder-charge
Higher education
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Former UL president seeks High Court injunction stopping reinvestigation

Professor Kerstin Mey seeks a High Court injunction to stop University of Limerick reinvestigating claims she misled the Dáil PAC or a previous investigator.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Shane Phelan: Court faces tough task to unravel increasingly complex 'Lord of the Dance' dispute

Barring a further dramatic turn of events, the 30th anniversary tour of Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance will kick off tonight at ­Dublin's 3Arena.
Music
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Ex-wife of ICE detainee Seamus Culleton was granted restraining order after marriage broke down

Kilkenny native Séamus Culleton, living undocumented in Boston, is held in US detention; his ex‑wife obtained a restraining order; he ran a Wakefield plastering business.
Real estate
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Firm run by two tax offenders used 'strong-arm' tactics to get paid for defective repairs to social housing, court told

Bert's Properties Ltd demanded over €400,000 despite performing incomplete and defective upgrade works on homes intended for social housing.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Teacher serving prison sentence for rape of relative struck off by Teaching Council for at least 30 years

An inquiry panel of the Teaching Council has also ruled that the man, who is in his early 40s, cannot apply to have his name restored to the register for at least 30 years because of the case's "exceptional and disturbing features".
Law
#murder
fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Criminals who dumped teenager Keane Mulready Woods' body parts across Dublin jailed for six years each

fromIndependent
1 month ago
UK news

US citizen told gardai he strangled his father just hours after arriving at five-star Ballyfin resort, murder trial hears

fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

US citizen tells gardai he strangled his father with bare hands just hours after arriving at five-star Ballyfin resort, murder trial hears

fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Criminals who dumped teenager Keane Mulready Woods' body parts across Dublin jailed for six years each

fromIndependent
1 month ago
UK news

US citizen told gardai he strangled his father just hours after arriving at five-star Ballyfin resort, murder trial hears

fromIndependent
1 month ago
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US citizen tells gardai he strangled his father with bare hands just hours after arriving at five-star Ballyfin resort, murder trial hears

Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Man who broke into house for shortcut after getting soaked in stream on golf course avoids jail

Carl Innos received a suspended sentence after breaking into a house while seeking a shortcut home after wading through a golf course stream.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Man charged over alleged right-wing plot to target Mosque claims he cannot get fair trial under Explosives Act

Karolis Peckauskas has been granted High Court leave to challenge the Explosives Act on grounds its wording prevents a fair trial while he faces explosives possession and mosque-targeting allegations.
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

Man jailed after falsely claiming injury from road accident 10 years ago

A man who falsely claimed to have been injured following a road traffic accident 10 years ago has been jailed for two years and nine months.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

'I swear to God, I never lie' - how fraudster's attempts to play Ireland's personal injury system were exposed

Constantin Iosca moved here from Romania in 1997 for a 'better life', but will be spending nearly three years in jail after bringing a fraudulent personal injury claim
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Solicitors in legal dispute after mistakenly paying almost 100,000 to estate of deceased client

Error at Galway city law firm came to light last year
Law
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Irishman Seamus Culleton held by ICE was allegedly caught with 25 MDMA tablets before leaving Ireland

Seamus Culleton faces a 2009 Irish bench warrant alleging possession of 25 ecstasy (MDMA) tablets and obstructing gardaí by discarding them.
#criminal-legal-aid
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Judge recuses himself from Islamic Cultural Centre case 'in abundance of caution' after claims of bias and sabotage

A High Court judge hearing the Islamic Cultural Centre dispute recused himself, despite saying he had done nothing wrong, to avoid a 'side show'.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Man (43) who rammed van into gates, causing niece's death, after cocaine and alcohol bender is jailed for five years

Danny O'Donoghue, intoxicated on alcohol and cocaine, rammed gates with his vehicle, killing his 21-year-old niece Marguerita O'Rourke and was jailed for five years.
Law
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Son of slain criminal Eamon Kelly tried to murder ex-wife's friend after blaming her for marriage breakup, court hears

Matthias Kelly broke into Fiona Timmermans' home and tried to stab her, blaming her for his marriage breakup; he had prior brain and head injuries.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Judge says he cannot review sentence of Boy B who murdered Ana Kriegel when he was 13

A judge accepted he cannot review the sentence imposed on Boy B, now 21, convicted of murdering 14-year-old Ana Kriegel when he was 13.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Judge-only trials in England and Wales will not wipe out crown court backlog, report says

David Lammy's plans to introduce judge-only criminal trials in England and Wales will save less than 2% of time in crown courts, the Institute for Government (IFG) has said. In a report that casts doubt on the ability of the changes, which will slash the number of jury trials to achieve their goal of wiping out the courts' backlog, the thinktank described the gains from judge-only trials as marginal.
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fromIndependent
1 month ago

Families of murdered Katie Simpson and her killer Jonathan Creswell locked in legal dispute over alleged land transfer

Families of showjumper Katie Simpson and killer Jonathan Creswell are in legal dispute over transfer of land allegedly purchased by Simpson, Creswell and Simpson's sister.
#disciplinary-appeals
fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Enoch Burke case: Two disciplinary panel members resign in major blow to efforts to resolve row over teacher's dismissal

fromIndependent
1 month ago
Law

Enoch Burke case: Disciplinary panel members resign in major blow to efforts to resolve row over teacher's dismissal

fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Enoch Burke case: Two disciplinary panel members resign in major blow to efforts to resolve row over teacher's dismissal

fromIndependent
1 month ago
Law

Enoch Burke case: Disciplinary panel members resign in major blow to efforts to resolve row over teacher's dismissal

fromIndependent
2 months ago

Man charged with Parnell Square attack on children is fit to enter plea and stand trial, court told

Defence lawyers for Mr Bouchaker had argued that he suffers from a mental disorder and is unfit to stand trial
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fromIndependent
2 months ago

Cork twins with 274 previous convictions between them sentenced on same day for separate offences

Cork twins with over 270 prior convictions received prison sentences and a suspended sentence; Denis Kelly jailed five months for stealing a phone and wallet from an unlocked car.
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

Man (20s) arrested on suspicion of murder over fatal Edenderry arson attack

Tadgh Farrell (4) and his grandaunt Mary Holt (60) died after a petrol bomb was thrown through the living room window of the family home in Castleview Park, Edenderry, Co. Offaly, on December 6. The child's grandmother Pauline, who was babysitting Tadhg alongside her sister, suffered serious burn injuries in the blaze and remains hospitalised. It has been confirmed by gardaí that a man was arrested on Wednesday amid the ongoing investigation into the attack. A Garda spokesperson added: "He is currently detained on suspicion of murder under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a Garda station in the midlands."
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fromIndependent
2 months ago

Father of boy (4) killed in Edenderry double murder arson pleads with judge to be sentenced over heroin seizure

Aaron Holt (27) admitted possessing over €30,000 of heroin for sale and asked to be sentenced this week; he is father of a murdered four-year-old.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Woman (34) who helped dump man's body in quarry like 'piece of rubbish' is jailed for six years

The body of Stephen Ring was discovered in Carrigfoyle Quarry nearly two weeks after he disappeared A woman who helped to dump a man's body in a quarry "like a piece of rubbish" and later went on social media to express concern for his wellbeing has been jailed for six years. Mr Justice Kerida Naidoo at the Central Criminal Court today said the defendant, Jane Corcoran (34), lied to gardai about the circumstances surrounding the death and disappearance of Stephen Ring in 2024.
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fromIndependent
2 months ago

Suspended solicitor formally censured by High Court

Suspended Roscommon solicitor Declan O'Callaghan was formally censured at the High Court following an upheld finding of misconduct arising from a 2006 Mayo land deal.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Bail laws to be strengthened to prevent witness intimidation by criminal gangs

Rules in relation sex offenders will also be beefed up The Government is to significantly strengthen Ireland's bail laws in a move aimed at criminal gangs that intimidate witnesses and jurors. Planned legislative changes will also expand the powers of gardaí to argue against paedophiles and rapists receiving bail if they flout notification requirements of the sex offenders registry.
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fromIndependent
2 months ago

Man (20s) arrested in jail on suspicion of murder over fatal Edenderry arson attack

A petrol bomb killed four-year-old Tadgh Farrell and his grandaunt Mary Holt; a jailed suspect linked to a rival gang was arrested.
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