Taxi driver who admitted consensual sex with ‘vulnerable’ passenger has licence reinstated
Judge cannot see the basis for refusing to restore permit
Courts Service
Man convicted of breaching safety order asks judge to extend his jail sentence
Solicitor tells court client seems ‘completely institutionalised’ and wants to spend more time rehabilitating himself
Businessman charged with sexually assaulting woman during job interview
Court hears applicant fled meeting after employer assaulted her
Landowner in dispute with ESB over tree trimming says work caused €64,000 damage
Tom O’Shea last July agreed not to interfere with emergency works to repair power lines
Woman says woodland sex assault was ‘attack on sense of safety’
Teen receives 18-month detention for attack on walker
Only 4% of learner drivers disqualified since 2023 have handed in their licences
Road safety campaigners says system is a ‘shambles’ as just 211 out of 5,310 banned drivers have surrendered their permits
Seven on trial accused of raping deaf woman
One of the accused also accused of sexual misconduct against two other women, court hears
Online dispute resolution and AI ‘could revolutionise’ Irish courts system - judge
Online dispute resolution
Woman granted protection order after being menaced and assaulted by partner
Family court: Man angered after discovering flights booked for woman and daughter to go abroad
Former election candidate for Irish People Party accused of harassing garda
Officer felt ‘intimidated’ and ‘distressed’ by Ross Lahive’s alleged actions, court told
Man tells court he was ‘Dad’ to children fathered by former partner
Father of children born to surrogate mothers ‘vigorously opposing’ application for access, saying applicant is a ‘stranger’ to them
Inquest into death of Co Wicklow man who died after gun attack adjourned
Clinton McCormack died five days after being shot at building site
Dr Moling Ryan to take over as interim director of Arts Council
Government body undergoing review of operations following €6.7m IT system controversy
‘So, yeah, I’d say let’s go ahead with the appeal’. Why won’t the courts use plain English?
Legal profession cleaves to version of English stuck somewhere between the Norman conquest and Great Expectations
High Court judge says judgments should avoid Latin and ‘terms of art’
Legal terms for costs orders would mean ‘double-Dutch’ to lay person, says judge in costs ruling
Number of small claims court cases have more than halved since 2019
Pandemic, lack of awareness of the service and more settlements among factors behind drop
Man (59) charged over €2.1m Cork drug seizure ‘maintaining his innocence’, court hears
Truck driver charged with cannabis possession and with possession of the drug for sale or supply
Wife and ex-partner of ‘controlling and dangerous man’ secure protection orders
In separate case, mother gets barring order against mentally ill son who came into house with crowbar
Open verdict recorded after 95-year-old nursing home resident found dead with duvet over head
Open verdict recorded by jury into death of elderly woman in Co Cork care home
Courts Service launches first Irish language strategy
Strategy aims to turn Courts Service into ‘genuinely bilingual organisation’
Judge warned €1.5m spend on temporary courthouse could become latest in series of ‘OPW disasters’
Cost of solution provided after Roscommon Town courthouse closed would be ‘laughable if it wasn’t so serious’, James Faughnan wrote
Domestic violence register will not breach perpetrators’ rights, Minister for Justice says
Scheme would publicise details of people found guilty of sexual and domestic violence
Personal injury award levels fell by 45% to about €150m last year, Courts Service says
There were some 25,000 applications for protection from domestic violence in 2024, with 314 for anti-stalking orders
Court-appointed liquidations triple as Revenue ends debt warehousing scheme
Second quarter saw almost 20% rise in overall insolvencies compared with the first, bringing the first six months in line with last year
Woman went without food for days as husband refuses to give money for essentials, court told
Protection order granted to woman who has a disability
Driving bans could not be implemented on almost 80% of disqualified motorists
Drivers continue to evade punishment by failing to present licence in court
Former Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness: ‘I would love to see a united Ireland before I die’
Catherine McGuinness, the first woman Circuit Court judge, urges others hoping to make a positive impact to ‘be brave’
Policing short-term lets to become a legal nightmare
Plan suggested for deciding penalties on errant platforms seems promote bureaucracy over efficiency
Consultation promised as judge plans shift from ‘gravely inadequate’ Munster courts to better-equipped centres
Cold, hygiene and rat infestations among reasons existing courts are not suitable, judge says
Judge Marie Quirke obituary: District Court judge who treated everyone the same
She wore her legal expertise lightly and dealt with everyone who appeared before her with courtesy, common sense and good humour
New law needed to allow video statements as trial evidence in domestic abuse cases, Garda Inspectorate says
Almost half of domestic abuse victims dissatisfied with Garda handling of reports, says oversight body
Loophole used by some drivers to avoid penalty points due to be closed by end of month
Number of motorists were allowed to get 24-hour disqualifications instead of endorsements on their licence
Man (47) jailed for sexual exploitation of teenage girl in foster care
Court told gardaí estimate that at least 20 incidents occurred
Multi-agency protocol to speed up rape, murder cases involving children launched by Minister for Justice
Provisions include right of child defendant to youth justice worker to support them and explain every stage of court proceedings
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