Justice Deirdre Murphy

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Gemma O’Doherty (centre) protests outside Croke Park during an Eid prayer gathering last month. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Gemma O’Doherty denies trying to evade service of legal proceedings

Political activist Gemma O’Doherty has denied claims she tried to evade service of defamation proceedings brought against her by Jimmy Guerin, the bro(...)

The Dublin man (55), who cannot be identified to protect the anonymity of the victim, was found guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury in 2017 on two counts of rape. File Photograph: Collins Courts.
Man’s conviction for raping heavily-pregnant partner overturned
  • Courts
  • April 28, 2020, 12:52

A man described as a “danger to society” who was found guilty of raping his heavily-pregnant partner has had his conviction overturned on appeal. Th(...)

In his victim impact statement the man told his father: ‘You took my childhood, education and the foundation of my childhood.’ File Photograph: Collins Court
Octogenarian paedophile appeals conviction for abusing son
  • Courts
  • April 23, 2020, 16:41

An octogenarian paedophile who serially abused children in his family and used his son as a “sexual plaything” should have his conviction set aside, t(...)

Mary McKenna, with an address in Ballybrack, Dublin pictured leaving the Four Courts after a High Court action. Photoraph: Collins Courts
Cleaner who broke arm in Blackrock Market awarded €105,000

A cleaner who suffered a serious arm fracture after falling down a stairs at Dublin’s Blackrock Market has been awarded €105,000 damages by a High Cou(...)

Pierce Dillon (58) previously worked at the Catholic University School (CUS) on Leeson Street, Dublin. Photograph: Collins Courts.
Teacher denied proper disciplinary process after claim he called pupil ‘a little bitch’

A teacher who allegedly called a male pupil “a little bitch” was denied a proper disciplinary process, the High Court has ruled. Ms Justice Deirdre (...)

John and Jacqueline Keenaghan, from Ballyshannon, Co Donegal pictured leaving the Four Courts on Tuesday. Photograph: Collins Courts.
Woman insists friends gave her €280,000 as gift rather than loan

A woman choked back tears several times in the High Court when disputing claims by two former close friends that €280,000 given to her was a loan rath(...)

A file photo of Patrick ‘Whacker’ O’Dea from who was jailed for 17 years for raping 13-year-old girl in Limerick. Photograph: Press 22
Limerick man who raped girl (13) jailed for 17 years

A Limerick man has been jailed for 17 years after he raped a 13-year-old girl in a graveyard and manipulated her and isolated her from her friends. P(...)

It was claimed Fidelma Kerrigan handed over €280,000 to John and Jacqueline Keenaghan to help them set up a counselling business.
Dispute between friends over whether €280,000 was loan or gift ends in court

A woman has sued a couple who were formerly her close friends, claiming a sum of €280,000 she gave them was a loan and not a gift as they maintain. T(...)

John Phelan, a married father-of-two, previously served a seven year sentence from 2008 for raping and sexually abusing a young girl in 1989 and 1990 when she was between nine and 11 years old. Photograph: Collins Courts.
Convicted rapist jailed over sex attacks on young girl

A horse trader and convicted rapist has been sentenced to nine years in prison for the rape of a young girl who came to work with him because she drea(...)

On the 12th day of the trial, the jury at the Central Criminal Court returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty after just under two hours’ deliberation.
Teenager acquitted of raping schoolmate (16) in Donegal

A teenager has been acquitted of raping a schoolmate after they met at a takeaway in the early hours of March 18th, 2016. The 19-year-old youth had d(...)

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