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Man found guilty of sexually assaulting girl (10) has conviction overturned
- Courts
- December 9, 2020, 14:46
A man found guilty of sexually assaulting his 10-year-old goddaughter at his home in 2016 has had his conviction overturned on appeal. The man’s barr(...)

Trump is reshaping US courts from the bottom up
- US
- July 1, 2018, 17:01
Anthony Kennedy’s retirement from the supreme court has given US president Donald Trump an opportunity to shift America’s highest court to the right. (...)

Abortion referendum will see no policing of social media
- Social Affairs
- March 30, 2018, 00:00
Neither the Referendum Commission nor the Standards in Public Office Commission will have a role overseeing social media campaigning or advertising in(...)

Gsoc must go to High Court for court transcripts on garda killer
- Courts
- July 5, 2017, 16:32
The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) must apply to the High Court for transcripts relating to appearances before the Special Criminal Court (...)

HSE seeks to induce mother with mental age of less than eight
- High Court
- June 13, 2017, 15:10
The HSE has asked the High Court for orders allowing a hospital induce the birth of a child whose mother has the mental age of less than eight amid co(...)

Nine years jail for man who held down woman while another man raped her
- Criminal Court
- May 29, 2017, 14:42
An unemployed Cork man who held a woman down while another man raped her has been jailed for nine years. Keith Aherne (23) was convicted last March a(...)

Cork man found with fertiliser in van guilty of IRA membership
- Courts
- February 22, 2017, 15:38
A Cork man who told gardaí he had gone to Monaghan for “a drinking session” and did not know there was half-a-tonne of fertliser in the van he was d(...)

Maureen O’Sullivan ‘stands over’ letter about Donal Ó Coisdealbha
- Politics
- December 7, 2016, 10:21
Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan says she stands over her letter expressing dismay at the length of time Donal Ó Coisdealbha had spent in custody. “(...)

Antonin Scalia passing sets scene for Congress showdown
- US
- February 14, 2016, 08:00
The death on Saturday of Conservative US supreme court justice Antonin Scalia, one of the most politically influential American judges of his generati(...)

Same-sex marriage ruling is blocked by US judge
- US
- October 9, 2014, 01:00
The US supreme court has temporarily blocked an appeals court ruling on same-sex marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada that would have allowed gay couple(...)