Nial Fennelly
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Pre-trial hearings could lead to guilty pleas before criminal trials begin, say barristers
- Crime & Law
- January 25, 2021, 01:02
The introduction of legislation to provide for pre-trial hearings in criminal cases could lead to some defendants pleading guilty before full jury tri(...)

Irish judges: the inside story
- Crime & Law
- September 3, 2016, 05:50
‘Like a residents’ association meeting’ The atmosphere was relatively calm in July 2009, when the judges of the High and Supreme Courts met f(...)

Fennelly recap: Terms of reference for interim report
- Politics
- September 1, 2015, 17:35
An interim report by retired Supreme Court judge Nial Fennelly on the resignation of former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan has been published. Wha(...)

Government plans to halve size of Supreme Court
- Irish News
- October 3, 2013, 01:00
The Government plans to halve the size of the Supreme Court to five judges if the proposal to establish a court of appeal is approved by referendum to(...)

Supreme Court braced for a shake-up but reforms will leave important questions unanswered
- News
- July 10, 2013, 01:00
At a recent hearing in the Supreme Court, as two barristers ruminated at length over how to go about delivering a box of documents to the court, Mr Ju(...)

Figures suggest Supreme Court has a propensity for consensus
- Crime & Law
- July 8, 2013, 01:00
Put a group of experienced judges with strong views, formidable advocacy skills and a lifetime of accumulated prejudices into a room. Ask them to make(...)

Supreme Court judges disagreed on one in five constitutional cases
- Crime & Law
- July 8, 2013, 01:00
Supreme Court judges disagreed among themselves on one in five constitutional cases over the past five years.An analysis by The Irish Times of all jud(...)

Inside Ireland’s Supreme Court
- Crime & Law
- July 6, 2013, 01:00
Thousands of protesters were on the streets of Dublin, demonstrations were taking place at Irish embassies abroad, and newspapers around the world wer(...)