Court Report

A man who held up a judge, a barrister and his estranged wife with a fake pistol and a hoax pipe bomb in a Dublin court siege has been jailed for six years. Sentencing Edmund Dunican this morning, Judge Patricia Ryan said this was a planned and premeditated offence which has ongoing adverse effects

A man held up a judge, a barrister and his estranged wife with a fake pistol and a hoax pipe bomb during a “terrifying” siege in a Dublin court, his sentence hearing has been told. During a hearing in December 2018, Edmund Dunican, 47, told the court he had a “problem” with a

A man convicted of coercive control and other offences following the first trial for offences under the Domestic Violence Act 2018 has been jailed for ten-and-a-half years. During a 20-month relationship, Daniel Kane, 52, repeatedly attacked his partner, including burning her foot, cutting her with

A barrister for the Director of Public Prosecutions has said she had "grave concerns" over the cross-examination of a 12-year-old boy who was repeatedly raped by his father. At a Court of Appeal hearing yesterday, Pauline Walley SC said that the child "zoned out" and became "fed up", "exhausted" and

A woman who wants to bring family law proceedings against her allegedly violent former partner has launched a High Court challenge over the Legal Aid Board's refusal to fund her action. The mother-of-two, who is reliant on social welfare payments, claims that her application for legal aid was turned

A former barrister who stole €235,000 from a businessman by pretending to buy him a warehouse in Co Kildare has been jailed for three years. Patrick Russell, 57, pleaded guilty to the theft of €215,000 from businessman Paul O’Connell in July 2015. Mr Russell was struck off the bar in

No new juries will be sworn in to hear trials at the Central Criminal Court if the government opts for a Level 5 lockdown, it emerged this morning. Mr Justice Michael White today said that trials can continue during Level 4 restrictions with juries to be selected from smaller panels to allow for soc

Privacy and data rights activist Max Schrems has brought a High Court challenge in Dublin aimed at halting the Data Protection Commissioner's probe into Facebook Ireland's transfer of data to its US-based parent. Mr Schrems has brought judicial review proceedings because of his real and immediate co

A judge who had close contact with somebody with Covid-19 has directed a jury in an ongoing criminal trial from his home. Judge James McCourt, appearing yesterday morning via video link to the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin, told the jury that he was socially isolating at home after close cont

A criminal defence solicitor accused of theft and perverting the course of justice wants to meet the case head on and “reclaim his reputation”, a court has heard. Cahir O'Higgins, 45, appeared briefly before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Friday in order to set a trial date.

After a legal battle lasting nearly 12 years, the High Court will order the extradition of Liam Campbell, who was found civilly liable for the Omagh bombing, to Lithuania where he is wanted on international weapons trafficking charges. Mr Campbell, 58, was arrested in December 2016, on foot of the s

A father convicted of the female genital mutilation (FGM) of his daughter in the first case of its kind in Irish legal history is to appeal his conviction and sentence. The 37-year-old was sentenced to five-and-a-half years' imprisonment by Judge Elma Sheehan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court last Ja

A senior barrister was forced to pick up the phone in front of three judges yesterday, as courts continue to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic with remote hearings. Michael Delaney SC was in the middle of making a complex legal argument before the “virtual” Court of Appeal when an office

A trial date has been set in the case of former solicitor Michael Lynn, who is accused of multi-million euro thefts. Mr Lynn, 51, is facing 21 charges relating to the alleged theft of almost €30 million from seven financial institutions.

A failure by Russian authorities to respond to the High Court’s concerns about prison conditions and fair trial rights in Russia has resulted in the immediate “termination” of an extradition request. Igor Khatlamadzhiyev, 47, was wanted for a number of alleged thefts and robberies