Court Report

A man convicted of possessing explosives and making hoax bomb threats has failed in an appeal against his conviction which focused on his Irish language rights during the trial. Lawyers for Dónal Billings, 67, whose trial at the non-jury Special Criminal Court was heard in both Irish and Engl

Lawyers for a convicted child rapist have contested a victim's request to waive her anonymity so that her abuser can be named. Last March, a jury convicted the 41-year-old Wicklow man of repeated sexual attacks on the victim. The two grew up as neighbours and the attacks began when the woman was age

A man found in a solicitors' office claiming he was homeless and looking for somewhere to sleep will not be retried for burglary after his conviction was quashed. Robert Kane, 41, had denied burglary and criminal damage at the office of Patrick Morrissey and Co Solicitors, on Crofton Road, Dun Laogh

High Court proceedings to determine if certain documents given by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) are legally privileged have been adjourned to late June. The materials which the FAI claims are privileged includes legal advice it re

A High Court judge has made an order preventing a man from acting as a legal advisor in court cases because he is "taking advantage of vulnerable litigants". The order was made by Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds yesterday in respect of Eamon O'Neill, a "business advisor" who the judge said is now barred

A man who claimed he was homeless and looking for somewhere to sleep when he was found in a solicitors' office has had his conviction for burglary and criminal damage quashed by the Court of Appeal. Robert Kane, 41, had denied the alleged offences at the office of Patrick Morrissey and Co Solicitors

A High Court judge has surrendered for extradition a man who absconded to Ireland after spending 31 years in prison for a murder he committed when he was a child. Roy Norman Kenyon came to Ireland in 2003 while serving his sentence for the murder of Margaret Potts, an elderly shopkeeper, whom he bea

Letters sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions on behalf of struck-off solicitor Michael Lynn claimed the State was trying to “nail” an innocent man with “robust bloodlust”, the Court of Appeal has heard. Mr Lynn, 50, is due to stand trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Cour

A rapist who followed a garda around a courtroom, shouting that he hoped she would "get run over by a bus", has been sentenced to an additional 20 months in prison. John Gavin, 31, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to threatening Garda Sergeant Amanda Flood at the Four Courts on 29 May

A casino has won its challenge aimed at preventing a District Court judge from hearing its prosecution for allegedly selling alcoholic beverages without a liquor licence. Mr Justice Charles Meenan said Midnight Entertainment Ltd Limited, which runs a casino in Galway, was entitled to an order quashi

A teenager who hit the director of Oberstown Children's Detention Campus on the head with a metal bar and smashed up the centre has been jailed for four years. Michael Ward, 19, pleaded guilty to criminal damage, assault causing harm and assault while attempting to commit theft at Oberstown Children

Lawyers for a man charged with assault have argued that the case should be thrown out because the prosecution could not prove the alleged injured party did not consent to the incident. The defence application, in respect of a man facing trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for a section 3 assault,

A man who admitted attempting to carry a knife into the Criminal Courts of Justice complex in order to attack a man who was looking for bail has been jailed for two years. Sam Maughan, 24, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing a Stanley blade intending to incapacitate a perso