Postal worker who stole €18,700 from pensioners avoids jailSuspended sentence for woman who stole from 10 elderly people over four yearsFri Dec 09 2016 - 20:05
Man on trial accused of kidnapping and raping his partnerWoman claims man also urinated on her and said he could kill her and make it look like suicideFri Dec 09 2016 - 18:25
Taxi driver convicted of sex assault on passengerDriver groped young woman as he was bringing her home from city centre pubThu Dec 08 2016 - 18:00
Taxi driver allegedly sexually assaulted young woman, trial hearsDriver denies charge and claims woman made allegation after refusing to pay her fareWed Dec 07 2016 - 17:31
Jail for man who hit boy (12) and stole PlayStationMan checked if child was alone before returning to house and forcing his way inWed Dec 07 2016 - 17:28
Man who attacked worshipper with knife at Dublin mosque avoids jailViolent scene arose after dispute in Dublin mosque during prayers, garda tells courtThu Dec 01 2016 - 15:51
Prison doctor refused cash for course prior to TB outbreakDr Mohsin Moola told by manager programme ‘not relevant’, employment tribunal toldWed Nov 30 2016 - 20:11
Gay community recalls dark days before decriminalisationUK moves to pardon gay men prompts calls to examine how they were treated in StateWed Nov 30 2016 - 01:00
Masked man who attacked gardaí with meat cleaver convictedDespite 20 previous convictions, counsel says client still capable of reforming himselfMon Nov 28 2016 - 21:10
Suspended sentence for man who broke stranger’s nose in Copper Face Jack’sCourt hears of row over change in Dublin nightclubTue Nov 15 2016 - 17:38
Medic may have ended pregnancy by mistake, inquiry toldDoctor probably mistook fluid in woman’s ovary for ectopic pregnancy, expert saysTue Nov 15 2016 - 01:00
Woman who stole from hepatitis C support group is jailedBernadette Warnock (63) must pay HSE compensation over theft of €116,000Tue Nov 08 2016 - 15:07
Sex offender sentenced to 14 years for rape and sexual abuseKenneth Cooke told to ‘rot’ in prison by associates of his two victims as he is led awayWed Nov 02 2016 - 20:15
Shop worker who stole €54,000 in fake Lotto wins jailedDublin father of two spent the money on take-aways, taxis and cannabis, court toldWed Nov 02 2016 - 16:56
Jury in sexsomnia rape trial fail to reach a verdictMan claimed he was suffering from condition that causes people to carry out sexual acts while asleepTue Nov 01 2016 - 15:45
Rape accused more likely drunk than asleep during sex, jury hearsProsecution rejects defence claim that man suffered from sexsomnia on night of incidentTue Oct 25 2016 - 18:29
Burglar gets two years for trying to rob Dublin apartmentMan tells court he was seeking money for his daughter’s First CommunionMon Oct 24 2016 - 15:17
Calls to pardon those convicted of homosexual offencesDavid Norris supports following ‘excellent’ British law to pardon consenting adultsFri Oct 21 2016 - 01:00
Volunteers to support and monitor sex offendersProbation Service scheme sees offenders meet and socialise with people weeklyThu Oct 20 2016 - 01:00
Lookout at burglary left mobile phone in back gardenMan sentenced after his phone was found following robbery at elderly couple’s homeMon Oct 17 2016 - 18:51
Mother who failed to protect son from father jailed for 18 monthsLast week the father was jailed for rape and locking child in box in Waterford homeMon Oct 17 2016 - 14:26
Laois man convicted of raping and beating wifeMan (45) punched woman several times after she implied he could not attract womenThu Oct 13 2016 - 16:57
Delay of more than three years in child porn prosecutionPaul Devine (45) was caught with 25 videos and 80 photographs of child sex abuseTue Oct 11 2016 - 16:46
Waterford rape case: Boy continues to struggle after years of abuseThere may be no happy ending but the boy, now 13, is showing some improvementMon Oct 10 2016 - 20:48
Six months’ jail for man over sex abuse of siblings and nephewMan pleads guilty to indecently assaulting three at family home between 1966 and 1984Thu Oct 06 2016 - 15:33
Murderer Jeffrey Dumbrell punched prison nurse in faceCourt hears ‘notorious’ killer was judged to be one of most high risk prisoners in StateWed Oct 05 2016 - 15:32
Waterford abuse case: ‘Words have not been invented yet for what my dad has done to me’Boy repeatedly raped by father from age six and locked in box gives victim impact statementFri Sept 23 2016 - 16:15
Sean FitzPatrick for court accused of misleading auditorsTrial of former Anglo chairman expected to last 12 weeks at Circuit Criminal CourtTue Sept 20 2016 - 15:00
Court of Appeal backlog ‘could take over a decade to clear’Backlog of number of cases processed fell by 187 in past yearMon Sept 19 2016 - 13:28
Should judges be able to impose a minimum term for murder?Calls to reform a system where sentence review possible after seven yearsTue Sept 06 2016 - 01:00
Families have a duty to report sex abuse, says judgeDecision by grandparents not to alert gardaí or social services to abuse ‘was a grave error’Fri Jul 29 2016 - 16:37
Kerry rape: why did Hussey carry out such a brutal attack?Psychology reports give no clues why Hussey broke into house and raped woman twiceTue Jul 26 2016 - 01:00
Man jailed for 10 years for threatening, assaulting and raping his wifeJustice Isobel Kennedy said assaults were ‘cowardly’ and ‘brutal’Mon Jul 25 2016 - 12:53
Man convicted of raping and threatening to kill his wifeThird successful prosecution of rape within a marriage in IrelandThu Jun 30 2016 - 17:07
Man who raped boys hundreds of times given 21-year sentence‘Some people had cereal for breakfast, I seemed to be molested for breakfast’Fri Jun 03 2016 - 14:02
Suspended sentence for man who tore out ex-girlfriend’s hairDavide Sanfillipo (30) attacked woman after seeing message on her phone from another manTue May 31 2016 - 18:14
Jury had to decide between two different stories of a boy’s lifeWith no physical evidence, the child’s credibility became central to the caseTue May 24 2016 - 01:00
Waterford mother convicted of child cruelty following seven-week trialJury had already convicted woman’s partner of nine counts of raping his sonMon May 23 2016 - 18:10
Numbers of prisoners dying rose to 22 in 2015Causes of death in jail or on temporary release include illness, suicide and overdosesMon May 23 2016 - 01:00
Rape sentences averaging 10 years after rise over last decadeDespite public outcry, data suggests non-custodial rape sentences very unusualMon May 23 2016 - 01:00
Jury hears gardaí not told child retracted sex abuse claimsBoy ‘brainwashed’ by social workers on allegations after being taken into care in 2011Tue May 17 2016 - 18:19
Foster mother says she believes boy was raped by fatherChild claims he was sexually assaulted by his father and forced to have sex with his motherThu Apr 28 2016 - 17:35
Concerns raised about death of prisoner in MountjoyJudge found ‘serious issues of significant concern’ including timing of cell checksThu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Boy alleged his father defecated on him, court hearsFoster mother says child claimed his father used to sexually abuse him in the showerTue Apr 26 2016 - 16:35
Mother was threatened into having sex with son, court hearsChild has previously alleged his father raped him and sexually abused him with a pokerThu Apr 21 2016 - 20:29
Two cases dismissed in wake of suspended sentences rulingHomeless man pleaded guilty to robbery but has case thrown out after Constitutional rulingWed Apr 20 2016 - 13:31
Fostered boy alleged abuse as father ‘did not know’ his locationMan alleged to have held gun to child’s head and to have left him locked in a boxThu Apr 14 2016 - 20:18
Boy says parents’ alleged sex abuse was real despite past claimsChild says he denied allegations when talking to social worker to avoid going to courtWed Apr 13 2016 - 16:32
Judge agrees to recuse himself from Seán FitzPatrick trialJudge Rory McCabe to take case after Judge Patrick McCartan steps asideMon Apr 11 2016 - 16:01
Gsoc to query the quality of Garda note-takingOmbudsman’s move follows complaints over handling of child sex abuse investigationSat Mar 05 2016 - 01:00
