Other court stories in brief
Evidence to resume in Redmond trial
The corruption trial of George Redmond at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has continued in legal argument and it is hoped to resume the hearing of evidence before the jury today.
Mr Redmond (83) of College Gate, Castleknock, a former assistant city and county manager, has pleaded not guilty to two charges arising out of a compulsory purchase order on 167 acres of land at Buzzardstown and Coolmine, in north-west Co Dublin. He denies receiving £10,000 from the late Fianna Fáil councillor Patrick Dunne on a date between October 10th, 1985, and June 26th, 1989, as an inducement in respect of the compulsory purchase order.
Walsh jury begins deliberations
The Central Criminal Court jury in the trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering his wife have been sent to a hotel for the night after deliberating for three and a quarter hours.
Bus driver John O'Brien (41) with an address in Ballinakill Downs, Co Waterford denies murdering 35-year-old Meg Walsh on a date between October 1st 2006 and October 15th 2006, somewhere within the State.
Mr Justice Barry White told the jury they would resume their deliberations today at 10.30am and should refrain from discussing the case over night.
Man (70) jailed for multiple rape
A Carlow pensioner has being jailed for seven years for raping a girl from the age of six, which the victim claimed under oath at the Central Criminal Court happened "hundreds of times".
John (Bob) Farrell (70), of New Oak Estate, Carlow, also sexually assaulted the girl and her sister in his home with the threat to one of them that if they told anyone their mother would be taken away from them.
He pleaded guilty to raping one victim and to four counts of indecent assault on both of them on dates from 1976 to 1982.
Mr Justice Carney directed that Farrell be registered as a sex offender. He said the multitude of assaults and the disparity of age were major aggravating factors.
HSE makes€ 1m court settlement
A man has secured €1 million in settlement of his High Court action over a surgical procedure at a Dublin hospital which allegedly led to him suffering brain damage and his life being "destroyed". The settlement is without admission of liability.
Timothy Hickey (60), Craddockstown, Naas, Co Kildare, had sued St James's Hospital and the Eastern Health Board (now the HSE) for damages for negligence over the procedure carried out on May 13th, 1996.
Yesterday, Mr Justice John Hedigan was told by Liam Reidy SC, for Mr Hickey, that a settlement had been reached following mediation between the parties.
Teenager has bail revoked
An English-registered construction company has been convicted of breaching safety regulations on a Dublin building site where a drainage pipe layer died six years ago. PJ Carey (Contractors) Ltd was convicted by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of having a dangerous work system at the site on Ballymun Road on December 9th, 2002 when Brendan Coulton, Emyvale, Co Monaghan, died in a collapsed trench.