The Irish Times

Accused believes entering guilty plea means he’s not guilty, court told

Court is assessing if man accused of murdering pensioner is fit to stand trial

Fri Apr 08 2022 - 21:53

Lisa Smith moved to Syria to help build Muslim state, court hears

Irish woman told gardaí she believed caliphate would be followed by ‘day of judgement’

Tue Feb 01 2022 - 18:32

Inquiry into woman’s detention in quarantine at Dublin hotel formally ended

Emma Kelly was fully vaccinated and tested negative for Covid-19, court hears

Wed Apr 14 2021 - 13:32

Pragmatism v Principle – how the Seanad attempted to tackle the issue of children born out of wedlock

An Irishman’s Diary

Mon Jan 18 2021 - 19:01

Aaron Brady, the man who said with pride he was a cop killer

The story of the capital murder of Det Garda Adrian Donohoe: ‘The entire incident lasted 58 seconds’

Wed Aug 12 2020 - 14:13

Police did not search yard where man accused of garda murder said he had been

Court also told one million pages of materials were generated in investigation into murder of Det Gda Adrian Donohoe

Thu Feb 20 2020 - 18:10

Charleton evidence raises questions about damaging claims made

Multiple claims made on basis of evidence tribunal has shown to be questionable

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 06:00

Status of judges is being denigrated – and it will not end well

Opinion: It is premature to talk about crisis but there are signs of tangible damage

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:38

Suspended sentences are rendered useless by ruling

Analysis: Court’s finding on constitutionality of provisions undercuts a key judicial tool

Wed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00

Pregnant woman died due to ‘manual strangulation’, court told

Jury in Stephen Cahoon murder trial told Jean Quigley 10 weeks pregnant at time of death

Tue Nov 03 2015 - 15:21

Crime fiction: How Prime Suspect’s Jane Tennison turned into a trailblazer

The young policewoman has a baptism of fire in Lynda La Plante’s latest novel, set in 1973

Sat Oct 24 2015 - 01:00

Michael O’Higgins: Knee-jerk reaction to bail laws following garda killing

Glib slogans calling for bail reforms do an injustice to the tragic death of Garda Golden and overlook central issues

Fri Oct 16 2015 - 04:48

Ireland’s other Law Library

The professions of writer and lawyer share lots of similarities so it is perhaps no surprise that so many Irish lawyers venture into fiction. Sarah Gilmartin hears the evidence

Mon Oct 12 2015 - 09:53

Michael O’Higgins on writing Snapshots: it took eight years but it wasn’t a trial

The ability to harness raw material and present it coherently helps but the precision needed to prepare a criminal brief can inhibit imagination, which is vital for fiction

Thu Oct 08 2015 - 12:28

Omagh bombing accused given month to prevent trial

Lawyers for bricklayer Séamus Daly must decide whether to cross-examine witnesses

Tue Aug 18 2015 - 15:46

Supreme Court decision offers gardaí ‘get-out clause’

Michael O’Higgins SC thinks decision relaxing criminal evidence rules has huge implications

Fri Apr 17 2015 - 13:58

Body of cyclist in alleged hit-and-run was ‘driven’ through hedge, court hears

Shane Fitzgerald (22) pleads not guilty to charge of dangerous driving causing death

Wed Feb 25 2015 - 13:43

Six dissident Republicans freed after High Court challenge

Men claimed imprisonment in Irish jails for conspiring to cause explosions in Britain was unlawful

Thu Jul 24 2014 - 21:20

The 47-day Anglo Irish Bank trial wasn’t about vengeance for the banking collapse. It was about subtle legal points: the ‘good-faith defence’ and ‘the ordinary course of business’. Some feared such white-collar concepts would be beyond a jury. They were wrong

Sat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00