# Courts

February

February 2024

Courts

Man jailed for attacking 79-year-old widower in his home with clawhammer

15 Feb

10.8k

Courts

Dublin man with 'violent propensity' sentenced for attacking and robbing sex workers

15 Feb

20.5k

appeals court

Sex offender fails in bid to overturn conviction for raping partner’s seven-year-old son

15 Feb

19.3k

Courts

Man convicted of raping his wife's friend in a Dublin park five years ago

14 Feb

34.3k

Donegal

Former councillor to stand trial for allegedly producing hurl during altercation

14 Feb

16.4k

ballingeary

Bereaved man pleads guilty to drink driving causing the death of funeral mourner in Co Cork

13 Feb

26.6k

High Court

Aircraft leasing executive claims €200k bonus withheld from him in working from home row with employer

13 Feb

30.9k

Courts

Musician Donovan fined €500 and disqualified from driving for two years for dangerous driving

13 Feb

18.3k

Courts

Director of Public Prosecutions directs Richard Satchwell be sent forward for murder trial

13 Feb

11.5k

Court of Appeal

Ex-rugby coach John McClean claims consecutive jail terms for child sex abuse were too severe

12 Feb

23.3k

Courts

Trial of man charged with causing death of GAA commentator Paudie Palmer collapses

12 Feb

2.4k

Courts

Man gets nine-and-a-half year term for car theft where owner was killed after falling from bonnet

12 Feb

17.6k

Courts

Cork woman jailed for two years for stabbing another woman with a screwdriver multiple times

12 Feb

14.4k

Courts

Man who raped friend in 'breach of trust' after birthday party jailed for six years

12 Feb

20.8k

Courts

Trial of man charged with causing death of Paudie Palmer collapses after juror visits crash scene

12 Feb

20.7k

Kildare

Man (40s) charged in relation to death of man in Kilcock

10 Feb

14.5k

Courts

Activist accused of damaging Department of Foreign Affairs during pro-Palestine rally remanded on bail

9 Feb

10.8k

Courts

Garda car diverted from stabbing to deal with dangerous driver, court hears

9 Feb

25.0k

Courts

Barbie Kardashian faces trial over alleged threats to kill two women

9 Feb

27.3k

Courts

Prince Harry settles phone hacking claim against Mirror Group Newspapers

9 Feb

11.4k

Media

Man wrongly linked to Parnell Street attack on social media takes legal action against Gript

9 Feb

38.5k

Courts

Man jailed for six years for Dublin car chase and attack on prisoner in Mountjoy

8 Feb

16.9k

Courts

Co Clare man charged with inciting two other men to rape a woman

8 Feb

35.8k

Courts

Man who denies raping his wife's friend in a park told gardaí he 'fell between her legs'

8 Feb

42.4k

Courts

Man jailed for seeking sex from fake online profile pretending to be underage child

7 Feb

19.2k

Medical Negligence

Galway University Hospital accepts failings in care of 49-year-old woman who died of breast cancer

7 Feb

11.5k

Courts

Girl (7) broke her nose after being lifted from seat on ride at Funderland, court hears

7 Feb

24.3k

THE MORNING LEAD

'A legal bomb waiting to go off': The delays at the Probate Office have reached a record high

Solicitors have called on the Probate Office to reinstate its face-to-face counter service.

Delays have steadily increased after a new way of working was introduced to accommodate remote working during the Covid pandemic.

Solicitors have called on the Probate Office to reinstate its face-to-face counter service.

One solicitor said the current arrangements are "absolutely shocking".

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

7 Feb

41.0k

Dublin District Court

Man (61) charged with arson of Luas tram during Dublin riots

6 Feb

34.2k

Courts

Three men sentenced after violently confronting teenage student in school, court hears

6 Feb

22.4k

High Court

Ryanair apologises to man who was wrongly banned from flying with the airline

6 Feb

30.9k

Charged

Man arrested in connection with Dublin riots to appear in court this afternoon

6 Feb

8.6k

Galway District Court

Man who flew 6kg drone at busy Galway shopping centre prosecuted and fined €5,000

6 Feb

26.6k

Courts

Two men charged with murder of 47-year-old Kieran Quilligan in Cork

6 Feb

19.0k

Courts

Man died in court holding cell after requesting prescribed medication that had been stored in locker

3 Feb

49.2k

brianna ghey

Killers of UK teen Brianna Ghey to serve minimum of 22 and 20 years sentences

Updated 2 Feb

62.0k

Cork

Man charged with death of GAA commentator through dangerous driving 'effectively panicked'

1 Feb

4.3k

Cork

Man charged with Paudie Palmer's death through dangerous driving allegedly told friends he consumed alcohol at the time

1 Feb

20.2k

Courts

Man found guilty of murdering his uncle (78) by stamping him to death while wearing steel-capped boots

1 Feb

26.5k

Courts

High Court action brought by senior Irish-based X employee against company is settled

1 Feb

11.7k