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# case - Wednesday 3 April, 2013

Philpotts to be sentenced today over killing of six children

Mick and Mairead Philpott were found guilty of six counts of manslaughter after the children died in a house fire.

# case - Tuesday 26 March, 2013

Italy court orders retrial for Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were acquitted on appeal in 2011 for the killing of Meredith Kercher – but now face a retrial.

# case - Tuesday 26 February, 2013

From The Score Case

Pistorius plans his own service for Reeva Steenkamp

Exactly a week ago, a memorial service was held for Steenkamp in the southern coast city of Port Elizabeth.

# case - Wednesday 13 February, 2013

Victims launch legal action against BBC and Jimmy Savile’s estate

Lawyers for 31 of the alleged victims of sexual abuse say they have taken the first steps in what could be a major legal action.

# case - Tuesday 5 February, 2013

India gang-rape victim’s companion to testify today

The 28-year-old arrived in court in a wheelchair and is expected to be the first prosecution witness to testify.

# case - Friday 28 December, 2012

1982: Women’s bodies used to sell ‘everything from cars to chocolate bars’

A campaign dedicated to eliminating the degrading treatment of women in advertising wrote to the Taoiseach in 1982 to highlight the ‘continual humiliation’ of women in the media.

# case - Friday 23 November, 2012

Govt to give Council of Europe ‘action plan’ on abortion report by 30 Nov

The Department of Health said the government still intends to bring the report to Cabinet on Tuesday.

# case - Friday 16 November, 2012

Wexford General Hospital spends €1.4 million on one legal case

The fees are for one ongoing employment case and have to be covered by the hospital’s budget.

# case - Thursday 18 October, 2012

Judges ‘need guidelines’ for sexual assault sentencing

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre said today that giving a man found guilty of sexual assault a fine and a suspended sentence “doesn’t give out a good message”.

# case - Thursday 28 June, 2012

Michaela McAreavey trial: Prime suspect ‘only confessed because of police torture’

Avinash Treebhoowon said he had “never seen, never talked to, and never knew” Tyrone teacher Michaela McAreavey.

# case - Tuesday 26 June, 2012

Accused in Michaela trial breaks down giving evidence

Avinash Treebhoowon took to the witness stand for the first time today and told the court that he had been insulted, threatened and beaten by police officers.

# case - Thursday 14 June, 2012

Court rejects Assange bid to reopen case

The Wikileaks founder is now one step closer to being extradited to Sweden to face sex crime allegations.

# case - Friday 3 February, 2012

Two charged in Galway publican murder case

Gardaí last night arrested two men in Cork over the murder of John Kenny, who was found dead at his family’s pub in Oughterard last September.

# case - Saturday 31 December, 2011

Joyce copyright lifted from tomorrow

The copyright on the works of James Joyce expires on 1 January 2012 – meaning that for the first time, his published and unpublished writings will be in the public domain.

# case - Sunday 18 December, 2011

Ian Bailey “not the only suspect” in Toscan du Plantier murder investigation

It has emerged that DPP documents name another man who has never been mentioned publicly in the garda investigation into the French woman’s death in Schull, Co Cork.