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Courts

# courts - Wednesday 22 May, 2013

Jailed Pussy Riot member to go on hunger strike

The 24-year-old is one of two members of the opposition punk band serving two years in remote prison camps over an anti-Kremlin stunt in a church last year.

# courts - Monday 20 May, 2013

One in five burglars gets five years or more in jail

A new report from the Irish Sentencing Information System says tiger kidnappers attract the highest burglary sentences.

# courts - Sunday 19 May, 2013

Two more arrests over armed robbery at Rathfarnham Lidl

A man in his 30s and woman in her 50s were arrested yesterday evening and are being questioned by Gardaí.

Courts to hold extra September sittings to work through backlog

The Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal will join the High Court in holding extra sittings to clear a backlog.

# courts - Thursday 16 May, 2013

Four LulzSec hackers sentenced to jail for “cowardly and vindictive” attacks

“You cared nothing for the privacy of others but did everything you could through your computer activities to hide your own identities while seeking publicity,” a judge told the four men.

Tonight’s Evening Fix… now with added thumbs up (and down)

Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.

Breifne O’Brien to sit trial despite ‘negative publicity’

The businessman has failed in his bid to have a theft and deception case thrown out of court because of adverse publicity in the media.

# courts - Wednesday 15 May, 2013

Court hears Jim Corr’s financial affairs are ‘chaotic’

Jim Corr is being questioned about a €1.4 million loan from ACC Bank which remains mostly unpaid almost nine years later.

# courts - Tuesday 14 May, 2013

Court says Google’s auto-complete ‘can be defamatory’

An entrepreneur said the words ‘Scientology’ and ‘fraud’ came up when he typed his name into the search box of the German version of Google.

# courts - Monday 13 May, 2013

Disgraced former minister and ex-wife released from prison early

Former UK cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce were released from prison this morning and have to wear electronic tags.

# courts - Sunday 12 May, 2013

Four due in court over Dublin jewellery shop robbery

Four men armed with hammers robbed a jewellery store in Balbriggan last Friday.

# courts - Saturday 11 May, 2013

Shatter offers olive branch to lawyers over appointment of new regulators

The Minister for Justice says he will allow other bodies to nominate members of the new legal services regulator.

# courts - Tuesday 7 May, 2013

Alan Shatter and The Supremes: New judges to deal with courts backlog

The government has approved the appointment of two extra judges to the Supreme Court to deal with the current backlogs, some as long as four years.

# courts - Sunday 5 May, 2013

Neo-Nazi trial raises awkward questions for Germany

A case which examines the alleged crimes of a neo-Nazi underground group is bringing forward claims that they were “not lone wolves”.

# courts - Friday 3 May, 2013

Four in court after ‘travelling burglary gang’ arrests

Nine people in total were arrested as part of an operating targeting a series of burglaries around Carlow and Kilkenny.

# courts - Thursday 2 May, 2013

Former TV presenter Stuart Hall admits indecent assault charges

The former TV and radio presenter will be sentenced in June after admitting to 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls, one as young as nine.

# courts - Wednesday 1 May, 2013

Australian man changes plea and admits murder of Irish backpacker

Luke James Wentholt pleads guilty to murdering David Greene, and also to one count of recklessly injuring David Byas.

# courts - Monday 29 April, 2013

Column: Assisted suicide not permitted, but we still must find a humane path for these people

Today, seven judges from the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Marie Fleming, who had sought to be allowed an assisted suicide without the risk of prosecution for anyone who helped her, but where to next with this contentious debate, asks Dr Eimear Spain.

Supreme Court dismisses Marie Fleming’s ‘right to die’ appeal

Chief Justice Susan Denham said the circumstances were “very tragic” but that there was no Constitutional ‘right to die’.

# courts - Sunday 28 April, 2013

Two charged after attack on Luas driver

The driver of the Luas received minor injuries in the incident at the Windy Arbour stop in south Dublin last night.

# courts - Friday 26 April, 2013

From Business ETC Debt

Consumers and firms ordered to pay over €44m to creditors last month

Vision-net figures show that banks accounted for over half the value of all court judgments awarded against consumers last month.

Woman charged over 2009 murder case

The woman will appear in court later today in connection with the investigation into the alleged murder of Maurice Martin in Finglas four years ago.

Man due in court over €125k cannabis haul near Mulhuddart

The man, in his late 30s, was one of two arrested after Gardáí uncovered a cannabis growhouse in the Ballycoolin Industrial Estate.

# courts - Thursday 25 April, 2013

Couple take fight to High Court to get daughter back from China

Three-year-old Jiayi Shao has been in China since 2009.

# courts - Tuesday 23 April, 2013

Column: Is television courtroom broadcasting a good idea?

On a recent visit to Ireland, well-known television personality Judy Judy called for television courtroom broadcasting in Ireland. Solicitor Paul Lambert discusses what this proposal might mean.

# courts - Monday 22 April, 2013

The 5 at 5: Monday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

# courts - Friday 19 April, 2013

Ivor Callely appears in court over allegedly falsified expenses claims

The 54-year-old former Fianna Fáil TD and Senator has appeared in court over allegations that he submitted six falsified invoices.

Dissident republican McKevitt loses appeal over conviction on Real IRA membership

Michael McKevitt fails in a bid to have his conviction overturned because of evidence obtained under an unconstitutional warrant.

# courts - Thursday 18 April, 2013

From The Score CCTV

New Zealand bouncer convicted of stealing THAT Mike Tindall video

The England skipper — who is married to Zara Philips — made headlines at the Rugby World Cup in 2011.

# courts - Tuesday 16 April, 2013

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Do you think judicial independence is being undermined?

The Government has been accused of demolishing the judiciary “brick by brick”.

# courts - Monday 15 April, 2013

The 9 at 9: Monday

Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Monday.

# courts - Wednesday 10 April, 2013

Your Say This post contains a poll

Man charged in connection with Lusk drug seizure

Gardaí found €250,000 worth of cannabis herb during a search in Lusk as part of an ongoing operation targeting the criminal activity of a North Dublin crime gang.

# courts - Saturday 6 April, 2013

Man due in court over cannabis seizure

Cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €570,000 was seized during a search of a house in the Cherry Orchard area of west Dublin yesterday.

# courts - Friday 5 April, 2013

Man in court tonight over Waterford crash in which woman died

The man was arrested last night following the crash on the main Waterford to Dungarvan Road.

Suspect changes plea and admits murder and rape of Jill Meagher

Adrian Bayley reverses his earlier ‘not guilty’ plea and admits murdering the Drogheda woman in Melbourne last September.

# courts - Thursday 4 April, 2013

From The Score Courts

Former Ireland cricketer Jesse Ryder only hit once in assault, court hears

The New Zealand native was hurt in a fight in Christchurch last week.

Accused set to change plea and admit murdering Jill Meagher: reports

Local media say Adrian Ernest Bayley’s court date has been moved forward, with speculation that he could change his plea.

# courts - Wednesday 3 April, 2013

Two men convicted of plot to kill singer Joss Stone

“Apart from someone coming around to say someone is trying to kill me, it was a really nice day,” Stone told the court during a three-week trial last month.

Man who killed girlfriend’s baby in sex assault looking for mercy

Steven Smith may face death penalty in Ohio should intent to kill be proven.

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