# Courts

Yesterday

3rd October 2023

# Courts

Elderly man allegedly held passports in names of two babies who died in 1950s, court hears

The man was remanded in custody to appear before Cork District Court again on 10 October next.

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11 hours ago

# High Court

Enoch Burke to remain in prison after refusing to stay away from school

The judge ruled that Burke remain incarcerated until he is prepared to purge his contempt.

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13 hours ago

# Courts

Pre-trial of gardaí and retired Garda Superintendent adjourned due to barrister strike action

The four gardaí and the retired Garda are charged with a total of 42 criminal counts relating to the alleged squaring away of fixed charge penalty notices for a number of various people.

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13 hours ago

This week

1st October 2023 - 4th October 2023

# Courts

72-year-old Cork man jailed for 18 years for sexually abusing three of his nieces

Imposing sentence, Mr Justice Hunt said the man was a ‘voracious sexual predator, masquerading as a kindly uncle’.

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Mon 6:31 PM

# Special Criminal Court

Man who shot at Monk's brother before trying to murder another man given 22-year sentence

Michael Carroll was sentenced at the non-jury Special Criminal Court today.

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Mon 1:58 PM

Last week

24th September 2023 - 30th September 2023

# Courts

Two men appear in court charged in connection with cargo ship drug seizure

Both men were charged with conspiracy to import drugs under Section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006.

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Fri 8:09 PM

# Graham Carey

Man charged with incitement to hatred with online posts about refugees to face trial

Graham Carey appeared before Judge John O’Leary today at Blanchardstown District Court.

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Fri 2:40 PM

# Courts

GAA star DJ Carey charged with fraudulently claiming he had cancer as he appears before court

He appeared before a sitting of Blanchardstown District Court this morning.

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Fri 11:04 AM

# Courts

Hurling star DJ Carey charged with fraudulently claiming he had cancer as he appears before court

He appeared before a sitting of Blanchardstown District Court this morning.

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Fri 11:00 AM

# MV Matthew

Two men charged in investigation into cargo ship drug seizure

€157 million worth of cocaine was seized from a cargo ship on Tuesday.

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Fri 9:18 AM

# Courts

Court of Appeal reduces €124,000 award made to man knocked off his bike by a bus

In its judgement today, the three-judge court agreed that the award should be cut.

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Thu 7:47 PM

# Courts

Woman charged after garda 'temporarily blind' after being sprayed with chemical substance

Frances Harrison was remanded in continuing custody to appear again on 25 October.

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Sep 27th 2023, 2:15 PM

# FAI

Court dismisses former FAI chief John Delaney's appeal over CEA's access to seized documents

The former FAI chief had claimed that the documents were covered by Legal Professional Privilege.

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Updated

Sep 25th 2023, 2:12 PM

# FAI

Court dismisses former FAI chief John Delaney's appeal over CEA's access to seized documents

The former FAI chief had claimed that the documents were covered by Legal Professional Privilege.

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Sep 25th 2023, 1:20 PM

Last month

September 2023

# Courts

Woman accused of using chemical spray to 'temporarily blind' garda in Dublin attack

The woman is also accused of being a passenger in a stolen rental GoCar car on the same date.

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Sep 23rd 2023, 5:28 PM

# Courts

‘Driven to despair’: Random airport stabbing was ‘cry for help,’ court told

The Irish citizen originally from Angola appeared at Dublin District Court today when Judge John Campbell refused bail and held him in custody.

53.7k

Sep 23rd 2023, 4:04 PM

# Courts

Senior Irish-based X employee who liked tweets critical of Elon Musk halts disciplinary process

X, previously known as Twitter, attempted to have a disciplinary hearing with the employee this afternoon.

25.0k

Sep 22nd 2023, 6:59 PM

# Courts

Man pleads not guilty in Dublin Airport drone case

He is accused of unlawfully and intentionally interfering with the operation of an air navigation facility.

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Sep 22nd 2023, 2:51 PM

# Courts

Judge orders Department of Justice official to attend court in child abuse image case

Judge Alan Mitchell directed that the accused come to court on 5 October.

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Sep 21st 2023, 1:43 PM

# bail denied

'Law-abiding' man in court charged with unlawful possession of M16 assault rifle

Gardaí objected to bail due to the seriousness of the charges and the significant calibre weapon involved.

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Sep 20th 2023, 6:38 PM

# Courts

Man (29) charged with murder of a man in Cork City

Florence O’Sullivan died at Cork University Hospital on 6 April.

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Sep 20th 2023, 3:28 PM

# Cork

Gardaí trying to establish identity of man arrested with birth certificate of dead baby

The man allegedly attempted to use the name of a baby, who died in 1953, to apply for a passport in Cork.

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Sep 19th 2023, 3:42 PM

# Courts

Motorist fails in attempt to avoid M50 toll charges by citing 'Magna Carta Hiberniae of 1216'

Twenty six different motorists were fined a total of €379,000 after ignoring hundreds of toll payments.

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Sep 18th 2023, 6:01 PM

# Caught

Daniel Khalife remanded in custody in London after being charged with prison escape

The 21-year-old former soldier was arrested on a canal towpath in west London on Saturday morning.

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Sep 11th 2023, 6:11 PM

# Special Criminal Court

Two men acquitted of carrying out 2013 Lordship Credit Union robbery

Earlier today, Armagh man James Flynn was found guilty of conspiring to steal a car that was used in the robbery.

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Updated

Sep 11th 2023, 5:41 PM

# Courts

Enoch Burke to be jailed again for contempt of court as he continues to show up at school

The school teacher was jailed in September 2022 for the same offence.

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Updated

Sep 8th 2023, 10:18 PM

# Courts

Garda Sergeant and second man to stand trial accused of sharing PULSE system information

The screenshots included pictures and personal information contained on the Garda information system.

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Sep 8th 2023, 5:24 PM

# Courts

Teenager involved in Ballyfermot ramming incidents remanded in custody

The 15-year-old boy was linked to the collisions with the patrol car on 19 September 2022.

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Sep 7th 2023, 5:19 PM

# Allenwood

Five men charged over fatal assault of Mark Loughlin in Co Kildare in 2021

Mark Loughlin, aged in his 20s, died following an incident in Allenwood, Co Kildare on 3 January 2021.

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Sep 6th 2023, 10:56 AM

# Firearms

Kerry military enthusiast has trial date set over machine gun component in luggage

Registered firearms trader Patrick O’Mahony Jr faces a single charge for possessing a bolt from a Browning machine gun.

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Sep 5th 2023, 10:20 PM

# Courts

Woman arrested at airport over cannabis seizure thought she was transporting handbags, court hears

Garda Tom McLoughlin alleged the accused had two suitcases and there was a “deliberate attempt to conceal 37kg of cannabis”.

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Sep 5th 2023, 4:06 PM

# High Court

Fresh court application over Enoch Burke's alleged ongoing refusal to stay away from school

The judge adjourned the matter to Friday’s vacation sitting of the court.

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Sep 5th 2023, 3:39 PM

# Coroner's Court

Families of two men killed on M50 question DPP's decision for no criminal prosecution over deaths

British men Paul Ingram and Brian McFarlane died instantly in the collision on 3 June 2022.

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Sep 5th 2023, 2:39 PM

August

August 2023

# Courts

Judge orders children’s return to Ireland after mother’s 'abduction plot'

The judge said the children’s mother had brought them to England from Ireland without the knowledge or consent of their father.

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Aug 29th 2023, 7:35 PM

# Twitter

Twitter paid out €12.7 million to redundant Dublin employees since Musk purchase

Musk acquired Twitter last October and within weeks, Twitter confirmed that 140 employees at the Dublin base were being made redundant.

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Aug 29th 2023, 2:06 PM

# Courts

Supreme Court finds section of sexual offences law to be unconstitutional

The seven-judge court upheld a ruling made by the High Court last year.

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Aug 28th 2023, 5:30 PM

# Courts

Teenager charged with attacks on three English tourists in Temple Bar has bail revoked

A court heard he knocked over an elderly woman and injured a Garda inspector while evading officers in the same area on Sunday.

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Aug 28th 2023, 2:58 PM

# High Court

Court dismisses claim DPC failed to fully investigate complaint over alleged Google data breach

The complaint was made by Dr Johnny Ryan, who is a senior fellow of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.

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Updated

Aug 28th 2023, 2:03 PM

# Courts

65-year-old tourist dragged onto ground into Dublin laneway during robbery, court hears

Rian Dunne was refused bail today.

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Aug 23rd 2023, 4:37 PM

# UK

Met Police under fire for protecting ‘one of their own’ as serial rapist ex-policeman jailed

Adam Provan was found guilty of eight rapes against two women and jailed for 16 years with a further eight years on extended licence.

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Aug 22nd 2023, 7:43 PM