Órla O'Donnell

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Man sentenced to life for stabbing brother to death

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his brother to death after a family funeral in Kerry last year.

Courts • 24 Nov

Solicitors Gavin Booth and Darragh Mackin with their legal team outside the High Court

€400,000 each for two solicitors defamed by Denis O'Brien

Two human rights solicitors have been awarded more than €400,000 each in damages after a High Court jury found they were defamed by businessman Denis O'Brien and his spokesman, James Morrissey, almost ten years ago.

Courts • 21 Nov

Enoch Burke pictured outside Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath

Enoch Burke yet to be arrested after High Court order

Secondary school teacher Enoch Burke has not yet been arrested by gardaí, despite an order issued by the High Court two days ago, directing his imprisonment for contempt of court.

Courts • 20 Nov

High Court orders Enoch Burke be imprisoned immediately

The High Court has said that Enoch Burke and his family have engaged in the most deliberate, sustained and concerted attack on the civil courts and the rule of law in this country in recent times and has ordered Mr Burke's immediate imprisonment.

Courts • 18 Nov

Couple with intellectual disabilities allowed to marry

A couple with intellectual disabilities will be able to marry following a decision of a judge in the Circuit Civil Court.

Courts • 17 Nov

Govt to replace apartment planning guidelines, court told

The High Court has been told the Government intends to replace the proposed new planning guidelines for apartments with a draft national planning statement and to carry out an environmental assessment.

Ireland • 17 Nov

Murder trial hears of boy's severe brain injuries

A State pathologist has told the Central Criminal Court that injuries to the brain of a four-year-old boy, whose stepmother is accused of his murder, were consistent with someone shaking the child as well as forcefully striking his head against a hard object like a wall or floor.

Ireland • 10 Nov

Doctor Stephen O’Riordan seen leaving court

Doctors 'gasped' at extent of boy's injuries, court told

A paediatric consultant doctor has described how staff in an operating theatre gasped when they saw the extent of the injuries on the face and body of a four-year-old boy.

Courts • 07 Nov

Murder accused had previously assaulted boy, court hears

A woman accused of the murder of a four-year-old boy had assaulted him previously and her behaviour towards him escalated in the weeks before his death, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Courts • 05 Nov

DJ Carey admitted ten counts of dishonestly inducing people to pay him money after he falsely claimed to have cancer

DJ Carey jailed for five and a half years for fraud

Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey has been jailed for five and a half years for defrauding people by falsely claiming he had cancer and needed money for treatment.

Courts • 04 Nov