Órla O'Donnell

Legal Affairs Correspondent

Sentencing of woman who murdered boy, 4, adjourned

The sentencing of a woman who murdered her partner's four-year-old son has been adjourned until the New Year as the child's mother is unwell and unable to attend court.

Courts • 01 Dec

Court rules Enoch Burke salary be paid directly to school

The High Court has ruled that teacher Enoch Burke's salary should be paid directly to the school where he used to work until money he owes to them in damages for trespassing is paid off.

Courts • 29 Nov

Vulnerable child doing well in placement, court told

The High Court has heard that a very vulnerable child is doing well in a placement ordered by the court last month.

Courts • 26 Nov

A head and shoulders image of a man with dark hair. He is wearing a white shirt, red tie and dark suit.

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