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Órla O'Donnell

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Women lose appeal over Covid quarantine refusal

Two women who challenged their prosecution over their alleged refusal to quarantine in a hotel after they returned from Dubai during the Covid-19 pandemic, have lost their Supreme Court appeal on the issue.
Courts • 11 Nov 24

'Standing room only' during first week of McGregor case

The jury and the crowds in the courtroom listened to the evidence and cross examination of 35-year-old Nikita Hand, who is suing Conor McGregor and his friend James Lawrence, accusing them of sexual assault, writes Órla O'Donnell.
Analysis and Comment • 11 Nov 24

Woman 'devastated' by DPP decision not to bring charges

A woman who alleges she was raped by mixed martial arts fighter, Conor McGregor at a Dublin Hotel six years ago has said she was "absolutely devastated" and let down when the Director of Public Prosecutions decided not to prosecute him.
Courts • 07 Nov 24

Man sentenced to four years for rape of young cousin

A man who was raped by his cousin as a nine-year-old child has said he wanted to speak out to help others faced with "similar horrors".
Courts • 05 Nov 24

Trial of barrister over murder adjourned to next week

The trial of a law lecturer and farmer accused of murdering a man, who was trespassing on his land, has been adjourned to next week as a witness was not available to the court.
Courts • 01 Nov 24

Trial told man was stabbed in the neck in 'self-defence'

A 22-year-old man told a garda he stabbed another young man in the neck "in self-defence" because he owed the other man money for drugs, and he could not pay him back, a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.
Courts • 13 Nov 24

Trial told shooting victim was convicted of kicking garda

A man killed by a shot fired by a lawyer and farmer on a farm in Tallaght in February 2022, had a conviction for kicking a garda in the head, the Central Criminal Court has heard.
Courts • 30 Oct 24

Barrister told gardaí he shot man on farm, court hears

Barrister Diarmuid Phelan who is accused of the murder of a man on his farm in Tallaght in 2022 told the first gardaí on the scene that he shot the man and pulled a small black revolver out of his jacket pocket, the Central Criminal Court has heard.
Courts • 29 Oct 24

Jury in barrister trial sees footage from day of shooting

The jury in the trial of barrister, law lecturer and farmer, Diarmuid Phelan, who is accused of murder, has been watching dashcam and mobile phone footage from the day a man was shot on his farm.
Courts • 25 Oct 24

Phelan looked shocked that man hit by bullet, trial told

Barrister Diarmuid Phelan and workers on his farm were shocked and surprised that a man was hit by a bullet from his gun, the Central Criminal Court has been told.
Courts • 24 Oct 24

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