Vivienne Traynor

RTÉ Courts Reporter

Hit-and-run driver wants 20-year ban reduced

A hit-and-run driver whose careless driving caused the death of a 14-year-old boy in 2011 has asked the Circuit Criminal Court to restore his licence after he served just over half of a 20-year driving ban.

Courts • 28 Jan

The proposal to build an IPAS centre in Coolock has been abandoned

Costs awarded against three Coolock IPAS objectors

A High Court judge has ruled that three objectors to a proposed IPAS centre at Coolock in Dublin must pay the costs of their failed injunction application.

Dublin • 27 Jan

'Egregious errors' in care of woman crushed by horse

Regional Hospital Mullingar has apologised for what was described as a series of egregious errors in the care of a 25-year-old woman who died after she was crushed by a horse.

Courts • 20 Jan

Girl paralysed to 'embrace life' after €4m settlement

A 17-year-old girl for whom a court has approved a €4 million settlement after being left paralysed from a neck injury after a fall 13 years ago, has said while the settlement will not give her back what she has lost, she will "embrace life with determination".

Courts • 14 Jan

Mohammed Al Shaker Al Tamimi pleaded guilty today to the murder of Malika Noor Al Kattib and the attempted murder of her mother (file pic)

Man jailed for life for daughter's murder in Wexford

A woman has told the Central Criminal Court of the horror of witnessing her partner smile at her as he murdered their eight-year-old daughter in front of her last year.

Courts • 15 Dec 25

Jake Kelly of Ballyfermot Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin pictured at the Criminal Courts of Justice

Man to be sentenced for dangerous driving causing death

A 21-year-old man will be sentenced next month for dangerous driving causing the death of his friend whose body lay undiscovered in a car for some time after it slammed into the back of a truck two years ago.

Courts • 25 Nov 25

Man, 55, found guilty of his mother's murder in Co Kerry

A 55-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of his mother in Co Kerry more than three years ago.

Ireland • 25 Nov 25

Woman jailed for 'campaign of terror' against ex-partner

A woman who carried out what was described as a narcissistic smear campaign of terror against her ex-girlfriend has been jailed for two years and three months at the Circuit Criminal Court.

Courts • 20 Nov 25

Ruth Lawrence found guilty of murders of two men in 2014

A 46-year-old woman has been found guilty of the murders of two men who were shot dead and whose bodies were found on an island in a midlands lake 11 years ago.

Courts • 13 Nov 25

Jury hears man strangled mother during manic episode

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that a 55-year-old man strangled his mother while suffering from a manic episode due to bi-polar disorder three years ago.

Courts • 12 Nov 25