Vivienne Traynor

RTÉ Courts Reporter

Jimmy Loughlin was killed in a random attack at his Sligo home in 2018

HSE apologises to family after son's death

The HSE has apologised to the parents of a 20-year-old man who was killed by a man with a severe psychiatric condition in a random attack.

Courts • 07 Mar 23

A High Court judge said the case laid bare the grim reality of the legal dilemma faced by the parents of children born through surrogacy

Surrogacy case shows 'grim reality' of legislation need

A leading family law High Court judge has said the case of a genetic mother left without any legal rights to her child born through surrogacy after her marriage broke up has "laid bare the grim reality" of the absence of legislation.

Courts • 02 Mar 23

Ciara Kelleher had denied a charge of conspiring with others to defraud

Hung jury in trial of former CHC financial manager

The jury in the trial of a former financial services manager accused of being part of an alleged conspiracy to defraud investors in Custom House Capital has been discharged after failing to agree on a verdict.

Courts • 01 Mar 23

An Afghan man has applied to the High Court for mandatory orders requiring the State to provide him with basic accommodation

Legal challenge against State after accommodation pause

A High Court judge has said it was entirely foreseeable that a legal challenge would be brought against the State after a Government decision last month to pause offers of accommodation to some asylum seekers.

Courts • 15 Feb 23

Shauni Breen was one of twin sisters born prematurely at 33 weeks' gestation in December 1997 at Wexford General Hospital

€33m settlement for woman brain-injured at birth

The High Court has approved a settlement of €33m in the case of a 25-year-old woman who was profoundly brain injured at birth.

Courts • 14 Feb 23

The boy later told his foster parents they had saved his life

Court hears of rape of siblings aged five and three

The Central Criminal Court has heard how a five-year-old girl and her three-year-old brother were raped and abused at the hands of their mother and her partner.

Courts • 14 Feb 23

Anne Butterly used most of the money to keep her husband's business afloat and to buy a car under 'a fantasy' that it would all be paid back some day (file image)

Former credit union manager jailed for €875k theft

A former credit union manager has been sentenced to two years in jail after pleading guilty to stealing more than €875,000 over a seven-year period.

Courts • 24 Jan 23

Bryan Kennedy's sentence will not begin until April

Man sentenced over hiring hitman to kill wife's friends

A 35-year-old man who admits trying to hire a hitman to kill two Canadian women his wife had made friends with online has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail.

Courts • 16 Jan 23

The settlement was approved by Mr Justice Paul Coffey in the High Court

Court approves €3.75m settlement for boy over ICU care

The High Court has approved a settlement of €3.75 million in the case of a boy who sued the HSE over the treatment he received in intensive care after he was born prematurely.

Courts • 11 Jan 23

Govt urged to speed up law on international surrogacy

The High Court has heard that a family at the centre of a case concerning the recognition of international surrogacy arrangements may not have "the luxury of time" to wait for promised legislation on the issue.

Courts • 21 Dec 22