Vivienne Traynor

RTÉ Courts Reporter

Shane Banks, from Strandhill in Sligo, died three days after surgery at University Hospital Galway

UHG apologises to family of man who died after surgery

University Hospital Galway has apologised to the family of a man who died after surgery for treatable cancer was carried out by a surgeon who was under supervision after concerns had been raised about some of his work.

Courts • 20 Apr 23

Case is being heard in the Supreme Court

Court hears challenge from birth mother over adoption

The Supreme Court has begun hearing a case involving a challenge by a birth mother against the adoption of her child by her long term foster mother.

Courts • 18 Apr 23

The High Court ruled last week that Simeon Burke's detention was lawful (File: RollingNews.ie)

Simeon Burke fined €300 over public order offence

Law student Simeon Burke has been convicted of an offence under the Public Order Act and fined €300 following his arrest during a disturbance at the Court of Appeal last month.

Courts • 18 Apr 23

The jury began deliberating on Friday and had been considering verdicts for almost eight hours before being sent home this afternoon

Jury in rape trial sent home for night

The jury in the trial of three men accused of raping a then 17-year-old girl in a hotel car park will resume deliberating tomorrow.

Courts • 04 Apr 23

Maurice Fitzgerald pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and assault causing harm to the 26-year-old woman

Serial offender who bound and gagged woman jailed

A serial offender who bound and gagged a woman with duct tape and dragged her down a city centre laneway has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.

Courts • 30 Mar 23

Patrick Quirke was convicted of the murder of Bobby Ryan (File: RollingNews.ie)

Court to hear further submissions in Quirke appeal

The Supreme Court has set a date of 23 May to hear further submissions on an appeal by convicted murderer Patrick Quirke.

Courts • 29 Mar 23

Patrick Quirke was convicted of the murder of DJ Bobby Ryan (File: RollingNews.ie)

Seizure of computer from Quirke's home was 'unlawful'

The Supreme Court has ruled that a seizure and analysis of a computer from convicted murderer Patrick Quirke's home was unlawful.

Courts • 20 Mar 23

Three men have pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court

Woman tells court of shock after alleged rape by 3 men

A woman has told the Central Criminal Court she was in shock and could not believe what had happened after she was allegedly raped by three men in a hotel car park after going for drive with them.

Courts • 15 Mar 23

The pair were sentenced at the Central Criminal Court (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Man and woman jailed over rape, abuse of her children

A man who raped and abused a five-year-old girl and her three and-a-half-year-old brother has been sentenced to 19 years in jail. The children's mother, who took part in and facilitated the abuse, has been jailed for 14 years.

Courts • 14 Mar 23

William Eagers, 62, was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 24 March (file image)

Man pleads guilty to murder of wife in Dublin in 2020

The husband of a woman who died after she was attacked in her Dublin home almost three years ago has pleaded guilty to her murder.

Courts • 10 Mar 23