Vivienne Traynor

RTÉ Courts Reporter

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

Richard Gracey, 64, from Balbriggan, Co Dublin, fell five metres from the doorway of a cargo plane

Fine over death of worker who fell from door of plane

An airport cargo handling company has been fined €250,000 for breaches of health and safety legislation following the death of an experienced employee who fell from the door of a plane four years ago.

Courts • 09 Mar 23

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