Vivienne Traynor

RTÉ Courts Reporter

The boy had pleaded guilty to attempting to murder Fr Paul Murphy by stabbing him multiple times at Renmore Barracks in Galway on 15 August 2024

Boy given eight years' detention for stabbing chaplain

A 17-year-old boy who repeatedly stabbed an Army chaplain outside a barracks last year has been sentenced to ten years detention with the final two years suspended.

Courts • 29 Apr

The trial of Richard Satchwell is expected to last five weeks (File image)

Jury sworn in for Richard Satchwell trial

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of Richard Satchwell, who is accused of murdering his wife Tina eight years ago.

Courts • 28 Apr

Sean McCarthy's remains were discovered in the bedroom of the property on Achill Road in Drumcondra on 6 August 2022

Man jailed for 8 years over Sean McCarthy manslaughter

A 38-year-old man who said he shot and killed a drug dealer in his apartment in Dublin after he had threatened to kill him over a €5,000 drug debt has been jailed for eight years for manslaughter.

Courts • 11 Apr

The case was heard before the High Court

Teacher's 'GAA catfish' case against school resolved

The High Court has been told the case taken by a school teacher, who claims she was wrongly identified as the 'GAA catfish', to prevent her employer taking disciplinary action against her has been resolved and can be struck out.

Courts • 09 Apr

A day-and-a-half after the surgery in 2019, Jacinta Flood had a fall while unsupervised in a toilet cubicle

€2m settlement for patient who fell in hospital

The High Court has approved a settlement of €2 million in the case of a woman who fell while alone in a toilet cubicle a day-and-a-half after surgery to remove a tumour from the base of her skull.

Courts • 28 Mar

(L-R) David Kelly, Paddy Cosgrave, Daire Hickey

Legal dispute between Web Summit shareholders settled

The High Court has been told the multi-million euro bitter legal dispute between the three shareholders of Web Summit has been settled.

Courts • 27 Mar

David Kelly (L) Paddy Cosgrave, and Daire Hickey appear close to settling their legal disputes

Web Summit case on brink of settlement

The Web Summit case appears on the brink of a settlement after the High Court was told there had been a development this afternoon.

Courts • 26 Mar

Paddy Cosgrave (L) is suing former Web Summit director David Kelly for alleged breaches of duties as a director

Judge urges parties to settle Web Summit case

A High Court judge has urged the parties in the Web Summit case to settle their dispute before proceeding further.

Courts • 26 Mar

The court was told how Paddy Cosgrave (L) and David Kelly had been friends since boarding school

Greed, manipulation allegations as ex-friends go to court

There was hardly an accusatory word that wasn't used as the much anticipated Web Summit case opened at the High Court on Tuesday, writes Vivienne Traynor.

Analysis and Comment • 26 Mar

Lawyers for former director David Kelly (above) said Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave appeared to 'thrive on confrontation'

Former Web Summit director 'broken as a man', court told

The High Court has heard a former director of Web Summit told its CEO Paddy Cosgrave that he had broken him "as a man and a human being" through manipulation and undermining.

Courts • 20 Mar