Vivienne Traynor

RTÉ Courts Reporter

The woman was being cross examined by a defence lawyer (file image - RollingNews.ie)

Woman denies abuse allegations arose from deep resentment

A woman who says she was sexually abused by her mother from the age of three has denied that her allegations arose from a deep and lasting resentment about being neglected as a child.

Courts • 27 Feb 25

The woman was giving evidence in the trial of three people including her mother and uncle who are charged with raping and sexually assaulting her

Woman's earliest memory of abuse was aged 3, court told

A young woman has told the Central Criminal Court that her earliest memory of being sexually abused by her mother was from when she was three-years-old.

Courts • 28 Feb 25

All three have pleaded not guilty to all charges

Three on trial charged over alleged rape of young girl

Three people have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court on a total of 21 charges including the rape and sexual assault of a young girl which allegedly began when she was three-and-a-half years old.

Ireland • 25 Feb 25

Garda William Ryan was last year convicted on three charges of sexual assault and one of falsely imprisoning the woman (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Garda who sexually assaulted woman jailed for six years

A garda who sexually assaulted and falsely imprisoned a woman at a station in Co Wicklow has been jailed for six years.

Courts • 11 Feb 25

Calvin Dunne was found guilty of the manslaughter of Dylan McCarthy in Monasterevin two years ago

Man found guilty of manslaughter after Kildare fight

A 24-year-old man has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of a Limerick man who died after he was punched and kicked during a fight in Co Kildare more than two years ago.

Courts • 07 Feb 25

(L-R) Matin Zolfaghari, Fabio Vicente and Anthony Hickey had denied the charges

Three convicted over rape of woman they met in nightclub

Three men have been convicted on charges of rape and sexual assault of a woman they met in a Dublin nightclub in August 2019.

Courts • 06 Feb 25

Alina Glont and Daniel Stepien were both involved in a scheme to pose as learner drivers

2 jailed for posing as learner drivers to sit theory test

Two people involved in a scheme to pose as learner drivers and sit the theory test for others have been jailed at the Circuit Criminal Court.

Courts • 30 Jan 25

The High Court heard many of the messages sent to the 14-year-old boys were sent late at night, at weekends and on school holidays

Teacher removed from register over inappropriate messages

A secondary school teacher who sent hundreds of inappropriate messages to three teenage male students is to be removed from the register of teachers.

Ireland • 27 Jan 25

Members of the Abbey House Prayer Group leaving the High Court earlier this week accompanied by TD Mattie McGrath

Friary sit-in by Clonmel prayer group due to end tonight

Members of a prayer group who are staging a sit-in at the Franciscans-owned friary in Clonmel in Co Tipperary have agreed to end their protest later today.

Munster • 23 Jan 25

Lawyers for Kathleen Healy said she had been fit and healthy, and living an entirely independent life before she was referred for the procedure

Hospital apologises to woman for 'life-changing' injuries

Sligo University Hospital has apologised to an 82-year-old woman whose throat was perforated during a routine endoscopic procedure, leaving her with life-changing injuries.

Connacht • 21 Jan 25