#ennis-district-court

#ennis-district-court

A man in his 40s is due before the Special Criminal Court charged in relation to the murder of republican double agent Denis Donaldson nearly 20 years ago.

Conor O'Brien, 29, was sentenced to eleven years in prison for importing military-grade firearms and ammunition, with the final year of his sentence suspended.

The beginning of the final day of the trial of a legal action against former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has been adjourned until 12pm after the High Court was told that "matters have developed".

A solicitor acting on behalf of Rose and Chris Murray made an application today seeking for the demolition to be halted while they awaited a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Craig Doyle, 25, of The Paddocks Way, Adamstown, Lucan, and 30-year-old Adam Aspel, with an address at Corkagh Grange Way, Clondalkin, were arrested by gardai carrying out surveillance of drone activity on March 28.

A man with previous convictions for knife crime has been jailed for nine years after he killed a 20-year-old who stole from the defendant's unlocked van in the early hours of the morning.

The accused was the victim of serious sexual abuse at the hands of a school caretaker when he was a child and has suffered with a litany of mental health difficulties since his teenage years.

A hearing involving jailed anti-transgender schoolteacher Enoch Burke descended into chaos today when he refused to stop interrupting a barrister for Wilson's Hospital School.

Mr Justice Brian Cregan imposed the sanction over the behaviour of Martina Burke, a teacher, and Ammi Burke, a trained solicitor, at a hearing on February 20 where they engaged in 'shouting and roaring at the top of their voices' to the extent they had to be removed by gardaí.

An inquiry panel of the Teaching Council has also ruled that the man, who is in his early 40s, cannot apply to have his name restored to the register for at least 30 years because of the case's "exceptional and disturbing features".

Constantin Iosca moved here from Romania in 1997 for a 'better life', but will be spending nearly three years in jail after bringing a fraudulent personal injury claim

Error at Galway city law firm came to light last year

David Lammy's plans to introduce judge-only criminal trials in England and Wales will save less than 2% of time in crown courts, the Institute for Government (IFG) has said. In a report that casts doubt on the ability of the changes, which will slash the number of jury trials to achieve their goal of wiping out the courts' backlog, the thinktank described the gains from judge-only trials as marginal.

A man who falsely claimed to have been injured following a road traffic accident 10 years ago has been jailed for two years and nine months.

Tadgh Farrell (4) and his grandaunt Mary Holt (60) died after a petrol bomb was thrown through the living room window of the family home in Castleview Park, Edenderry, Co. Offaly, on December 6. The child's grandmother Pauline, who was babysitting Tadhg alongside her sister, suffered serious burn injuries in the blaze and remains hospitalised. It has been confirmed by gardaí that a man was arrested on Wednesday amid the ongoing investigation into the attack. A Garda spokesperson added: "He is currently detained on suspicion of murder under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a Garda station in the midlands."

Defence lawyers for Mr Bouchaker had argued that he suffers from a mental disorder and is unfit to stand trial

Rules in relation sex offenders will also be beefed up The Government is to significantly strengthen Ireland's bail laws in a move aimed at criminal gangs that intimidate witnesses and jurors. Planned legislative changes will also expand the powers of gardaí to argue against paedophiles and rapists receiving bail if they flout notification requirements of the sex offenders registry.