Matthew O'Connell (L) & Evan Vella (R), who were teenagers when they took part in a violent 'mob' attack in a Dublin park which left an Italian student with serious injuries including a broken jaw and nerve damage, have avoided prison terms.

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A man who repeatedly and violently raped his younger half-brother and sister when they were children has been taken into custody ahead of sentencing after he sat opposite one of his victims on the train to court.

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Disgraced former solicitor Michael Lynn will have to provide a statement of his financial means to the Director of Public Prosecutions before legal aid will be granted for an appeal against his conviction for stealing over €18 million from financial institutions.…

A gym goer who was told she was too old to apply for a student discount on her membership has won €3,000 for ageist discrimination.

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The Garda ombudsman has been granted access to audio recordings of a court 'melee' that broke out during a hearing related to Enoch Burke's dispute with Wilson's Hospital School.

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A judge has said there must be a deterrence for tool theft as she jailed a serial offender who lifted nearly €10,000 in equipment from a van being used by construction workers at the National Rehabilitation Hospital.

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A 'highly intoxicated' 61-year-old man who hit and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl on a Ryanair flight has been handed a suspended sentence.

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Sandra Kavanagh (48), who avoided jail for driving into the hard shoulder of a motorway and colliding with a motorcyclist, causing his death, has had her driving ban halved after the Court of Appeal heard the trial judge was mistakenly told a 4-year disqualification was…

A care home nurse who was cornered in a room by a dementia patient “touching himself” and was racially abused by another patient who she said was in the habit of becoming drunk and “aggressive” has won €30k in compensation.

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Aaron Brady, who shot and killed Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice during his murder trial in 2020.

Brady has admitted that he was responsible for recording footage of an interview between gardai and a witness who told gardai…

A psychological therapist demoted after being accused of deliberately allowing a patient to see up her skirt and telling her to “take a good look” during a counselling session has received a recommendation for over €177k in compensation.

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An 'unsophisticated' robber who stole an empty cash-in-transit box at knife-point left a trail of green dye leading to his mother's flat across the road after he tried to open it, a court has heard.

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A man who falsely imprisoned, threatened and attacked his girlfriend in a 'prolonged ordeal' during which he put a knife to her throat and later sexually assaulted her, has been jailed for two years.

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A child sex offender, who has convictions dating back decades and recorded himself abusing a three year old girl who'd come into his care after he befriended her father, has been jailed for nine years.

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