September 2022

Customers of seven lenders investigated by Central Bank lost a total of 327 properties as result of overcharging scandal Bank of Ireland has been fined a record €100.5 million for its role in the State’s tracker mortgage scandal, which resulted in huge overcharging of borrowers and an industrywide loss of 327 homes. The Bank of […]

Soldier F charged with murder of William McKinney and James Wray and five counts of attempted murder The prosecution of Soldier F for murder and attempted murder on Bloody Sunday is to resume. The North’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS) confirmed on Thursday it had decided to continue with proceedings against Soldier F, which it had

Judge Mary Larkin convicted Stephen Mahon of assault causing harm to farmer John Hughes A judge has convicted former horse racing trainer Stephen Mahon of assaulting a farmer with a horse whip. At Gort District Court on Thursday, Judge Mary Larkin convicted the ex-trainer of the assault causing harm to farmer John Hughes on a

Concert held at property, court hears, and protesters face being jailed in Mountjoy Prison for contempt of court if they fail to comply A judge has directed that all persons in breach of an injunction requiring them to vacate a Dublin building being used to house the homeless be arrested and brought before the High

Enoch Burke has failed in a bid to be set free from prison after a judge refused to grant him an injunction restraining his school from continuing his paid suspension from work. The secondary school teacher was returned to Mountjoy Prison this evening after orders he sought were refused by Ms Justice Eileen Roberts. The

Coroner returns verdict of medical misadventure as University Hospital Limerick issues apology to family of Susan Doherty A young mother bled to death following a “systems failure” in her care while she was an inpatient at University Hospital Limerick, an inquest into her death has heard. The UL Hospitals Group issued an unreserved apology to

Judge rules that Diarmuid Phelan must return to the Court of Appeal in order to amend bail conditions A barrister charged with murder must return to the Court of Appeal for permission to return to his farmland, a judge has ruled. Law professor Diarmuid Phelan (53) is charged with the murder of father-of-four Keith Conlon

A disgraced taxi driver who shared videos of two people engaging in “intimate foreplay” is appealing his three-year ban. Andrew Tortolani was handed a two-month prison sentence last December, suspended for two years, after he shared the clips. Three recordings were initially sent to 10 people in a WhatsApp group, but within days they had

Enoch Burke told the High Court: “I am here today because I would not call a boy a girl.” Enoch Burke has been committed to Mountjoy Prison for contempt of court after telling a judge he would not abide by a court order restraining him from attending for work while suspended, claiming that to do

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has been ordered to pay €55,000 to a senior official with a heart condition who was denied the right to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. The complainant instructed solicitors in June 2020 to lodge two complaints with the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in June 2020, the first alleging