A jury this week found against a man seeking damages from The Irish Times and three other newspapers arising from reports published 22 years ago that, he claimed, defamed him. Kevin Tracey lodged his High Court claims in December 2008 over reports publish... See more
A public awareness campaign similar to a successful 'coward punch' campaign in Australia should be introduced to address the issue of unprovoked assaults, an Oireachtas committee was told on Tuesday. Ireland is letting down a generation of young men by al... See more
Judge Conor Fottrell said Yavor Poptoshev had been given two opportunities to provide the passwords on foot of warrants issued by the court. Photograph: Colm Keena A friend and business associate of convicted solicitor Michael Lynn has been fined €500 ove... See more
The names of 341 former Christian Brothers who are being joined as defendants to a case where a man who was sexually abused in primary school in the 1970s is suing the congregation, have been published in a national newspaper. The men on the list, who wer... See more
Recently, on the last week of the law term, I found myself in court 13, on the second floor of the Gandon Building in Dublin’s Four Courts, waiting for the judge to arrive. There as a reporter, I sat to the side of the high-ceilinged room, on a short benc... See more
