A roundup of today's other courts news in brief
Judge rejects woman's unfair dismissal claim
A judge yesterday rejected a woman's claim that she had been dismissed unfairly solely because she had become pregnant.
Evidence was given that she had refused to carry out a sewing task as part of her work.
Judge Jacqueline Linnane heard the claim by Agata Szemfel-Kaczor, The Coast, Baldoyle, Dublin, that she had been dismissed because of days off and for asking to be transferred to light duties.
Ms Szemfel-Kaczor, an occupational therapist with children, had sued Catherine Milford, who trades as Atlas Training, Swords, Co Dublin.
She had lost her unfair dismissal claim in the Employment Appeals Tribunal which she appealed to the Circuit Civil Court.
Judge Linnane said she had not been dismissed on grounds solely related to her pregnancy but on her failure to carry out her duties.
Further sentence for drugs charge
A man who was last month jailed for 10 years at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin for the manslaughter of a Kerry musician was yesterday sentenced to a further six years for possession of drugs.
Robert Anthony (61), with a previous address at Derrylough, Tuosist, Kenmare, Co Kerry, earlier this year pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis, cannabis resin and cocaine for the purposes of sale or supply at Derrylough Tuosist, on August 23rd, 1997.
Anthony was extradited from Britain in 2008 on warrants relating to the drugs charge as well as to the manslaughter of Philip O'Sullivan at Derrylough, Tuosist, on August 22nd 1997.
The sentence is to run concurrently.
Boy who set dog on pizza man released
A boy who mugged a Chinese pizza deliverer and then set his dog on him has been released on probation.
The teenager had pleaded guilty at the Children's Court earlier to robbery of the man at Dromheath Drive, Dublin, on October 21st, 2006. He was aged 14 at the time.
Judge Aingeal Ní Chondúin yesterday followed pre-sentence report recommendations to release the boy on supervised probation for nine months.
Garda Karen Ryan said in evidence that the victim (25) was left in a distressed state.
"His car was taken while he was doing a delivery," she said. "Two males approached, including the accused, who had a dog with him. He took a bag containing €100 and a mobile phone. The dog he had with him was set on the injured party, who was bitten on his leg.
High Court orders trial to stop
A man charged in connection with what gardaí believe was an attempt to rob a cash-in-transit van in Drimnagh has won a High Court order stopping his trial due to the failure of gardaí to seek "potentially highly relevant" CCTV footage until it was too late.
The man had been charged with having a double-barrel shotgun and two rounds of 12-gauge shotgun cartridges for unlawful purposes at the rear of Black Forge Inn, Drimnagh Road, Dublin, on December 13th, 2007.
In his decision, Mr Justice George Birmingham, who visited the scene last Sunday, noted this was "one of the many 'missing evidence' cases" to come before the courts.
This was not satisfactory and this was one of the rare cases where the trial should be stopped.