Michael Shine abuse: The system let the victims down before – it cannot happen again
Report finds ‘severe’ damage dealt to abused men ‘was plain and still visible even following the passage of time’
Director of Public Prosecutions
Investigation recommended into convicted sex offender and ex-hospital consultant Michael Shine
Shine was convicted of assaulting seven boys between 1971 and 1992 and served three years in prison
Father and son refused further appeal over Covid movement penalty notices
Supreme Court says there was no question of any injustice being visited on the appellants
Gardaí consider visiting Jordan to interview person of interest in Jamey Carney murder case
Taoiseach urges social media companies to remove ‘horrific’ material related to killing of American woman
File to be sent to DPP in case of crushed council waste-management worker
Man died by ‘catastrophic’ crush injuries in late 2024 at the council’s Bow Lane depot
Jamey Carney murder: Gardaí believe man arrested in Jordan is victim’s boyfriend
Ahmed Al Saqar, believed to be from Jordan and prime suspect in woman’s murder, fled Ireland immediately after Kerry killing
Gardaí investigating Jamey Carney’s murder say finding suspect will be challenging
Ahmed Al Saqar (28) fled Co Kerry immediately after killing of Irish American Jamey Carney and went to Dublin Airport
Accused persons unrepresented due to solicitors’ dispute challenge legality of detention
Bail terms for woman charged with robbery agreed following discussions between legal teams
Garda acquitted of raping wife but convicted of child cruelty against two daughters
Jury returns verdicts after more than nine hours of deliberations
Sophie Toscan du Plantier family urge France to reject bid to overturn Ian Bailey’s conviction
Now-retired solicitor from DPP’s office who directed there should be no prosecution has urged France to overturn court’s decision
Man arrested in connection with Dún Laoghaire shooting released without charge
Mark Cullen, who was 39 and from Shankill, was fatally wounded at about 8.30am at Patrician Park on Kill Avenue
George Gibney: The child sex abuser who became Ireland’s Olympic swimming coach
No case involving allegations against Gibney was heard in Dublin before he fled the country in the mid-1990s
Man (20) convicted of murder of Co Cork postman
Alex Deady had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of father-of-five Barry Daly (44) in Doneraile in 2025
Toscan du Plantier family lawyer dismisses call to overturn Bailey murder conviction
Former Irish prosecutor’s argument based on ‘assumptions', lawyer says
Would Jeffrey Donaldson have faced justice if he committed his crimes south of the Border?
Former DUP leader’s conviction shows North’s Public Prosecution Service regards no one as untouchable
Former DPP solicitor asks French authorities to overturn Ian Bailey conviction for Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder
Robert Sheehan highlights inability of Garda cold case team to forensically link Bailey to west Cork murder
Man charged with the murder of his father (73) at family farm in Co Waterford
Local doctor pronounced John Cashman snr dead at scene of killing in Cappagh in 2025
Court refuses to release transcripts from trials of sex offender Michael Shine
Shine was convicted of sexually assaulting young boys in course of his work at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
Gardaí warned criminal prosecutions may be at risk over solicitors’ withdrawal of service
Denial of right to solicitor’s advice could lead to suspects seeking to derail prosecutions, force fears
Hundreds of criminal cases adjourned as solicitors withdraw services in legal aid row
Action could intensify next week to affect all cases, solicitors warn
Deaf woman alleging rape was questioned over 3½ months in State’s longest criminal trial
Jury found four of seven men guilty of sexually abusing their vulnerable relative
Ruling that cast doubt on hundreds of drink-driving cases overturned by Supreme Court
Prosecutions across the country were put on hold after the July 2025 decision in High Court
Four men convicted of sexually abusing deaf relative, ending State’s longest-ever criminal trial
Jurors unable to reach verdict on two other men accused of sexual abuse, in trial that began last October
Retrial ordered for Aaron Connolly after Cameron Reilly murder conviction quashed
Court found the Cameron Reilly trial judge’s charge to the jury lacked balance and in parts may have been seen as ‘advocacy’ for the prosecution case
Man who died after Blanchardstown attack suffered ‘traumatic’ injuries, court hears
Teenagers physically and verbally attacked Alex Coughlan, court hears, as one of teens denied bail for second time
Civil servant accused of leaking Government details to foreign agency remanded in custody
Yevgen McKeeffe allegedly obtained or transferred official data ‘and supplied them to a foreign intelligence service for personal gain’
Bauer Media employee arrested following ‘controlled delivery’ of €100,000 worth of cannabis
Seafra O’Donovan faced his second appearance at Dublin District Court
Man pleads guilty to stabbing teen sisters with broken bottle after rejecting his advances
Attack by Shando Alfa (27) was ‘violent, vicious and unprovoked’, court told
Man who stabbed partner at least 13 times and hit her with lamp jailed for 12½ years
Sean Egan (39) left Sharon Crean without medical help after attack at Laois home in December 2022
Judge’s refusal to convict 34 speeding drivers was wrong, High Court rules
District judge’s refusal is quashed but drivers will avoid conviction and penalty points
Man jailed for 11 years after kicking to death ‘inoffensive man’ he met in pub
Gardaí found Aaron Wolfe (32) in a highly intoxicated state, stripped to the waist, with his hands covered in blood
Mother who captained Irish boxing team stabbed cousin 12 times in ‘savage’ knife attack
Victim underwent emergency surgery, plastic surgery, blood transfusions and is permanently injured, court hears
Judge criticises ‘unforgivable’ failures as she jails man for manslaughter of grandmother
Judge says man suffered from complex mental health issues but Central Mental Hospital lacked capacity to accept him
Conviction quashed for man who served three years of life sentence for Cameron Reilly’s murder
Court of Appeal found trial judge’s instructions to jury may have been seen as ‘advocacy’ for prosecution in parts
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