Justice Paul McDermott

Boy (16) accused of murdering Urantsetseg Tserendorj to face retrial

Woman was stabbed on her way home from work in the IFSC in Dublin

Mon Apr 25 2022 - 13:30

Man accused of murdering Ashling Murphy to go on trial in June

Jozef Puska charged with murdering school teacher after fatal assault in Tullamore

Mon Apr 25 2022 - 12:51

Paralysed mum describes moment ‘evil, sadistic’ neighbour tried to murder her

Dean McCarthy repeatedly shot Sinead Connolly while her daughter (8) hid under table

Fri Apr 08 2022 - 18:56

Boyfriend admits to murdering Jennie Poole in Dublin home

Gavin Murphy, from Coultry Drive, Ballymun, admits killing mother-of-two

Fri Apr 01 2022 - 15:31

Driver who used mother’s car in gangland murder jailed for 8 years

Choice of vehicle indicated ‘lack of suitability’ for getaway role in plan, suggests judge

Mon Mar 14 2022 - 16:19

Father who cleaned blood-stained evidence from teen murder scene jailed for four years

Some of Keane Mulready Woods’s body parts were found in a holdall and burning car

Tue Mar 08 2022 - 12:53

Man who handed over house where Keane Mulready Woods murdered had ‘no inkling’ what would happen, court told

Gerard McKenna (52) pleaded guilty to cleaning up and removing evidence from scene

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 21:44

Man (53) who abused five girls is jailed for five and a half years

Central Criminal Court hears man was aged between 12 and 20 at time of offences

Fri Feb 11 2022 - 20:30

Charges against family members over Munster child abuse dropped

Children’s father, mother, aunt and two uncles jailed last month for up to 15 years

Tue Feb 01 2022 - 17:38

Rapist fails in appeal over ‘brazen’ attack on public street

Jose Lacerna Pena (33) attacked vulnerable woman on Wicklow Street in central Dublin

Tue Feb 01 2022 - 13:39

Man jailed for nine years for sexual abuse of sister as teenager

Woman says brother (49) was ‘monster in her home’ and her family has abandoned her

Fri Jan 14 2022 - 19:45

Child victim in Munster abuse case says his parents should go to jail ‘for a long time’

‘What happened to me and my brothers and sister should have never happened’, boy says in victim impact statement

Mon Jan 10 2022 - 18:17

Man who raped girl (15) he invited to apartment is jailed for nine years

‘I haven’t been alive since that night. I’m the walking dead,’ victim told court

Wed Dec 08 2021 - 14:15

‘I’m the walking dead,’ teenage victim tells rapist in court

Man to be sentenced next month for raping girl at Dublin apartment when she was 15

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 16:21

Man admits removing evidence from scene where teen was murdered

Gerard McKenna pleads guilty over role in murder of Kean Mulready Woods (17)

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 14:40

Father jailed for repeated rape and abuse of daughter for 16 years

Dublin man , now aged 62, began molesting his daughter when she was seven

Tue Nov 23 2021 - 19:42

Apprentice film-studio electrician to go on trial accused of attempted murder

Martin Cunningham (27) is also charged with assaulting a man and producing a machete

Mon Nov 22 2021 - 21:57

Inmate at prison hit by Covid-19 outbreak has trial delayed

Having to wear to PPE in court would jeopardise prospect of fair trial, says judge

Fri Nov 19 2021 - 17:47

First death of inmate from Covid-19 confirmed as prisons battle outbreaks

Outbreaks in Cloverhill, Mountjoy and Midlands are causing significant disruption to courts system

Wed Nov 17 2021 - 15:45

Frustration mounts over court delays as more judges sought

New judges expected to be announced within two weeks

Thu Nov 11 2021 - 19:55

Juror wrote to presiding judge after verdicts returned in Munster child abuse trial

Five family members found guilty of sexually abusing three children are to be sentenced in January

Mon Oct 04 2021 - 23:25

Munster child abuse trial jury suspend deliberations overnight

Five family members are accused of abusing three children between 2014 and 2016

Thu Jul 29 2021 - 19:03

Man accused of abusing niece and nephews tells gardaí he was sickened by allegations

Man one of six people accused of abusing three children in Munster

Fri Jul 02 2021 - 17:51

Home where parents accused of abusing their children was chaotic, court told

Family support worker tells court the parents did now show affection to their children

Thu Jun 24 2021 - 19:13

Children referred by social worker five years before being taken into care, court hears

Children in trial of six family members had third-degree burns, court hears

Tue Jun 22 2021 - 18:17

Neighbour of family at centre of abuse case describes ‘screaming’

Six relatives are accused of abusing three children in Munster between 2014 and 2016

Fri Jun 18 2021 - 17:55

Sexual abuse charges against grandmother are withdrawn

Specialist garda interviewer defends length it took to interview children who were allegedly abused

Tue Jun 15 2021 - 21:26

Man sentenced to life for murder of John Lowe (60) in Waterford home

Sister, Margaret Power, says family is ‘devastated’ by murder of their only brother

Mon Jun 14 2021 - 17:32

Three men, four women accused of sexually abusing three children go on trial

Seven accused include parents, grandmother, aunts and uncles of three children

Mon May 31 2021 - 19:32

Jury sworn in for trial of seven people over alleged child rapes

Three men and four women accused of sexually abusing three children in Munster

Thu May 27 2021 - 18:29

Man jailed for life for killing former partner in front of their child

Edmundas Dauksa sentenced to mandatory life term for murdering Ingrida Maciokaite

Thu May 27 2021 - 15:18

Married man found guilty of murdering former partner

Edmundas Dauksa stabbed woman 19 times in front of their daughter

Fri May 07 2021 - 17:49

RTÉ application to lift order banning naming of child murderer adjourned

Judge puts matter to Monday out of ‘abundance of caution’, court told

Fri May 07 2021 - 13:08

Man (29) who stabbed stranger in head and ‘destroyed his life’ is jailed

Men had been out celebrating separately after Limerick’s victory in All-Ireland hurling final

Mon Feb 01 2021 - 16:25