The Taoiseach stated that it is not acceptable for public representatives to give character references in criminal cases of a sexual nature, highlighting the need to prioritize the victim's experience.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin emphasized that public representatives must not give character references in cases involving sexual crimes, highlighting the need to prioritize victims over offenders.
The respondent has not been tried for his alleged conduct on 21 September 2025 and will not be tried. He has not been convicted, and he has not been acquitted. Lord Justice Edis, sitting with Mr Justice Linden, said the judge was right to hold that he had no jurisdiction to try any summary-only offence alleged to have been committed on that date.
Constantin Iosca moved here from Romania in 1997 for a 'better life', but will be spending nearly three years in jail after bringing a fraudulent personal injury claim
The accused was the victim of serious sexual abuse at the hands of a school caretaker when he was a child and has suffered with a litany of mental health difficulties since his teenage years.
A hearing involving jailed anti-transgender schoolteacher Enoch Burke descended into chaos today when he refused to stop interrupting a barrister for Wilson's Hospital School.
An extortionist who demanded €20,000 from two innocent victims - threatening one that their children's throats would be slit and warning another he would be killed - has argued that his five-year sentence was twice as severe as that handed to his co-accused.
Senior Kinahan gang associate Sean McGovern's barrister has told the Special Criminal Court that a "good deal of work" has been done between the legal teams and that he "might not ultimately require a trial date".
The couple swore affidavits suggesting she was punched and kicked by her then partner hours after she maintained she was violently raped by Conor McGregor The ruling means Ms Hand's claims against the couple can now move directly to the assessment of damages Nikita Hand has secured default judgments against a couple who swore affidavits suggesting she was punched and kicked by her then partner just hours after she maintained she was violently raped by mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor