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A shoplifter bit off the ear of a Tesco customer who tried to stop him stealing razors, lamb and champagne before swallowing it and saying: “I have HIV”, a court has heard. When other customers told the victim to go and look for his missing ear in the wake of the attack, he told them: […]

A protestant worker who claimed he was “intimidated” out of a Dundalk factory because his colleagues played “anti-British” songs on repeat has had his claim for sectarian harassment rejected. One song included the lyrics “go home you British bastards”, the Workplace Relations Commission was told. His former employer told the commission, however, that the worker

A judge has warned the parents of two “school shy” children that she will send them both to prison unless their children have a 100pc attendance record in school from now on. Kilrush District Court heard a 15-year-old girl has not attended school at all in the current school year while her 11-year-old brother has

A woman who was hit by a train near her home in Co Tipperary as a child a decade ago has settled her High Court action for €400,000. Mary Ryan was nine-years-old when the incident happened at Tipperary town on the Waterford- Limerick Junction line. Approving the settlement, reached without admission of liability, Mr Justice

A senior barrister accused of murdering a man in a shooting on farmland in Dublin has taken up €100,000 bail and was released from custody on Tuesday, a court has heard. Law professor Diarmuid Phelan (53) is accused of the murder of father-of-four, Keith Conlon, at Hazelgrove Farm, Kiltalown Lane, Tallaght, on February 22. The

PIAB guidelines have ‘immediate and colossal’ impact on insurance payout By Mary Carolan, 12th April 2022 The Personal Injuries Assessment Board’s average award last year dropped by 42 per cent in the wake of new guidelines slashing awards for minor personal injuries entering into force and fuelling calls for cheaper insurance. Almost half – 49

The new Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (LPDT) is set to begin processing complaints of misconduct against solicitors and barristers later this month. Established under the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, the commencement of the new tribunal’s functions was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was formally brought into effect in November 2020 with the

By Tim Healy, 5th April 2022 A boy who was attacked by a husky-type dog as he played hurling on a GAA pitch has settled his High Court action for €95,000. Aaron Heavey-Sharpe suffered multiple lacerations to his lower legs and has been left with permanent and significant scarring after the attack by the Alaskan

By Eimear Cotter A Slovakian man accused of the murder of school teacher Ashling Murphy earlier this year has been sent for trial in the Central Criminal Court. Jozef Puska (31) was served with the book of evidence when he appeared before Cloverhill District Court this morning. This was Mr Puska’s seventh appearance at Cloverhill,

Criminal and family law cases not affected and will be prioritised, says court president By Mary Carolan, 1st April 2022 A large number of District Court cases in the Dublin Metropolitan District have been adjourned for another week due to high numbers of Covid-19 cases, including among judges and court staff. Criminal and family law