An occasional commentary on some aspects of criminal law in Ireland.
Friday, 30 April 2010
Thursday, 29 April 2010
| Irish Examiner
| Irish Examiner: "Cowen ‘trying to deny implications of state’s complicity over laundries’"
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Thursday, 22 April 2010
| Irish Examiner
| Irish ExaminerJudge attacks system as prisoner freed two days into sentence
Read more: http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/judge-attacks-system-as-prisoner-freed-two-days-into-sentence-117848.html#ixzz0ln9RNaTE
Read more: http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/judge-attacks-system-as-prisoner-freed-two-days-into-sentence-117848.html#ixzz0ln9RNaTE
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Monday, 19 April 2010
Man to be sentenced for Leitrim and Mayo sex assaults | BreakingNews.ie
Man to be sentenced for Leitrim and Mayo sex assaults | BreakingNews.ie: "A man will be sentenced later this month for sexually assaulting and anally raping his young stepdaughter in Leitrim and Mayo over a four-year period."
Girl spared sentence in connection with gang attack | BreakingNews.ie
Girl spared sentence in connection with gang attack | BreakingNews.ie: "A young woman, who helped pin a Chinese student against railings as he was set on by a gang of youths and head-butted, has been spared a custodial sentence."
Man to appear in court for Geoghegan murder | BreakingNews.ie
Man to appear in court for Geoghegan murder | BreakingNews.ie: "A 24-year-old man charged with the murder of amateur rugby player Shane Geoghegan is due to go on trial today."
Wicklow youth sentenced for 'cowardly' burglarly of elderly man | BreakingNews.ie
Wicklow youth sentenced for 'cowardly' burglarly of elderly man | BreakingNews.ie: "A Wicklow youth who restrained a 70-year-old man in an armchair at an old folks complex while his accomplice searched the man’s flat for cash to steal was given a two-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court."
Young Dublin woman gets suspended sentence for broken bottle assault | BreakingNews.ie
Young Dublin woman gets suspended sentence for broken bottle assault | BreakingNews.ie: "A young Dublin woman who assaulted a man with a broken bottle at Shankill Dart station after a verbal altercation between two groups of youths has been given a two year suspended sentence."
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Detective appears in court charged with threatening to kill colleague - Telegraph
Detective appears in court charged with threatening to kill colleague - Telegraph: "A detective who sparked an armed seige inside a police station after allegedly threatening to kill a colleague has appeared in court."
Gardai finally to begin hunt for monster Carney - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie
Gardai finally to begin hunt for monster Carney -
National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie:
National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie:
"Paedophile priest suspected of abusing 32"
Saturday, 17 April 2010
Friday, 16 April 2010
Teacher 'ecstatic' after being cleared of having sex with 16-year-old pupil | Mail Online
Teacher 'ecstatic' after being cleared of having sex with 16-year-old pupil | Mail Online: "Now prosecute my accuser, says teacher at top boys' school cleared of seducing 6th-former"
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Boy in abuse case 'shielded food given to him' | BreakingNews.ie
Boy in abuse case 'shielded food given to him' | BreakingNews.ie:
"The foster mother of a young boy has told a jury today that when he was brought to her home he was wearing clothes two sizes too small and that he covered his food with his hands when eating as if to stop someone taking i"
Jail sentence for man in €1.3m cannabis case | BreakingNews.ie
Jail sentence for man in €1.3m cannabis case | BreakingNews.ie: "A “vulnerable” Dublin man who was been described as leading a “sheltered life” with his parents has been sentenced to seven years in prison with the last two suspended for possessing €1.3m of cannabis in a disused warehouse"
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Saturday, 10 April 2010
God and mammon – Matt Baggott's recipe for policing - Belfast Today
God and mammon – Matt Baggott's recipe for policing - Belfast Today
I'M ASTOUNDED AT THIS FRIGHTENING ASPECT TO POLICING IN A RELIGIOUSLY DIVIDED REGION.
Court told of racially motivated killing - The Irish Times - Sat, Apr 10, 2010
Court told of racially motivated killing - The Irish Times - Sat, Apr 10, 2010:
"A HOMELESS man was kicked about the head and had his throat stamped on during a suspected race-hate murder in Newry, the High Court in Belfast heard yesterday."
Friday, 9 April 2010
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Former Russian oligarch calls for oil theft charge to be dismissed | World news | The Guardian
Former Russian oligarch calls for oil theft charge to be dismissed |
World news |
The Guardian
World news |
The Guardian
I doubt that the charges against him were not political.
The Associated Press: China executes Japanese for drug smuggling
The Associated Press: China executes Japanese for drug smuggling
Again I believe that execution is wrong, I am against the death penalty.
Executions feared as Hamas clamps down in Gaza - Haaretz - Israel News
Executions feared as Hamas clamps down in Gaza - Haaretz - Israel News
I believe that the death penalty is wrong, simply wrong.
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Businessman jailed for attacking burglar says justice system failed him - Telegraph
Businessman jailed for attacking burglar says justice system failed him - Telegraph: "they chased Salem down the street and attacked him with a cricket bat, fracturing his skull, jaw and ribs, and causing brain damage"
Brothers charged after death of Toyosi - City News, National News - Herald.ie
Brothers charged after death of Toyosi -
City News, National News - Herald.ie: "A DUBLIN man has been charged with the Good Friday killing of 15-year-old Toyosi Shittabey.
Paul Barry (38), from Pearse Street, will appear in court again tomorrow along with his brother Michael (23), from Ringsend"
City News, National News - Herald.ie: "A DUBLIN man has been charged with the Good Friday killing of 15-year-old Toyosi Shittabey.
Paul Barry (38), from Pearse Street, will appear in court again tomorrow along with his brother Michael (23), from Ringsend"
Assault claims against garda�left out of report
Assault claims against garda�left out of report: "A section of an inquiry into the death of Terence Wheelock has been censored from the published version of the report."
Drumm consents to fraud squad interview
Drumm consents to fraud squad interview
"consents" How arrogant.
Flowers for Phoebe - Fury for the friends who drove her to her death
Flowers for Phoebe - Fury for the friends who drove her to her death: "US authorities have moved decisively against tragic Phoebe Prince's bullies, yet her school maintains it has done nothing wrong"
Wrongly-jailed Irishman to get just �100 per day of imprisonment from UK government
Wrongly-jailed Irishman to get just �100 per day of imprisonment from UK government: "COMPENSATION for an Irishman wrongly jailed in England for 27 years has been capped at just �100 per day of his time in prison, and has still to be settled a year after his release."
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