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October 2024

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James Kilroy granted legal aid to appeal conviction for murdering his wife Valerie French

25 Oct

11.4k

Court of Appeal

Convicted rapist claims shorter lunch breaks could have pressurised jury

23 Oct

19.1k

Special Criminal Court

Two men given suspended sentences for assisting Continuity IRA in attack that went unnoticed

14 Oct

14.7k

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Gunman linked to Kinahan cartel jailed for 11 years over murder conspiracy

14 Oct

14.7k

This year

2024

Dublin city centre

Criminal who stamped on man’s head causing permanent brain injury has sentence increased

22 Jul

36.7k

Courts

Convicted former solicitor Michael Lynn who stole €18 million from banks is granted legal aid for appeal

28 Jun

14.7k

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Jury at Stardust inquest to continue deliberations for tenth day tomorrow

15 Apr

2.9k

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stardust

Jurors at Stardust inquest retire for weekend having spent eight days deliberating so far

12 Apr

3.4k

Inquest

Jury at Stardust Inquest to continue deliberations tomorrow

9 Apr

2.5k

stardust

After one year and 373 witnesses, jurors at Stardust inquest begin deliberations

3 Apr

5.4k

Nearing a verdict

Stardust jury asked to look 'very carefully' at where and when the fire was first observed

22 Mar

4.6k

stardust

Stardust inquest coroner outlines testimony of survivors and continues summary of evidence

19 Mar

4.7k

Evidence summary

Stardust: Coroner tells jury they must be 'arbiters of the facts'

15 Mar

3.1k

Courts

Man who believed wife cheated with brother-in-law gets 10 years for stabbing relative to death

Updated 19 Feb

26.5k

stardust inquests

Stardust fire could have started in the main bar without staff noticing, expert tells inquest

30 Jan

5.5k

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Stardust inquest hears from expert on areas which might've had influence on 'how fire could've started'

22 Jan

5.2k

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Hard to conceive 'scale and enormity' of losing three family members at Stardust, inquest told

16 Jan

10.2k

stardust inquests

Dental plate could have been 'key' in identifying body of Stardust victim who went unknown for 25 years

12 Jan

13.0k

stardust inquest

Not possible to perform 'any meaningful analysis' of effects of fire on Stardust victims, inquest hears

9 Jan

15.8k

Last year

2023

stardust inquest

Company that produced carpet tiles used in Stardust did not recommend them for walls, inquest hears

12 Dec 2023

7.3k

Inquest

Garda investigating Stardust fire cause found 'no evidence' fire started maliciously, inquest hears

11 Dec 2023

5.7k

Inquest

Garda says officers treated Stardust site as one of 'catastrophe', but not as a 'crime scene'

8 Dec 2023

8.4k

stardust inquest

Firefighter tells Stardust inquest he found group of victims 'huddled together' on the dancefloor

1 Dec 2023

7.7k

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Stardust inquest hears how teen was trapped in toilets before being 'surrounded by fire'

29 Nov 2023

4.1k

stardust inquests

Stardust survivor tells inquest friend who perished was not supposed to attend disco that night

27 Nov 2023

6.6k

stardust inquest

DJ assistant tells Stardust Inquest fuses up to 60 light boxes would run off four plugboards

21 Nov 2023

9.1k

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Stardust: Inquest hears of survivor's 'life changing' injuries from the fire

17 Nov 2023

5.9k

stardust inquests

Stardust survivor tells how minutes trapped in toilets felt like 'a lifetime' as smoke filled the room

14 Nov 2023

5.2k

stardust inquest

Stardust witness tells inquest that doorman told him: 'They could not get out, the doors were padlocked'

11 Nov 2023

5.5k

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Stardust survivor says husband died in the blaze hours after celebrating daughter's first birthday

7 Nov 2023

8.0k

Court of Appeal

Cross-examination of abuse complainants cannot 'pry unnecessarily' into their personal lives

3 Nov 2023

10.8k

Court of Appeal

Suspended sentence for man who sexually assaulted au pair was too lenient, court finds

31 Oct 2023

35.9k

Inquest

Stardust survivor tells inquest that patrons 'were trapped like rats trying to get out'

28 Oct 2023

5.3k

Inquest

Woman tells Stardust inquest she left club after 'piece of ceiling' fell on table on night of fire

17 Oct 2023

6.8k

Inquest

Stardust patron saw material like 'melting plastic' coming from ceiling on night of fire, inquest hears

16 Oct 2023

4.8k

stardust inquest

Eamon Butterly tells Stardust inquest management at the club was not 'up to dealing with fire'

Updated 6 Oct 2023

14.9k

stardust inquest

Local resident saw Stardust fire almost half an hour before alarm was raised, inquest hears

15 Sep 2023

8.3k

Inquest

Former Stardust doorman denies he was ‘put up to’ telling gardaí he had opened the exits

14 Sep 2023

13.2k

stardust inquest

Former Stardust doorman says attempts were made to 'scapegoat' him for doors being locked

13 Sep 2023

7.1k

stardust inquest

Stardust inquest hears former doorman said victims couldn't escape because 'doors were chained'

12 Sep 2023

9.7k