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Convictions

Courts

Man jailed for three years after sexually assaulting a teenage girl on public transport

6 Mar 2023

22.7k

Chicago

Prosecutor drops sex abuse charges against singer R Kelly after federal convictions

31 Jan 2023

14.6k

Report

Plans to disregard historic convictions of gay men have raised 'range of complex issues'

9 May 2022

11.1k

Courts

Ivana Bacik: Any trivialising of gender-based violence by the courts is unhelpful

Ivana Bacik

6 Feb 2021

16.8k

Sentenced

'You will be given a chance to reconstruct your life - I hope you take it': The convictions of Boy A and B

6 Nov 2019

31.3k

Courts

Gang appeal their jail time over tiger kidnapping of Dublin family

29 Oct 2019

29.5k

Convictions

Lithuanian heroin gang moves significant quantities of drugs to Kerry

31 Jan 2019

30.1k

Sex Offender

Chief suspect in Stillorgan sex assault was handed suspended sentence for attacking woman

15 Jan 2019

43.0k

Courts

Homeless woman with 63 prior convictions admits carrying out burglary at Joan Burton's home

5 Jul 2018

12.8k

Circuit Criminal Court

Man jailed for two years for falsely imprisoning teenagers and threatening to pour 'acid' into their eyes

27 Feb 2018

20.0k

Convictions

Ex-football coach Barry Bennell guilty on 43 charges of child sex abuse

15 Feb 2018

12.4k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Do you think drug users should escape criminal conviction?

17 Jul 2017

26.4k

118

Dublin

Man gets 14 months in prison for stealing 'hot pants' delivery from truck

17 May 2017

16.2k

Courts

Man given 3.5 years in jail for recklessly colliding with another car

21 Jan 2017

25.5k

Banned

No one has ever been convicted of female genital mutilation in Ireland

2 Jan 2017

12.4k

Courts

High Court orders deportation of South African man, with his children remaining here

9 Aug 2016

20.9k

France

More than 1,000 arrests linked to Euro 2016

4 Jul 2016

18.9k

walking free

From today it will be easier for minor convictions to be left in the past

29 Apr 2016

32.2k

Convictions

The courts say they have an 86% conviction rate for drink-driving

27 Oct 2015

8.7k

freed from jail

Brothers wrongly convicted of murdering girl have trouble adjusting to outside world

3 Sep 2015

21.8k

incredibly cruel

Man violently killed dog in park because he couldn't pay vet bills

28 Jul 2015

35.0k

114

Speed Cameras

Where in Ireland gets the most penalty points?

13 Jun 2015

46.2k

law on paper

Why have there been no prosecutions for female genital mutilation in Ireland?

3 Aug 2014

11.0k

Up In Smoke

Eight businesses convicted after staff smoked on premises illegally

4 Jun 2014

15.4k

GoSafe

Speed cameras record more than 7,000 hours of driving each month

16 Apr 2014

7.8k

Convictions

Unauthorised erectile dysfunction medicine leads to two court cases

30 Oct 2013

13.2k

Department of Justice

New figures show 309 alleged assaults on emergency staff in one year

30 Aug 2013

4.7k

dog control

88 convictions for dog control offences in 2012

11 Apr 2013

5.1k

emergency workers

Dáil to debate five year jail terms for assaults on emergency workers

5 Oct 2012

5.5k

Denmark

Four men who planned shooting spree at Danish newspaper imprisoned

4 Jun 2012

2.5k

UK: Nine men jailed in racially charged sex ring case

9 May 2012

3.6k

DPP

DPP prosecuted in more than 60 per cent of cases last year

1 Nov 2011

945

forensics

Lack of legal aid resources impairs forensic defence, warns lawyer

20 Oct 2011

452

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