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# Court Case

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High Court ruling may result in the dismissal of many speeding cases
Justice Kearns said it is ‘insufficient’ for the gardaí to state that it is ‘normal or usually the case’ that the photographic record is included with the summons.
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Jul 11th 2014, 7:18 PM
"We close the case for the defence." - It's down to closing arguments in the Pistorius trial
The trial will break until 7 August when both sides will make their last arguments.
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Jul 8th 2014, 11:02 AM
More people who say they were abused by Rolf Harris have come forward
Rolf Harris is due to be sentenced on Friday after being found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault.
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Jul 1st 2014, 8:26 AM
Dublin City and County Courts set for first overhaul in decades
With no change, the Court Services said they will have to cut back services.
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Jun 4th 2014, 3:10 PM
Judicial review of Facebook data case to begin in High Court tomorrow
The Europe V Facebook group launched the action last year after the Irish Data Protection Commissioner decided not to investigate Facebook over its involvement in the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program.
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Apr 28th 2014, 11:42 AM
Dead rat stench and mice on desks: Woman gets €20k over rodents at work
Amanda Byrne said she had a life-long phobia and was petrified to go to work in case a rat or mouse crossed her path.
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Feb 12th 2014, 9:35 AM
Funeral of Tom O'Gorman to be held tomorrow
The removal will take place this evening in Castleknock.
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Jan 23rd 2014, 8:01 AM
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Good morning! Here are nine things you need to know as you start your day.
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Jan 11th 2014, 8:54 AM
Video: Police shouted down after verdict in London riots case
There were angry scenes outside a London court this evening after a jury found that Mark Duggan had been lawfully killed.
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Jan 8th 2014, 10:41 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Dec 16th 2013, 4:58 PM
HSE paid out over €255m on legal fees since 2005
The legal fees bill reached over €46.5m in 2012, an increase of more than €10 million on 2011.
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Dec 16th 2013, 6:45 AM
Sean Dunne fails in bid to overturn bankruptcy
“I am a victim of lots of inaccurate publicity” Sean Dunne is quoted as saying in an email used as evidence in court.
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Dec 6th 2013, 4:24 PM
Cocaine, cannabis, crystal meth and a gun seized in Longford
A man in his 20s is to appear in court today in relation to the seizure.
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Dec 6th 2013, 9:55 AM
Parents of Dylan Gaffney Hayes release statement about €8.5m HSE settlement
The family of Dylan Gaffney Hayes, who suffered catastrophic brain injuries during birth, was awarded a settlement of €8.5 million in the High Court today.
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Nov 29th 2013, 11:05 PM
Charles Saatchi 'has no proof' Nigella Lawson took drugs
Charles Saatchi appeared in court today to give evidence in the trial of sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo.
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Nov 29th 2013, 10:59 PM
Peaches Geldof defends tweeting names of mothers involved in Lostprophets court case
Bob Geldof’s daughter could face charges for the
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Nov 29th 2013, 10:58 AM
Man charged in relation to murder investigation in Lixnaw
The 19-year-old will appear in court tomorrow.
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Nov 28th 2013, 10:17 PM
Irish nanny charged with murder in Massachusetts to appear in court
Aisling Brady McCarthy, originally from Cavan, has denied all charges against her.
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Nov 19th 2013, 7:18 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Nov 11th 2013, 4:55 PM
‘Accountability and lessons need to be learnt from the deaths of Bray fire men’
The IFESA, local Wicklow councillors and family of the deceased firemen are asking for a full fire service to be rolled out.
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Oct 26th 2013, 7:30 AM
Wicklow Council fined €355k over Bray firemen deaths
The local authority pleaded guilty to three charges related to the deaths of Mark O’Shaughnessy and Brian Murray who died fighting a blaze in Bray in 2007. The maximum possible fine was €3 million.
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Oct 25th 2013, 9:50 PM
Adams: 'I've committed no offence, I did the best I could under difficult circumstances'
Gerry Adams today questioned why the police and the social services did not launch an investigation into his niece’s abuse in 1987.
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Oct 21st 2013, 10:23 AM
Medical team pulled a stone from the back of Natasha McShane's throat
The trauma surgeon who treated Natasha said there three separate lacerations were discovered and there was a lot of blood.
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Oct 18th 2013, 10:25 AM
Berlin museum seeks return of ancient gold tablet taken to US after the Holocaust
The tablet was brought to the US by a Holocaust survivor after surviving the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Oct 15th 2013, 3:12 PM
Poll: Do you think the law should be changed to allow for assisted suicide?
A man in Canada recorded a video eight days before he died asking for the laws on assisted suicide to be changed – what’s your view?
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Sep 26th 2013, 9:23 AM
Kate McCann in Portuguese court for libel case against police chief
The former detective published a book alleging that Madeleine McCann’s parents were involved in her disappearance from a vacation home in 2007.
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Sep 12th 2013, 3:26 PM
DNA database is one more tool that will help catch perpetrators, says RCNI
The Rape Crisis Network Ireland welcomes the DNA Database System Bill which will increase the possibility for justice for sexual violence victims.
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Sep 11th 2013, 3:15 PM
Facebook to pay out for using personal data in adverts
The social network must pay $20 million after an estimated 614,000 Facebook users had their personal details appear in ads on the site.
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Aug 27th 2013, 3:56 PM
Man writes own credit card contract, sues bank for breaking it
Dmitry Argarkov decided that his made up rates and fees were much more satisfactory than those of his bank.
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Aug 9th 2013, 2:40 PM
Slain teen's mother: Screams on 911 call are my son's
17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot dead in February last year.
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Jul 5th 2013, 9:27 PM
Nurse accused of setting fire to nursing home pleads guilty to killing 11 people
Roger Dean, a 37-year-old nurse who worked at the nursing home, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of murders on the first day of his trial.
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May 27th 2013, 10:29 AM
Court upholds Berlusconi's tax fraud sentence, seven years after trial first started
The former Italiam Premier is now expected to appeal the ruling in Italy’s highest court.
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May 8th 2013, 8:14 PM
Man, 20, pleads guilty to assaulting former Ireland cricketer Jesse Ryder
Ryder was put into an induced coma following the assault outside a Christchurch bar earlier this year.
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May 7th 2013, 9:34 AM
Column: Decisions in the family courts will be open to scrutiny now the veil has been lifted
Until now, family court proceedings have been heard ‘in camera’ but new legislation will bring more transparency – and more confidence – to the system, writes solicitor Emma Heron.
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Apr 9th 2013, 7:00 AM
Column: How can lay juries cope with serious fraud cases, like that of Anglo Irish Bank?
With over 24 million documents and a court case that could take over six months, the availability of jurors and their understanding of this complex trial is being flagged by legal professionals. Nuala Haughey explores the future of juries in white collar crime cases.
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Mar 27th 2013, 7:00 AM
Column: Domestic violence is an issue we're encouraged not to think about in Ireland
Following the horrendous Magdalene revelations, can we continue to pretend to ourselves that abuses aren’t happening right here and now in our society and in our homes, asks Paula McGovern.
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Feb 16th 2013, 7:00 PM
Column: We owe it to victims to have minimum and mandatory sentencing
The crimes committed against Fiona Doyle and Detective Garda Adrian Donohue deserve sufficient punishment – and the pressure needs to be placed back onto criminals, says criminologist John O’Keefe.
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Jan 30th 2013, 7:00 AM
Pics: Seán FitzPatrick back in court as Anglo trial date set for January 2014
The former chief of the now defunct bank appeared with two other former directors at the Circuit Criminal Court today as a trial date was provisionally set for next year.
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Jan 23rd 2013, 12:11 PM
'Right to die' challenge to go to the Supreme Court
Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, is to take her court case to the Supreme Court after she lost a High Court case on the ban on assisted suicide.
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Jan 16th 2013, 6:28 PM
Olympics 100m bottle-thrower 'screamed abuse at Bolt'
The individual in question allegedly threw a plastic beer bottle on to the track shortly before the men’s 100 metres final.
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Jan 3rd 2013, 3:43 PM
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