Category: Justice
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Barrister refused bail on murder charge after death on farm
The barrister, Diarmuid Phelan told the High Court that if released on bail that he would return to face trial. Mr Phelan is accused of murdering Keith Conlon on his farmland in Kiltalown Lane in Tallaght. The 53 year old barrister who is also a law lecturer at Trinity College Dublin said that he wanted […]
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Tipperary man in court over drugs seizure
€125,000 worth of cannabis was discovered during a search of a house in a house between Nenagh and Toomevara, on Friday afternoon. A sophisticated grow-house was found by Gardaí in the attic of the house, the cannabis plants had a value of over €113,000 Cannabis herb worth €112,000 was also found in the house. A […]
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Woman who claimed over €100,000 fraudulently from social welfare jailed
The mother of 4 had been claiming single parent benefits has been jailed for two years as it was found that the €100,000 she had claimed from the state had been done so fraudulently. Janet Agbontaen (55), claimed that she was under control of her husband who she described as domineering and violent when she […]
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“Capacity at women’s refuges has not increased in the last 7 years”
In response to a parliamentary question submitted by Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne, it has been revealed that capacity at women’s refuges has actually decreased since 2015. The Government is set to publish the third national domestic, sexual and gender-based violence strategy over the coming months, and Sinn Féin are calling on the Government to rectify historically […]
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Human rights of Adoptees and Mothers in Tipperary failed again
Teachta Browne said: “I am completely dismayed the Minister, once again has not listened to adoptees, mothers or their advocates. “What I find most disappointing is the deliberate ploy by Government to spin the announcement as a win for adoptees and mothers in Tipperary, but the reality is this is no win. The reality is […]
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TD calls on Taoiseach to sanction a full-scale Irish government public enquiry into the 1998 Omagh Bomb
Speaking on the 23rd anniversary of the bombing, the Leader of the Rural Independent Group and staunch campaigner for justice for the victims’, Deputy Mattie Mc Grath, stated: “Last month, Mr Justice Horner delivered his judgement at the High Court in Belfast, which found that there was a ‘real prospect’ that the 15th of August 1998 Omagh bombing could […]
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Courts Report for 2020 shows over 2,400 remote video sessions
Keeping Courts open and safe in 2020 – Courts Service Annual Report 2020 confirms 580,000 matters through the courts, first 2,411 remote courts ever and 13,326 video links to Irish prisons (3,798 in 2019) The Chief Justice Frank Clarke, Chairperson of the Courts Service Board, presented the Annual Report 2020 to Minister of State at […]
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State inaction has left Court decision on Tipperary vote in limbo – Mattie McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has strongly criticised the lack of legal instruction provided to barristers acting on behalf of the state during his High Court challenge to the constitutionality of postponing the General Election vote in Co. Tipperary. Deputy McGrath had attended the Court after he was informed that in order to avert the possibility […]
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Gardai sieze 50,000 counterfeit cigarettes at checkpoint
Gardai have revealed that they seized 50,000 cigarettes at a checkout in North Tipperary last Friday. It has been reported that the value of the cigarettes was in the region €30,000. A man in his 40s was arrested, with Gardai preparing a file for the DPP. This is the latest in a series of efforts by […]
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Dail Question – Kelly asks Tánaiste about accuracy of Crime Data
Question posed by Alan Kelly: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests and convictions that were recorded in the recent Operation Thor carried out by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. Link to Question: HERE Answer by Charlie Flanagan: As the […]