Róise Connolly

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has won an appeal against a £7,500 damages award over delays in progressing the inquest of the death of Pearse Jordan. The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, found that the trial judge had failed to differentiate between the period of delay for

A former “protection prisoner” who was held in a cell with other prisoners without sanitation or running water for up to 23 hours a day has been awarded €7,500 in the Supreme Court. Emphasising that the case was fact-specific and that the award should not be seen as establishing a &

A man who objected to his surrender to Poland on the basis of systemic breaches to the rule of law which would impact his fair trial rights has had his appeal dismissed by the Supreme Court. Delivering the leading judgment, Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell said that the CJEU had made it clear that f

A man facing extradition to Poland under a European Arrest Warrant has had arguments based on Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights rejected in the High Court. Referring to a recent report regarding prison conditions, Mr Justice Donald Binchy said that 3m² of floor space per pris

A pilot who is being sued for making defamatory statements online has been granted an order requiring Ryanair to provide an unredacted investigation report which had been almost completely redacted when first provided. Finding that the report was relevant and necessary to the issues at trial, Mr Jus

A man who pleaded guilty to the murder of his mother must serve eight years' imprisonment before being considered for release on licence. Commenting that the case was clearly “close to the borderline between murder and manslaughter”, Mr Justice Adrian Colton said the evidence “over

In 1937, a story emerged in the newspapers about a girl from Glasgow called Julia Clarke who had been sentenced, in absentia, to one month's imprisonment for “kissing a boyfriend in public”. Ms Clarke and the (notably unnamed) local boy had been seen kissing on church property in Blackro

The prosecution of a registered nurse who allegedly provided Botox treatments without a prescription can proceed after the High Court ruled that evidence central to the case against her is admissible. Satisfied that the samples of Botox had not been seized illegally, Mr Justice Michael MacGrath did

The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has found that the Executive Office can exercise the prerogative power to set up an ex gratia redress scheme for the victims of historical institutional abuse, and that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland should consider giving a direction to the Executiv

Galway County Council has been ordered to pay €2,000 in damages to the owner of a horse which it destroyed in April 2018. The High Court previously found that the Council had acted ultra vires in destroying the horse, and Mr Justice Garrett Simons urged the parties to reach an agreement on dama

The Supreme Court has said that the Court of Appeal erred in reversing a non-party costs order made against the principal shareholder of a company who was found to be solely responsible for directing and overseeing a fraudulent claim issued by his insolvent company. Emphasising “the need to pr

On 24 March 1661, Florence Newton was committed to prison in Youghal, Co Cork, having been accused of bewitching a young servant girl named Mary Langdon. At Florence’s trial on 11 September 1661, Mary gave evidence that the previous Christmas, Florence had gone to the house of John Pyne, where

An evangelical Christian who alleged that he had been discriminated against by University College Dublin due to his religious beliefs has lost his complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission. The man alleged that the discrimination led to him withdrawing from his course at UCD, and sought redres

A man who was “caught red-handed” at the scene of a largescale drugs distribution unit where over €4.1 million worth of cannabis and diamorphine was seized by gardaí, has had his sentence increased to 10 years in the Court of Appeal. Quashing the sentence of seven years impos

A vulture fund must pay the costs of a debtor who was successful in overturning an order for possession in respect of his home in Clontarf. The fund contended that the High Court should depart from the normal rule that costs follow the event, arguing that, inter alia, the debtor owed a significant s