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Two parents were ordered to pay a fine of €400 each in Dublin District Court after failing to ensure that their children attended school. Judge John O'Neill convicted the couple of breaching the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 after a two-day hearing, in which the court heard that the eldest of the c

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A judge has ruled that cases against five care workers who were covertly filmed while allegedly assaulting residents at the Áras Attracta care facility in Co Mayo can proceed. Judge Mary Devins in Castlebar District Court said she was satisfied that there were prima facia cases to answer.

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A District Court judge has called for action to overhaul a Co Kerry courthouse which he said was disrupted by "noise and filth", the Irish Examiner reports. Judge James O'Connor told this year's first sitting of Tralee Court House that he would no longer tolerate the poor conditions within the court

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A judge in Cork has bound two men to the peace after saying he did not see how he could convict either of them of assaulting the other. Judge Olann Kelleher told Cork District Court that he did not have enough evidence to make a conviction after an incident in which one man was allegedly headbutted

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A psychiatric patient who allegedly stabbed a fellow patient should be asked whether their medical records can be shared in a report of the incident, Dublin Coroner's Court has heard. The court was told that a final report into the alleged stabbing has been left in "draft, incomplete form" because o

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Cash will not be accepted in contributions to the poor box in Killarney District Court this year, a judge presiding over the district has said. Judge James O'Connor has announced that offenders who are ordered to make contributions will now have to use a cheque or postal order, The Irish Times repor

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