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Annual vote to renew non-jury court branded a ‘circus’ by Sinn Fein
Helen McEntee said the Sinn Fein amendment was ‘merely another excuse … to justify sitting on its hands once more’.
Man pleads guilty to facilitating murder of Drogheda teenager Keane Mulready-Woods
A 26-YEAR-OLD man has pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of a Co Louth teenager whose body was dismembered in a killing linked to a drugs feud.
Court to accept illegally taped Hutch-Dowdall recordings as evidence
A Dublin court heard arguments on whether recordings of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch and former councillor Jonathan Dowdall should be accepted as evidence.
Ex-Irish soldier Lisa Smith jailed for 15 months for IS membership
The 40-year-old was convicted in May of being a member of the so-called Islamic State group but acquitted of a separate charge of financing terrorism.
Lisa Smith tried to justify suicide bombings, trial told
The former Defence Forces soldier, 39, has pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of Islamic State.
Lisa Smith ‘enveloped herself in the black flag of Islamic State’, court hears
The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty to charges of being a member of the terror group and financing terrorism.
Bid by terror-accused Lisa Smith to have charges dropped to be decided on Monday
The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, is accused of being a member of Islamic State and financing terrorism.
Kevin Lunney abduction: Three men found guilty over false imprisonment and assault of businessman
Three men have been found guilty at the non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin of falsely imprisoning and assaulting business executive Kevin Lunney.
Sinn Féin drops long-standing opposition to Republic's non-jury courts
SINN Féin has dropped its long-standing opposition to the use of non-jury courts in the Republic.