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# Contempt of Court

This year
2023
# Courts
Enoch Burke refused injunction after he tells judge he won't stay away from school
The judge said that the balance of justice was tipped against Enoch Burke because of his refusal to stay away from the school.
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Jan 18th 2023, 11:43 AM
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# Contempt of Court
Former South African leader Jacob Zuma turns himself in for prison term
Zuma decided to hand himself over to authorities to obey the order from the country’s highest court.
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Jul 8th 2021, 7:52 AM
# Contempt of Court
Australian media fined for breaching Cardinal George Pell trial gag order
The news outlets were found guilty of 21 counts of contempt of court for ignoring the gag order.
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Jun 4th 2021, 6:56 AM
# Trial
Key witness who failed to appear during the Aaron Brady murder trial is arrested
He has been released on bail and will face trial for contempt of court.
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Oct 6th 2020, 3:45 PM
# china deal
Meat plants 'will seek to jail protesters' as farmers denounce 'heavy-handed legal tactics'
There have been reports of scuffles at protests outside plants today.
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Aug 28th 2019, 5:47 PM
# Contempt
Irish Daily Mail fined €25,000 over front page headline published during Ana Kriegel trial
Mr Justice Paul McDermott said there was “no effective editorial control over the manner in which the story was conveyed to the public”.
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Jul 8th 2019, 1:54 PM
# Contempt of Court
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson found guilty over Facebook broadcast
Robinson has built a large online following with links to international white nationalist groups.
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Jul 5th 2019, 5:08 PM
# Irish Daily Mail
Judge to decide on editor's role in Ana Kriegel story which led to newspaper being barred from court
Associated News (Ireland) Ltd, owners of the Daily Mail newspaper, accepted its responsibility and pleaded guilty to contempt of court.
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Jul 4th 2019, 1:37 PM
# Contempt of Court
Facebook and Twitter representatives to appear before court after Ana Kriegel murderers identified online
The boys, identified in the media only as Boy A and Boy B, were convicted yesterday of murdering Ana Kriegel last year.
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Jun 19th 2019, 4:48 PM
# rally
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, back in court over contempt charges
The case has been referred to the UK’s Attorney General.
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Oct 23rd 2018, 1:53 PM
# Contempt of Court
Anti-eviction campaigner given one month suspended sentence over social media video
Gilroy admitted making the remarks on a video clip posted on social media.
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May 4th 2018, 7:03 AM
# Contempt of Court
Couple released from Garda custody after apologising for refusing to leave their Dublin home
KBC Bank obtained an order directing the couple to vacate their home in Balbriggan, Co Dublin.
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May 1st 2018, 9:38 PM
Voices
'We need to protect jurors from attempts to influence them through social media'
Legislating for online and social media is possible and it is necessary, writes Josepha Madigan.
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Jul 29th 2017, 8:30 AM
# debtors' prison
“This makes us homeless" - Tough choices lie ahead for squatters in abandoned Dublin prison
Squatters at the Debtors’ Prison could face a real jail over disobeying a court order to leave the premises.
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Aug 23rd 2016, 6:05 AM
# ian bailey case
Explainer: What happens when a witness walks out of court?
Can you do that?
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Dec 11th 2014, 5:20 PM
# Courts
Be careful what you tweet: British social media users face fines
Facebook and Twitter users got official Government warning from today on discussing details of ongoing court cases.
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Dec 4th 2013, 3:24 PM
# James Bulger
Contempt action to be taken over photos of 'James Bulger's killers'
Individuals who posted material purporting to show the notorious Jon Venables and Robert Thompson face prosecution by the British government.
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Feb 27th 2013, 10:30 AM
# Quinn
Commercial Court to allow cross examination of Quinn family
The order allows IBRC to question them about their about bank accounts as well as the alleged transfer of assets to offshore companies.
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Dec 11th 2012, 4:43 PM
# Quinn
Seán Quinn goes to jail for nine weeks
But a decision is still to be made as to whether the man who was once Ireland’s richest will go to jail today.
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Nov 2nd 2012, 1:15 PM
# Quinn
Seán Quinn Jr to serve sentence in semi open, low security prison
After spending his first night in Mountjoy Jail, Seán Quinn Jr is to be moved to the low-security Training Unit of the prison.
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Jul 21st 2012, 3:00 PM
# Courts
Quinns may face jail over alleged contempt of court
The former Anglo Irish Bank has filed a motion seeking to have Sean Quinn and members of his family found in contempt of court.
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Feb 14th 2012, 10:53 AM
# Pakistan
Pakistani Prime Minister faces contempt of court charge
Yusuf Raza Gilani faces contempt proceedings for failing to carry out a court order to reopen a corruption case against the president.
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Jan 16th 2012, 1:55 PM
# Courts
Priory Hall developer granted stay on three-month sentence
The High Court had jailed and fined Thomas McFeely over his failure to carry out urgent remedial works on the Donaghmede apartment complex but he won a reprieve against the sentence.
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Nov 17th 2011, 2:02 PM
# Teresa Treacy
Inquiry into Teresa Treacy Mountjoy interview
The 65-year-old has been in jail for contempt of court for over three weeks over her refusal to facilitate court-ordered ESB work on her land.
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Oct 6th 2011, 8:28 AM
# Contempt
Daily Mail and the Sun fined £15,000 each for contempt of court
The publications’ websites carried a photograph of a defendant in a murder trial that showed him holding a firearm.
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Jul 20th 2011, 6:42 PM
# Facebook trial
"Trial by X Factor": increasing evidence of jurors using Facebook to discuss active court cases
In one case in the UK, a multi-million pound trial collapsed after a juror communicated with a defendant on Facebook.
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Jun 13th 2011, 10:40 AM