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Thursday 15 April 2021
Judge Keys said that if was not for Killeen’s two children and the effect a prison term would have on them, she would be going to jail.
He says the decision is unfair and breaches his rights.
Appeals by the notorious criminal brothers have “dragged to a halt,” a lawyer for the DPP has claimed.
The court has been criticised by human rights bodies – but until we can guarantee a fair trial by jury where witnesses, jurors, and others are protected from intimidation we need to keep it, writes Aaron McKenna.
TheJournal.ie recaps the evidence given by April and Lisa Collins which led to the Special Criminal Court handing down a life sentence to known criminal and killer John Dundon.
Everyone’s talking about John Dundon guilty of murder, Ryanair and how much parents spend on college-going children.
The 30-year-old has been sentenced to life in prison.
John Dundon was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison by the Special Criminal Court today.
John Dundon listened to rap music throughout today’s ruling. Many have been asking why the judges allowed him to do so.
Martin Callinan said the verdict endorses the capacity of the State to deal with this type of serious criminal case.
John Dundon removed his headphones only to listen to his defence counsel as his solicitor says he maintains his innocence.
The trial of John Dundon, who is accused of the murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan in Limerick, had been adjourned for two weeks after a key witness was hospitalised.
John Dundon is due before the Special Criminal Court today charged in connection with the 2008 murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan.
The two brothers are accused of several crimes, including intimidating witnesses and threatening to kill a number of people.
OUR NUMBERS HOSPITALISED with Covid-19 continue to fall and the rate of infection appears to be going in the right direction.
But trying to find a solution to how the virus and its variants enter Ireland from abroad continues to be a real challenge.
It was never going to be easy to set up a legal requirement to get arrivals into the country to pay for a two-week quarantine.
The list of designated countries has continued to grow as the Government revises its understanding of the danger spots.
Now, such is the influx of people that Minister Stephen Donnelly has announced a “pause” on bookings on a precautionary basis, in order to ramp up capacity in the system.
Donnelly confirmed yesterday evening that no bookings in mandatory hotel quarantine will be available until next Monday.
So the question is: Should the government cap incoming arrivals from countries on the mandatory quarantine list?
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Cuan Ó Seireadáin discusses 6 Harcourt Street, which is the subject of a TG4 documentary tonight.
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