# Prosecutions

This year

2023

'Hundreds of drug driving prosecutions' in limbo as gardaí await critical High Court case

The Journal has learned that dozens of drug driving cases have been adjourned awaiting an answer as to the validity of the garda arrests.

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Jan 16th 2023, 12:05 AM

All time

Voices

Opinion: It was wrong to prosecute a 68-year-old Dublin woman for growing cannabis

Dr Cian Ó Concubhair and Dr Ian Marder say the DPP and Gardaí need a more common-sense approach in their application of certain drug laws.

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Jul 30th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Prosecutions

'After 47 years, this is a moment': Anxious wait for families before Bloody Sunday announcement

“Putting a soldier in jail wouldn’t make me happy whatsoever,” Kevin McKinney says, whose father was shot dead in 1972.

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Mar 14th 2019, 12:05 AM

# Prosecutions

Apologising for criminalisation of homosexuality Varadkar says 'people allowed the law to do its bashing for them'

The Dáil is offering an apology today to all the men convicted before the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

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Jun 19th 2018, 6:00 PM

# Red Handed

Eleven 'charity shops' that weren't charities have been caught breaking the rules

Action has been taken by the Charities Regulator over the last year.

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Sep 24th 2017, 4:55 PM

# Courts

Judge dismisses Go Safe speeding cases, calling them a 'charade' and 'embarrassing'

“I am not going to waste the court’s time with these cases,” Judge Patrick Durcan said in Killaloe yesterday.

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Apr 5th 2017, 6:15 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Should people who refuse to co-operate with the Census be prosecuted?

There were five successful prosecutions after the 2011 survey.

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Jul 16th 2016, 10:49 AM

# Catholic Church

Just 8 convictions came from 325 allegations of abuse against priests and brothers

This comes as part of an investigation into how the Catholic church has dealt with child abuse.

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Sep 9th 2015, 9:05 PM

# black bags

Litterbugs are REALLY bad at paying fines

And a councillor thinks it could cause reputational damage.

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Apr 17th 2015, 1:54 PM

# Data

Did you pay your TV licence last year? A lot of people in Kerry didn't

Due to the size of the city, Dublin topped new figures on summonses.

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Jan 17th 2015, 1:22 PM

# intervene

At least eight people prosecuted for animal abuse so far under new cruelty law

The DSPCA reports multiple prosecutions under the new Act.

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Dec 12th 2014, 7:30 AM

# Injections

Ten mother and baby homes carried out vaccine trials on almost 300 children - report

It is believed the trials took place between 1960 to 1976.

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Jun 9th 2014, 9:30 PM

# Up In Smoke

Eight businesses convicted after staff smoked on premises illegally

Three premises were also convicted for selling tobacco related products to minors in the first three months of 2014.

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Jun 4th 2014, 12:47 PM

# Animal Welfare

"They don't know what daylight is": Rescuing hens to give them a new life

You’ll want to buy free-range eggs after finding out about the lives these hens lived.

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Mar 17th 2014, 8:45 AM

# Horsemeat

Just one prosecution being sought over horsemeat scandal

Minister Simon Coveney says he is not going to court unless he knows he can win.

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Jul 16th 2013, 7:59 AM

# Food Safety

Two Chinese restaurants among 12 enforcement orders served last month

The Food Safety Authority closed twelve business last month under food safety legislation.

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Mar 6th 2013, 11:56 AM

# Trafficking

New report on human trafficking highlights low number of prosecutions

The Immigrant Council of Ireland said this shows a “clear need for a fresh approach to identifying victims”.

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Feb 26th 2013, 6:01 PM

# Labelling

Figures show scale of non-compliance with food labelling and traceability

The figures were released over the past year and also indicate how many prosecutions took place.

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Feb 6th 2013, 2:22 PM

# Prosecutions

Shatter admits frustration, but says Anglo probe can't be rushed

The minister for justice responds to criticism from Pat Rabbitte in today’s Sunday Independent, saying full investigations need time.

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Apr 8th 2012, 12:41 PM

# DPP

DPP prosecuted in more than 60 per cent of cases last year

However, about 3,312 suspects were not prosecuted by the DPP because of a lack of sufficient evidence in Garda files.

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Nov 1st 2011, 6:41 PM

# Crime

White collar criminals will not be "protected species"

Minister vows to give gardaí and prosecutors powers to bring prosecutions more efficiently and to tackle white collar crime.

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May 19th 2011, 3:52 PM