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Courts Reporter for RTÉ News.
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LC student shares advice after 'most difficult year'
A student, whose mother died during her Leaving Certificate year, has shared her advice to young people starting sixth year.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Tusla's attitude to court orders 'unsatisfactory' - judge
A High Court judge has described the Child and Family Agency Tusla's attitude to judicial orders as "incomprehensible and wholly unsatisfactory".
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August 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Assault victim links attack to racism and rise in misinformation
A string of violent attacks on migrants in Ireland, some linked to racism and misinformation, has sparked growing concern among some minority communities
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August 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Conor McGregor loses appeal over jury's finding of rape
Conor McGregor has lost his appeal against a High Court jury's finding that he raped Nikita Hand.
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July 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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'Beggars belief' HHC available without restrictions
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland has said it "beggars belief" that products containing a man-made drug which produces similar effects to cannabis, and which it says has done major damage to peo...
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July 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Court cannot regulate Cabinet meetings - Attorney General
The Attorney General has said the courts cannot regulate who can attend Cabinet meetings and any intervention would be an unprecedented intrusion into that branch of government.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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'Die trying to live' - Survivor on Srebrenica genocide
On the 30th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia Herzegovina, Paul Cunningham tells the story of one man who survived the genocide, but whose four brothers were killed.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Watch: 5 key takeaways from Reuters news study
The annual Reuters Digital News Report for Ireland 2025 offers a fascinating, if sobering, snapshot of media consumption.
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June 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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How has the handling of Iran's nuclear programme changed?
For decades, the international community has wrung its hands over Iran's nuclear programme, fretting over the Islamic dictatorship's potential to build a bomb.
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June 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Man, 60s, arrested on suspicion of Annie McCarrick murder
A man has been arrested in Dublin for the murder of Annie McCarrick, the 26-year-old American woman who went missing more than 32 years ago.
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June 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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NI journalists threatened with death, rape - Amnesty
Journalists in Northern Ireland are regularly receiving threats from paramilitary-linked crime gangs and others angered by their work, according to a new report.
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June 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Judiciary pay tribute to the late Aodhán Ó Faoláin
A High Court judge has led tributes in court to reporter Aodhán Ó Faoláin who died last week.
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May 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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BBC journalist took 'utmost care' over Adams allegation
A BBC journalist has told the High Court she took the utmost care to corroborate an allegation against Gerry Adams which is at the centre of a defamation case taken by the former Sinn Féin president.
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May 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Brothers share lifelong bond after kidney donation
In 1975 Séamus Fitzpatrick donated a kidney to his brother Seán in what was the seventh successful kidney transplant in Ireland. 50 years on, the brothers continue to share a close bond.
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May 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Tributes paid as legal journalist O'Faolain dies aged 50
Tributes have been paid to legal journalist Aodhan O'Faolain, who reported on High Court, Appeal Court and Supreme Court cases for almost all national news organisations, and who has died at the age o...
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May 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Child died as doctors did not listen, mother tells court
The mother of a 12-year-old girl who died after a failure to diagnose a blockage in a shunt in her brain has told a High Court judge her daughter died because doctors would not listen to her.
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May 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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McGregor in bid to introduce new evidence in rape appeal
Former Mixed Martial Arts fighter, Conor McGregor wants to introduce evidence from a new witness claiming she saw Nikita Hand being assaulted by someone else, in his appeal against a jury's finding th...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Watched last night’s #RTÉInvestigates?

Here’s more —

Profile of an abuser: Christian Brother Martin O'Flaherty
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Profile of an abuser: Christian Brother Martin O'Flaherty
Martin O'Flaherty was a keeper of the keys to the congregation's assets and secrets, and is now a convicted child sexual abuser, RTÉ Investigates reveals.
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May 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Adams recalls internment in libel case against BBC
Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams became emotional on the second day of his defamation case against the BBC as he was asked about his own internment and the hunger strikes of the 1970s.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Trump admin in bid to redefine harm to endangered animals
The Trump administration aims to remove degradation of habitat from its definition of "harm" to endangered species, proposing a rule change that would open the door to human activity in ecologically s...
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April 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Giving evidence in rape case has 'protected' other women
A woman who was raped by three men she met in a nightclub has said she feels she has protected other women by giving evidence against the men.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Why Cork gulls aren't as vicious as Dublin ones about your food
Seagulls have gained a fearsome reputation for stealing food from humans in the capital and elswhere, but it's a different story in Cork
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April 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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'Community car' provides essential transport for locals
A pilot initiative set up in Co Kildare to provide essential transport for those facing mobility challenges is proving a huge success with significant demand for the service.
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April 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Watch: Kingfishers the star attraction of River Dodder
Photographers and wildlife enthusiasts are making a daily pilgrimage to a short stretch of river in Dublin to catch a glimpse of one of Ireland's most striking and elusive birds - the kingfisher.
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March 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Investigation after 60 drums of oil dumped in Co Meath
An investigation is under way after 60 five-gallon drums of oil were illegally dumped near a river in Co Meath.
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March 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM