A SEVEN-year sentence imposed on a man who was four times over the limit when he crashed his BMW into a roundabout in Skibbereen was 'out of line', says the appeals court.
Representatives of illegally detained protesters are demanding that Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante and her police chief Fady Dagher publicly and vocally apologize for the infringement of the rights those who were illegally arrested during demonstrations held between 2011 and 2015.
A Superior Court judge has approved an agreement for the City of Montreal to pay $6 million to hundreds of protesters who were arrested by police during demonstrations between 2011 and 2015.
DPP drops murder charge after identification evidence is ruled out
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A man s second murder trial has collapsed at the Central Criminal Court, with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) dropping the charge after the trial judge ruled that gardai would not be allowed to identify the accused on CCTV.
Alan Harte (40), who has a previous conviction for disposing of his murdered friend s body, went on trial last week charged with the murder of 61-year-old wheelchair user Anthony Rogers. Harte, with an address at Island Quay Apartments, East Wall, Dublin 3 had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr Rogers at Robinson s Court, Cork Street, Dublin 8 on November 6, 2016.