Only around one in five people called up for jury duty last year ended up attending in court, with large numbers of no shows and excusals still being recorded.

Being asked to make yourself available for jury service is a bit like going to a dentist for root canal treatment — both adventures are something many people try to avoid.

Sexual offences in Ireland are set to be investigated from start to finish by a dedicated unit within the public prosecutions service, it has emerged.

The unconstitutionality of certain sections of the road traffic laws could lead to the wiping out of thousands of penalty points and convictions for speeding if a High Court challenge to the legislation succeeds.

An Iraqi war veteran who developed drug addictions a result of his military service has being jailed for robbery and car jacking.

A war veteran impersonated a garda and hijacked a car with “a broken airsoft gun”, a court has heard.

The case of a man found guilty of causing serious harm to two former partners by infecting them with HIV was an “isolated incident”, says HIV Ireland.

An Aer Lingus worker who helped smuggle illegal immigrants into the country has been jailed for four years.

Speaking out about domestic abuse is the “hardest part”, says Emma Murphy, whose former partner was found guilty of attacking her.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly “acted despicably,” and “cynically avoided service” on him of personal injuries proceedings alleging he assaulted Anthony Kelly five years ago, the Circuit Civil Court heard yesterday.

Gardaí have contacted almost 12,000 drivers wrongly prosecuted for road traffic offences over appealing their cases and returning fines paid.

The late Willie Crowley would have continued to serve the people of Millfield Manor after a fire levelled a terrace of houses there, writes Michael Clifford

The decision to overturn a ruling awarding a hillwalker €40,000 for injuries she sustained after she tripped and fell on a boardwalk on the Wicklow Way has been welcomed.

A decision to award a hillwalker €40,000 for injuries she sustained after she tripped and fell on a boardwalk on the Wicklow Way has been overturned by the High Court.

A woman has brought a High Court challenge over a decision to grant a repossession order in respect of her home.

Businessmen Michael and John O’Flynn and their company O’Flynn Construction Ltd have sued Nama, NALM, and ex-Nama employee Enda Farrell for damages over an alleged leak of confidential company information.

A man jailed for the attempted robbery of a cash-in-transit van has had his prison sentence cut on appeal.

A judge has suspended a six-month prison sentence for two Moldovan men charged with cigarette smuggling on condition that they leave the country within 24 hours.

The Minister for Finance has dismissed any notion of a link between the illegal disclosure of information by a former Nama official and asset sales by the agency.

Lawyers for a Ballymun man jailed for his role in an attempted robbery have claimed his trial was unfair because the State “cleansed” the jury of people from Ballymun, Cabra and Finglas.

The biggest fine for environmental damage ever handed down by an Irish court has not been paid and the company responsible is now under final notice to comply.

A former priest and music teacher who told the Pope last year he had a history of “abusing young boys” has been given a four-year prison term for indecently assaulting a secondary school student in the 1980s.

A crackdown on dangerous drivers has been pledged by Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe after he described as unacceptable the number of motorists committing offences and escaping penalty points.

The trials against Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy and two party councillors, with Tánaiste Joan Burton as star witness, will not take place before the next election, the Irish Examiner has established.

Gardaí have been given the green light to bring serious charges against three politicians, including Paul Murphy TD, in connection with the water charges protest involving Tánaiste Joan Burton last November.

The numbers of ‘white collar’ criminals jailed for Revenue related offences, standing at nine so far this year, including the ‘Anglo Three’, is already three times the number jailed for tax offences in 2014.

Three former Anglo Irish Bank executives have been sentenced jail; The Italian man who has admitted killing his landlord in Castleknock has been found not guilty by reason of insanity; Ryanair’s new cuddly image is paying off handsomely for its outspoken boss Michael O’Leary. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this evening.

Preparations for the trial of Independent TD Michael Lowry on tax charges should not be suspended because of his impending legal bid to stop the tax case going ahead, the President of the High Court said yesterday.

An elderly mother has told a court her 39-year-old heroin dealing son “is our rock”.

Independent TD Michael Lowry was yesterday granted permission by the High Court to bring a challenge aimed at preventing his trial before Dublin Circuit Court on alleged tax offences from going ahead.

An attempt by former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry to stop his trial on alleged tax offences is due to go before the High Court today.

Court told manner in which letter was revealed is prejudicial

The Private Residential Tenancies Board has today secured a temporary injunction to allow a family re-enter their Dublin apartment - after the locks were changed without notice.

A Dublin teenager who launched a horrific and unprovoked attack on a man he had never met has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison.

A Dublin teenager who launched an horrific and unprovoked attack on a young man he'd never met has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison.

The victim of an assault by a college student has asked a judge not to jail his attacker, Dublin Circuit Court has heard.

A High Court judge yesterday said he accepted a woman’s version of what happened at an Ann Summers lingerie party in a Dublin pub, but she was not entitled to damages.

A Dublin mother-of-two has lost her legal action against the owners of a pub in Loughlinstown after she was injured during an Ann Summers lingerie party.

An incident involving a ring intended for use on “a certain part” of the male anatomy being thrown into the air as a prize at a lingerie party was akin to a bridal bouquet being thrown and did not require a risk assessment, an engineer told the High Court.

A mother of two who claims she injured her ribs when she was knocked down at an Ann Summers lingerie party has sued the pub where the event was held.

X Factor judge Louis Walsh’s entertainment firm slipped into the red last year to record a loss of €53,234.

A father-of-five has been jailed for nine years for his part in a tiger raid in which a Dublin bank manager’s husband and two small children were held hostage in a van.

Another person has been convicted in connection with the ongoing Garda investigation into criminal activity amongst car-dealerships based on the west side of Dublin city.

A Dublin drug addict has been jailed for six years today for possession of almost €3m worth of heroin hidden inside three fire extinguishers.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has been urged to give a priority hearing to the appeal by businessman Paul Begley against the severity of his six-year jail sentence over a €1.6m garlic import scam.

An unemployed dance teacher who falsely accused 'X Factor' judge Louis Walsh of groping him in a nightclub has suffered from post-traumatic stress for more than a decade, a court has heard.