Defendants should remain anonymous in rape trials unless they are convicted, according to the Bar Council of Ireland, a view supported by the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland (RCNI).

Reporting sexual violence and going through a criminal trial is arduous and challenging for many survivors and the system needs a major overhaul, writes Caroline Counihan.

The executive director of the abuse support group One in Four has welcomed the recommendations contained in the Gillen Review which calls for the banning of the public from rape trials in Northern Ireland.

Legislation intended to change how the legal professions do business was unveiled in 2011

A support organisation saw 14 new referrals a day after the Belfast rugby rape trial.

Prosecutors yesterday dropped the charges against the bricklayer accused of murdering 29 people in the 1998 Omagh bomb.

A republican successfully sued over the Omagh bomb has been remanded in custody charged with murdering the 29 victims of the Real IRA outrage.

A republican successfully sued over the Omagh bomb is due in court today charged with murdering the 29 victims of the Real IRA outrage.

A high-profile republican has been charged with murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing, police said.

A high-profile republican has been charged with murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing, police said.

I am married. I have two children, a boy and a girl, and I am 40-years-old. Anto Finnegan is married. He has two children, a boy and a girl, and he is 40-years-old.

Relatives of Omagh bomb victims last night vowed to pursue the £1.6m (€1.8m) in damages that the men found liable for the attack have been ordered to pay.

Relatives of Omagh bomb victims tonight vowed to relentlessly pursue the £1.6m in damages that the men found liable for the attack have been ordered to pay.

Two republicans have been found liable for the Omagh bombing following a landmark civil action taken by relatives of some of the victims.

A judgment in the civil retrial of two republicans accused of responsibility for the Omagh bombing is due today.

Eight people investigated in connection with the murder of a journalist in the North more than a decade ago will not be prosecuted because of concerns about a key witness's evidence, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said today.

Two republicans being sued by relatives of victims of the Omagh bomb have been challenged to break their silence and testify in court.

Two republicans being sued by relatives of victims of the Omagh bomb have been challenged to break their silence and testify in court.

A judge in the civil retrial of two men accused of involvement in the Omagh bombing has warned lawyers that he will not let it be held up by endless delays.

Two loyalist supergrasses were interviewed 330 times by police before their evidence was used in a trial, the North's justice minister said today.

Loyalist leader Mark Haddock was cleared today of the murder of paramilitary rival Tommy English 12 years ago.

A judge is today due to deliver his verdict in the murder trial of loyalist leader Mark Haddock and alleged members of his paramilitary gang.

A CONVICTED loyalist terrorist, who is testifying for the British state in one of the North’s largest ever paramilitary trials, has admitted to being a life-long alcoholic with a drugs habit who fled the region with money stolen from his parents.

A convicted loyalist terrorist who is testifying for the Crown in one of the North's largest ever paramilitary trials has admitted to being a life long alcoholic, with a drugs habit who fled the region with money stolen from his parents.

LOYALIST leader Mark Haddock smirked as he dispatched a hit team to gun down a paramilitary rival, a member of the murder plot has told a court.

Controversial reports into alleged British security force “shoot-to-kill” deaths in the North should be released to the victims’ families, the High Court ruled today.

Leading Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley Jnr said today that he is to appeal over a High Court decision ordering him to reveal a source which gave him evidence on the murder of a high-profile loyalist paramilitary.

Leading Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley Jnr threatened today to defy a High Court judge who ordered him to reveal a source that gave him evidence on the murder of a high-profile loyalist paramilitary.

A man was cleared today of murdering Robert McCartney, who was beaten and stabbed to death outside a Belfast bar in an attack blamed on IRA members.

The Equality Tribunal has ordered the Department of Health to pay €40,000 in compensation to a man who was overlooked for promotion because of his age.

A SENIOR manager in the civil service has been awarded €40,000 by an equality tribunal after he was denied promotion on age grounds.