Says inability to attend mother’s funeral was ‘the cruellest abuse’

Ian Bailey believed the power of prayer would help him out the truth, he told the High Court yesterday.

- Talk that he had something to do with murder ‘a dreadful, rotten, lie’

Journalist Ian Bailey’s action for damages against the State over alleged wrongful arrest in connection with the 1996 murder in West Cork of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier is expected to formally open before a High Court jury today.

An assistant teacher at a Donegal secondary school had sex with a 14-year-old pupil after striking up a relationship with her on a Facebook page.

Ian Bailey’s lawyers have promised to provide details in the next 12 days of what losses he has allegedly suffered as a result of his arrest during the Garda investigation into the 1996 murder in West Cork of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

A garda handed €20 to a 15-year-old schoolgirl and told her to get some phone credit for herself after telling her she was owed "a very big apology" for being wrongly accused of extorting the same €20 from another pupil, the High Court heard yesterday.

Ian Bailey and four of his lawyers were yesterday given permission by the High Court to inspect transcripts of conversations recorded between gardaí at Bandon station and various people, including journalists.

The DPP has agreed to give Ian Bailey the names of three gardaí alleged to have asked a State solicitor to put pressure on a former DPP to initiate prosecution proceedings for the 1996 murder of French film-maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork.

Ten people, including a retired detective garda, have written to the State concerning an application by Ian Bailey to inspect recordings of phone calls between various individuals, including journalists and gardaí, in Bandon Garda Station, the High Court has heard.

A Galway man who “doesn’t remember” raping his sister is to be sentenced next week at the Central Criminal Court.

The level of contact between gardaí and journalists during the investigation into the 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier was “beyond belief”, the High Court heard yesterday.

The man who repeatedly raped two girls in Athlone, Co Westmeath, and is facing the prospect of spending the rest of his days behind bars has mounted a legal challenge to his sentence.

In her victim impact statement, the mother of the 9-year-old girl said that since the attack, she is living a nightmare that she can’t wake up from.

A man has today been given two life sentences for the rape of two young girls in Co Westmeath.

A jury yesterday failed to reach a verdict in the case of a post office manager accused of perverting the course of justice.

A Galway man has been sentenced to four years in prison with the final 18 months suspended for raping his eight-year-old sister in their family home when he was 17-years-old.

A witness told a court yesterday that the manager of a post office who is on trial for perverting the course of justice had confessed to him that he had tampered with a urine sample in a drink-driving case.

A Galway man will be sentenced next month for the rape of his eight-year-old sister in their family home when he was 17 years old.

A 51-year-old man who raped a young girl on several occasions in County Roscommon and who told gardaí it was “just a compulsion” has been jailed for eight years.

Documents required in a damages action against the State by Ian Bailey and his partner Jules Thomas arising from the Garda investigation into the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier are to be handed over by the end of September, the High Court has heard.

A Co Clare man who strangled a woman before dumping her body will be sentenced to life imprisonment tomorrow after being found guilty of her murder.

A Fás worker accused of murdering a woman in Clare two years ago broke down as he explained to a Central Criminal Court jury why he stabbed himself in the stomach when the woman’s body was discovered.

A deputy state pathologist has told the trial of a FÁS worker accused of murdering a woman in Co Clare two years ago that the cause of death was manual strangulation.

A High Court judge said “very disturbing” and “unusual” matters related to the Garda investigation into the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier justified orders requiring the State to hand over documents to Ian Bailey.

A former Galway hotel owner will be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in June for the rape of an employee following a staff party.

The brother of a 62-year-old murder victim described his anger yesterday at having unknowingly called to the murderer’s home for directions to the flat where his brother lay dead in a pool of blood.

The owner of a helicopter and a number of cars including a red Ferrari F355, which the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) claims are the proceeds of crime, faces being jailed for contempt of court.

A Cork man denied sexually abusing his sister during garda interview and requested a break because he thought her allegations were “sick”, a trial has heard.

Ian Bailey’s lawyers are looking for legal costs to cover items not normally included in costs orders, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.

The State is agreeing to hand over material including medical records, writings and drawings to French authorities investigating the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Independent TD for North Tipperary Michael Lowry has appealed to the High Court for a summary ruling in a defamation case over comments by journalist Sam Smyth which, the TD claims, wrongly meant he was a thief.

THE Supreme Court has reserved judgment on Ian Bailey’s challenge to his extradition to France in connection with the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

LAWYERS for Ian Bailey are seeking to have his appeal against his extradition order returned to the High Court in light of new information received from the state.

Lawyers claim ‘breathtaking’ level of misbehaviour during murder probe

Ian Bailey's lawyers have told the Supreme Court they have received new information which reveals garda misbehaviour of the lowest standards.

IAN BAILEY’S legal team is to bring “significant” new information before the Supreme Court this morning in a bid to block his extradition to France.

A FIVE-JUDGE Supreme Court has been convened to hear the appeal later this month by Ian Bailey against an order for his extradition to France in connection with the killing of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a 74-year-old Galway man's appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing two young sisters on a regular basis during the 1960s and 1970s.

A CORK man who raped and sexually assaulted a male friend after taking “head-shop joints” and alcohol at a flat in the city in March 2010 has ben jailed for six years, with the last two years suspended.

The High Court has today cleared the way for Ian Bailey to bring a Supreme Court challenge against his extradition to France.

The High Court will rule today if Ian Bailey can bring a Supreme Court challenge against an order for his extradition to France.

Extraditing a man to France for questioning over the murder of a film-maker in Ireland would have implications for every citizen in the Irish State, it was claimed today.

A judge will rule today whether former journalist Ian Bailey can be extradited to France for questioning over the murder of a film-maker.