The year was 1916.

A SHORTAGE of judges has led to the cancellation of a number of district courts in North Tipperary’s three main towns in November.

TWO courthouses are facing closure despite hundreds of thousands of euro being spent on renovation works over the past decade.

A FORMER vet has been fined €30,000 after he pleaded guilty to possessing a range of animal medicines without authorisation.

PRESERVATION works are to be undertaken by North Tipperary Co Council in a bid to stave off the closure of one of the country’s oldest courthouses.

GARDAÍ in one division in Co Cork dealt with 128 cases of domestic violence in the last two months of 2010 yet, despite the alarming rise in attacks, no formal complaints were made by any of the victims.

THE first time I met Micheál Martin, I was certain he would become leader of Fianna Fáil.

THE President, Mary McAleese, and her husband, Dr Martin McAleese, were among the hundreds of mourners at the Mass of the Angels for little Léana Martin.

The funeral takes place later of the youngest daughter of Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin, who passed away last week after a short illness.

The youngest daughter of Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, has died today.

THOUSANDS of Irish motorists who were convicted of speeding offences in villages and rural townlands over the last six years may now be able to have those convictions quashed.

UP to 7,000 criminal cases could be diverted from the courts to restorative justice programmes each year, saving the State up to €8m in prison costs.

IN an atmosphere of warranted condemnation of poor clinical standards at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda it is inevitable that the inspiration, toil and prayers of the foundress of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, Mother Mary Martin, who established the 300-bed state-of-the-art hospital in Drogheda, are lost sight of and collective indebtedness forgotten.

RADICAL plans for criminals to meet their victims before being released from jail were welcomed last night by prison reform supporters.

THE Government yesterday announced a blueprint to introduce a system of restorative justice to Ireland by the end of the decade.

Ernst & Young has announced the Irish shortlist for the 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year Programme.

CHILLING images of the family law court as a cold, crude and cruel environment are enough to make any victim of domestic violence shudder.

SEVEN teenagers in school uniform appeared before a provincial court on heroin possession charges in a single day, according to the judge presiding over the cases.

A 21-YEAR-OLD who allegedly assaulted an Inspector and another garda when stopped in connection with a careless driving charge has been ordered to reappear before Athy District Court in Kildare on February 10.

THERE’S no show like a Joe show – even when it comes to a courtroom showdown.

A DISTRICT court judge has said the penalty points system for drivers which was introduced last year should be challenged.