Orla O'Donnell

A five-year-old girl who was stabbed in the heart on Parnell Square in Dublin almost three years ago has been left with a "life-long, life-limiting" severe disability, the Central Criminal Court has been told.

Around 100 solicitors who work in the criminal legal aid system in Dublin have protested outside the Courts of Criminal Justice as part of their continuing campaign against a new model of payment due to be introduced next week.

The prosecution has said Riad Bouchaker's defence that he did not mean to kill anyone during an attack with a knife at Parnell Square in Dublin, lasting

A 52-year-old man has been found guilty of the attempted murder of three children at Parnell Square in Dublin almost three years ago.

Our Legal Affairs Correspondent Órla O'Donnell looks at what we know about the Parnell Square attacker and explains why there are so few images of the convicted man.

The High Court has approved a settlement of almost €1 million for an 11-year-old year old girl whose life expectancy has been shortened after being operated on using uncertified springs at Temple Street hospital.

A High Court challenge to the new criminal legal aid payments scheme is likely to be heard at the end of this month.

A woman who was refused bail in a hearing where she did not have a solicitor due to the current dispute over legal aid has taken High Court proceedings challenging the lawfulness of her detention.

Teacher Enoch Burke owes almost €210,000 in fines for breaching court orders in what the High Court has described as a "senseless and misguided campaign".

The court of appeal has refused to backdate Jozef Puska's life sentence for the murder of Ashling Murphy for a further 22-months, bringing an end to legal proceedings relating to his conviction.