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<p>‘Irish Examiner’ court reporter Liam Heylin at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Anglesea St in Cork. Amid the sometimes absurd and sometimes unsettling moments in criminal cases he covers, Liam notes trends and patterns in crimes coming before the courts. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

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Cork crime: 'To get a sense of the place you live, it is worthwhile going to your local courthouse for a day'

Liam Heylin introduces our three-day series with a long view on the hard realities — and hope — he sees every day in our courts

<p>Margaret Loftus: 'I felt people were keeping their distance from me for standing up for myself. I felt shame, when he was the one who needed to hang his head in shame.' Pictures: Collins Courts</p>

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Margaret Loftus: Domestic abuse survivor’s ordeal inside An Garda Síochána exposed

<p> Sean O’Driscoll, chair of UCC’s Governing Authority, claims public servants are 'more afraid of the public accounts committee than they are of the economy declining'. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

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'Radical' solutions required to tackle 'emergency' in energy, water, and transport

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Living in limbo: The harsh reality of the undocumented Irish in Trump's America

Michael Gaine: Questions mount over garda handling of Kerry farmer's disappearance

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Michael Gaine: Questions mount over garda handling of Kerry farmer's disappearance

'It is the Holy Grail': locals fear for tourism future as Skellig Michael stays shut

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'It is the Holy Grail': locals fear for tourism future as Skellig Michael stays shut

Looking down: the quiet presence of Richard Satchwell as court hears his account

S Looking down: the quiet presence of Richard Satchwell as court hears his account

Week two of the Richard Satchwell trial heard Garda interviews, GPS evidence, and details about his account of Tina's disappearance

Sat, 10 May, 2025

Missing person Tina Satchwell case

S Satchwell trial: Inside the disturbing case of a woman buried under her own stairs

Beneath the bizarre headlines lies a devastating truth: Tina Satchwell was killed in the place she should have been safest

Sat, 03 May, 2025

St Catherine’s Cemetery walking club offers comfort to Cork mourners facing daily grief

S St Catherine’s Cemetery walking club offers comfort to Cork mourners facing daily grief

The grieving process would be too much too bear, were it not for the support and camaraderie of St Catherine’s Walking Club. Its members tell Sarah Horgan their stories

Sat, 19 Apr, 2025

Tipperary man selling his shop 'on a high' in its 100th year on town's main street

S Tipperary man selling his shop 'on a high' in its 100th year on town's main street

Raymond Davern of Davern's on Main Street in Cashel tells Sarah Horgan why he is selling his 100-year-old shop and reveals how he had to ask only two customers to leave the shop, and what they had done

Wed, 16 Apr, 2025

Man's attempt to trash wife’s reputation in Wilton murder trial showed how weak he is

S Man's attempt to trash wife’s reputation in Wilton murder trial showed how weak he is

Regin Rajan confessed to killing his wife Deepa — then tried to erase her dignity in the courtroom, writes Liam Heylin

Sat, 12 Apr, 2025

How one woman is rescuing migrant workers trapped in Lebanon’s abusive kafala system

S How one woman is rescuing migrant workers trapped in Lebanon’s abusive kafala system

Lebanon’s kafala system traps migrant workers in abuse and exploitation — one woman is risking everything to change that

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

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S Lebanon on the brink: The fragile resilience of a nation caught between war and survival

As Lebanon teeters on the edge, Beirut’s people live between resilience and ruin, caught in an unending cycle of conflict

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025

Michael Flatley’s Castlehyde estate: The restoration, the parties and the court cases

S Michael Flatley’s Castlehyde estate: The restoration, the parties and the court cases

Despite all the legal difficulties linked to his Cork estate, Flatley’s connection to the property in which he is so heavily invested in remains strong, writes Eoin English

Sat, 15 Mar, 2025

Ramadan in Ireland: ‘Celebrating together makes us all feel closer to home’

S Ramadan in Ireland: ‘Celebrating together makes us all feel closer to home’

Faith, and in particular the holy month of Ramadan, is an integral part of connecting Muslims with their identity, writes Colin Sheridan

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025

Nathan McDonnell had it all — until a €32m drug bust changed everything

S Nathan McDonnell had it all — until a €32m drug bust changed everything

Unlike his respected family, there is little sympathy for the Porsche-driving McDonnell in the town where his persona ‘wasn’t really in keeping with the kind of town Tralee is’

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Kerry businessman ashen-faced as he is sentenced for importing State’s biggest crystal meth haul

S Kerry businessman ashen-faced as he is sentenced for importing State’s biggest crystal meth haul

Nathan McDonnell jailed for 12 years over €32m trafficking plot

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Colin Sheridan: What’s next for our selective neutrality?

S Colin Sheridan: What’s next for our selective neutrality?

We need to face up to the nuances and quirks of our neutrality while acknowledging the malaise in the Defence Forces charged to defend it, writes Colin Sheridan

Sat, 15 Feb, 2025

Former businessman at heart of Tralee drugs case barely recognisable after year in custody

S Former businessman at heart of Tralee drugs case barely recognisable after year in custody

A specific date for handing down the sentence hasn’t been identified but Nathan McDonnell is likely to hear about his fate by the end of the month

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025

MICHEAL MARTIN

S The Micheál Martin Interview: The 'blissfully unaware' are blind to the growing fear in EU states

In an interview with Irish Examiner Political Editor Elaine Loughlin, the Taoiseach says he believes defence will be a vital issue to tackle in his term in office

Sat, 08 Feb, 2025

Who are the 137 children missing in Ireland since 1977?

S Who are the 137 children missing in Ireland since 1977?

More than 130 children who have gone missing in Ireland since 1977 have never been found, with the vast majority migrant children

Sat, 11 Jan, 2025

Prison, reoffending, addiction: Kerry man's 'vicious circle' racks up 548 convictions

S Prison, reoffending, addiction: Kerry man's 'vicious circle' racks up 548 convictions

Ann Murphy looks at the chequered past of Richard O’Brien, one of Ireland’s most prolific offenders

Listen | Sun, 05 Jan, 2025

'You could hear a pin drop in court' as Conor McGregor gave his evidence during civil case

S 'You could hear a pin drop in court' as Conor McGregor gave his evidence during civil case

Sean Murray looks back at two weeks of testimony in Nikita Hand's civil case, and says it often made for tough listening

Sun, 17 Nov, 2024

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S Mick Clifford: Maga fans don’t just believe Trump — they believe in him

Like fans beating matchday traffic on a Munster final day, those leaving Trump rallies early already have their result: They're happy to have been in communion with each other and with their hero

Tue, 29 Oct, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Flags and falsehoods blow wild and unchecked in MAGA land

S Michael Moynihan: Flags and falsehoods blow wild and unchecked in MAGA land

In Trump world, factors such as economic indicators, never mind fitness for office, are immaterial. The personality is all that matters to the cult, writes Michael Moynihan

Sat, 12 Oct, 2024

Colin Sheridan: To live in Beirut is an act of love

S Colin Sheridan: To live in Beirut is an act of love

The beating heart of Lebanon, Beirut is a city rife with contradictions, cruelty, and despair — yet to those who’ve spent time there, its beauty is unparalleled

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

One year on from October 7 attack, panelists discuss what's next for the Middle East

S One year on from October 7 attack, panelists discuss what's next for the Middle East

There are so many players and so many imponderables. Truly it is a region on a knife edge

Sun, 06 Oct, 2024

Maps of countries in Middle East

S Middle East at war: Those who have brought us to the brink

It’s been a very long time since we’ve been so overwhelmed by possibilities, almost all of them bad

Sat, 05 Oct, 2024

Winter weather Dec 11th 2022

S Patrick Nugent's death at Bunratty Castle still shrouded in mystery 40 years on

As investigations into the death of Patrick Nugent resume, one wonders why it wasn’t done right the first time

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

Harbor at the Coast of Dingle in Ireland

S Rural Ireland Thinks poll: New faces welcomed to rural areas scarred by decades of emigration

Perhaps in rural Ireland, there is a greater appreciation that people are the lifeblood of community and commercial life, irrespective of their origins

Tue, 17 Sep, 2024

Apple Unveils iPhone 15 And Other New Products

S How Apple rules the world

The world's most valuable company is loved, and feared, because of the fanatical control it maintains over the iPhone. How long will it last?

Sat, 14 Sep, 2024