Ireland's courts' poor box raised €1.5 million last year, with €100,000 of that sum allocated to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a practice that has previously drawn scrutiny.

An Irish judge has issued a warning about escalating bad behavior in courts, following dozens of recorded incidents including a death threat, prompting the installation of panic buttons.

The Irish Courts Service is trialing artificial intelligence to replace human stenographers, with officials acknowledging that AI models are currently "falling foul" of bias issues.

Two years after its proposal, the Irish government has not yet commenced a compensation law for unduly delayed trials. A recent report highlighted that Irish courts are the slowest in the EU at hearing and deciding cases.

At the Special Criminal Court on Monday, Sean McGovern, the right-hand man of crime boss Daniel Kinahan, became the most senior member of the international drugs gang to be convicted of an offence before the Irish courts.