Minister questions solicitors' withdrawal from rape casesThe Minister for Justice will tomorrow call on solicitors to explain why cases involving allegations of rape were in his words, "deliberately affected" yesterday in the dispute over changes to the legal aid scheme.
Two men appear in court over car theft and M50 pursuitTwo men charged in connection with a traffic pursuit in which a stolen car allegedly drove on the wrong side of the M50 in Dublin yesterday evening have been denied bail.
Rape, sexual assault cases disrupted over legal aid rowAround half of the rape and sexual assault cases due to go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin today have been disrupted due to the dispute between solicitors and the Minister for Justice.