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  • 03-05-2007 10:52pm
    #1
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,902 ✭✭✭✭


    Where can i get news coverage of cases currently in the courts, I know not all will be in the papers/online but the case I am looking for has been covered in the past, arrest, charge etc
    The trial finished recently and I was just wondering how it turned out.


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  • #2
    blue4ever
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭blue4ever


    This may ‘half help’

    I know that there is a company, based in Christchurch, Dublin (I think) that specialises in filing court reports to the various news media (that’s why some of the reports are strikingly similar)

    However I cannot for the life of me remember their details.

    If you ring any of the Newspapers news desks and they should give you the companies details


  • #3
    Sesheta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭Sesheta


    It depends on what kind of case it was you're looking for details on. There are two agencies that cover the courts on a full time basis. One does murders and high court stuff, the other does rapes and circuit court stuff. They should have most cases on file but especially if it's a circuit court case not everything is covered.
    Also, forgive me if this is a stupid question but have you tried googling the name of the accused? Most stuff that's covered ends up online.


  • #4
    monument
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    Have you tried searching newspaper's websites?

    Many stoires and pages on their sites don't get picked up by google,


  • #5
    haz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 313 ✭✭haz


    Mellor wrote:
    Where can i get news coverage of cases currently in the courts

    If you can wait, then judgements eventually end up online at www.courts.ie and at www.bailii.org - but there isn't always a judgement, and even then it might wait on a sentencing hearing.
    Try Google News with the person's surname, the placename etc. Try an archive search at www.ireland.com or Googling newspaper archives like archives.tcm.ie (Examiner, Sunday Business Post and other Thomas Crosbie titles) or www.unison.ie (Independent titles) like this:

    http://www.google.ie/search?q=michael-mcdowell+site:unison.ie


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