Dunne v DPP 79

[2002] IESC 27; [2002] 2 IR 305; [2002] 2 ILRM 241

Supreme Court of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

25th April, 2002

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
DC v DPP	[2005] IESC 77; [2005] 4 IR 281; [2006] 1 ILRM 348	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	21 Nov 2005	BAILII	82
McFarlane v DPP	[2006] IESC 11; [2007] 1 IR 134	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	7 Mar 2006	BAILII	57
Scully v DPP	[2005] IESC 11; [2005] 1 IR 242; [2005] 2 ILRM 203	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	16 Mar 2005	BAILII	53
Byrne v DPP	[2010] IESC 54; [2011] 1 IR 346	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	17 Nov 2010	BAILII	35
DPP v Martin Kelly	[2006] IESC 20; [2006] 3 IR 115; [2006] 2 ILRM 321	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	circa 2006	BAILII	30
Takiveikata v State	[2008] FJHC 315	High Court of Fiji	Fiji	12 Nov 2008	PacLII	27
O ’ Connor v Bus Atha Cliath	[2003] IESC 66; [2003] 4 IR 459	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	18 Dec 2003	BAILII	25
Wall v DPP	[2013] IESC 56; [2013] 4 IR 309; [2014] 2 ILRM 1	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	11 Dec 2013	BAILII	21
Kearns v DPP	[2015] IESC 23	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Mar 2015	BAILII	16
McLaughlin v Aviva Insurance (Europe) plc	[2011] IESC 42; [2012] 1 ILRM 487	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	15 Nov 2011	BAILII	16
JMcH v JM	[2004] IEHC 112; [2004] 3 IR 385	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	11 Jun 2004	BAILII	16
McGonnell v Attorney General	[2006] IESC 64; [2007] 1 IR 400; [2007] 1 ILRM 321	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	28 Nov 2006	BAILII	12
Mo' H v DPP	[2007] IESC 12; [2007] 3 IR 299	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	28 Mar 2007	BAILII	11
Ludlow v DPP	[2008] IESC 54; [2009] 2 IR 640	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	31 Jul 2008	BAILII	10
DPP v McCarthy	[2007] IECCA 64; [2008] 3 IR 1	Irish Court of Criminal Appeal	Republic of Ireland	25 Jul 2007	BAILII	10
BJ v DPP	[2003] IESC 69; [2003] 4 IR 525	Hardiman J	Republic of Ireland	19 Dec 2003	BAILII	10
ML v DPP	[2015] IEHC 704	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	13 Nov 2015	BAILII	7
HSE v His Honour Judge White	[2009] IEHC 242	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	22 May 2009	BAILII	7
People (DPP) v JD	[2022] IESC 39	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	24 Oct 2022	BAILII	6
DPP v Browne	[2008] IEHC 391	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	9 Dec 2008	BAILII	6
Irwin v DPP	[2010] IEHC 232	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	23 Apr 2010	BAILII	5
R C v DPP	[2009] IESC 32	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1 Apr 2009	BAILII	5
McCormack v Judge of the Circuit Court	[2007] IEHC 123; [2008] 1 ILRM 49	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	17 Apr 2007	BAILII	5
Whelton v O ’ Leary and DPP	[2007] IEHC 460	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	19 Dec 2007	BAILII	4
DK v DPP	[2006] IESC 40	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	3 Jul 2006	BAILII	4
Fagan v The Judges of the Circuit Criminal Court	[2006] IEHC 151	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	28 Apr 2006	BAILII	3
Ludlow v The DPP	[2005] IEHC 299	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	16 Jul 2005	BAILII	3
Scully v DPP	[2003] IEHC 92	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	21 Nov 2003	BAILII	3
Q (M) v Judge of the Northern Circuit	[2003] IEHC 88	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	14 Nov 2003	BAILII	3
Connolly v DPP	[2003] IEHC 9; [2003] 4 IR 121	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	15 May 2003	BAILII	3
People (DPP v RC	[2023] IECA 4	Irish Competition Authority	Republic of Ireland	16 Jan 2023	BAILII	2
Vattekaden v DPP	[2015] IEHC 494	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	24 Jul 2015	BAILII	2
Keogh v D P P	[2009] IEHC 502	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	17 Nov 2009	BAILII	2
MR v DPP	[2009] IEHC 87	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	20 Feb 2009	BAILII	2
O Brien v Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Co Co	[2006] IEHC 1	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	13 Jan 2006	BAILII	2
DPP v George Christo	[2005] IECCA 3	Irish Court of Criminal Appeal	Republic of Ireland	31 Jan 2005	BAILII	2
McGonnell v AG	[2004] IEHC 312	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	16 Sep 2004	BAILII	2
D v DPP	[2004] IESC 33	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	19 May 2004	BAILII	2
Murray v Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse	[2004] IEHC 102	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	27 Jan 2004	BAILII	2
McKeown v Judges of the Dublin District Court	[2003] IESC 26	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	9 Apr 2003	BAILII	2
O Brien v DPP	[2016] IEHC 3	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	12 Jan 2016	BAILII	1
H627 Flanaghan v Judge Martin Nolan	[2014] IEHC 627	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	19 Dec 2014	BAILII	1
C48 DPP v Keith Wilson	[2014] IECCA 48	Irish Court of Criminal Appeal	Republic of Ireland	27 Nov 2014	BAILII	1
Dunne v DPP	[2009] IESC 14	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	24 Feb 2009	BAILII	1
H366 Byrne v Judges of the Circuit Court	[2007] IEHC 366	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	31 Oct 2007	BAILII	1
Toohey v Dpp	[2007] IEHC 64	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	17 Jan 2007	BAILII	1
O Driscoll v DPP	[2006] IEHC 153	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	25 Jan 2006	BAILII	1
Cole v A Judge of the Northern Circuit	[2005] IEHC 193	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	17 Jun 2005	BAILII	1
Whelan v Kirby	[2003] IEHC 124	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	7 Nov 2003	BAILII	1
Bowes v DPP	[2003] IESC 9	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Feb 2003	BAILII	1
Sutton v DPP (Approved) (Rev1)	[2024] IEHC 155	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	19 Mar 2024	BAILII
Afzal v The DPP (Approved)	[2024] IEHC 38	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	7 Feb 2024	BAILII
Naseeb v The DPP (Approved)	[2024] IEHC 37	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	7 Feb 2024	BAILII
DPP v MC (Unapproved)	[2022] IECA 96	Irish Competition Authority	Republic of Ireland	7 Apr 2022	BAILII
Nugent v The Property Services Regulatory Authority (Unapproved)	[2021] IECA 250	Irish Competition Authority	Republic of Ireland	5 Oct 2021	BAILII
Dudgeon v Supermacs Ireland Ltd (Approved)	[2020] IEHC 600	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	16 Nov 2020	BAILII
DPP v Doyle	[2020] IEHC 120	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Mar 2020	BAILII
H696 Cullen v The DPP	[2018] IEHC 696	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Dec 2018	BAILII
Nash v DPP (Unapproved)	[2015] IESC 32_4	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	29 Jan 2015	BAILII
Spellman v D P P	[2010] IEHC 506	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Oct 2010	BAILII
Connolly v D P P	[2009] IEHC 526	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2 Dec 2009	BAILII
Mc G v D P P	[2009] IEHC 294	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	30 Jun 2009	BAILII
Curtin v The Irish Coursing Club	[2009] IEHC 175	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Mar 2009	BAILII
O'Brien v DPP	[2008] IESC 67	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	16 Dec 2008	BAILII
Kelly v DPP	[2007] IESC 69	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	21 Dec 2007	BAILII
H433 Matthews v DPP	[2007] IEHC 433	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	14 Dec 2007	BAILII
C v D P P	[2008] IEHC 483	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	31 Jul 2007	BAILII
Cunningham v President of the Circuit Court	[2007] IEHC 473	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Jul 2007	BAILII
O'Sullivan v DPP	[2007] IEHC 137	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	30 Mar 2007	BAILII
O'Brien v DPP	[2005] IEHC 251	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	22 Jul 2005	BAILII
Savage v DPP	[2005] IEHC 69	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	8 Mar 2005	BAILII
O'Hara v DPP	[2004] IEHC 386	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	10 Dec 2004	BAILII
Twomey v DPP	[2004] IEHC 130	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	21 Jul 2004	BAILII
G (P) v DPP	[2004] IEHC 120	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	11 Jun 2004	BAILII
C (D) v DPP	[2004] IEHC 245	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	18 May 2004	BAILII
McFarlane v DPP	[2004] IEHC 246	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	18 Jul 2003	BAILII
SC203 Bowes v DPP	[2003] IESC 203	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Feb 2003	BAILII

Law Reform Reports Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
- Establishment of a DNA Database, Consultation Paper on the (LRC CP 29-2004)	[2004] IELRC 2	Irish Law Reform Commission	Republic of Ireland	circa 2004	BAILII
- Establishment of a DNA Database, (Consultation Paper) (LRC CP 29-2004)	[2004] IELRC CP292	Irish Law Reform Commission	Republic of Ireland	circa 2004	BAILII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Constitution
Criminal Evidence Act	s16
Criminal Justice Act 1984	s4, s6, s28
Criminal Justice (Forensic	s2
Criminal Procedure Act, 1993	s10, s30
Road Traffic Act 1994	s12, s15
Offences Against the State Act

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Spellman v D P P	[2010] IEHC 506	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Oct 2010	BAILII
Connolly v D P P	[2009] IEHC 526	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2 Dec 2009	BAILII
Mc G v D P P	[2009] IEHC 294	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	30 Jun 2009	BAILII
Curtin v The Irish Coursing Club	[2009] IEHC 175	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Mar 2009	BAILII
O'Brien v DPP	[2008] IESC 67	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	16 Dec 2008	BAILII
Kelly v DPP	[2007] IESC 69	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	21 Dec 2007	BAILII
H433 Matthews v DPP	[2007] IEHC 433	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	14 Dec 2007	BAILII
C v D P P	[2008] IEHC 483	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	31 Jul 2007	BAILII
Cunningham v President of the Circuit Court	[2007] IEHC 473	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Jul 2007	BAILII
O'Sullivan v DPP	[2007] IEHC 137	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	30 Mar 2007	BAILII
O'Brien v DPP	[2005] IEHC 251	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	22 Jul 2005	BAILII
Savage v DPP	[2005] IEHC 69	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	8 Mar 2005	BAILII
O'Hara v DPP	[2004] IEHC 386	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	10 Dec 2004	BAILII
Twomey v DPP	[2004] IEHC 130	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	21 Jul 2004	BAILII
G (P) v DPP	[2004] IEHC 120	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	11 Jun 2004	BAILII
C (D) v DPP	[2004] IEHC 245	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	18 May 2004	BAILII
- Establishment of a DNA Database, Consultation Paper on the (LRC CP 29-2004)	[2004] IELRC 2	Irish Law Reform Commission	Republic of Ireland	circa 2004	BAILII
- Establishment of a DNA Database, (Consultation Paper) (LRC CP 29-2004)	[2004] IELRC CP292	Irish Law Reform Commission	Republic of Ireland	circa 2004	BAILII
McFarlane v DPP	[2004] IEHC 246	High Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	18 Jul 2003	BAILII
SC203 Bowes v DPP	[2003] IESC 203	Supreme Court of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	6 Feb 2003	BAILII

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