A Dublin woman’s double murder trial, hurling legend DJ Carey’s sentencing for a cancer fraud and the fate of ministers of State at the cabinet table are among the cases coming before the courts in the new law term.

The trial of Ruth Lawrence, accused of murdering two men whose bodies were found on an island in a midlands lake, is listed for hearing before the Central Criminal Court as the term opens next Monday.

Ms Lawrence (42), originally from Clontarf in Dublin, is charged with the murders of Anthony Keegan (33) and Eoin O’Connor (32), whose bodies were found on Inchicup Island on Lough Sheelin near the Meath-Cavan border on May 26th, 2014.

DJ Carey

Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey faces a sentencing hearing on October 29th after admitting defrauding a number of people out of money while pretending he had cancer.

Carey (54), with an address at Newtown, Maynooth, Co Kildare, entered guilty pleas before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in July to 10 counts of dishonestly inducing people to pay him money after he fraudulently claimed to have cancer and needed finance for treatment.

The indictment spans 2014-2022 and the admitted counts involve 13 complainants, including businessman Denis O’Brien.

Ashling Murphy

Ashling Murphy murder

Another sentence hearing coming up this month involves the wife of convicted murderer Jozef Puska, his two brothers and their wiv