A man has been seriously injured in an attack on Dublin's O'Connell Street yesterday.

Abuse campaigners want Cork University Hospital to end its ‘shocking silence’ over the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in an all-male room.

A businessman who viciously assaulted a woman and kicked her in the head with steel toe shoes has lost an appeal against the severity of his prison sentence in which he represented himself.

The courts should not shy away from starting at five years' imprisonment when it comes to sentencing individuals for “high-end” cases of assault causing harm, according to the Court of Appeal.

Two men have been seriously injured in what Gardaí have called a "serious assault" on the grounds of Wheatfield Prison today.

A teenager who wrapped a neck chain around his fist to maximise injury to another young man at a fast food outlet has been ordered to do 220 hours of community service to avoid a jail term.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault which occurred in Dublin yesterday evening.

The family of a man brutally attacked in Dublin say gardaí have apologised for not responding to his 999 call.

A man has been charged in connection with a burglary and an assault in County Tipperary in December.

A 32-year-old Cork man who got engaged over Christmas appeared in court today charged with assaulting his fiancée on New Year’s Day.

A man has died after an assault in Co. Waterford this morning.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after two boys were assaulted in Dublin last week.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a serious assault in West Belfast early this morning.

Police in the North are investigating after a 55-year-old man suffered a fractured skull in a serious assault.

Father-of-four Gary Gibson, 28, had been trying to steal a bicycle when the owner confronted him and shouted loudly for help. Cathal Mac Coille intervened and was hit over the head.

A woman has died after an alleged assault in Co. Wicklow at the weekend.

A young woman remains in critical condition in hospital after an early morning assault.

A woman has been robbed and assaulted in Co. Cork.

Gardaí are warning sex workers to avoid online appointments following seven instances in which sex workers were robbed and assaulted when they turned up to meet clients who booked an appointment online.

A man has been seriously injured during an assault on O'Connell Street in Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

Tom O’Donnell, aged 60, was moving his cows across a public road on the outskirts of Kilmallock when he was punched and knocked unconscious.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for information about a serious assault that took place in Dublin earlier this month.

Gardaí in Cavan have arrested three people in connection with the assault and false imprisonment of a young man for four days.

A female taxi driver has told how she was assaulted a number of years ago by four men she picked up as a fare during the Kinsale 7s in Co Cork.

A south Dublin county councillor has received a suspended sentence for an assault on his ex-wife's new partner on condition he pay €7,500.

A Cork woman was left bloodied and bruised following an assault in Cork city over the weekend.

Gardaí and Tusla are investigating allegations that a toddler was physically assaulted while in the care of a creche in Co Cork.

A homeless man is fighting for his life after one of two separate assaults in Cork city last night.

A man seriously assaulted in Dublin on Saturday night has died in hospital.

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in the North.

Update: Gardaí investigating the serious assault of a man in his 70s in Dublin this morning have made an arrest.

A man who was assaulted in Co. Longford on Thursday has died.

A man has been arrested following a serious incident in the south Longford area last night.