A mother-of-one who was caught trying to sell €90,000 of stolen gold jewellery to a cash for gold shop has received a fully suspended sentence.

Some homeowners on the country’s most exclusive road are trying to block plans by one of their neighbours to carry out a house makeover that includes an underground cinema.

A 40-year-old man has been convicted of murdering a Polish man in Co Clare last year.

There was uproar at the Central Criminal Court after a 40-year-old Co Clare man was convicted of murdering Piotr Nowakowski in Ennis last year.

The trial of man who admits killing a Polish man in Co Clare last year but denies murdering him has heard the accused "would be known to drink a lot".

A man who admits killing a Polish man in Clare last year but denies murdering him told gardaí that he "just went berserk".

A paramedic has told the trial of a 40-year-old, who admits killing a Polish man in Clare last year but denies murdering him, that he saw the deceased being kicked in the head.

Two men are being charged in connection with the death of a Polish man in Co Clare yesterday.

Losses at one of the largest family-owned businesses in the country, the Gowan Group continued to mount in 2010, new figures show.