Dean Howe, 34, with an address at Oakfield, Dublin 8, was charged with conspiring with others to murder Mr Hanley at a location within the State between September 15 and November 6, 2017.

A court has heard a would-be assassin complaining about how taking cocaine was negating the effect of his Viagra and making him “paranoid”, in a recording secretly captured by gardai.

Gangland criminal Alan Wilson, who conspired with his fellow gunmen to assassinate Dublin man Gary Hanley and was secretly recorded by gardaí in discussions about the murder plot, has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for six years.

Alan Wilson, who last week pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to a murder plot, has been further charged with three counts of attempted murder in connection with a shooting at the Players Lounge pub.

Gangland criminal Alan Wilson has pleaded guilty at the non-jury Special Criminal Court to conspiring to murder Gary Hanley.

A Dublin man has pleaded guilty at the non-jury Special Criminal Court to conspiring to murder Gary Hanley.

Four men have been charged with conspiracy to murder after being arrested in Dublin last week as part of a major operation by gardaí investigating the ongoing Hutch-Kinahan feud.

Police in England are appealing for witnesses after an Offaly man collapsed and died after what they described as "a verbal altercation".

It’s a photograph that may have been seen by millions over the last 100 years – but how many people other than Pádraig Pearse did they all recognise?

A former teacher and convicted sex offender has been jailed for another three years for sexually abusing three pupils.

A woman whose husband bled to death after he was given a mouth gel in a pharmacy which reacted to his blood-thinning medication has settled her High Court action for damages for over €520,000.

A verdict of death by misadventure has been returned in an inquest into the death of Graham Parish, who died of acute alcohol intoxication in 2008.

An impressive show of beef animals at Cappamore Show saw William R Gubbins of Kilfinane, Co Limerick winning both the GVM All Ireland€ 2,500 Commercial Beef Championship and the commercial championship of the show.

An attempt by the prosecution on Friday to revoke Joe O'Reilly's bail and keep him in custody until the jury had finished their deliberations was rejected by the Judge.

A WORLD poker expert yesterday gave a jury an in-depth lesson on poker brinkmanship, in a bid to try and prove that it is a game of skill.

GARDAÍ are to take DNA samples from the families of two men who went missing over 10 years ago to see if they match a body part found in Mayo.