The jury in a capital murder trial has been shown footage of the moment when a garda was shot dead in the car park of a credit union during an armed robbery.

General election candidate Peter Casey says he will represent Donegal if elected to the 33rd Dáil.

Paula Farrell, 46, of Rathmullen Park in Drogheda, Co Louth, is accused of murdering Wayne McQuillan, 30, at her home on New Year’s morning in 2014.

The woman described to gardaí how she held the pillow over the child's face as she struggled and screamed. Her toddler called out for her daddy and finally let out a sigh, she said.

A man has been jailed for eight years for the repeated sexual abuse and rape of his younger brother.

A Court of Appeal upheld a High Court decision rejecting claims by Detective Garda Catherine McGowan that she should not be subject to a disciplinary inquiry as she was acquitted in a criminal process in 2015.

A High Court judge has told a teenage boy who admits defiling a 12-year-old girl that he felt angry and frustrated by the way in which the victim, who is a vulnerable child, was humiliated.

Two men have been sentenced to a total of 20 years for helping a criminal gang to murder 25-year-old Vinnie Ryan, a brother of slain Real IRA leader Alan Ryan.

A man who attempted to murder a teenager at a popular Dublin hiking spot and assaulted a psychiatric nurse by attempting to strangle him with a sock has been given permission to move out of his mother's home.

A Polish roofer currently serving a lengthy prison term for random attacks on three women continues to maintain his innocence, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A Cork teenager who raped a sleeping woman while her boyfriend was in the same bed has been jailed for seven years.

Two men have pleaded guilty to helping a criminal organisation murder Dublin man Vinnie Ryan, a brother of slain Real IRA leader Alan Ryan.

An 18-year-old man has pleaded guilty to raping his half-brother four year ago.

'Close family friend' Niall Power has become the second man sentenced to life in prison, after admitting to the murder of mother-of-three Irene White in her Co Louth home.

Richard McLaughlin, with an address at The Laurels, Woodtown Lodge, Sligo is charged with murdering Jimmy 'James' Loughlin on February 24, 2018.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is concerned that issues relating to the identification of the two boys convicted of murdering Anastasia Kriegel will "flare up" when it comes to sentencing later this month.

A scientist matched dog hairs taken from a car seat cover found at a murder accused's home to a bulldog belonging to a man whose car was stolen five months before the murder, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Gardaí investigating the shooting of a man in Dublin took DNA and hair samples from two dogs belonging to a man whose car was stolen five months before the shooting, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A High Court judge has said he will deliver a written judgment when he rules on an application by a rape victim to waive her anonymity.

A Dublin man died from a gunshot wound that went through his head, a pathologist has told the trial of two men accused of his murder.

A Central Criminal Court judge has granted leave to issue a contempt of court motion after a journalist allegedly named one of the boys convicted of Ana Kriegel's murder twice on a Cork radio show.

A Corkman who was sentenced in his absence last week to seven years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy over a period of two years has been jailed.

A 54-year-old Corkman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy over the period of two years.

A Cork man who repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted his little cousin, from when she was aged between five and nine years old, has been jailed for eight years at the Central Criminal Court.

Gardaí have launched an investigation into the sharing of images online that allegedly identify two of the boys founds guilty of murdering Ana Kriegel.

A boy who was not involved in the murder of Ana Kriegel has been wrongly identified online as one of her killers, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The family of one of the boys convicted of murdering Ana Kriegel has been "forced into hiding" following the publication of photographs online identifying him, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Anyone who publishes photographs or identifies the two teenage boys who murdered Ana Kriegel will feel the full force of the law, a judge has warned.

It follows the high profile Ana Kriegel trial, with reports of photographs of the two 14-year-old boys convicted of her murder being shared online.

After hearing screams for help a nearby resident used his phone to record Bogdan Timorte (37) attacking the woman. This witness was too afraid to approach but contacted gardaí.

A 12-year-old girl has expressed a wish to have her cousin, who raped and sexually abused her, identified in the reporting of the case because she wants people to know that “he is in the wrong”.

Dylan Higgins, 23, who waived his right to anonymity so his rapist could be named, has urged other abuse victims to come forward as “it may save lives”.

A sex attacker had to be physically pulled from his victim by gardaí who responded to reports of a woman screaming for help in a lane way in Dublin city centre, a court has heard.

A Polish roofer who is currently serving a lengthy prison term for random attacks on three women has been convicted of trying to rape a woman almost nine years ago.

"It made me feel small and worthless and that it was all my fault. It took me a very long time to realise that this was not the truth.”

The trial of a man accused of attempting to rape a woman as she made her way home late at night has heard that the DNA of the accused was a match for semen found on the woman's skirt.

A 35-year-old man has been jailed for nine years for a “hugely damaging” and abusive sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl.

A 32-year-old Dubliner who was cleared of murder but found guilty of stabbing another man after a row over a noisy house party has been jailed for three years.

A pensioner who brutally raped a six-year-old girl in 1979 will be jailed for two years after prison authorities assess how his medical care needs will be met in custody.

The sentencing of a teenager for attempted murder has been delayed after the Central Criminal Court heard that an issue had arisen with preparing a court-ordered psychiatric report which would address future risk.

A judge has ordered that a consultant psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist prepare reports on a 16-year-old boy who tried to murder a woman he had met online.

A man who regularly sexually abused his step-daughter in the family home while her mother was working has been jailed for 12 years.

A Brazilian national jailed for killing a man who had assaulted and racially abused him earlier that evening has moved to appeal his sentence.

A teenage boy who raped and sexually abused his eight-year-old half-sister has been ordered to reside away from his parents as part of a suspended sentence.

A man who convinced a child to play sexualised games of truth or dare and later coerced her into sexual intercourse has been jailed for 18 months.

The court heard the boy told gardaí he had been copying what he saw on a pornographic website, PornHub. The boy was 14 at the time and his half-sister was eight.