The tragic death of a newborn baby at one of the country's busiest maternity hospitals is being investigated by gardaí.

A full inquest into the death of Mark Hennessy, who abducted and killed Jastine Valdez in Co Wicklow, will take place later this year.

Gardaí are investigating the sudden death of a man in his 50s in Dublin.

Gardaí in Cork are to prepare a file for the Coroner's Court following the deaths of two men from suspected drugs overdoses after attending a party on Christmas Eve.

An inquest has heard how a teenager in State care was found dead in a Cork squat clutching rosary beads.

Detectives who charged a dentist and his ex lover with the murders of their former partners are investigating a third death, it was revealed today.

A boxer's organs shut down one by one as he waited in A&E for an intensive care bed for more than 12 hours, an inquest heard today.

A man whose "life spiralled out of control" when a boy was killed after falling off the back of his truck has received an 11 year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for having heroin valued €132,000.

A Ballyfermot man whose "life spiralled out of control" when a boy was killed after falling off the back of his truck faces sentence after €132,000 worth of heroin was found in a ’Moses basket’ in his home.

A second garda witness is giving evidence today at the inquest into the deaths of two raiders who were shot dead by armed Gardai during a post office raid in Dublin more than two years ago.

Extensive footage of an attempted armed raid at Lusk Post Office in 2005 is to be shown in Dublin Coroner's Court today.

More than 100 people have taken to the streets of Dublin today to demand an independent inquiry into the death of Terence Wheelock.

The inquest into the death of a 20-year-old man in garda custody last year has been adjourned until May 29.

RAPE ranks among the most heinous of crimes, and it is therefore extremely worrying that sexual attacks

LAWYERS for convicted killer Mark Nash have claimed he should not be forced to give evidence at an inquest into the deaths of two women who were murdered in Dublin five years ago.

An inquest into the deaths of Sylvia Sheils and Mary Callinan, who were brutally killed at Grangegorman Psychiatric Hospital in 1997, gets underway this morning at the Coroner's Court.

An Australian woman missing for more than 25 years, has been found after a recent coroner's hearing generated publicity.