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.

A man who pulled a gun on his sister-in-law and threatened to kill her partner during a family argument has been jailed for one year.

A man whose original tax bill from the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) ballooned because of interest and penalties on the unpaid sum over more than 11 years claims he should not have to pay such a "vast" amount of money, the Court of Appeal heard.

A man who threatened two detectives executing a search warrant at his house that they would meet the same fate as a murdered garda colleague has been jailed for three years.

A mother has described to a murder trial the moment her partner was shot dead outside her home seconds after she had taken their five-week-old daughter inside.

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 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.

The Disclosures Tribunal will give its decision later on whether various witnesses should or should not get their legal costs.

A woman secretly recorded a family meeting at which she confronted her brother about raping her when they were children, a court has heard.

Michael O'Higgins SC made his closing speech for the defence in the trial of Keith Connorton (40) who has pleaded not guilty to murdering 32-year-old Graham McKeever at the accused's home at Deerpark Avenue, Tallaght on February 18, 2017.

A man accused of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe in a shooting in 2013 will go on trial in October next year.

An 18-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a schoolmate after a night out in Co Donegal has said she tried to ask friends for help after the incident.

Dr Margot Bolster, the Assistant State Pathologist, gave evidence that the cause of death was mechanical asphyxia, associated positional asphyxia and hypoxia or lack of oxygen due to being trapped inside the chute.

A detective found guilty of harassing a State solicitor by sending her abusive letters has been jailed for three years.

A man attending a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Dublin was "relieved" when people he thought were gardaí arrived after a shooting before one of them took aim with a gun and shot a person, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

Gardaí say they are investigating allegations of child grooming against two people in Co. Louth.

A garda has gone on trial accused of harassing a State solicitor by describing her as politically corrupt in a series of "hideous" and "vitriolic" letters and emails.

A psychologist with the HSE has said she would never consider taking part in a deliberate action to defame garda whistle-blower Sgt Maurice McCabe, the Charleton Tribunal heard.

A Garda witness has told the trial of South Dublin councillor Michael Murphy for allegedly falsely imprisoning the former Tánaiste Joan Burton that the defendant was more concerned about bad publicity than anyone's safety.

Former Tánaiste Joan Burton has denied she left out any reference to “water protesters” in her statement to gardaí because she wanted to make the protesters out as a “disorganised rabble”.

The teenager's decomposed body was found almost three months after he went missing in 2010.

The matter returns to the Court of Appeal next week to determine whether a retrial would be appropriate.

A man who falsely imprisoned and “ferociously” beat his ex-girlfriend because she found a new partner may get community service, a judge has indicated.

A 28-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the killing of a teenager in Blanchardstown in 2010.

A murder accused took the stand at his trial today and said he had "lost it" when he hit the deceased multiple times with an axe.

Two men accused of an axe murder during a row over chihuahua pups had injuries to their hands and heads following the fatal fight, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Patrick Hutch Jnr, accused of the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Dublin last February, will face trial at the non-jury Special Criminal Court in January 2018.

An accounting expert has denied being confused about “labyrinthine” accounting standards while giving evidence at the trial of four former bankers accused of conspiring to mislead investors.

The prosecution counsel in the trial of a Derry man accused of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend has told a jury that there was evidence of "violence from beginning to end" left behind at the scene.

Three Mayo men are suing for damages over alleged garda brutality at a Shell to Sea protest eight years ago.

A man who murdered his pregnant ex-girlfriend must wait to hear whether his appeal against conviction has been successful.

The jury in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives has been told they must disregard evidence of legal advice taken by the accused before the execution of an allegedly illegal share deal.

A teenager who claims he accidentally shot dead his friend as they joked around with a loaded gun has been sentenced to five and a half years, with the final 18 months suspended.

The mother a newborn baby taken by gardaí who surrounded a house and placed the infant in the custody of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has lost a High Court action aimed at having the child returned to her.

A former political lobbyist has admitted that he told “big lies about important matters” when he gave evidence to a tribunal 13 years ago.

A jury in a murder trial has today been shown video footage of a prosecution witness taking an oath swearing that her statement to gardaí implicating the accused is the truth.

A man will be given a mandatory life sentence after being convicted of murdering his friend in a row in Co. Wicklow last year.

The brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams was outed as a monster and paedophile on the run whose denials of child sex abuse went unreported, a court heard today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of a convicted armed robber appealing against his life sentence for the rape and sexual abuse of a young girl over an eight-year period.

A High Court judge has ruled that the State has failed in its constitutional obligations to protect a prisoner who was put in a padded cell in Mountjoy Prison for 11 days because there was no other safe place to put him.

Lawyers for the State have told the jury in the case of a butcher on trial for murdering a shopkeeper during a robbery, that he deliberately stabbed the man through the chest as “a means to an end”.

Garda witnesses have told the trial of a Wicklow man accused of murdering a shopkeeper in 2009, that a bloodstained knife and makeshift balaclava were discovered at his home two days after the killing.

An eye witness in the case of two Dublin brothers on trial for murder has told the jury one of the men said to the other “we need to finish him off” after they had attacked and beaten her neighbour.

The State Pathologist has told the trial of brothers Warren and Jeffrey Dumbrell, that the man they're accused of murdering died from a stab wound that severed major blood vessels in his leg causing massive blood loss.

An eye-witness in the case of a father of six who was fatally stabbed in front of his wife and children, has told the Central Criminal Court she saw two men “beating and jabbing” him while blood ran out of him “like a river.”

A Dublin man convicted of sexually abusing his partner’s daughter over an eight-year period has failed in a bid to take his case to the Supreme Court.

Lawyers acting for Senator Ivor Callely have rejected claims by a Seanad Committee that the courts do not have the jurisdiction to hear his action.

A Seanad Committee's finding that Senator Ivor Callely misrepresented his normal place of residence in order to claim expenses was "a political judgment" against the senator by his peers, the High Court heard today.

Senator Ivor Callely's legal action aimed at quashing a Senaid committee's finding that he misrepresented his normal place of residence in order to claim expenses will begin before the High Court on Tuesday.