A court has heard how a convicted brothel keeper - whose business brought in up to €4m a year - deducted money for toiletries from the prostitutes who worked for him.

Eden Hazard was today facing an extended ban for kicking out at a ball boy after the Football Association charged him over his sending off in Chelsea’s Capital One Cup exit at Swansea.

Eden Hazard has escaped police action after his unsavoury kick at a Swansea ball boy, but the Chelsea midfielder must wait to see what action the Football Association may take against him.

Killers and rapists sentenced to life in prison are serving 17 and a half years in jail, on average, before release, figures show.

A Dublin man has been given a life sentence for murder and his two co-accused have been jailed for manslaughter of a 27-year-old ‘model worker’ they killed on his way to work.

The Central Criminal Court has heard a 27-year-old Polish man died after three men attacked him in North Dublin for "a buzz".

Three Dublin men will be sentenced today for the killing of Lukasz Rzeszutko in Dublin nearly two years ago.

A 20-year-old Dublin man will be sentenced to life in prison for murdering a "model worker" as the victim walked to work in Dublin.

A jury will resume its deliberations tomorrow morning in the trial of a Dublin man charged with murdering another man as he was walking to work.

A murder trial jury has heard that the deceased was "in the right place at the right time" when "he was "kicked to death" and "left to die".

A murder trial has heard today that the dead man's blood was found on the defendant's shoes in a pattern consistent with kicking or stamping.

A teenage girl has told a murder trial today that, shortly after the attack, the defendant had blood on his clothes and was saying that he had jumped on the victim’s head.

Two Dublin men have admitted killing a 27-year-old Polish man as he walked to work in the capital in 2010.

Two Dublin men have admitted killing a 27-year-old Polish man as he walked to work in the capital in 2010.

Two Dublin men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of a 27-year-old Polish man in Coolock, near where he worked at Kish Fish.

The jury has been discharged in the trial of three Dublin men accused of murdering a 27-year-old Polish man on his way to work in 2010.

Three Dublin men have gone on trial for the murder of a Polish man who was attacked as he walked to work in Coolock.

The owner of the Daily Mail today warned weak advertising and circulation revenues would leave operating profits lower than a year ago.

A man charged with the murder of a Polish national, who was attacked in Coolock, in Dublin last October, was served with a book of evidence today and sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.

The publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday today said it had slashed its UK regional newspaper workforce by another 8% as revenues and circulation continued to fall.

Two men charged with the murder of a Polish national, who died after he was attacked in Coolock, in Dublin, have been further remanded in custody as the State prepares its evidence.

A 17-year-old boy, who is one of three defendants charged with the murder of a Polish national, in Coolock, in Dublin last October has been allowed to take up bail.

TWO men and a 17-year-old boy have been charged with the murder of a Polish national who died after he was attacked in Coolock in Dublin last October.

Two men and a 17-year-old boy were charged today with the murder of a Polish national, who died after he was attacked in Coolock, in Dublin last October.

The State has been given another four weeks to get the DPP's directions in the case of two men charged with assaulting a Polish national, who died after he was attacked in Coolock, in Dublin.

Daily Mail & General Trust today said it saw a record full-year performance from its Daily Mail and Metro newspapers as it reported a 23% leap in profits.

A second man was charged this evening over an assault on a Polish national, who died after he was attacked in Coolock, in Dublin last month.

The publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday today revealed a return to profits growth in the half year and predicted key divisions would continue to improve.

The Court of Criminal Appeal reserved its decision today on a bid by a Dublin man to overturn his conviction for prostitution offences.

Simon Cowell’s mother wants to pick his wedding venue.

The publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday said today it made an encouraging start to the year after advertising revenues rose in its national newspaper division.

Media giant Daily Mail and General Trust today said its UK titles had been hit by an “unprecedented” advertising slowdown as it revealed a 47% slump in half-year group profits.

Police in the North have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with the murder of Martin Morgan in Antrim last July.

The woman convicted of allowing a Dublin city centre apartment to be used as a brothel has claimed she owned "the whole escort operation" but denied she would earn up to €2m a year from it.

A jury in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been shown video footage of the garda raid on an alleged brothel call centre in the International Financial Services Centre area of the city in October 2005.

The man accused of running a brothel in Dublin city centre told investigating gardai that he has eight children in Ireland in five different families.

A detective inspector has told how gardaí found a large number of mobile phones in raids in October 2005 on two Dublin city centre premises linked to a brothel operation.

The trial of a man charged with organising and running a brothel near the city centre has continued at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court with legal argument in the absence of the jury.

A 26-year-old woman was detained today in connection with the killing of Martin Morgan in Antrim last July.

Police in the North have arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with a murder in Antrim last year.

A high-profile member of the nationalist SDLP is quitting politics, it was announced today.

The Parades Commission in the North is believed to have offered the Apprentice Boys an alternative to the total ban on their contentious parade in a nationalist area of Belfast tomorrow.

SDLP LEADER Mark Durkan yesterday backed away from claims that his party would consider its position on policing if a Parades Commission ruling on a controversial Orange march in north Belfast was defied.

SDLP leader Mark Durkan today backed away from claims that his party would consider its position on policing if a Parades Commission ruling on a controversial Orange march in north Belfast was defied.

Northern parties are criticising the handling of an Orange parade in north Belfast last night.

The SDLP has suffered a disastrous result in the North’s European election, with the party losing the seat held by John Hume for 25 years.

There is a fresh bid today to restore devolution in Northern Ireland as the Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists basked in their latest election victory.

The nationalist SDLP is still on course to retain at least two of its Westminster seats despite further slippage in its vote, its European Parliament candidate Martin Morgan claimed tonight.

Sinn Féin was today preparing to capture its first-ever European Parliament seat in Northern Ireland.

The Democratic Unionist Party’s Jim Allister is expected to top the poll in the North’s European election.