A Dublin man accused of IRA membership has been released on bail by the non-jury Special Criminal Court today.

Two Dublin men have appeared before an out-of-term sitting of the non-jury Special Criminal Court this evening charged with IRA membership.

A Dublin couple who used forged documents to apply for a mortgage because they believed they would never qualify otherwise for a housing loan one have been spared a jail sentence.

A man who sent a 15-year-old boy explicit social media messages inviting the child to have sex with him has received a fully suspended sentence.

Daniel Dos Santos (24) of Nicholas Street in The Liberties, Dublin had been found guilty of the offence by an 11-1 majority during a jury trial at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in May.

A Dublin man has been given a four-year suspended sentence for sexually assaulting four of his young female cousins as a teenager.

A Louth man has been acquitted of IRA membership after the Special Criminal Court found it could not rely on the belief evidence of a Garda Assistant Commissioner as being independent from the investigation.

The chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has expressed concern about the enforceability of bail conditions in sexual offence cases.

A taxi driver who sexually assaulted three young women within two weeks has been jailed for five years.

A taxi driver who sexually assaulted three young women within two weeks has had his case adjourned to allow for the preparation of a psychological report.

A teenager who launched an unprovoked attack on a Mexican national that resulted in the victim losing half of both his front teeth has been jailed for 18 months.

A foreign student was robbed after being led down a lane way by a woman she had stopped to ask directions from, a court has heard.

James Jordan owed more than €1m in unpaid taxes and penalties, and has received 240 hours of community service.

A man who ordered two grenades off the dark net has been jailed for three years and six months for IRA membership.

A Real IRA leader who plotted an explosion during the State visit of Britain’s Prince Charles two years ago has been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court of directing the activities of a terrorist organisation.

A former Sinn Féin councillor who physically and mentally tortured a man he believed was trying to defraud him has been jailed for 12 years by the Special Criminal Court.

Two Sligo men have appeared at an out-of-term sitting of the Special Criminal Court charged with membership of the IRA.

The mother of Dean Fitzpatrick, who was killed in a stabbing incident involving his stepfather, Dave Mahon, today settled a €60,000 damages claim against Dublin City Council and Irish Water.

A marketing agency, whose clients include some of the country’s biggest firms, is unable to pay its debts, the Circuit Civil Court was told yesterday.

A judge has ruled the dark tinted windows on rugby player Cian Healy’s Land Rover were unsafe.

Independent socialist TD Clare Daly appeared in a court in Dublin yesterday to plead not guilty to an offence of driving without reasonable consideration.

Independent socialist TD Clare Daly appeared in a court in Dublin today to plead not guilty to an offence of driving without reasonable consideration.

LABOUR Women chair Sinéad Ní Chulacháin, tell us that “the Labour party supports linking political State funding with better gender balance (Letters, February 23).

SENATOR Frances Fitzgerald urges political parties to make sure more women enter the political decision-making process (February 12).

LABOUR Women chair Sineád Ní Chulacháin says, when in power, Labour will bring in gender quotas for candidates for political parties (Irish Examiner letters, June 1).

TWENTY-TWO women TDs have been elected to the 30th Dáil, the same number as in the previous Dáil.

Labour’s Dáil candidates will today call on women voters to support them in the forthcoming general election.