Two anti-water protesters are seeking legal aid to fight their High Court cases.

The man convicted of causing the death of a boy 13 years ago by setting a children’s makeshift den on fire yesterday received a 15-year prison sentence.

Serious overcrowding, violence and cuts in resources have impacted on inmates in the prison system, according to the Visiting Committee.

Four men are due in court in Dublin this morning charged in connection with a €5m drug bust.

A man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing incident in Dublin earlier this week.

A man is due to appear in court charged in connection with an attempted robbery in Dublin.

A man arrested over a shooting in Dublin earlier this week is due in court this morning charged in connection with the incident.

John Dundon’s solicitor said they would be lodging an appeal to the murder conviction in which they would put forward new evidence showing his innocence.

A court has heard that a 59-year-old woman replied: 'I'm innocent' to criminal charges relating to the death of her first husband in Dublin 25 years ago.

A 57-year-old woman is due in court later charged in connection with the death of a Dublin man more than 20 years ago.

The former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank has been arrested by fraud squad officers investigating financial irregularities.

A former Fine Gael councillor convicted of receiving corrupt payments remained a free man yesterday after his sentencing hearing was adjourned until late June.

The sentencing of former Fine Gael Dungarvan town councillor Fred Forsey has been adjourned until next month.

A youth with 62 previous convictions who hijacked a car so he could get to court has been jailed for 18 months today.

Criminal law cases at the Courts of Criminal Justice could face disruption today, as lawyers protest over cuts to the legal aid system.

COFFINS are sticking out the side of a well-known Dublin graveyard after the weather conditions hitting the capital led to the property’s main wall collapsing.

Gardaí in the Dublin area this morning advised motorists to avoid all unnecessary travel due to severe flooding last night but also said flood waters had started to recede.

A 30-YEAR-OLD woman has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a man in Galway over the bank holiday weekend.

Three men will appear in court this morning, charged in relation to dissident and criminal activity in Dublin.

A man jailed for extortion after the unravelling of a conspiracy by Clare woman Sharon “Lying Eyes” Collins to have her wealthy partner and his two sons killed, has had his extradition hearing adjourned for over a month.

A man wanted in the North for kidnapping a well-known republican in Belfast six years ago appeared before the High Court in Dublin today, following his arrest in the Republic on foot of a European Arrest Warrant.

A North Dublin drug addict has been found guilty of attempting to murder another addict over €200 despite jury and witness intimidation.