Only around one in five people called up for jury duty last year ended up attending in court, with large numbers of no shows and excusals still being recorded.

Being asked to make yourself available for jury service is a bit like going to a dentist for root canal treatment — both adventures are something many people try to avoid.

Gardaí from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau arrested the 35-year-old in the Dublin 15 area during an operation on Tuesday.

Mr Bailey is due before Bantry District Court, most likely on March 12.

Revenue officers at Dublin Airport seized 4kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €80,000 yesterday.

Ian Bailey has been arrested outside a courtroom at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin, after a High Court judge endorsed the third warrant seeking his arrest and extradition to France.

Gardaí in Blanchardstown and Finglas investigating organised criminal activity in Dublin charged the two men who are from the Dublin area.

Two men have been arrested in Dublin in connection with a series of ATM fraud incidents.

Ronan Hughes, and his brother Christopher, 34, both from Co Armagh were named earlier this week as people the police wanted to speak to in connection with the deaths.

Essex Police are investigating lines of inquiry to “establish whether there is a wider conspiracy involved” in the deaths of 39 people found in a lorry in Essex.

It is part of an intelligence-led operation targeting an international organised crime group.

Gardai have arrested a man, aged 56, and seized €390,000 worth of cannabis in Dublin as part of an intelligence led operation.

It's after officers raided a house in Dublin 15 last night and found diamorphine worth €45,000 and other drugs paraphernalia.

A 45-year-old man is due before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin this evening, charged in relation to a stabbing in the city's North Strand.

A man in his 20s who was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a Europe-wide cyber scam and money laundering investigation has been charged.

A man is due to appear in court this morning over the death of a Latvian woman in Dublin on Wednesday.

The 38-year-old was arrested in the Saggart area.

The organisation which supports victims of crime in court has seen a 27% increase in the number of people availing of its services over the past two years.

Real IRA leader who plotted an explosion during the State visit of Britain’s Prince Charles in 2015 has died in prison.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Eamon Kelly that occurred at Furry Park Road, Dublin 5, on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, have made an arrest

Two men have been charged in relation to a drug seizure in Dublin, gardaí have said.

Gardaí have seized a number of controlled drugs and arrested one man in Rathfarnham, Co Dublin.

A man in his 30s has been charged in connection with the murder of a mother-of-two in Cabra in Dublin at the weekend.

A 23-year-old American man wanted in relation to a high-speed crash in Florida which claimed the life of a young woman, has been remanded in custody by the High Court after he was arrested in Cork.

A chief superintendent has told the non-jury Special Criminal Court he believes two men are members of the IRA.

A man is due in court this morning charged in connection with an attempted armed robbery at a Dublin pub.

A 20-year-old man is to appear in court tomorrow charged in connection with a murder in Tallaght in Dublin on Halloween night.

Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in his 30s following a burglary in Dublin.

The male in his 20s is being detained at Howth Garda Station and will appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice later this morning.