A Dublin woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old son has been returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court.

A Dublin woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old son wept as a judge was told the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed she will stand trial in the Central Criminal Court.

A Dublin woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old son has been further remanded in custody.

Prosecutors have today been given an additional two weeks in preparing their case against a Dublin woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old son.

A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of her 11-year-old daughter in 2012.

A Dublin woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old son wept as a judge was told the Garda investigation file is nearing completion.

A Dublin woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old son wept as a judge was told the garda investigation file is nearing completion.

A Dublin woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old son wept in court as her case was adjourned for a book of evidence to be prepared.

A Dublin woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old son wept in court today as her case was adjourned for a book of evidence to be prepared.

Adam Clayton’s former personal assistant Carol Hawkins will have to change her identity because she will be forever known for stealing from the U2 musician, the Court of Criminal Appeal heard yesterday.

A mother accused of the murder of her two-year-old son, Muhammad Hassan Khan last week was unable to attend a court hearing yesterday.

Shoplifting is reaching epidemic levels and the system is “an absolute joke” because there is no effective deterrent, according to a district court judge.

The visiting committee of the Dóchas Centre women’s prison have complained of shabby accommodation, overcrowding, lack of toilets for visitors, and inadequate medical, dental, and mental health services.

A former district court judge serving a prison sentence for deception will be sentenced in March after pleading guilty to a further charge of false accounting.

A mother charged with the murder of her son in Co Cork could not be brought to court as she was medically unfit.

The Mother of Anthony Ward has appeared in court in Limerick, charged with her son's murder.

A court last night ordered that a mother charged with the murder of her son should be examined by a forensic psychiatrist at the female wing of Mountjoy prison.

The mother of a boy found dead at his home in north Cork has been charged with his murder.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has admitted that a 32% increase in the country’s jail population in the past five years has “placed enormous strain on the prison system”.

Two more men have been charged with killing Ciaran Noonan who went missing from East Wall in Dublin last October, while a woman has been charged with conspiracy to falsely imprison the father-of-one.

A district court judge has slammed cash for gold shops and said he would close them down if he could.

HSE child safety experts have been drafted in by prison bosses to address “serious child protection issues” at Dóchas women’s prison.

THE criminal justice system is spending “increasing and wasteful” sums of scare resources with poor results, a conference will hear today.

THE head of the prison service has flatly rejected claims by the resigning governor of the women’s prison that her views and communication over the jail were ignored.

RELATIONS between the country’s 11,600 rank and file gardaí and the Government have soured considerably after the Justice Minister refused to attend their annual conference.

The Government was pressed today to carry out an urgent review of the country’s only women’s prison after its governor resigned citing overcrowding.

PRISONER rights advocates are opposing the planned doubling of detention places for women after research has shown large numbers of females are serving time for non-serious offences, including road traffic incidents and non-payment of debts or fines.

A mother and daughter from Surinam who were living "in dire poverty" in Holland have been jailed for four years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of cocaine valued over €106,000.

NEW research on babies living behind prison bars with their mothers has recommended a special unit be set up in Irish jails.

Long-term Government funding will deliver a prison system fit for the 21st century, it was claimed today.

A strong message must be sent out that criminals convicted of murder will serve lengthy prison sentences, it was warned today.

TWO women who escaped from jail through a broken window yesterday were recaptured, one after prison staff received a tip-off.

THE Irish Prison Education Association has serious reservations about the closure of Mountjoy prison and its move to a greenfield site in Thorntown, Co Dublin.

THE prison bill for drugs such as anti-psychotics and sedatives jumped massively last year - with the average prisoner consuming €820 worth of pharmaceuticals in 2003.

THE Government has rowed back on plans to extend a successful prison rehabilitation project into all jails, according to a leading criminal expert.