Five years in prison as ex-partner suffers nightmares reliving ordeal.

Two former British soldiers are to be prosecuted for allegedly murdering an Official IRA man in the North.

Payments by the State to barristers in the civil courts last year soared by 22% to €12m, figures show.

Lawyers fighting the extradition of an Irishman who is alleged to be the "largest facilitator of child porn in the world" have told the High Court they are seeking the DPP’s reasons for refusing to prosecute him.

A case involving a former Donegal Mayor who claimed expenses from two state agencies for travel on the same day has been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The HSE says it, and the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, accept that there were shortcomings in cases involving the deaths of a number of new babies.

A leader of the notorious McCarthy-Dundon crime gang has been charged with the murder of Roy Collins.

A man has told gardaí he killed his friend over the weekend because he “no longer liked him”.

The final report of the Mahon Tribunal will be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to determine if criminal proceedings are to be taken, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter said it was “clearly desirable” that the Garda Ombudsman was investigating the Garda treatment of Ian Bailey in the controversial Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder probe.

State prosecutors have been asked to examine the case of veteran Republican Sean Garland to determine whether he should be charged with an alleged US super-dollar forgery plot.

Ian Bailey's appeal to the Supreme Court against his extradition to France has been put back to January 13.

One man is in custody following a number of searches in the Inchicore area of Dublin 8 yesterday evening.

A JUDGE has ruled that a Co Clare woman maliciously slandered a delivery man by falsely claiming he had sexually assaulted her while making a delivery to her home.

PAYMENTS by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to barristers last year increased by 11% to €15.2 million in spite of the Government imposing a 8% cut on lawyers’ fees in March of last year.

A CIRCUIT court has put the brakes on motorists who escaped bigger fines and the risk of more penalty points by claiming they didn’t get mailed a fixed penalty notice for speeding.

Investigations into possible crimes committed at Anglo Irish Bank continue today after a day-long raid on the bank's head offices in Dublin.

Criminals could escape standing trial because of spending cuts at the Director of Public Prosecution’s office, it was warned today.

The family of a suspected killer who died in garda custody today branded as "unlawful" delays to a public hearing into the death.

A study into child abuse has uncovered the emotional turmoil suffered by victims and their families, writes Conor Ryan.

The Supreme Court has halted the trial of a Co Louth man on a charge of membership of an illegal organisation.

Since the start of 2006, 67 (check) people have met violent deaths — more than a killing every week.

The wife and children of Frank Shortt, the Donegal publican falsely jailed for drugs offences, today agreed a massive compensation settlement with the State.

The Attorney General (AG) Rory Brady has been cleared of any responsibility for the controversy surrounding last month's Supreme Court ruling on underage sex.

THE Labour Party yesterday tagged Michael McDowell a lame-duck justice minister who has lost his authority.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell tonight admitted neither the Attorney General nor officials in his Department were made aware the unprecedented Supreme Court challenge on the statutory rape law was being taken.

A SLIGO parish priest said he was looking forward to resuming his duties after being targeted by what he claimed was an untrue allegation of abuse.

No criminal charges are to be brought for the killing of two raiders shot dead by armed detectives during a foiled raid on a north Co Dublin post office.

THE Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) is reviewing the long-standing policy of giving no reasons for decisions, in light of the Robert Holohan case.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell has defended the decision to try the killer of Georgina Eager in Britain despite her family’s distress at the ordeal.

Gardaí in Wexford have released a man arrested on Wednesday in connection with the death of a four-month-old baby boy earlier this month.

HUNDREDS of angry Gama workers are today planning to target the company’s largest construction project, a Galway power station being built for the ESB in Tynagh.

GARDAÍ have sought legal advice on whether to continue to pursue, through the courts, suspected speeding offenders detected by laser guns.

The British government tried to pressurise the UK’s top police officer in a bid to halt a public inquiry into the assassination of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, a court heard today.

IRA membership charges were dropped against four men accused yesterday of kidnapping top dissident republican leader Bobby Tohill in Belfast.

TWO former senior blood bank officials are to stand trial accused of infecting women with hepatitis C in an unprecedented action which could have implications for other investigations into contaminated blood products.

‘Compo chasers’ will be jailed for up to 10 years for making false insurance claims, under new laws to be announced this morning.

FEW eyebrows will be raised at the news that 56 candidates who stood in last year’s General Election overspent on their campaigns.

A MAN was being questioned last night following the seizure of cocaine with a street value of 100,000 in North Dublin.

The director of Public Prosecutions has made an unprecedented decision to prosecute a sitting circuit court judge arising out of a major garda investigation into child pornography.

The Standards in Public Office Commission has considered the implications for spending limits for TDs, in relation to the recent Supreme Court judgment in the case of Desmond Kelly.

HEALTH Minister Micheál Martin has apologised and expressed profound regret to haemophiliacs and their families for the pain and suffering caused by the blood contamination scandal.