A mother-of-two convicted of hiring a hitman to kill her wealthy partner and his two sons will be sentenced next month, a court ruled today.

Emotions ran high following the not guilty verdict in the manslaughter trial of Padriag Nally at Dublin Central Criminal Court today.

Angry Travellers tonight hit out at a court decision to acquit a farmer of killing a member of their community.

The jury in the manslaughter trial of a Co Mayo farmer has been sent to a hotel for a second night.

Dublin woman, Charlotte Mulhall, who bludgeoned her mother’s African boyfriend to death and cut up his body, was today jailed for life.

Two gunmen burst into a west Dublin house smashing windows and kicking through a door before shooting dead a grandmother in her bedroom, a court was told today.

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Dublin as he waited for his friend to deliver clothes to an inmate in Cloverhill prison, a court heard today.

A man accused of killing a drug dealer had kidnapped a Tallaght gang member on his behalf, the Dublin Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Cork man was beaten, stamped upon and dropped on the ground in a vicious assault which eventually killed him, a court heard today.

THE importance of giving relatives of crime victims an opportunity to address the court was graphically illustrated in the emotional conclusion of the Brian Murphy manslaughter case.

A student who died after a fight outside a nightclub was seen goading and hitting one of four youths accused of killing him, a court heard today.

Pressure intensified in Dublin today for a new inquiry into the circumstances of a trial more than 30 years ago that rocked the Government .