Gardaí in Co Louth have seized an estimated €11,000 worth of cannabis plants, heroin and tablets, along with tobacco valued at €5,000.

A man will appear before Dundalk District Court later this morning in connection with an armed robbery at a pub in Drogheda on Saturday evening.

A man in his 50s will appear in court this morning charged with the murder of a Lithuanian national.

A mother of five who said she was forced to steal food and clothes for her children has escaped a conviction at the end of a case that saw the HSE and the Department of Social Welfare appearing before a district judge.

The lack of supervision of rank-and-file gardaí by sergeants — revealed in a police watchdog report — has worsened in the last year, the staff association for middle-ranking officers has said.

A musician who drove at up to 187km/h on a motorway as he made his way home after a concert has been convicted of careless driving.

The husband of mother-of-three Jacqueline McDonagh has appeared in court charged with her murder.

A 34-year-old man is due to appear at Dundalk District Court around now, charged in connection with the murder of Jacqueline McDonagh.

A mother of five is claiming she had been forced to shoplift to feed and clothe her family because she received no financial help from the State.

A SELF-CONFESSED killer deemed to be a suicide risk has taken his own life in custody.

A 32-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murdering James Hughes in Dundalk last weekend.

A suspect is due to appear in court today over the murder of a man in a taxi.

A Lithuanian man has appeared in court in Co Louth charged in connection with a fatal hit and run incident in Co Monaghan earlier this week.

Gardaí in Monaghan have charged a man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident, it has emerged today.

A massive oil-laundering plant with the capacity to launder an estimated 7.5 million litres of fuel a year has been uncovered by customs officers.

Prominent republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy could not attend the Special Criminal Court today, where he is facing charges for alleged revenue offences, because of the snow.

A man is due in court in Co Louth later today in connection with the discovery of a JCB - which had been allegedly stolen.

A man has been charged in connection with the theft of a boat worth in the region of €15,000.

The alleged former leader of the IRA will go on trial for tax evasion in the non-jury Special Criminal Court.

The alleged former leader of the IRA today launched a legal battle to block his trial for tax evasion.

Two 35-year-old men have appeared in court in Co Louth charged in connection with an alleged shooting incident, in which a 51-year-old man was shot in the leg.

Prominent republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy is to get a High Court hearing in November in a bid to prevent his trial for alleged revenue offences.

Prominent republican, Thomas 'Slab' Murphy, appeared for the first time at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today on charges connected with alleged revenue offences.

Alleged former IRA boss Thomas 'Slab' Murphy is due to appear in court again today.

ARMED gardaí stood guard yesterday as a leading figure in the IRA was accused of tax evasion.

A YOUNG man who received 600 stitches after he was sliced repeatedly in a vicious knife attack has praised the doctors who brought him back to life.

A man has been charged in connection with a serious knife attack on another man in Co Louth over the weekend.

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation following the death of 33-year-old man on Thursday night.

A 48-year-old man has appeared before a special court sitting in County Louth, accused of three separate arson attacks on two churches in Dundalk over the weekend.

A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Laurence Garvey.

A man was due in court this morning in connection with the death of a 47-year-old woman.

Three men are due to appear before Dundalk District Court this morning charged with the murder of Russell Deane in Drogheda earlier this year.

Three men who were detained following this week's cigarette seizure in Co Monaghan have been released from garda custody.

Sixteen people were injured in a road accident in Co Louth yesterday evening.

A part-time bus driver who made racist comments at a 12-year-old school boy before telling him he should go back to Africa has been fined €300.

Fourteen people are due to appear before a special sitting of Dundalk District Court this evening in connection with overnight rioting in the Co Louth town.