A trial has heard today that an unmarked patrol car driven by a detective garda was well over the speed limit just before the vehicle and a 4x4 were in collision on the M50 in Dublin.

For almost 1,500 days, the body of teenager Marioara Rostas lay hidden in a shallow grave in Co Wicklow, writes Barry Cummins

A TRIP to Cork Airport by two couples heading off on holidays ended in tragedy when two men died and two women were injured in a collision.

A Central Criminal Court jury has heard that the shooting of Noel Roche on the Clontarf Road four years ago was a "gangland hit".

SWEDISH safety experts are coming to Dublin this week to help tackle unprecedented carnage on Irish roads.

A NEIGHBOUR of Minister Micheal Martin was one of the latest victims of the carnage on Irish roads, which has so far this year claimed the lives of 102 people.

An Englishman, described as a "very big-time player", who was part of a €1.5m heroin deal between two criminal gangs on both sides of the Irish Sea has been jailed for 12 years by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Car buyers were urged today to keep shopping around Europe for the best prices.