Former businessman Breifne O’Brien has been granted an extension to appeal his prison sentence for inducing people to advance millions of euro to him to invest in bogus property deals.

Gardaí have said it would be “inappropriate to comment” on reports that five members of a Co Mayo care home are to be charged with assault following an investigation into care standards at the HSE-run facility.

The Garda ombudsman is trying to track down retired gardaí as part of its Ian Bailey investigation — which has been continuing for more than two years.

The investigation into the killing of Fr Niall Molloy by the Garda cold caseunit is to be examined by a senior lawyer.

The investigation into the killing of Fr Niall Molloy by the Garda cold case unit is to be examined by a senior lawyer.

A new set of guidelines have been published for people giving victim impact statements.

Despite the liquidation of IBRC, regulators are still planning to go ahead with an investigation into Ernst & Young’s behaviour as auditor of Anglo Irish Bank

A terminally-ill Wicklow woman has lost a landmark case for someone to assist her suicide without being jailed.

A terminally-ill woman has today pleaded with judges to spare her a horrible death and let her be helped to die lawfully with dignity, surrounded by her family.

THE Rape Crisis Network is to write “begging letters” to refrigeration companies in an effort to maintain evidence in cases that may lead to more court actions.

Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has today announced his intention to apply to the High Court for directions regarding the publication of the report of the Commission of Investigation into Child Sexual Abuse dealing with the Dublin Archdiocese.

A PUBLIC servant accused of taking bung payments so that he might favourably review grant applications has had all charges against him dropped.

ABOUT 50 submissions have been received by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions as part of a review of its long-standing policy not to give reasons for decisions on whether or not to prosecute some criminal cases.

VICTIMS of crime baffled by decisions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) are being invited to tell him how he can be more open about the way his office operates.

The system for sentencing criminals is to be discussed at a major conference today.

FOUR victims of child sex abuse revealed yesterday how their abusers were still walking around free because of the State’s failure to prosecute them.

DEPUTY Michael Lowry disclosed yesterday how he took out a second mortgage on his Co Tipperary home to meet a €1,434,324 tax bill due to the Revenue Commissioners.

A Government adviser tonight resigned from a number of key positions after he was embroiled in a multi-million Euro money-laundering investigation.

THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is to host a conference on combating child pornography this Saturday at a time when its failings in the collapse of the Brian Curtin case have yet to be publicly explained.

THE distraught parents of a little girl partially paralysed by a teenage driver yesterday pledged to continue their efforts to bring the motorist to justice.