A garda before the courts on seven counts of disclosing information obtained in the course of her duties was further charged yesterday under the Data Protection Act.

A garda has been charged with illegally disclosing information and possession of cocaine.

A man is due in court this morning, charged in relation to the investigation into the murder of a woman in Sligo yesterday.

Charges against a couple, accused of lying to the Garda Síochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), were yesterday struck out by a judge who criticised some garda witnesses.

Gardaí have seized €70,000 worth of cannabis plants in Co Roscommon.

A Vietnamese man will appear at a special sitting of Sligo District Court charged in connections with yesterday's cannabis seizure in Leitrim.

A judge found that a male nurse who put surgical tape on a patient’s mouth was overworked and under serious stress with inadequate management support in a HSE hospital.

A 30-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with possession of a single barrel shotgun with intent to endanger life in Sligo over the weekend.

A 30-year-old man will appear in court in Sligo this morning charged in relation to an incident over the weekend in which he barricaded himself into a house with a firearm.

A man convicted of harassing women reoffended just 10 days after a court warning that his freedom was hanging by a thread, a prosecutor claimed yesterday.

A judge yesterday told a 20-year-old motorist that his drunk and dangerous driving caused “the death of an unborn baby” of a pregnant garda.

The top garda in the North-West was attacked in his car twice as his wife and daughter looked on in horror.

Two men were charged at a special court sitting yesterday with possession of an estimated €1.5m worth of cannabis for sale or supply.

Two men appeared at a special sitting of Sligo District Court last night, charged in connection with a significant drugs haul in Co Donegal last Friday.

Two men have been charged in connection with the seizure in Donegal yesterday of cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €1.6m.

A Traveller women in court for driving with a mobile phone told a judge she could not have been holding one as her culture would not have allowed her to have one until she was married.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 14-year-old girl in Sligo has heard her described by a social worker as very vulnerable and fragile.

A KEY witness, who falsely claimed he had been threatened with death by a silver bullet, has been forced to hide in public due to unwanted attention arising from the probe, the Morris Tribunal heard yesterday.

A key witness, who falsely claimed he had been threatened with death by a silver bullet, has been forced to hide in public due to unwanted attention arising from the massive probe, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A man has appeared before a special sitting of Sligo District Court this afternoon in relation to a fatal stabbing in Sligo town yesterday.

A man faced a court today charged with possession of a knife at a secondary school, police said.

A 23-year-old Sligo man has been charged with the armed robbery of almost IR£3,000 at a Post Office in the town last Tuesday.

Two Sligo men have appeared in court on charges related to Department of Agriculture fraud involving over £300,000.