The State has asked the High Court to strike out an action for damages brought by the widower of murdered mother-of-two Sylvia Roche Kelly.

Garda whistleblower John Wilson yesterday lost his High Court claim that he should not have been subject to disciplinary proceedings arising from his attendance, while an off-duty garda, at district court proceedings in Cavan.

Sergeant Maurice McCabe is experiencing ongoing harassment at his place of work as a result of his efforts to expose malpractice in the Garda, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Mary Lynch was working her taxi for just over two hours when she encountered Jerry McGrath. It was 2.15am on Monday, April 30, 2007. McGrath emerged from the nightclub in the Headford Arms Hotel in Kells, Co Meath, and asked would she take him to Virginia, Co Cavan, where his sister lived. He was from Dundrum in Tipperary, but was staying with his sister.

A man who became trapped in the attic of a house he broke into has been jailed for 18 months.

Nine people are due before Virginia District Court in Cavan tomorrow morning, charged in relation to a drugs seizure earlier today.

A GENERAL labourer charged with murdering a pensioner in a psychiatric hospital told detectives he killed him, a court heard.

A general labourer charged with murdering a pensioner in a psychiatric hospital told detectives he killed him.

An 18-year-old Leitrim man has been charged with the murder of pensioner Johnny Golden.

A Cavan man has been found guilty of murdering a mother of one by stabbing her to death on the front lawn of her home a day after she gave evidence in court against a friend of his.

A jury hearing the trial of a man charged with murdering a Cavan woman has heard closing speeches from the prosecution and defence but will not retire to consider their verdicts until Monday.

A jury hearing the trial of a man charged with murdering a Cavan woman has heard from psychiatrists who believe the accused suffers from a learning disability and aspects of anti-social personality disorder.

A jury hearing the trial of a man charged with murdering a Cavan woman has begun to hear forensic evidence from analysis of clothing from both the accused and the murdered woman.

A jury hearing the trial of a man charged with murdering a Cavan woman by stabbing her to death on her front lawn, has been shown garda video interviews conducted with the accused after the killing.

The father of a man accused of murdering a Cavan women by stabbing her to death in her front garden has given evidence in the Central Criminal Court at Dublin telling the court his son was difficult and always different from his other children.

A Cavan woman who was stabbed to death on her front lawn suffered stab wounds to both her lungs that caused her death the Central Criminal Court at Dublin has heard.

A man who witnessed his friend being stabbed to death on the front lawn of her home has told a court he saw her attacker standing over her and striking her while saying “don’t f*** with us."

A teenager is due in court in County Cavan later this morning to face charges in connection with the death of a 70-year-old man a week ago.

A 16-year-old Co Cavan youth has appeared before Virginia District Court this morning in connection with the death of a 70-year-old pensioner.

A teenager is due in court in Co Cavan later this morning to face charges