Dessie O’Hare has been remanded on bail pending a decision on whether he will be tried in the Special Criminal Court on charges of assault, violent disorder, and the false imprisonment of three people in Dublin.

A doctor charged with the murder of her three-year-old son was unable to attend court for a third time yesterday, on illness grounds.

A criminal serving sentences for violent disorder and for threatening to kill a garda has been given an extra two months’ jail for having a phone hidden in a prison cell.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at the Dublin Children's Court.

A car salesman who head-butted a Garda car has been ordered to pay €500 to charity.

A 35-year-old man charged in connection with the death of a homeless man in Naas, Co Kildare, earlier this month has been remanded on continuing bail to appear again in October. The case was adjourned pending DPP directions and the possibility of further charges.

A man, barred for the next six months from every pub, off-licence, supermarket, restaurant, and local grocery store in Dublin that sell alcohol has launched a High Court challenge against the order.

A man has denied shooting a pregnant woman and a man in front of two children in a violent family feud.

A man has been charged with shooting a pregnant woman and a man in front of two children.

An Italian man accused of murdering his landlord in Castleknock in Dublin has been sent forward for trial before the Central Criminal Court.

The Ombudsman for Children and Hiqa are to be asked to investigate why the Child and Family Agency left children in state care without an allocated social worker for more than three months this year.

Free legal aid was granted today to “Hardy Bucks” actor Martin Maloney, who is accused of attacking three men in a popular Dublin.

An Olympic boxer will avoid a conviction for public order offences after he gave a commitment to give four hours coaching to young people in his home town.

A 31-year-old man, who was believed to have blasted his own leg by accident before allegedly shooting another man in the chest during a botched gun attack in Dublin, has been refused bail.

A 31-year-old man has appeared in court on crutches in connection with a shooting that has left a Dublin man in a coma.

The HSE has defended its pre-school inspection service following criticisms by a District Court judge.

A court has heard how troubled soccer star Paul McGrath is “extremely embarrassed” and finds it difficult to deal with the “very public humiliation” arising from his conduct.

Former Republic of Ireland soccer star Paul McGrath has admitted being drunk and abusive outside a hotel earlier this summer.

A TV licence inspector has described an incident where he was assaulted on duty as the most frightening situation of his 13-year career.

Journalist and broadcaster Vincent Browne was fined €300 in his absence when he forgot to turn up to court to face prosecution for driving a car while holding a mobile phone.

Journalist and broadcaster Vincent Browne was fined €300 in his absence today when he forgot to turn up to court to face prosecution for driving a car while holding a mobile phone.

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 judge has warned a 15-year-old who persistently skips school that his parents will take turns in prison if he does not attend school for the next month.

A BREEZY DAY with showers of rain is bringing clouds of leaves down off the trees. It’s the essence of autumn, my favourite season.

COUNTY councillors are threatening court action to win pension rights for local authority representatives.

GOD must have been in the IFA, judging by the religious overtones that gripped the RDS yesterday for the association’s golden jubilee celebrations.

THE Department of Justice is to meet local authority members in Longford following claims the town is a dumping ground for refugees.