The constant jangling of wind chimes in a neighbour’s back garden was described by 83-year-old pensioner Mary McBride as a deliberate act of cruelty against her and her husband Eddie.

The High Court has dismissed a pensioner's application to bring proceedings arising out of the controversial decision to allow stand a goal scored by Meath in the 2010 Leinster football final against Louth.

A pensioner wants to bring High Court proceedings arising out of the controversial decision to allow stand a goal scored by Meath in the 2010 Leinster football final against Louth.

A brother of murdered dissident republican Alan Ryan and another man have been charged with firearms offensives as part of a garda investigation in to the murder of Dublin man Michael Kelly in 2011.

A woman who had a surrogate pregnancy after her womb was removed due to cervical cancer was refused unpaid maternity leave on the grounds she was not entitled to it.

A 15-year-old student, who is already registered with a national modelling agency, has been awarded €25,000 damages for a “mildly disfiguring” scar on her foot.

The case against prominent republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy, who is being prosecuted on tax charges, has been put back for a further two months.

The Special Criminal Court has set a date in December for the trial of a Longford man charged with having an explosive device on the eve of the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain last year.

A Northern Ireland man was jailed for life by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for the dissident republican murder of a man shot dead in a church car park in Co. Donegal almost four years ago.

Two Dublin men have appeared before a late sitting of the Special Criminal Court this afternoon charged with firearms and IRA membership offences.

Prominent republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy has lodged a Supreme Court challenge to a ruling that tax charges against him should be dealt with by the non-jury Special Criminal Court rather than the ordinary courts.

A book of evidence will be served before Christmas on two Dublin men charged with IRA membership, one of whom is also charged with extortion.

A Dublin man charged with IRA membership and extortion has been remanded in custody by the Special Criminal Court as the DPP has still not given its directions.

Four men charged with offences arising out of the discovery of two mortars in Co Louth last year have received sentences totalling 21½ years at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Crucial evidence against a Monaghan man charged with the possession of explosives, including a statement by him admitting responsibility for the same, has been ruled inadmissible by the Special Criminal Court.

The State has two weeks to indicate when a book of evidence against two Dublin men charged with extortion and IRA membership charges will be served.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgement on legal issues in the trial of a Monaghan man charged with having explosives in his garage.

An INVESTOR who saw his empire dive by €36 million in the property collapse told a judge yesterday he was unable to pay a cent to a former partner to whom he owed €1.2m.

A Co Clare man charged with possessing explosives has been freed on bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A fourth man arrested following garda investigations in to the activities of dissident republicans has appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court this afternoon charged with the possession of explosive substances.

A Dublin man already charged with IRA membership was further charged with extortion at the Special Criminal Court today.

One of four men arrested in connection with the discovery of a mortar in Co Louth has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

Two Limerick brothers who are charged with threatening to kill three members of the same family have been granted legal aid at the Special Criminal Court.

A Dublin man charged with firearms offences has been granted bail at the Special Criminal Court.

A Dublin man arrested following a garda investigation in to the activities of dissident republicans has appeared before the Special Criminal Court charged with membership of the IRA.

Two Dublin men appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court this evening charged with IRA membership and firearms offences.

Two Limerick brothers who are charged with threatening to kill a mother, and her daughter and son, applied for legal aid and the imposiition of a "media blackout" during their first appearance before the Special Criminal Court this morning.

Two Dublin brothers charged with firearms offences have been served with a book of evidence at the Special Criminal Court this morning.

Crucial garda interviews with a Dublin man accused of IRA membership cannot be used as evidence against him, the Special Criminal Court has determined.

A 68-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to three years in prison for IRA membership.

A Co Louth man has been jailed for three years and nine months at the Special Criminal Court for IRA membership.

A Judge has found that philanthropist Niall Mellon was defamed by a daily newspaper in a report claiming that he had sacked a personal assistant shortly before she was due to give birth.

A new appeal date has been set for a man convicted of an assault at the centre of a dispute, which triggered the resignation of former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent.

A 25-year-old Monaghan man charged with possessing explosives has been released on bail after his father lodged €20,000 in an independent surety.

A 25-year-old Monaghan man has been brought before the Special Criminal Court charged with possession of an explosive substance.

A father-of-five accused of possessing a firearm and of IRA membership was refused bail today.

A Co Tyrone man appeared before Dublin’s Special Criminal Court today charged with murdering a man in Donegal two years ago.

A Louth man appeared before the Special Criminal Court this morning charged in connection with the discovery of explosive substances in Dundalk over the weekend.

A man appealing his conviction for an assault that was at the centre of a dispute, which triggered the resignation of former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent, had his case adjourned again today.

A TYRONE man appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday on charges of IRA membership and related weapons offences.

A Tyrone man was today brought before the Special Criminal Court and charged with membership of the IRA and the possession of a firearm and ammunition.

The Special Criminal Court ruled today that four men whose convictions for Real IRA membership were quashed last year could not be charged with the same offences again.

The trial of a Dundalk man accused of INLA membership dramatically collapsed at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today after it emerged that a Special Branch detective driver for the presiding judge was a witness in the case.

The three judges of the non-jury Special Criminal Court sat for the first time at the Belfast Crown Court today to hear evidence in a Continuity IRA-linked murder trial.