A man's denial that he knew anything about 167kg of explosives found inside his "heavily laden" car - including detonators sticking out from the passenger seat - has been found to be "totally incredible" by the Special Criminal Court.

A man on trial at the Special Criminal Court gave no reply when asked by gardaí to account for the presence of 150kg of explosives in a car in which he was a front seat passenger, the court has heard.

Armed gardai found four bags of explosives in the boot of a car and 18 detonators under the front passenger seat when they stopped the vehicle on the Naas Road, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Two Dublin men were stopped by gardaí in a car which was found to contain 150kg of explosives, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A Monaghan mechanic has been found guilty of IRA membership by the non-jury Special Criminal Court.

A Cork man, described by a judge as an "active and trusted" member of the IRA, has been jailed for three and a half years.

The Government is being urged to consider introducing a Basic Income for everyone in the country.

A 26-year-old Dublin man will face trial at the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court for the murder of Noel Kirwan, writes Alison O'Riordan.

A District Court judge has accused two parents of using their son “as a pawn” and told they both have a “behavioural problem”.

The Special Criminal Court trial of a man accused of assaulting and falsely imprisoning another man has been listening to evidence of garda interviews conducted with the suspect.

Two Limerick men who pleaded guilty to a "depraved and barbaric" assault during which a 53-year-old man was nailed to a kitchen floor have both been jailed for three years.

A Garda search team recovered more than 1,000 bullets in the home of a son of billionaire businessman Jim Mansfield, a court has heard.

Almost 1,000 “high-priority” cases involving at-risk children had not been assigned a social worker by the end of last year.

A school caretaker has gone on trial accused of stealing fruit that was meant to be given to pupils as part of a healthy food initiative.

A Garda has been sentenced to 200 hours community service for attacking a drunk man in a Santa hat during an arrest in Dublin city-centre.

A garda has been found guilty of attacking a drunk man in a Santa hat during an arrest in Dublin City centre.

A judge has adjourned sentencing a Dublin man who was found guilty of trespassing at the home of U2 drummer Larry Mullen.

Using straightforward language when talking about death is important when supporting bereaved children in class, teachers have been told.

A man found guilty of attacking his late uncle’s tenant farmer has been spared a criminal conviction and a possible jail sentence.

The trial of actor David Murray, accused of assaulting a woman in Dublin, has been delayed after he mixed up his court date.

Actor David Murray, who plays the late finance minister Brian Lenihan in a new film, has pleaded not guilty to attacking a woman in Dublin.

Independent TD Clare Daly yesterday described an attempt to prosecute her for a minor motoring offence as a "distraction" from her work highlighting malpractice and injustice.

Independent socialist TD Clare Daly today described an attempt to prosecute her for a minor motoring offence as a distraction from her work highlighting malpractice and injustice.

A 55-year-old man has appeared before the Special Criminal Court this afternoon charged with the possession of explosives at Finnstown House Hotel on Sunday.

The mother of one of the men on trial accused of the murder of businessman Roy Collins has been found dead in a canal this morning.

A 27-year-old man made no reply when he was charged with the murder of a man whose burned remains were found in the Phoenix Park.

A 27-year-old man has appeared in court today charged with the murder of Gerard Donnelly, who was burned to death in the Phoenix Park.

Two students, who hacked Fine Gael’s 2011 election website, have been spared jail sentences and left with clean records.

Two students, who hacked Fine Gael's 2011 election website, were spared jail sentences today and have been left with clean records.

A 30-year-old Corkman, charged with membership of the IRA and firearms offences, has had his bail conditions changed so he can attend the All-Ireland hurling final on Sunday.

Two students have admitted hacking Fine Gael’s website in the weeks leading up to the 2011 general election as a “stunt” to embarrass the party.

Two students have admitted hacking Fine Gael's website – in the weeks leading up to the 2011 general election – as a “stunt” to embarrass the party.

A 16-year-old girl has been charged over a gang robbery of a man who was allegedly pushed onto the ground and left lying in front of on-coming traffic in Dublin city centre.

A teenage boy, who is accused of violently mugging a heavily pregnant woman in Dublin, was allowed stay out on bail today because of a shortage in detention spaces and a judge had no choice but to release him.

A 13-year-old boy, who “mooned” at gardaí when he blatantly broke his bail terms, avoided being remanded in custody today as a result of the on-going shortage of juvenile detention spaces.

Frances Fitzgerald may not have liked being ordered before the Dublin Children’s Court but at least she wasn’t threatened with jail, unlike three of her predecessors.

A row over the chronic shortage of detention centre spaces for young offenders has intensified after a judge demanded immediate action from Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald to deal with the crisis.

A bed has been found at Oberstown detention school in North Dublin for a teenager at the centre of a row over the availability of custodial places for juvenile offenders.

A spokesperson for the Minister for Children says Frances Fitzgerald will not attend the Children's Court today to explain the lack of custodial places for children.

A judge at Ireland's busiest juvenile court has challenged Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald to explain the lack of spaces available in detention centres.

A man accused of withholding information from gardaí investigating the murder of Real IRA leader Alan Ryan has been reported missing, a judge heard yesterday.

Former Fianna Fáil minister of state Ivor Callely has been returned for trial accused of making a series of bogus mobile phone expense claims when he was a member of Seanad.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly will be sentenced next month for breaking a man’s eye socket during an unprovoked attack in a pub last August.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly is to be sentenced next month for breaking a man's eye socket during an unprovoked attack in a pub last August.