Dean Fitzpatrick, the brother of missing Amy Fitzpatrick, died from a stab wound to the abdomen, Dublin District Coroner’s Court has heard.

A divorced couple involved in running a brothel in north Dublin have avoided jail with fines and suspended sentences.

A High Court judge has expressed concern about whether a €4m settlement will be enough to care for a 24-year-old Dublin woman who was run over by a car.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today adjourned an application brought by two Dublin brothers seeking more time to appeal against their Special Criminal Court convictions for firearms offences.

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

Renegades: Irish Republican Women 1900-1922

MICHAEL JOB (Letters, September 15) appears to have little or no difficulty mixing alcohol and driving.

I HOPE tens of thousands of people march tomorrow week.

Victims of the horrific child abuse inflicted in State-run institutions feel empty and cheated by the nine-year inquiry, they said today.

KEVIN KELLY’S abiding memory from the moment he was stabbed was the feeling that death would have been preferable to the pain caused by the knife.

Policing forums can be a vital bridge between communities and the gardaí in tackling drugs and anti-social behaviour, Sinn Féin claimed today.

CITIZENS of the country’s three main cities had new lord mayors elected last night.

A taximan has been fined €2000 and disqualified from driving for two years for his attack on a young man who spat at his car and which left the victim in need of a life support machine for six weeks.

THERE is something ignominious about a frail 79-year-old man being hauled off to prison, shuffling along and trying to support himself with the aid of an umbrella.

Two Dublin men who demanded money for the Continuity IRA from the owner of a Temple Bar lap dancing club were jailed for membership of an illegal organisation by the Special Criminal Court today.

A Dublin man who demanded money for the Continuity IRA from a lap dancing club owner was found guilty of membership of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court today.

I KNOW that the re-Anglicisation process has been going on for several decades but I never thought I would see the GAA taking the shilling. Or, in this case, the crisps.

CARLOW have appointed former Kildare player Mick Condon as manager of their intercounty senior football side.