A jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a woman charged with murdering her boyfriend by stabbing him in the chest.

The barrister for a woman charged with murdering her boyfriend says the jury must acquit her if it’s reasonably possible that ‘him coming towards the knife’ had caused the fatal wound.

A father-of-one died from a stab wound which penetrated the left side of his chest to a depth of over 25cm, a murder trial has heard.

A woman on trial accused of murder went to a garda station and said that she had killed her boyfriend, telling a garda: “I stabbed him. I pushed the knife into him, come quick,” a jury has heard.

Three children were inside the apartment with their mother, who said her youngest told her he was going to heaven and would come back and help them escape the fire.

Desmond Duffy has been found not guilty of the murder of Desmond Sullivan at the home they shared in Somerville Park, Rathmines, Dublin 6 on May 23, 2016.

A woman serving life for murder has had her conviction quashed after the Court of Appeal found her jury should have been allowed consider whether she had been provoked by her late partner before killing him.

A murder accused told his mother “I fucked up, ma” when he was arrested for stabbing a man over a €100 drug debt, a trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A man who sexually abused his brother, sister and nephew over an 18-year period has been given a six-month prison sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The evidence against a murder accused shows "morally corrupt" behaviour but not that he is guilty of murder, a defence barrister told a jury at the Central Criminal Court today.

An eminent US surgeon suffering from early-onset dementia who fell victim to a phishing scam which culminated in him bringing €100,000 of cocaine into Dublin Airport will be sentenced next week.

A man stabbed his mother to death the month after a mental health tribunal decided he did not fulfil the criteria to be detained at a psychiatric unit, a jury has heard.

A 24-year-old man man who raped and sexual assaulted his two nieces and his nephew has been jailed for eight years at the Central Criminal Court.

A Norwegian man who was given a wholly suspended sentence for raping his girlfriend multiple times while she slept must wait to hear whether he will be sent to jail following an appeal by prosecutors.

Worcester 13 Northampton 12: It wasn’t just a new dawn for English rugby that kicked off at Sixways last night, just six days removed from the World Cup hosts’ disastrous exit. 

A man who had sex with a 16-year-old girl he contacted on Facebook has been sentenced to three years in prison, with the final 12 months suspended.

A man whose neighbour allowed him to rape her five-year-old daughter repeatedly over a three-year period has been sentenced to 14 years in prison today.

A life sentence has been handed down to a 36-year-old ‘bare knuckle boxer’ for murdering his wife in an assault with "a baton-like instrument" that lasted an hour and 20 minutes in their home in Dundalk three years ago.

A man who engaged in sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl having been in a prior relationship with her mother, has had a three-year suspended sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal.

The Court of Appeal has found that an eight-year prison sentence imposed on a man for raping his neighbours' daughter was too lenient.

A mother of three, jailed yesterday for smuggling cocaine hidden in the soles of her shoes, claimed in court that her lover gave her the footwear.

Too soon Jason, too soon.

Orange Is The New Black may allow Jason Biggs move beyond the teen comedy, says Ed Power.

A Crumlin man who launched a violent attack on his heavily pregnant former girlfriend has been given the maximum sentence of five years.

Some of Britain’s best- known villains paid their respects in person at Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs’s funeral.

The funeral of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has taken place in north London.

A Dominican grandmother has been jailed for three years for bringing €139,000 of cocaine into Ireland.

Ronnie Biggs was a petty criminal who set out to transform his life with the daring heist of a mail train packed with money.

Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, who won worldwide notoriety after escaping and living the high life in Rio de Janeiro, has died, sources said.

A man who assaulted his girlfriend and left her hospitalised for four months with serious brain injuries has been sentenced to six years in prison, with the final 12 months suspended.

A Dublin couple who were given a wholly suspended sentence for storing over half a million euro worth of cannabis in their home must wait to learn if their sentence will be increased.

A Carlow man accused of sexually abusing his two nieces and their neighbour as children has dismissed the allegations as lies.

A Carlow woman has told a jury that her uncle bribed her into his bedroom on the promise of a Walnut Whip or to listen to his Wombles record before he raped and sexually abused her.

A man has gone on trial charged with raping and sexually abusing his nieces in their family home and abusing their neighbour over a period of eight years.

A 27-year old Dublin woman has been given a three year suspended sentence after she pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a fourteen-year-old female relative.

Half a century after Britain’s infamous Great Train Robbery, the most notorious member of the gang, Ronnie Biggs, is unrepentant and says he is proud of his role in the heist.

A 51-year-old man who raped a young girl on several occasions in County Roscommon and who told gardaí it was “just a compulsion” has been jailed for eight years.

Two Vietnamese men have been jailed for three years after they were caught working in a cannabis growing factory which was housing over 500 plants valued at €428,000.

Racing a 27-year revamped 30-foot yacht, Nigel Biggs won the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta yesterday with a perfect record of six race wins.