Two young boys saw their father repeatedly slashed across the face with a carpet knife in an unprovoked assault at a daylight “ambush” at a graveyard in Ennis two years ago.

A 22 year-old Dublin man was today sentenced to 12 years in prison with three-years suspended for the manslaughter of James Donoghue as part of a joint enterprise with two other men in September 2006.

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí during interviews that he stabbed another man twice because he was afraid of his life, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A murder trial jury heard today that DNA found on the clothing of the accused matched that of the murder victim.

DARREN O’NEILL has stepped up his preparations as he bids for a place in the Irish team for the European boxing championships following the news that the trials will start on October 3.

A man charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man in north Dublin last year, was today returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court.

Two youths charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man in north Dublin last year, were today returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court.

The State has been granted further time to prepare the book of evidence in the case of three youths charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man in north Dublin last year.

The State has been granted further time to prepare the book of evidence in the case of three youths charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man in north Dublin last year.

Two youths appeared in court yesterday charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man in north Dublin last September.

A NEW chairman was appointed to EBS yesterday.

PROFITS at the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin rose by almost 75% last year, making it the most profitable private treatment facility in the country.

EBS Building Society said yesterday that talks with European counterparts about a partnership or joint venture in the Irish market have failed to bear fruit.

EBS chairman Brian Joyce told members at today's annual general meeting that the building society is likely to soon be the only mutual building society left in Ireland, enabling the society to differentiate itself in the market.

US troops rounded up suspected rebels today during house-to-house searches in strongholds of Saddam Hussein, capitalising on intelligence gleaned from the capture of the former Iraqi dictator.

Pre-tax profits of €23.8m have been announced by building materials group Kingspan for the first-six months of 2003.