The latest gangland murder victim threatened a notorious criminal figure in the week before his death, gardaí have uncovered.

The average cost of jailing the State’s most dangerous criminals, including Brian Rattigan and the Dundon brothers, jumped even further last year.

Gang figure Brian Rattigan has applied for a Supreme Court appeal against his conviction for the murder of Declan Gavin outside an Abrakebabra takeaway in Dublin more than 12 years ago.

Gang figure Brian Rattigan is seeking a Supreme Court appeal against his conviction for the murder of Declan Gavin outside an Abrakebabra takeaway in Dublin, 12 years ago.

TV3 has consented to the making of a court order restraining it from rebroadcasting archive material it holds of two sisters leaving a court where a nephew was tried and convicted of murder and drugs charges.

The Prison Service has introduced a “blanket ban” on all mobile phones in prisons, including those used by prison governors.

Convicted murderer Brian Rattigan has received a 17-year jail sentence for dealing €1m worth of heroin from his cell in Portlaoise prison.

Convicted murderer Brian Rattigan is to be sentenced at the Special Criminal Court for the possession and supply of €1m worth of heroin.

A criminal gang leader has been found guilty of the possession and supply of €1m worth of heroin while he is in prison.

Convicted murderer Brian Rattigan has become the first person in the State to be found guilty of drug dealing from behind bars.

From his cell in Portlaoise Prison, Dublin criminal Brian Rattigan directed a gang operating a drugs business, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

The Special Criminal Court trial of Brian Rattigan, who is accused of possessing €1m worth of heroin, has heard video-link evidence from a mobile phone forensics expert based in New Zealand.

Numerous bags of matte-white powder seized after a garda raid were today shown to the three judges sitting at the Special Criminal Court trial of Brian Rattigan, who is accused of possessing €1m worth of heroin.

A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Dublin last night.

Investigations are continuing into the murder of a 35-year-old man in the latest gun killing in Dublin.

Gardaí are confident of making progress in the investigation into the gangland murder of Gerard Eglington in Co Laois last Monday.

There were fears that the country’s bloodiest crime feud has re-ignited after two gangland figures were gunned down in the same day.

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Lawyers for convicted murderer Brian Rattigan are arguing on appeal that a new law on witness statements was unfairly applied retrospectively at his trial.

The Court of Criminal Appeal will today hear an appeal by Dublin man Brian Rattigan against his conviction for murder.

A date for the trial of Dublin man Brian Rattigan, who is charged with the possession of heroin and having mobile phones in Portlaoise Prison, may be decided upon next week.

Dublin man Brian Rattigan appeared at the Special Criminal Court today on charges of having mobile phones in Portlaoise Prison and possession of heroin.

A Drimnagh man is to have his trial take place before the Special Criminal Court after the Director of Public Prosecutions stated that ordinary courts are “inadequate” to deal with it.

A High Court challenge brought by convicted murderer Brian Rattigan against the decision that he be detained on his own in the segregation unit of Portlaosie Prison been adjourned to later this month.

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern said there had to be “tighter controls” over access to information about jury members to ensure it didn’t fall into the hands of criminals.

Convicted murderer, Brian Rattigan, has appeared at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in relation to possession of two mobile phones while he was an inmate in Portlaoise prison almost two years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has given the go-ahead for Dublin man Brian Rattigan to appeal his conviction for murder.

An inmate at Portlaoise Prison has appeared in court charged with possessing €1m worth of heroin in Dublin and with the possession of two mobile phones in jail.

GARDAÍ are preparing for an escalation in violence linked to gangland feuds in the Crumlin-Drimnagh area of south Dublin.

A Dublin man who was found in contempt of court having breached a court order not to attend the murder trial of Brian Rattigan was released from custody to spend Christmas with his partner having spent the past ten years in prison at the Central Criminal Court today.

SENIOR gardaí yesterday said the conviction of gangland boss Brian Rattigan for murder was “hugely significant” in the message it sends out to organised crime.

A Dublin man has been found guilty of the murder of a 21-year-old man in the city eight years ago and jailed for life, at the Central Criminal Court today.

A jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of a knife murder outside Abrakebabra in Crumlin eight years ago will resume its deliberations this morning.

A jury in a Dublin murder trial have been sent to a hotel for a second night having failed to reach a verdict.

A jury in the trial of a Dublin man charged with murder were sent to a hotel for the night after failing to reach a verdict, at the Central Criminal Court today.

The jury at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder has been listening to closing speeches from the prosecution and the defence in the Central Criminal Court today.

The blood of a 21-year-old Dublin man who was stabbed to death was discovered four inches below a palm print which matched that of the man accused of his murder the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The palm prints of a Dublin man accused of murder were found at the scene of a fatal stabbing, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A 21-year-old Dublin man died from blood loss caused by a stab wound to the heart, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin murder trial has heard that a stab victim arrived at hospital in cardiac arrest having received a penetrating wound to the heart.

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he was with a married woman on the night of the alleged murder the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he couldn’t remember where he was on the night of the alleged murder because he was "a very forgetful person", the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A witness at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he saw a man hold up his hands to protect himself as another man attacked him with a knife, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A witness at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he saw a man hold up his hands to protect himself as another man attacked him with a knife, the Central Criminal Court heard today.