The heartbroken family of murdered pregnant nanny Aoife Phelan have said they were happy to have her body home as a local man appeared in court charged with her killing.

A lorry driver charged with the murder of pregnant nanny Aoife Phelan is to receive psychiatric treatment in prison.

A man arrested while climbing out of a charity clothes bank committed a crime that was “the lowest of the low”, a judge said yesterday.

A 32-year-old solicitor and football mentor who punched a teenage player in the face in an unprovoked assault has been given a three-month suspended jail sentence.

A JUDGE has questioned the “layers and layers of bureaucracy” which she says are preventing a child from getting an education appropriate to his needs.

A MAN who is squatting in a vacant NAMA property says he is delighted with his new home and will not leave without a fight.

A man has been charged with the murder of 30-year-old Diane Burroughs.

A youth, who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman after she asked him for directions, was further remanded in custody today.

A youth who allegedly smashed the windscreen of his mother's car while she was driving it, was remanded in custody today.

A teenager charged over a burglary in Dublin where an elderly woman suffered a broken finger when an engagement ring was forcibly taken from her, was remanded on conditional bail today.

Am “out of control” 16-year-old girl, has pleaded guilty to robbing two other girls who were beaten and had their hair pulled during “vicious” attacks.

Murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie died in “the most horrific circumstances,” his solicitor told the Dublin Children's Court today.

A youth accused of attacking two security men with an electronic stun gun was served with a book of evidence today and sent forward for trial before a judge and jury.

A teenager was charged today with sexually assaulting a woman in Dublin in March.

The daughter of a Waterford man accused of raping and sexually assaulting a schoolgirl has claimed at the Central Criminal Court that the complainant was always in her company at the times of the alleged offences.

A Waterford woman broke down in tears while telling the Central Criminal Court that the man on trial raped her as a school girl and told her "this is our secret".