A jury has begun its deliberations in the trial of a Dublin-based Garda accused of insurance fraud and harassment.

Evidence has finished in the trial of a garda accused of harassment and insurance fraud.

A court has heard how a Dublin based garda threatened to break the legs of a car dealer in Trim, Co Meath.

A Dublin based Garda has gone on trial accused of insurance fraud.

David Cameron is under pressure to reveal details of his meetings with Tory donors in the wake of explosive claims that access to the British Prime Minister could be secured by making large donations to Conservative Party.

MPs sitting in both the British House of Commons and the Northern Ireland Assembly should not receive two salaries, the UK government said today.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today accepted “in full” a report on MPs’ expenses, which said MPs should no longer be able to claim for their mortgages or employ family members at the taxpayer’s expense.

A drug user whose life was threatened after he was caught with over €40,000 worth of cocaine, heroin and cannabis has been jailed for eight years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

AN inquiry into the expenses scandal that has rocked politics should report its results by October, the head of the probe said, adding he was “shocked” by the abuses of the system.

The North's First Minister Peter Robinson and his wife Iris munched their way through £30,000 (€33,500) of food claimed for in their MPs’ expenses over a four-year period, it was revealed today.

An indictment is expected as early as today, charging ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich with presiding over a state government awash in political corruption.

Two of the men charged last month with possession of explosive materials in Dublin have been released on bail at the Special Criminal Court today.

The Central Criminal Court jury in the trial of four men accused of the fatal shooting of a Limerick bouncer have been hearing from taxi drivers who were working in Limerick on the night of the shooting.