A 25-year-old Dublin mother, who has been on trial twice charged with murder, has had her manslaughter plea accepted by the State.

A JURY has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a 25-year-old Dublin mother charged with murdering a father-of-four by crushing him with her car.

A jury has today failed to agree on a verdict in the retrial of a woman, accused of crushing a taxi driver to death with her car.

The jury deliberating in a Dublin murder trial was sent home from the Central Criminal Court early today as one of the jurors was sick.

The judge in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has told the jury that there are circumstances in which intoxication can reduce murder to manslaughter.

A woman on trial charged with murdering a man by crushing him between her car and a wall told investigating Gardaí that she meant to knock down his son.

A TAXI driver had his spine broken in two after being hit by a car in his son’s driveway, a murder trial jury has heard.

A 66-year-old taxi driver had his spine broken in two after being hit by a car in his son’s driveway, a murder trial has heard.

A DUBLIN murder trial has heard that gardaí did not respond to an incident that preceded the killing because they were too busy.

A Dublin murder trial has heard that gardaí did not respond to an incident that preceded the killing because they were too busy.

A 25-year-old Dublin woman has gone on trial accused of murdering a taxi driver by crushing him to death with her car.

A 25-year-old Dublin woman has admitted killing a 66-year-old man in Blanchardstown almost four years ago.

A young Dublin mother has been given a two-year suspended sentence and 240 hours of community service for storing €39,000 of cocaine for another woman, who stands trial for murder.

The jury in the trial of a woman charged with murdering a 66-year-old father, was sent home for the night after failing to reach a verdict at the Central Criminal Court.

A woman on trial for murdering a 66-year-old taxi driver told gardaí that she was trying to “get” his son with her car, when the deceased jumped in front of her and she ended up “squashing him”.

The jury in the Claire Nolan murder trial has heard that the man she admits killing died after a car struck him, breaking his spine, crushing part of his heart and tearing one of his lungs free.

A close friend of a woman on trial for murdering a 66-year-old man has told the Central Criminal Court that the accused had “no motive” and “wouldn't have done it on purpose”.

A woman on trial for murdering a 66-year-old man hit his son over the head with a baseball bat shortly before the deceased was struck by a car and killed, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A 23-year-old woman accused of murdering a retired taxi driver in Dublin just over two years ago is due to go on trial at the Central Criminal Court tomorrow.