A copybook containing a "Satanic pledge drawing" and a set of rules including: "No talking about Jesus or God, only Satan", was discovered in the home of one of the boys accused of murdering Anastasia Kriegel, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Two goals in as many first-half minutes laid the platform for favourites Meath to cruise past Carlow in Portlaoise and through to the Leinster SFC quarter-finals.

Bryan McMahon saved Meath's blushes with a late goal to turn a potential disaster into a battling Leinster SFC win for the hosts in Navan.

A dog walker has told the trial of two teenagers, charged with murdering Anastasia Kriegel, that he saw a schoolboy ‘make a beeline’ for the abandoned farmhouse where she is alleged to have been murdered half an hour later.

It was the result most expected but Donegal's journey to the Allianz League Division 2 title was anything but straightforward at Croke Park.

Cork City 4 Maynooth University Town 0

Top theatre companies will “grasp the nettle” of gender discrimination by ensuring workers are fully protected from unwanted advances, and guaranteeing half of all new plays are written by women.

Tyrone escaped from Navan with a narrow win and a place in the second round of the Qualifier series, squeezing out a courageous Meath side in an extra-time thriller.

The Gate Theatre’s former artistic director, Michael Colgan, “managed by fury, threats and fear”, used profane language, belittled staff to the point of making them cry, eroded their confidence, and retaliated if confronted, according to allegations detailed in a review of his tenure at the theatre.

A woman who was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted by her brother 35 years ago has described how he abused her with a “smirk” on his face, despite her continued pleas for him to stop.

Tipperary 2-15 - Meath 1-10 

Cavan are sitting pretty on the summit of Division Two of the Allianz Football League thanks to a jet-propelled first-half display at Kingspan Breffni yesterday..

Exactly what moral principle is upheld by keeping an accused man offscreen is not easy to deduce, writes Terry Prone

The woman who first spoke out against former Gate Theatre artistic director, Michael Colgan, says she is glad he is considering his past behaviour.

Update 9.30pm: Grace Dyas, the first woman to come out with allegations against Michael Colgan has responded to his apology on TV3’s The Sunday Show.

One of the women who accused former Gate director Michael Colgan of inappropriate behaviour has said she will not engage with the independent expert appointed to examine the issue.

Latest: One of the women who has accused Michael Colgan of inappropriate behaviour has said she will not engage with an independent HR expert appointed by the Gate Theatre.

The Gate Theatre received €860,000 in public money in 2017, despite Taoiseach Leo Varadkar describing it as a “private body”.

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has called for an independent investigation into allegations of harassment at the Gate Theatre, against its former director Michael Colgan.

The National Women's Council is calling for an independent investigation into the conduct and behaviour of Michael Colgan while CEO of the Gate Theatre.

A number of women who allege they have been the victims of “abuse of power” at the hands of former Gate Theatre director Michael Colgan have said they will not avail of a confidential email address offered by the theatre to detail their experiences.

It’s the end of an era for Irish theatre as Michael Colgan bows out at the Gate. He tells Alan O’Riordan about an eventful 33 years

A 59-year-old Kerry man, who raped a woman in March 2011 after luring her back to a caravan from a pub in Dublin, has been jailed for 15 years.

A convicted rapist has been removed from court during his sentence hearing. He repeatedly interrupted proceedings, tried to sack his barrister, and called his victim, a grandmother in her 50s, a “filthy prostitute”.

A convicted rapist has been removed from court during his sentence hearing after he repeatedly interrupted proceedings, tried to sack his barrister and called his victim, a grandmother in her fifties, a “filthy prostitute”.

A jury was discharged yesterday after they discovered a 29-second gap in CCTV footage used during a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court.

A man accused of stabbing another man four times during a row outside a chip shop said he only wanted to frighten the deceased who, he claims, attacked him first.

A man has gone on trial accused of the murder of a 39-year-old man who was stabbed outside a chip shop in Dublin.

A Dublin man has been jailed for his role in the movement of €778,000 worth of cannabis imported from Spain and hidden under scented candles.

Dublin’s Gate Theatre made a loss last year, which cut into its accumulated profits, newly-filed accounts reveal.

A Dublin man who raped his nephew’s wife while she was sleeping beside her husband and toddler has been sentenced to eight years in prison, with the final 12 months suspended.

A two-year old boy who fell from the sixth floor of a hotel in Limerick yesterday is being treated for multiple injuries in a Dublin hospital, writes David Raleigh.

Jockey Robbie Colgan has been successful in his appeal against a 21-day ban imposed by the Ballinrobe stewards after finishing second on Definite Earl last month.

The education minister’s mention of the “Rules for National Schools, 1965” as archaic on the cusp of a general election truly exemplifies the expression ‘kicking the can down the road’.

It’s 30 years since Scottish researchers contrasted the chances of Catholic schoolboys continuing to practise their religion after leaving school, by type of secondary school.

A former businessman who shared thousands of images of child pornography online is to be jailed on Monday.