A former girlfriend of the man who shot 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara has been found in contempt of court after she failed to turn up as a witness at his trial.

A former girlfriend of Melanie McCarthy McNamara's killer has been brought before the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

Teenager Daniel McDonnell has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara.

The teenager charged with murdering Melanie McCarthy McNamara was a protected prisoner when he allegedly wrote a letter containing the phrase: ‘Two in the head. The bitch is dead’.

The teenager charged with murdering Melanie McCarthy McNamara was a protected prisoner when he allegedly wrote a letter containing the phrase: "Two in the head. The bitch is dead".

The man charged with murdering Melanie McCarthy McNamara has admitted writing graffiti on his cell wall which the State says bragged about killing her.

A murder trial has heard that teenager Melanie McCarthy McNamara was bleeding profusely from her skull when she arrived at hospital after being gunned down in Tallaght two years ago.

A jury has been told that the teenager charged with murdering 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara allegedly bragged about shooting her in graffiti on his cell wall.

An 18-year-old youth has been sent forward for trial accused of murdering teenager Melanie McCarthy-McNamara who was shot dead in a drive-by attack in Tallaght earlier this year.

A speeding drunk-driver who crashed his car, killing four young friends after a night out in the North, was jailed for seven years today.

A pedestrian in his 60s died tonight in east Co Cork after he was struck by a vehicle.

Seven people lost their lives on Ireland's roads between Tuesday and Friday of this week.

Judgement has been reserved in contempt of court proceedings being taken against three newspapers over their reporting of the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial.