A 48-year-old man charged over a knife attack which left a Dublin woman fighting for her life has been further remanded in custody while the DPP considers the possibility of additional charges.

A crèche told parents and gardaí that two toddlers had gone missing for three or four minutes and were found outside the front door when, in fact, the children were missing for more than 20 minutes and were found by a stream almost 200m away.

A High Court judge became emotional yesterday as he thanked his family on the eve of his retirement from the bench.

A former senior executive at Vodafone Ireland is to stand trial charged with stealing almost €2m from the company over a four-year period.

A date in early 2016 has been set for the trial of four former bankers accused of conspiring to mislead Anglo Irish Bank investors in relation to €7.2bn worth of transactions.

Three former senior bank executives are to stand trial accused of conspiring to mislead Anglo Irish Bank investors by transferring €7.2bn to Anglo to give the impression it had larger deposits.

Three former bank executives are to stand trial charged with a €7.2bn fraud conspiracy.

A drugs squad Garda has been spared a criminal conviction for trespassing at a house in Dublin after he had an argument with a woman.

Double killer John Gallagher has avoided prosecution and a possible jail term for absconding from custody after a judge found that a summons was incorrectly served.

A judge has deferred ruling on whether a prosecution brought against double killer John Gallagher for absconding from custody should be struck out.

A probationer garda will be spared a criminal conviction and a possible jail sentence for attacking two female colleagues, who intervened when a drunken “mess” fight got out of hand, if he pays €1,000 to charity.

A probationer Garda will be sentenced in September after admitted attacking two female colleagues who intervened when a drunken “mess” fight got out of hand.

A top detective said “I'm f***ed, I'm f***ed” when an unmarked Garda car he was driving crashed on the M50 motorway after he had spent hours in a pub, a court has heard.

CRIMINAL cases due for hearing at Dublin’s circuit and district courts could be disrupted today as a group of lawyers protest over cuts to the legal aid system.

WIFE murder suspect Eamonn Lillis will go to trial over the killing of advertising producer Celine Cawley, it emerged yesterday.

Wife-murder suspect Eamonn Lillis will go to trial over the killing of top advertising executive Celine Cawley, it emerged today.

THE husband of slain mother Celine Cawley will ask the High Court next Tuesday to release him on bail.