Convicted murderer Brian Rattigan has become the first person in the State to be found guilty of drug dealing from behind bars.

Gardaí are confident of making progress in the investigation into the gangland murder of Gerard Eglington in Co Laois last Monday.

There were fears that the country’s bloodiest crime feud has re-ignited after two gangland figures were gunned down in the same day.

Lawyers for convicted murderer Brian Rattigan are arguing on appeal that a new law on witness statements was unfairly applied retrospectively at his trial.

The Court of Criminal Appeal will today hear an appeal by Dublin man Brian Rattigan against his conviction for murder.

A Dublin plumber has been given a four-year sentence after being caught money laundering for a criminal gang.

A Dublin plumber faces up to 14 years imprisonment after being caught money laundering for a criminal gang.

A High Court challenge brought by convicted murderer Brian Rattigan against the decision that he be detained on his own in the segregation unit of Portlaosie Prison been adjourned to later this month.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has given the go-ahead for Dublin man Brian Rattigan to appeal his conviction for murder.

A Dublin man who was found in contempt of court having breached a court order not to attend the murder trial of Brian Rattigan was released from custody to spend Christmas with his partner having spent the past ten years in prison at the Central Criminal Court today.

SENIOR gardaí yesterday said the conviction of gangland boss Brian Rattigan for murder was “hugely significant” in the message it sends out to organised crime.

A Dublin man has been found guilty of the murder of a 21-year-old man in the city eight years ago and jailed for life, at the Central Criminal Court today.

A jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of a knife murder outside Abrakebabra in Crumlin eight years ago will resume its deliberations this morning.

A jury in a Dublin murder trial have been sent to a hotel for a second night having failed to reach a verdict.

A jury in the trial of a Dublin man charged with murder were sent to a hotel for the night after failing to reach a verdict, at the Central Criminal Court today.

The jury at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder has been listening to closing speeches from the prosecution and the defence in the Central Criminal Court today.

The blood of a 21-year-old Dublin man who was stabbed to death was discovered four inches below a palm print which matched that of the man accused of his murder the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The palm prints of a Dublin man accused of murder were found at the scene of a fatal stabbing, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A 21-year-old Dublin man died from blood loss caused by a stab wound to the heart, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin murder trial has heard that a stab victim arrived at hospital in cardiac arrest having received a penetrating wound to the heart.

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he was with a married woman on the night of the alleged murder the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he couldn’t remember where he was on the night of the alleged murder because he was "a very forgetful person", the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A witness at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he saw a man hold up his hands to protect himself as another man attacked him with a knife, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A witness at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he saw a man hold up his hands to protect himself as another man attacked him with a knife, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A burnt-out Nissan Micra was discovered in the Cookstown Industrial Estate the morning after an alleged murder in the capital, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A witness at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder saw a man with a knife pull off his balaclava and tell another man ‘’you're dead’’ before fatally stabbing him the Central Criminal Court heard today.

There was a day of legal argument at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder at the Central Criminal Court today.

The trial of a Dublin man charged with murder in the capital eight years ago opened in the Central Criminal Court today.

The jury has been discharged ahead of the opening of the trial of a 28-year-old Dublin man charged with a murder in the capital eight years ago.

A jury at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder has failed to reach a verdict today.

A jury at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder has been home for the weekend. The six men and six women have so far been deliberating for approximately 11 hours.

A jury at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder has been sent home for a second night.

A jury at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder has been sent to home for the night.

The jury at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder has been listening to closing speeches from the prosecution and the defence.

A Dublin man accused of murder is currently serving thirteen years in prison, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence from forensic scientists in relation to samples of blood taken from the scene of an alleged murder.

A burnt out Nissan Micra was found in the Cookstown Industrial Estate area the morning after an alleged murder in Crumlin, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

There was a day of legal argument at trial of a Dublin man accused of murder today.

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí that he was with a married woman on the night of the alleged murder, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A witness at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder saw a man wearing a balaclava get out of a car that had “screeched” to a halt outside an Abrakebabra fast-food outlet, the Central Criminal Court today.

A witness at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder saw a man in a balaclava stab another man, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin man who died after an attack outside Crumlin Shopping Centre eight years ago was killed in a “targeted attack”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

IN a highly unusual decision, a man accused of murder has been awarded costs of €500,000 by the Supreme Court to pay for an unsuccessful legal bid to halt his trial.

August 25, 2001: Declan Gavin, 20, from Drimnagh, was fatally stabbed outside Crumlin Shopping Centre.