Irish rugby star Gordon D’Arcy has had a speeding summons dismissed after a judge said she couldn’t be satisfied he actually received the fine.

Gardaí were forced to call for backup and had to use pepper spray and batons after a young woman and her godmother fought at a sports club.

A protester accused of throwing eggs at Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore's ministerial BMW, which was cleaned at a cost of €9, has pleaded not guilty to criminal damage and breach of the peace charges.

A high-profile legal figure has been cleared of assaulting another lawyer outside a courtroom amid claims of client poaching.

The husband of mother-of-three Jacqueline McDonagh has appeared in court charged with her murder.

A 30-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after he was charged with robbery in connection with a violent raid last weekend at a Spar shop in Dublin after which a staff member was hospitalised.

A 30-year-old man was remanded in custody today after he was charged with robbery in connection with a violent raid at a Spar shop in Dublin after which a staff member was hospitalised.

A 47-year-old man was remanded in custody this evening - and is to get medical treatment - after he was charged with causing criminal damage to a valuable Claude Monet oil painting at the National Gallery of Ireland last week.

A 24-year-old man has been charged with making a threat to kill a barrister in an alleged incident at the Four Courts in Dublin last year.

A former Revenue official accused of tax fraud claimed that the Provisional IRA were behind the alleged scam when he was charged, a court heard today.

Struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne has been sent forward for trial accused of stealing approximately €52m in connection with mortgages taken out on more than 20 properties in Dublin.

Struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne has been sent forward for trial accused of stealing approximately €52m in connection with mortgages taken out on more than 20 properties in Dublin.

A District Court judge claimed she was not guilty today when charged by fraud squad detectives with false accounting and theft.

A judge has recommended that a Limerick woman accused of murdering a father-of-two, who was shot dead in west Dublin last month, is to be held at a prison closer to her family.

A Canadian student accused of attacking and injuring a French doctor in Dublin's Temple Bar wants to be let return home pending his court appearances, a judge heard today.

A homeless man has today appeared in court charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed after an argument broke out in Tallaght in Dublin last weekend.

A woman accused of the murder of a man who died following a stabbing in Galway has been granted bail.

Four men are to face trial after they were charged with possessing counterfeit money-making equipment.

An actor and model has been ordered to do 240 hours' community service after he broke a pub doorman's nose during a drink-fuelled attack.

A Nigerian woman accused of human trafficking and brothel keeping was served with a book of evidence today and sent forward for trial.

A Chinese woman, who claimed she came to Ireland to have “more human rights”, has been jailed for three months for being in the State without satisfactory identity documents.

An Irish ex-priest has appeared in court in Dublin on indecent assault charges following his extradition from the United States.

Actor and model Ross Hamilton has been remanded on bail pending sentence for breaking a pub doorman's nose during a drink-fuelled attack.

A 32-year-old Dublin man has appeared in court charged with falsely imprisoning a bank worker and his housemate as part of an alleged tiger raid on an AIB branch last year.

A WOMAN has been remanded in custody after she was charged with running a brothel in Sligo in 2007.

A woman has been remanded in custody after she was charged today with running a brothel in Sligo in 2007.

A man charged with the murder of a Polish national, who was attacked in Coolock, in Dublin last October, was served with a book of evidence today and sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.

Three men were charged today over a seizure of herbal cannabis worth about €400,000 in north Dublin on Sunday night.

A man, who was allegedly attacked by actor and model Ross Hamilton last October is still receiving treatment for his injuries, a court heard today.

Two men charged with the murder of a Polish national, who died after he was attacked in Coolock, in Dublin, have been further remanded in custody as the State prepares its evidence.

TWO men and a 17-year-old boy have been charged with the murder of a Polish national who died after he was attacked in Coolock in Dublin last October.

Actor and model Ross Hamilton, who is charged with assault and unlawful possession of cannabis, was again remanded on continuing bail today pending directions from the DPP.

Two men and a 17-year-old boy were charged today with the murder of a Polish national, who died after he was attacked in Coolock, in Dublin last October.

Three men charged over an attempted armed robbery at a gold and silver dealer's shop in Dublin in August, were today served with books of evidence and sent forward for trial.

A councillor has appeared in court charged with assaulting Health Minister Mary Harney who was splattered with paint at a hospital in west Dublin last month.

The State has been given another four weeks to get the DPP's directions in the case of two men charged with assaulting a Polish national, who died after he was attacked in Coolock, in Dublin.

An unemployed man was charged today over a seizure of cannabis with an estimated street value of €250,000 at a warehouse in Dublin last Friday night.

A man was charged today in connection with an attempted armed robbery where staff members were tied up, at a gold and silver dealer's shop in Dublin in August.

A businessman charged over an alleged sexual assault of a woman in north Dublin earlier this month was remanded on continuing bail today pending directions from the DPP.

A youth, who allegedly smashed the windscreen of his mother's car while she was driving it, consented today to a further remand in custody.

A man extradited from the United States was remanded in custody today after he was charged with sexual offences which allegedly occurred in 1968.

A Polish man charged with threatening to petrol bomb a head shop in Dublin city centre is to face trial before a judge and jury.

A 22-YEAR-OLD man charged yesterday for last weekend’s double murder told the judge he was “stitched up”.

Five people arrested on Friday night in the Ballyfermot and Clondalkin areas of Dublin as part of a Garda operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs appeared in court today