Phone records show a Dublin woman was in contact with a detective garda when she allegedly posted a Valentines card containing a g-string and a bullet to one of the officer’s colleagues, a court has heard.

One garda was used as a “human shield” from a hatchet-wielding 16-year-old while gardaí were powerless to prevent another man slashing his victim 11 times across the face and back with a Stanley knife in broad daylight.

An apology to the victims of Magdalene Laundries was at the centre of a bitter political row last night as the Government accused the opposition of “breathtaking opportunism” for tabling a Dáil motion on the issue.

A HUMAN ribbon of sorrow bound Dundalk together yesterday as the town’s quiet grief for fallen garda Adrian Donohoe rippled out across a watching nation.

A Wicklow man who has been found guilty of killing his ex-fiancée’s three-and-a- half month old baby seven years ago has been sentenced to 11 years.

A former priest who attempted to rape a young girl and sexually assaulted her brother in west Cork more than 30 years ago has been given an eight-year sentence.

Two youths have been charged after a Brazilian man was pepper-sprayed, attacked and robbed in Dublin last night.

A Wicklow man on trial for the fatal shooting of a 27-year-old, father of two told Gardaí he was no murderer and couldn’t kill his worst enemy, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A CRACK Garda marksman has lost a €38,000 damages claim against the state for injuries he suffered while honing his gun skills at a remote mountainous shooting range.

A Garda has claimed that a man accused of manslaughter admitted that three men got out of his car at the scene of the subsequent killing but he drove off before anything happened because he wanted nothing to do with it.

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.

An imprisoned teenager who threatened to kill a garda has been given a four years sentence by Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

CCTV footage shows a car matching the description of Joe O'Reilly's Fiat Marea near the O'Reilly home on the morning of the murder, a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A south inner city man who falsely alleged he was buggered by a priest giving him prayer tuition for his First Holy Communion has been remanded in custody for sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 51-year-old Cork man who shot-dead a boxing coach outside his home told gardaí he had intended to kill himself but killed his victim instead because of a "fit of madness," a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin man accused of murdering another man by shooting him at close range in the back of the head told gardai there was a “mad feud” going on in Ballymun but denied he had carried out the killing.

A GARDA Sergeant yesterday denied telling a publican his premises would becontinuously raided by gardaí in a bid to extract information from him over thedeath of a Donegal cattle dealer.

A publican lived in unbearable fear after his wrongful arrest in connection to the death of a Donegal cattle dealer, the Morris Tribunal today heard.

There were no cloak and dagger methods used during interviews with a Donegal woman in relation to the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron, a garda claimed today.

FAMILIES of gardaí who died in the line of duty united yesterday to help each other and future survivors.

NOEL MCMAHON, the detective garda found guilty of corruption by the Morris Tribunal, has tendered his resignation.

THE PD leader, Mary Harney, said after the recent local elections that there would be no deals between the PDs and Sinn Féin in council chambers.

A Central Criminal Court jury was told a man accused of raping a Cork woman in her home town threatened gardai with a slash hook when they tried to arrest him at a caravan in Tipperary.

Two of four wounds inflicted on a man during a fight over a minor traffic