An arrest warrant has been issued for a mother of four who assaulted her close friend outside the Rotunda Hospital in an incident that led to the victim’s death.

A ‘tick list’ of drug debtors and creditors found on a murder victim had no reference to any of the men on trial for his murder at the Central Criminal Court.

A senior garda has told a murder trial that he did not follow regulations for handling informants when he dealt with the case’s chief prosecution witness.

A former soccer player has been jailed for three years for killing a woman he thought was spreading rumours about his new-born baby being taken into care.

A drug dealer-turned State witness in a murder trial has denied being a Garda informer for several years before the Dublin killing.

A Romanian man charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend in Dublin last year told gardaí that she had cut his throat, not the other way around.

A 29-year-old man has been charged with assault causing serious harm to an English motorist who died following an attack in Dublin last month.

Gardaí who arrested and questioned a Kildare man over his membership of the IRA have denied engaging in a "series of improprieties" during his detention.

A Dublin man on trial for the murder of a supermarket raider told gardaí he stabbed him twice with a knife to calm him down but he never meant to kill him 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 23-year-old Kilkenny man has been sentenced to life in prison by the Central Criminal Court for the murders of a young mother and her two daughters last Christmas morning.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgement at the trial of a Louth man accused of possessing a firearm and ammunition.

A Louth man was given a box containing a pistol and bullets in a “very swift handover” in a carpark in Dundalk, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A Louth man was seen receive a box containing a pistol and ammunition, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A 31-year-old man appeared in court today charged in connection with a fatal assault on a woman outside the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin city-centre last week.

The sentencing of a serving member of An Garda Síochána for disclosing the contents of a confidential report almost three years ago has been adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Fingerprints and DNA of the man accused of murdering 83-year old pensioner Christy Hanley in Westmeath last year were found on a belt that had been tied around the deceased man's wrists, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A man who was caught holding a pump action shotgun for a criminal who was later murdered has been jailed for five years by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The jury in the Melissa Mahon murder trial has heard that when interviewed Ronald McManus told gardaí “I’ve been waiting some time for this”.

A Galway father-of-four, who beat a Dublin criminal to death and stored his body in a freezer for five years, was jailed for eight years today at the Central Criminal Court.

A Galway father-of-four, who beat a Dublin criminal to death and stored his body in a freezer for five years, will be sentenced on Friday at the Central Criminal Court.

The trial of three men accused of INLA membership continued at the Special Criminal Court today.

A serving member of An Garda Síochána has admitted to disclosing the contents of a confidential report almost three years ago.

A 25-year-old Tralee man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of a homeless father-of-four by stamping on his head with his full body weight.

A 24-year-old Tralee man killed a father-of-four by stamping on his head with his full body weight because the homeless man, whom he believed was HIV positive, spat at him, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Bank of Ireland cashier who used an illegal magnetic data skimmer - leading to almost €320,000 being taken from 87 customer accounts - has been given a suspended sentence.

A homeless man pleading not guilty to murdering a Dublin pensioner told gardaí he “lost the head” and “hit the old fella in the chest twice” a court heard.

One of two men charged over the country’s largest bank heist could go on the run using money from the robbery to guarantee his escape, a court heard today.

A Tipperary man accused of murdering his 30-year-old neighbour and “best mate” told investigating gardaí he was expecting they had found blood or fingerprints when they re-arrested him.

A 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Dubliner Aidan O‘Kane, who was shot dead near his home last month, was remanded on bail today for 12 weeks pending the preparation of a book of evidence.

A drug addict who repeatedly broke into two Dún Laoghaire yacht clubs and stole 21 people’s belongings as well as a car and €600 in cash has been sentenced to two years in prison.

A former Department of Justice employee and a Chinese national will be sentenced in March for their role in a scam where visa extensions were issued to immigrant students in return for bribes.

A 24 year-old Tipperary man who beat a woman to death in a Limerick hotel room just over a year ago has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court.

The teenage sister of a 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Dubliner Aidan O‘Kane, who was shot dead near his home, on September 7 last, is to stand bail for him, the Children’s Court heard yesterday.

A Montessori School owner must sell her home after defrauding a building society out of almost €50,000 by using a chequebook for a closed Scout Association of Ireland bank account.

A 16-year-old boy was brought before the Children’s Court today charged with the murder of Dubliner Aidan O‘Kane, who was shot dead at the weekend.

One of the men on trial for murder in the Mahon area of Cork last year said he was not taking the blame for something he didn’t do and claimed that his co-accused was "the man".

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that a man accused of murder told gardaí that he wanted to return to Ireland from England and “face the music.”

A man accused of murder told gardaí during interviews that he stabbed a Latvian man because he was “in fear of his life”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Venezuelan woman who acted as a drugs mule to traffic over €200,000 worth of cocaine from Buenos Aires to Cork Airport earlier this year was jailed for three years this evening.

A former drug addict who absconded to Australia seven years ago when due for sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for an attempted robbery which resulted in a garda leaving the force has been jailed.

A former Dublin City Council worker who was forced from his home after the appearance of a newspaper report on his arrest for child-pornography possession has been given a suspended sentence.

DNA evidence from a dental floss stick found in a jeep allegedly connected to the €440m-cocaine seizure was matched today with one of the accused who is on trial.

A Lithuanian man has been acquitted by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of killing a compatriot by stabbing him after they spent the day drinking and playing chess.