A High Court judge today refused to revoke bail for a Co Louth man facing a charge of IRA membership.

IT is time Government ministers got their act together and began singing from the same hymn sheet regarding membership of the IRA army council.

A judge at the Special Criminal Court today criticised the defence counsel of five men accused of membership of an illegal organisation, saying that he would be "less irritable" if he knew what the defence was.

The trial of five Dublin men accused of membership of an illegal organisation was told the arresting gardaí had "no suspicion at all" the men allegedly had any links to the IRA, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Five Dublin men accused of membership of an illegal organisation were only under suspicion for theft until gardaí saw the tattoos of one of the accused in custody, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A Northern Ireland man arrested after gardaí discovered a bomb making operation near the border last year has been convicted of membership of an illegal organisation by the Special Criminal Court today.

A Co Monaghan man was found guilty at the Special Criminal Court today of having a massive haul of explosives near the border last year.

The Special Criminal Court today heard closing submissions for the defence in the trial of two men accused of having a massive haul of explosives near the border last year.

A defence lawyer of one of two men accused of having a massive quantity of explosives near the border last year applied for a direction to acquit his client at the Special Criminal Court today.

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 12-years for robbery for breaking into a 46-year old woman's flat in Cork city centre before she was murdererd.

A Cork man was today found guilty of the murder of Mr Gerard Hackett, aged 49, at the Central Criminal Court.

A jury in the trial of a Cork man accused of murder at the Central Criminal Court were sent this evening to a hotel and will tommorow morning resume their deliberations.

Addressing the jury in the trial of a Cork man accused of murder, the prosecuting counsel today said the accused "tinged his defence to avoid the consequences of his actions".

The State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, today told a jury at the fourth day of a murder trial of a Cork man accused of murder that the victim "died from head injuries as a result from a sustained and severe assault".

A jury at the fourth day of a murder trial of a Cork man accused of murder today saw the alleged murder weapons, including a bloodied concrete block, a four-foot metal pipe, an iron bar, a six-foot metal gutter and a spear-like metal bar.

A jury at a three-day murder trial of a Cork man accused of murder, today saw the accused's video taped admission to the hacking to death of the victim with an axe.

A Corkman accused of murder allegedly admitted to gardaí to killing a man with an axe after the victim attempted to have sex with him, a jury heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

Video recordings of the interrogation of a Cork man accused of murder were shown to a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court today.

Video recordings of the interrogation of a Corkman accused of murder are being shown to a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court today.

A human identification expert has told a murder trial jury this morning that there was evidence that the DNA profile of one of two men accused of murder matched extracts taken from the victim's body.

A call made to a Cork Garda station shortly after a woman was murdered threatened a Garda the caller would "do it again" if the gardaí didn't go to where they said the murdered woman could be found, a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court heard today.

There were signs of an attempted sexual assault on the body of a woman killed in a Cork flat, a court heard today.

Two men accused of murdering a woman in a neighbouring apartment in Cork were heard whispering in their flat before she was killed and were seen leaving the block afterwards, a court heard today.

Two Cork men robbed then strangled a 50-year-old neighbour with a piece of electrical cable before making a "crude" attempt to make it look like suicide, a court heard today.

Two Cork men robbed then strangled their 50-year-old neighbour with a piece of cable and tried to make it look like suicide, a court heard today.

A Limerick man walked free from court today after pleading guilty to the unlawful killing of a musician whom he believed was having an affair with his mother.

A 42-year-old Louth man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a German tourist two years ago at the Central Criminal Court today.

A Waterford chef has been found not guilty of orally raping a then 15-year-old waitress at the local rugby grounds over two years ago.

The jury in the trial of a Waterford chef accused of raping and sexually assaulting a then 15-year-old waitress failed to reach a verdict and was sent to a hotel overnight.

The trial of a Waterford chef accused of raping a then 15-year-old waitress at the Waterford rugby grounds over two years ago, has reached its final stages at the Central Criminal Court.

A Waterford chef accused of raping a 15-year-old waitress who worked with him denied all the charges throughout garda investigations, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A woman who claims she was raped when 15 by the chef at the restaurant where they worked told a jury at the Central Criminal Court she had no previous sexual experience.

A Waterford chef allegedly raped a 15-year-old waitress anally and orally two years ago near the Waterford city rugby grounds after offering to drive her home from work, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The man accused of raping a Cork woman in an alleyway in her home town in the early hours of the morning has denied the charge in evidence to the jury at the Central Criminal Court.

The man accused of raping a Cork woman in her home town was picked out by her in an identification parade involving 10 other men, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

The Central Criminal Court trial of a man accused of raping a Cork woman in an alleyway in her home town has continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

The Central Criminal Court trial of a man accused of raping a Cork woman in an alleyway in her home town has continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

The alleged leader of the Real IRA in Munster was caught "red handed" in a bomb factory, a senior garda officer told the Special Criminal Court today.

Two men who admitted killing walked free today after a High Court judge handed down suspended sentences for manslaughter.

An application by a new age traveller to change his plea for manslaughter on a campsite in Leitrim in 1998 from guilty to not guilty was refused today at the Central Criminal Court.

A New Age Traveller about to be sentenced for a killing on a campsite in Leitrim in 1998 has tried to change his plea to not guilty, claiming new evidence that shows Garda corruption.

The trial of new age travellers accused of the murder of a man in Leitrim in 1998 is to go ahead today with just two of the accused.

The start of the trial of three new age travellers has been adjourned to Thursday while one of the accused seeks counsel to represent him.

Three men charged with the murder a New Age Traveller in Leitrim in 1998 have pleaded not guilty in the Central Criminal Court.