A provincial newspaper editor has been granted a High Court injunction restraining the gardaí from going through information on his mobile phone as part of an investigation into last December’s incidents at a repossessed house in Strokestown, Co Roscommon.

The Christian owners of a bakery found to have discriminated in refusing to make a "gay cake" have said the law "extinguishes" their consciences.

A City worker who posted pictures of an intern on porn websites in a "perverted campaign" against her is facing jail.

A Roma fan has been ordered to pay £415 (€475) after throwing coins onto the pitch at a Champions League semi-final.

Liverpool footballer Jon Flanagan "slammed" his girlfriend against a wall before kicking her, a court has heard.

A woman has appeared in court in England charged with murdering a man 12 years ago and burying his body in her back garden.

LATEST: Ex-Coronation Street star Bruno Langley was given a 12-month community order for sexually molesting women in a club while drunk.

A federal court in Washington has barred Donald Trump from changing the US government's policy on military service by transgender people.

A judge in Hawaii has blocked the latest version of the Trump administration travel ban just hours before it was set to take effect.

British model Chloe Ayling has defended profiting from her alleged kidnapping ordeal by being paid for television interviews and writing a book.

Footballer Wayne Rooney been banned from driving and ordered to carry out unpaid community work after pleading guilty to drink driving.

A US judge has jailed former pharmaceuticals company boss Martin Shkreli after finding that he violated his bail on a securities fraud conviction with a social media posting she agreed posed a threat to Hillary Clinton.

Latest: TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher has been banned from driving for two years and ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid community work by a UK court today.

A District Judge can proceed to decide a charge of alleged drink driving against a man whose Land Cruiser was stopped at an early morning Garda checkpoint in Co Mayo, the High Court has ruled.

A Jehovah's Witness in England embroiled in a family court dispute with his estranged wife has been barred from taking his six-year-old son to some religious events by a judge.

The bodies of Michael and Majorie Cawdery, both 83, were found in their Portadown home on Friday May 26.

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles, only authority in Georgia with the power to commute a death sentence, declined to spare Ledford's life.

Eight candidates for FBI director have been interviewed at Justice Department headquarters as US President Donald Trump suggested a decision on a nominee to replace Director James Comey could be announced within days.

The UK's highest court will this autumn consider a judgment against a Christian-owned bakers in the North found to have breached equality laws by refusing to make a pro-gay marriage cake.

A man arrested after a mid-air drama that saw an international passenger flight diverted with an RAF fighter escort was wanted over a fraud of just £175 (€204), a court heard.

Eight more people, including a 15-year-old boy, have appeared in court in England over a suspected hate attack which left a teenage asylum seeker fighting for his life.

US president Donald Trump's administration is asking a federal appeals court to let his travel ban come into effect while it considers the case.

Volkswagen has pleaded guilty to three felony counts as part of a $4.3bn (€4bn) plea agreement reached with the US Justice Department in January over the carmaker’s massive diesel emissions scandal.

Two gang members who are in the US illegally held three teenage girls against their will in Houston, Texas, and killed one of them in a satanic ritual, authorities have said.

Donald Trump has hit back after a judge temporarily blocked his travel ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Michigan's presidential recount has been thrown into doubt after a state appeals court said the Green Party candidate's poor showing disqualified her from seeking a second look at the votes.

A Dublin taxi driver has appeared in court in the North charged with human trafficking.

An autistic man accused of hacking into US government computers can be extradited to the US from Britain to stand trial, a judge has ruled.

The owners of a family pet broke down in court as a judge ruled the pit bull-type dog could be returned home.

A US judge has ordered that a white supremacist have all his Neo Nazi tattoos covered up during a court appearance.

A 16-year-old boy has been spared detention after launching cyber attacks on websites across the world and sending bomb hoaxes to airlines via Twitter.

A man has admitted grievous bodily harm after a baby boy was shot in the head with an air gun.

Claiming her place in history, Hillary Clinton declared victory in her bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party.

Two girls aged 13 and 14 have admitted kidnapping a two-year-old from a Primark store in the UK while she was on a shopping trip with her mother.

Premier League-winning footballer Danny Simpson will miss part of his team's historic title-winning celebrations and end of season bash after a judge ordered he must serve a curfew immediately for throttling his ex-girlfriend.

British security services have lost their legal fight to force an alleged cyber hacker to hand over the passwords to his encrypted computers in a landmark case.

Christian bakers found guilty of discrimination for refusing to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan have insisted their appeal has implications for freedom of expression across the UK.

Christian bakers who refused to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan are expected to return to court in Belfast today for an appeal.