A 22-year-old man accused of stabbing an Isle of Man tourist at a Swedish House Mafia concert in the Phoenix Park in Dublin has been granted bail.

A 22-year-old man accused of stabbing a tourist at a Swedish House Mafia concert in the Phoenix Park in Dublin last Saturday was further remanded in custody today.

THE Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by a Limerick man against the severity of the life sentence he received for the manslaughter of his mother.

Ulster Bank is to create around 24 jobs when it opens three new branches, it said today.

A Limerick man who was given a suspended life sentence for killing his mother has had his sentence activated by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A veteran motorbike rider was killed today at a road race in the North.

A Limerick man who strangled his mother does not bear any moral culpability for his actions as he was under the influence of mental illness, the sentencing judge said today.

The sentencing of a man with paranoid schizophrenia who strangled his mother to death in a row over a cigarette has now been adjourned more than 20 times at the Central Criminal Court.

The Director of Prosecutions was today asked to reconsider its decision to drop a murder charge against a man involved in a fatal school gate fight with a retired Co Down grandfather.

A Co Down man involved in a fatal school-gate fight with a pupil’s grandfather had a string of convictions for violence, it was revealed today.

A young Limerick man due to be sentenced for the manslaughter of his mother has been granted weekend release into the custody of his father by the Central Criminal Court.

A young Limerick man who strangled his mother to death was further remanded when he appeared before the Central Criminal Court for sentencing today.

A High Court judge has ordered a health board to come up with a suitable treatment programme for a psychologically disturbed young man convicted of strangling his mother to death.

A 20-year-old man who strangled his mother to death was today found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.

A murder trial jury is expected to retire this afternoon to consider its verdict in the case of a young man accused of murdering his mother.

A High Court judge today again severely criticised the legislature over its failure to reform the law in relation to mental health.

A young man accused of murdering his mother told gardai he grabbed her in a headlock and snapped her neck, and knowing she was dead, he strangled her again.

The father of a young man accused of strangling his mother to death has told the Central Criminal Court that his son became very reclusive while in mid teens.

The maternal grandparents of a youth accused of murdering his mother told a murder trial jury today that they had forgiven their grandson who "was not a well boy".

A veteran loyalist was under fire today for urging the RUC to stand up for ‘‘their own Protestant people’’ in the Drumcree parade dispute.