The High Court has approved a settlement of a libel action taken by Cork man Wayne O'Donoghue against TV3.

A High Court jury has awarded €8,500 in damages to a 22-year-old man who claimed he was struck in the face by a Garda he had insulted while in custody.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has ruled that the 12-year prison sentenced imposed on Clare man for a "drink-fuelled" sexual assault on a student in a caravan park was unduly severe.

The CCA has dismissed an application by a man who twice tried to have his estranged wife killed to have an appeal against the severity of his seven-year sentence determined by the Supreme Court.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a Dublin man against his conviction and life sentence for the rape of his then partner's teenage daughter.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced a Co Tipperary man's life sentence for the manslaughter of a man who was shot dead at a house party to a term of 20 years in jail.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced the prison sentence imposed on a Georgian man jailed for raping a Polish woman on her second night in Ireland from 10 to eight years.

The Court of Criminal appeal has reduced the life sentence imposed on a Dublin man for the attempted murder of a security guard who was shot in the head to one of 15 years in jail.

The High Court has approved a €2.7m settlement in an action brought on behalf of 14 year-old boy who it was claimed suffered permanent brain damage as a result of an experimental treatment he received for leukaemia at a Dublin Children's hospital eight years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment in an appeal brought by peace activist Mary Kelly against her conviction for taking an axe to a US navy aircraft at Shannon Airport, causing $1.5m worth of damage.

A 65-year-old man jailed for raping and sexually assaulting his niece for over a decade has had his 12-year sentence reduced by two years by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

A Dublin man appealing against his conviction and life sentence for the rape of his then partner's teenage daughter was found guilty after he received a fair trial, the Court of Criminal Appeal heard yesterday.

Former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and former British prime minister John Major are to be awarded the freedom of Cork city this afternoon.

The spirit of Michael Collins and Eamonn de Valera is being summoned to help encourage the public to play a role in combating climate change.

A DECISION in an appeal brought by Dublin woman Linda Mulhall to have her 15-year sentence reduced for the manslaughter of her mother’s boyfriend, whose body was cut up and dumped, has been put off until the new year.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the challenge by Linda Mulhall to her 15-year-sentence for the manslaughter of her mother's boyfriend.

The Court of Criminal appeal (CCA) has dismissed an appeal brought by a Scottish man against his conviction for the murder of 54-year-old Waterford mother of two Mary "Mamie" Walsh almost three years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today rejected an appeal brought by Co Donegal man against his conviction for the murder of his estranged wife, whose remains he then burnt at the back of the family home.

MILLIONAIRE dance star and dad-to-be, Michael Flatley, is to be made a Freeman of Cork.

YOU would have got very long odds at the start of this season on the pairing for tomorrow’s Limerick SHC final, at the Gaelic Grounds.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese described her CV as now complete after being conferred with the Freedom of Cork yesterday.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today paid tribute to Spanish Civil War veteran Michael O’Riordan, who has died.

President Mary McAleese today pledged to dedicate herself to building stronger communities in Ireland during her second term in office.

THE De Valera and Deasy political dynasties clashed in the south-east yesterday while Fine Gael was meeting in Kilkenny.

MARY HARNEY often ponders whether Ireland is closer to Boston or Berlin, but Bertie Ahern is now looking to Beijing.

RYLE DWYER makes the extraordinary claim that in September 1943, Eamonn de Valera approved the plan that our diplomatic representatives in Berlin, Rome, and Vichy be recruited by the OSS and used as American spies (Irish Examiner, February 21). He further implies that this actually happened.

The Taoiseach has led tributes to former Fianna Fail minister Kevin Boland, who died yesterday.

An historic Co Wicklow hotel has been badly damaged by fire.