THE awful and gory details of one of the most gruesome murders ever committed in this country were revisited this week when the mother of the so-called Scissor Sisters was finally brought to court for her part in the monstrous crime.

The mother of the ‘Scissor Sisters’ - who were jailed for killing the man whose headless torso was found in the Royal Canal in Dublin - was jailed for five years at the Central Criminal Court today.

THE girlfriend of Kenyan murder victim Farah Swaleh Noor cleaned up the crime scene to protect her two daughters, who had killed him, the Central Criminal Court heard yesterday.

The mother of the notorious 'Scissor Sisters' today broke down sobbing as lawyers pleaded for leniency over her role in covering up the gruesome killing of her African boyfriend.

THE mother of the notorious Scissor Sisters could face up to 10 years behind bars for covering up the brutal murder of her African boyfriend.

The mother of the notorious 'Scissor Sisters' today pleaded guilty to covering up the brutal murder of her African boyfriend.

A date has been set for the trial of Kathleen Mulhall in connection with the death of her Kenyan boyfriend in Dublin four years ago.

THE heartbroken parents of murdered teenager Raonaid Murray yesterday urged the public to bring her killer to justice and criticised what they said was “misleading” media coverage of the case.

MIXING between male and female inmates at the country’s largest prison campus has been suspended indefinitely following fresh concerns over inappropriate behaviour by some convicted criminals.

The opposition has expressed concern about the emergence of a photograph showing convicted murderer Charlotte Mulhall jokingly holding a knife to a man's throat in Mountjoy Prison.

The Irish Prison Service has launched an investigation after a picture emerged showing one of the Mulhall sisters joking with a knife inside Mountjoy Prison.

The eldest brother of convicted killers, Charlotte and Linda Mulhall, has been jailed for robbing two shops at knifepoint for money for food for his children and the children of his jailed sister Linda.

LINDA MULHALL, jailed along with her sister for their part in the killing of their mother’s boyfriend, yesterday lost her appeal against the severity of her 15-year sentence.

The eldest brother of the Mulhall sisters who killed their mother’s boyfriend has been jailed for five years for robbing two prostitutes in Dublin apartments.

An international stenography company employed by An tSeirbhis Chuirte was criticised at the Central Criminal Court today by Mr Justice Paul Carney who said it should apologise to prisoners awaiting sentence.

Killer Charlotte Mulhall today lost an appeal against her conviction for the gruesome murder of her mother’s African boyfriend.

THE Court of Criminal Appeal has fixed March 11 next to hear the appeal by Charlotte Mulhall against her conviction for the murder of her mother’s boyfriend, whose body was cut up and parts dumped in the Royal Canal in Dublin.

The mother of the so-called "Scissor Sisters" appeared in court today charged in connection with the murder of her African boyfriend.

appear in court today in relation to the same incident.

The mother of two women convicted of killing her Kenyan boyfriend is tonight in garda custody in connection with his death.

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.

A Dublin woman jailed for 15 years for killing her mother's boyfriend and dumping his body parts in the Royal Canal, will appeal against her sentence today.

A skull discovered by a woman in her back garden is around 100 years old, gardaí revealed today.

Tests are being carried out today on a human skull found wrapped in a plastic bag at the rear of a rented house in south Dublin yesterday.

The brother of the Mulhall sisters, who killed their mother’s African boyfriend in March 2005, has been sentenced to two years in prison for robberies he committed while wielding a knife.

ONE of the Dublin sisters jailed for killing and dismembering their mother’s African boyfriend has lodged an appeal with the Court of Criminal Appeal against her 15-year sentence.

SOCIAL workers are assessing the possibility of murderer Charlotte Mulhall caring for her infant boy behind bars temporarily.

IT WAS the jersey of an Irish away strip worn by Farah Swaleh Noor on the day he died that provided the vital clue in helping gardaí to identify the victim whose headless torso and other body parts were found floating in the Royal Canal on March 30 last year.

Two women who killed their mother’s African lover will be sentenced today.

TWO Dublin sisters are to be sentenced today by the Central Criminal Court over their roles in the gruesome killing of their mother’s African boyfriend, whose dismembered and headless body was found in the Royal Canal last year.

One of the sisters who callously murdered their mother’s African lover before hacking him to pieces and dumping bits of his body around Dublin was today convicted of prostitution.

GARDAÍ are trying to build up a case against the mother of two women found guilty last week of brutally killing her boyfriend.

A substantial reward was paid to a person who helped solve the case of the murdered African man whose decapitated body was found in Dublin's Royal Canal, it was confirmed today.

The jury in the “headless body in the canal” murder trial was sent to a hotel for a third night tonight as the trial judge was told its members had come to a deadlock.

The jury has risen to consider its verdict in the trial of two Dublin sisters accused of murdering their mother’s boyfriend before disposing of his dismembered and headless body in the Royal Canal.

The jury in the trial of two Dublin sisters accused of murdering their mother’s boyfriend, before disposing of his dismembered body in the Royal Canal will rise to consider its verdict tomorrow at the Central Criminal Court.

The trial of two Dublin sisters accused of murdering their mother’s boyfriend before disposing of his dismembered body in the Royal Canal has reached its final stages at the Central Criminal Court.

The former partner of a Kenyan man who’s dismembered and headless body was pulled from the Royal Canal has claimed he raped her on an almost daily basis and she feared he might kill her.

The younger of two Dublin sisters accused of murdering and chopping up their mother’s boyfriend told gardaí that their mother told them “please just kill him for me", and gave them a knife and hammer, a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

One of two Dublin sisters accused of murdering an African man who’s headless and dismembered body was found in the Royal Canal, told gardaí how she hit him with a hammer after her sister cut his throat with a Stanley blade, a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The younger sister of two Dublin women on trial for the murder of an African man who’s headless body was found in the Royal Canal in Dublin last year, has claimed she was told the deceased tried to rape one of the accused.

A friend of an African man who’s dismembered and headless body was pulled from the Royal Canal in Dublin last year, has claimed he saw the deceased man on the day of the alleged murder in the company of three women.

Two Dublin sisters have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of an African man who’s dismembered and headless body was pulled from the Royal Canal in Dublin last year.

Two Dublin sisters have denied the murder of a Somalian man, who’s dismembered body was found in the Royal Canal in Dublin last year.