A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing a man outside his internet cafe in Dublin city centre.

A Chinese national jailed for life for the 2011 murder of a man outside his internet café on Wellington Quay has had his conviction quashed on appeal.

Cormac O’Keeffe catalogues the painstaking policing and investigative work, as well as the chance discoveries, that contributed to the conviction of Graham Dwyer for the murder of Elaine O’Hara. (This article was originally published in March 2015)

Bondage cuffs, chains, knives, a leather mask, rope, a ball gag, a blindfold, and the keys to Elaine O’Hara’s home were found in a lake.

A new documentary about people aged 100 and over challenges our beliefs about the aged, says Margaret Jennings.

Gentleman Duke, trained for JP McManus by Arthur Moore, landed the inaugural running of the John Mulhern Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Ballinrobe’s final meeting of 2014.

Armagh 1-13 Cavan 0-6

A ban on young Irish dancers wearing make-up during competitions has been criticised for being “too extreme”.

An internet and call shop owner has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a customer, whom he kicked to death after he refused to pay in full for a 70c phonecall.

The Deputy State Pathologist has told a Dublin murder trial that the alleged victim had significant bleeding to his brain when he conducted an autopsy on him.

An eyewitness has told a murder trial that he saw the accused throw the victim out of a shop onto the pavement before kicking him at least six times in the head and back.

A number of eye witnesses have given evidence in a murder trial of seeing an internet café owner chase a man out of his shop and kick him as he lay on the ground.

Clonduff (Down) 0-11 Longstone (Down) 0-8

Teams from three of the four provinces were in winning mood yesterday as they prevailed in the All-Ireland Sevens competitions in Kilmacud and Templeogue respectively.

ASK any successful writer how they got their first book deal and you will hear a different story.

Longford 0-8 Down 0-13, Pearse Park

Queen’s 1-17 Down 1-11

Tyrone 2-8 Down 2-8

Down 1-15 UUJ 0-15

Leinster U21 37 Ulster U21 6

Leinster Schools 16 Ulster Schools 18

Tyrone 1-15 Down 0-10

ANOTHER fruitless Sigerson weekend for UCD footballers. In each of the past four years, the Belfield campus has been favoured to shake things up. Each time, they have come unstuck.

AN Afghan teenager who lost his left leg and part of his right foot in a landmine explosion ran the race of his life yesterday despite being in excruciating pain caused by his ill-fitting prosthetic limb.

IRELAND is regarded as one of the least corrupt countries in the world, according to a major international report published yesterday.