A 25-year-old woman was today sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man by crushing him with her car.

A 25-year-old mother-of-one is to be sentenced on Monday for killing a man by crushing him with her car in Blanchardstown four years ago.

A 25-year-old Dublin mother, who has been on trial twice charged with murder, has had her manslaughter plea accepted by the State.

A JURY has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a 25-year-old Dublin mother charged with murdering a father-of-four by crushing him with her car.

The judge in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has told the jury that there are circumstances in which intoxication can reduce murder to manslaughter.

A woman on trial charged with murdering a man by crushing him between her car and a wall told investigating Gardaí that she meant to knock down his son.

A DUBLIN murder trial has heard that gardaí did not respond to an incident that preceded the killing because they were too busy.

A Dublin murder trial has heard that gardaí did not respond to an incident that preceded the killing because they were too busy.

An elderly Wexford resident who sexually abused three of his daughters over a period of 11 years has been jailed for six years.

A man who admitted 21 years ago to sexually abusing three of his daughters has not been prosecuted until now because some of the family allegedly forced a victim to retract her allegations, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A former soldier and father-of-two who tried to force a disoriented woman to have oral sex with him has been jailed for 12 months.

The jury in the trial of a woman charged with murdering a 66-year-old father, was sent home for the night after failing to reach a verdict at the Central Criminal Court.

A woman on trial for murdering a 66-year-old taxi driver told gardaí that she was trying to “get” his son with her car, when the deceased jumped in front of her and she ended up “squashing him”.

The jury in the Claire Nolan murder trial has heard that the man she admits killing died after a car struck him, breaking his spine, crushing part of his heart and tearing one of his lungs free.

A close friend of a woman on trial for murdering a 66-year-old man has told the Central Criminal Court that the accused had “no motive” and “wouldn't have done it on purpose”.

A woman on trial for murdering a 66-year-old man hit his son over the head with a baseball bat shortly before the deceased was struck by a car and killed, the Central Criminal Court has heard.