A "notorious" murderer will not spend any extra time in prison for threatening to rip the head off a prison officer due to a legal anomaly.

A garda has praised the maturity of a 14-year-old boy who kept his younger brother calm as they were robbed at knife point on the way to sports practice.

Michaela McAreavey's bridesmaid was assaulted by a handbag thief one month after Mrs McAreavery's murder, a court has heard.

A TYRONE man appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday on charges of IRA membership and related weapons offences.

A Cavan man accused of murder was wearing clothes on the morning of the alleged murder “similar” to clothes upon which blood staining was subsequently found, the Central Criminal Court heard today.