A Waterford man accused of murdering his wife told gardaí he would not have brought the man she kissed back to the house the night before she disappeared a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A convicted Louth drug dealer has had cash totalling some €34,000 and a car confiscated as the proceeds of criminal activity by order of Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A waste disposal company, its director and a truck driver contracted to the company have had their sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on charges of illegal dumping at sites in Wicklow.

A convicted Louth heroin importer is to stand trial on new charges of possession of heroin and cocaine valued €1.6M for sale or supply two years ago.

A CORONER is to raise concerns with the authorities about a dangerous junction near Kerry Airport following an inquest yesterday.

A garda told the Special Criminal Court today that he waited nearly 10 minutes to arrest a Cork chef accused of IRA membership because he wanted to make sure he had stopped the right men.

A nurse accused of poisoning two elderly patients told gardaí she bleeped a doctor and got permission to give one of them an intra muscular injection of a drug called Serenase.