A garda on trial for assaulting a Dublin youth denied using excessive force but said he could have handled the situation “in a more professional manner.”

A Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has listened to an audio recording of a phone call to the mother of a young man accusing four gardaí of assault at their flat.

A Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has been shown mobile phone video footage of the young man accusing four gardaí of assault allegedly taken after the incident.

The mother of a young man accusing four gardaí of assault has said she heard “thumping” coming from her son’s bedroom while she was being kept in the bathroom.

A 21-year old accusing four gardaí of assaulting him, instructed a solicitor to sue for the injuries he received in the alleged beating, a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A 21-year-old has told a trial that he was beaten with batons and kicked in the face by gardaí who came into his bedroom.

The young Dublin man accusing four gardaí of assault has denied he lashed out at them and said he was never violent to any officer in his life.

Four gardaí have gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for allegedly forcing their way into a flat without a warrant and beating up a male occupant.

Anne Corcoran’s killer drew gardaí a map of where he burned and buried her body after a garda recognised him from CCTV footage withdrawing money from her bank account.

A man who sexually abused at least 15 children in west Cork at a time when some were as young as two years of age was described today as being at a high risk of re-offending.

A woman who used a Spanish national’s American Express credit card to buy clothes from Brown Thomas and holidays in Hawaii has been remanded on bail for sentence on July 21.

HE was found in a bewildered state wandering the streets of Dublin. He did not know who he was.