A judge has ordered the arrest of a youth, who went berserk and attacked gardaí after he stole live animals which had been part of an exotic wildlife exhibition in Dublin.

“It was a bizarre scene - an iguana was sitting on top of a box in the lift.”

A 29-year-old man has been charged in relation to the gangland murder of Gareth Hutch in Dublin last week.

An Armagh man is to face trial after a motorcyclist was killed in a collision on the quays in Dublin city-centre.

An alleged Twitter troll used a series of fake accounts to bombard 98fm presenter Jeremy Dixon with threats, a court has heard.

The first prosecutions have commenced against drivers accused of not bringing their licences to court to have penalty points recorded.

An obsessed straight-A student, who sent a woman a jar containing bloody animal organs during a year-long harassment campaign, has been spared a jail sentence.

ASBOs have been imposed on two men after a judge heard evidence that they were suspected to be involved in drug transactions and their presence around the O’Connell Street area frightened members of the public.

An inquest has heard a popular young woman died after taking PMA, the ecstasy-like drug nick-named ‘Dr Death,’ or super-ecstasy.

A judge said he could not “remotely estimate the incalculable loss”, of a woman to her family.

A 15-year-old Dublin boy, who attacked a garda after drinking two litres of Vodka, has been remanded in custody today.

A garda sergeant has today been cleared of sexually assaulting a female colleague who had claimed he groped her before telling her: “I'd say you're some screamer in bed”.

A judge has deferred ruling on whether a prosecution brought against double killer John Gallagher for absconding from custody should be struck out.

A coroner has asked gardaí to issue arrest warrants to more than 20 people who failed to turn up for jury service.

The State has been given eight weeks to get directions from the DPP in the case of a 22-year-old man accused of stabbing a tourist at a Swedish House Mafia concert in the Phoenix Park in Dublin in July

A 22-year-old man accused of stabbing a tourist at a Swedish House Mafia concert in the Phoenix Park in Dublin last Saturday was further remanded in custody today.

The father of a 17-year-old student, stabbed to death in Killarney, Co Kerry, three years ago, yesterday told an inquest how he was informed of the tragedy as he approached the road in which his dead son lay.

A former Revenue official accused of tax fraud claimed that the Provisional IRA were behind the alleged scam when he was charged, a court heard today.

Organised “family fun” bonfires may be piloted in Co Cork this year in an effort to counter anti-social behaviour which has become part and parcel of such celebrations.

Lawyers at Dublin District Court have asked a judge to dismiss the case of two Louth men accused of attacking a referee after the controversial 2010 Leinster football final because he has withdrawn his complaint.

A judge has today adjourned sentencing a youth who was found guilty of taking part in a riot where gardaí were injured when they were bombarded with bricks and rocks in a Dublin suburb.

A 41-year-old has been granted bail after he was charged in connection with a non-fatal shooting of a man in Blanchardstown in Dublin, last Wednesday.

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl, who is in HSE care, went missing 33 times, and for a week on one occasion, since the start of August.

A driver who left his dying friend in a car which he crashed after consuming up to eight drinks has been jailed for four years by Judge Frank O'Donnell in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A MAN died after his car struck a tree near the entrance to Waterford Golf Club on Monday evening.

A 16-year-old boy appeared in court today charged with the manslaughter of an English man whose body was found in the west of Dublin at the weekend.