It was the prosecution's case that DNA evidence linked Darren Weldon to a number plate found in the debris of a car bomb which exploded outside Newry courthouse on February 22, 2010.

Michael Brady, 54, with an address in south Dublin, was found guilty in June of possessing the drugs at an apartment at Sallins Bridge, in Sallins, Naas, Co Kildare on January 24, 2017.

A Kildare man tasked by senior criminal figures abroad to mind an “arsenal” of firearms and ammunition in the loft of a “fake” Dublin business premises has been sentenced to 11-and-a-half years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court.

A man has been found guilty of possessing €1.35m in heroin that gardaí failed to find during a raid on a Kildare house but that was later found stashed, along with cocaine and an assault rifle, in the base of a bed.

Two men have been jailed in connection with the "execution" of Aidan "The Beast" O'Driscoll, who was killed on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit as part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA.

Two men have been found not guilty of IRA membership following a Special Criminal Court trial in which an FBI agent uncovered a Dublin-based plot to buy a grenade and Semtex online.

A detective sergeant has identified Frederick 'Freddie' Thompson as the man in one of four ‘spotter’ cars allegedly used in the killing of a Dublin shoe shop manager.

Judges at the Special Criminal Court have said they will deliver a verdict in the case of two men accused of IRA membership next month after the court heard closing speeches today from the prosecution and defence.

A chief superintendent has told the non-jury Special Criminal Court he believes two men are members of the IRA.

A Dublin man who bought the car that was later used in the fatal shooting of Northern Ireland prison officer David Black has been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court of IRA membership.

The fingerprint of a man accused of IRA membership was found on the registration certificate of the car used in the fatal shooting of Northern Irish prison officer David Black, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

The Special Criminal Court trial of a Dublin man accused of IRA membership has heard a day of legal argument.

The Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission must apply to the High Court for transcripts relating to appearances before the Special Criminal Court of Adrian Crevan Mackin, who shot dead Garda Anthony Golden in 2015 before killing himself.

A Limerick man has been found guilty today at the non-jury Special Criminal Court of assaulting another man.

A Cork man who told gardaí he had gone to Monaghan for “a drinking session” and did not know there was half-a-tonne of fertilizer in the van he was driving has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years imprisonment for IRA membership.

The case of three men who were involved in a scam of passing unroadworthy vehicles at an NCT test centre has been adjourned after one of them became unwell when the judge sentenced him.

A woman was unable to save her beloved family dog when he was attacked by a collie and as the owner of that dog appealed against a court order to have him put down, a judge praised her “canine Christianity”.

By now we’ve all heard of upcycling, the process of taking a piece of tired and unloved furniture and giving it a little cosmetic enhancement so it escapes certain death at landfill.

A retired garda is likely to have “removed and disturbed human remains” when he damaged a Bronze Age burial mound in County Wicklow, a court has heard.

A Bank of Ireland manager sacked after he was identified as a link in an alleged pornographic chain of emails, has been awarded compensation for unfair dismissal.

The HSE is paying solicitors €207 an hour to tell courts it can’t afford to compensate patients for damage caused to them in hospitals.

A Kildare man who carried out a violent burglary which left a man blinded in one eye has received a ten year sentence.

Paramedics have told a Limerick murder trial that the victim was found in a pool of blood with puncture wounds “everywhere”.

The DPP turned down a mother’s appeal to prosecute a teenage driver alleged to have been under the influence of cannabis when his car collided with and killed her “precious” 11-year-old daughter, a judge heard.

WE don’t do corruption in this country.

A couple and their four- month-old baby, who were mistakenly boarded up in their home by council workmen, have settled a €76,000 claim for damages for an undisclosed sum.

Cork members won all three prizes at this year’s Macra na Feirme/Bank of Ireland National Leadership Awards, recognising their leadership skills within their clubs and the wider community.

A woman suffered a broken cheekbone when she accused her boyfriend of paying too much attention to another woman who was “making eyes” at him across a dance floor.

HSE West officials have again told a judge they do not have the funding to provide specialist residential treatment to a brain-damaged teenager who had been terrorising women in Galway City.

A circuit court judge has given the HSE two weeks to compile a written report of its proposals to provide a regime of continuing care for a brain-damaged teenager.

A circuit court judge has said it is amazing how the HSE claims to have funding shortages and yet has no problem in paying €800 an hour to legal teams to represent it in court.

Former Fine Gael councilor Fred Forsey has been sentenced to six years with two suspended for taking bribes from a developer.

Former Fine Gael town councillor Fred Forsey has been sentenced to six years for corruptly receiving payments from a property developer.

The sentencing of former Fine Gael Dungarvan town councillor Fred Forsey has been adjourned until next month.

A former Fine Gael town councillor has been found guilty of corruptly accepting payments totalling €80,000 from a property developer in Waterford six years ago.

Evidence in the trial of a former Fine Gael politician accused of accepting corrupt payments had told a rather sordid tale of “jealousy, anger, and rage,” the ex-councillor’s lawyer said yesterday.

The businessman cleared of assaulting a burglar he struck twice with his Mercedes car last night said: “I’m glad it’s all over.” He said he wouldn’t go “through this ordeal again”.

A businessman on trial for assault causing harm and for endangering the life of a burglar who broke into his house was already successfully sued for €175,000 by the man, a court has heard.

A HOTELIER and nightclub owner created a tangled corporate web of companies in a bid to avoid legal responsibility for judgments, a court ruled yesterday.