A dispute over the legality of the detention of two men alleged to have murdered dissident republican Peter Butterly continued today at the Special Criminal Court.

A judge has refused to issue a summons to force the Bahraini attorney general, who is in Ireland this week, to appear in a court in Dublin on charges of aiding and abetting torture.

A woman charged with murdering her colleague by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned told gardaí that she had to “fight for my life” under the water.

A murder trial jury has seen a video of the deceased celebrating his birthday with the woman alleged to have murdered him by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned.

Lawyers for the getaway driver in the murder of innocent businessman Roy Collins in 2009 have failed in their preliminary attempt to get further access to taped telephone calls prior to the full hearing of their client's appeal against conviction.

A Dublin man has been granted an adjournment until next year for a "breathtaking" application to withdraw his guilty plea for murdering a "mentally challenged" 63-year-old man.

A judge has refused a Dublin prisoner, who is co-accused with his sister of murdering a 63-year-old man, leave to challenge a decision of the prison authorities not to facilitate his attendance at his mother’s funeral today.

A witness has told the trial of a Dublin man charged with murder that he saw his brother being stabbed four times by the accused man.

The case against a Limerick man charged with the murder businessman Roy Collins boils down to the proposition that he “made a run for it” when spotted by gardaí walking with a man against whom there was evidence had carried out the shooting, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The State Pathologist has told the trial of a man accused of murdering a father-of-one in North Dublin that the deceased had 30 stab wounds.

A Dublin couple who were given a wholly suspended sentence for storing over half a million euro worth of cannabis in their home must wait to learn if their sentence will be increased.

A man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison, with the final three years suspended, after he left an acquaintance with life threatening injuries after stabbing him with a large kitchen knife.

A 20-year-old woman told a social worker that none of her five sisters knew that the others were being sexually abused during their childhood, a court has heard.

A woman has told a jury today that her mother’s boyfriend regularly gave her money or sweets as a reward for sexual acts throughout her childhood.

A convicted killer who raped his 66-year-old mother has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The Central Criminal Court has heard how a man accused of murdering his ex-fiancee’s infant was “frantically trying to revive the baby”.

A father-of-two who had a loaded gun under his mattress for his “own protection” has been sentenced to eight years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A MAN who told gardaí he stabbed another man with two knives after finding the victim in bed with his ex-girlfriend and child has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.

A man accused of raping his 65-year-old mother said today that he had consensual sex with her but denies taking advantage of her.

A 65-year-old woman has denied having consensual sex with her son on the night of Mothers' Day three years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today heard that the jury who convicted a Dublin man of the double murder of two Polish mechanics arrived at their verdict appropriately, having been given fair and balanced directions by the trial judge.

A Dublin man who was found guilty of the double murder of two Polish mechanics has begun an attempt to have his conviction overturned at the Court of Criminal Appeal.

The teenager who killed two Polish mechanics by stabbing them in their heads with a screw driver, told gardaí that he had seen his co-accused carry out the stabbings.

A friend of two Polish men’s killer came up with an alibi for him hours after he stabbed the mechanics in their heads.

A Latvian man who was convicted of raping a fellow national in a Dublin laneway over two years ago has been given a seven-year sentence by the Central Criminal Court.

A former underage soccer team coach who sexually abused four boys during the 1990s has received a four-year sentence with one suspended at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two men will be sentenced later for their roles in a botched drug dealer robbery which left a man dead.

A drug dealer who told gardai he sold drugs to "Bin Laden, John Gotti, Elvis and Michael Jackson" has been sentenced to six years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A cocaine-addicted father who was caught with almost €140,000 in cannabis resin has been given a seven-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A debt-ridden man who was caught "white-handed" processing €280,000 worth of cocaine has been given a seven-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of attempted murder has heard from a second witness who has said they had difficulty remembering the incident.

The "warehouse man" in a drugs racket has been jailed for 12 years for possessing over €1m worth of cannabis and cocaine in Dublin city centre two-years ago.

A 59-year-old father-of-three with no previous convictions was told by Judge Patrick McCartan, "going to prison at this late stage in your life will be difficult", when he gave him a 15-year-sentence for drug dealing.

A Belfast man has been jailed for nine years for possessing a handgun in suspicious circumstances following a garda chase last year.

Three men caught with cocaine and heroin valued at €1.4m in a garda drugs operation have been jailed for three and eight-year terms by Judge Katherine Delahunt for sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Closing stages have been reached in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Tipperary man accused of raping a woman as she slept in her father's house after celebrating her 19th birthday.

A friend of a Tipperary man accused of rape told the jury in his trial at the Central Criminal Court that he came forward to give evidence on his friend's behalf after reading a newspaper report on the case last week.

A jury in the trial of a Tipperary man accused of raping a woman as she slept in her father’s house after celebrating her 19th birthday has heard that he denied the allegation during Garda interview.

A friend of a Tipperary man accused of raping a woman as she slept in her father's house after celebrating her birthday has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that he saw the pair kissing earlier in the night.

A Tipperary woman has denied "kissing or cuddling" with a family friend she accuses of raping her as she slept in her father's house hours after she had been celebrating her 19th birthday.

A Galway cocaine addict who had sex with a 14-year-old schoolgirl in a Dublin hotel room has been sentenced to three years by Judge Patricia Ryan.

A construction worker who told gardaí he found cocaine with a street value of €24,000 "while out walking" has been given a six-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The High Court has made an order for the extradition to the UK of a convicted murderer, who was recently released from prison here after serving a sentence for rape of a young female tourist.

A Swords man who broke a love rival’s jaw with a hammer causing his victim a financial loss of €12,700 due to hospital bills and being out of work, has been jailed for three years by Judge Frank O'Donnell.