A garda inspector has denied forcing a witness to make a statement against her partner, garda whistleblower Keith Harrison, at the Charleton tribunal.

The partner of a garda whistleblower who claimed he was subject to harassment and intimidation voluntarily left the home where she was living with him on three occasions, the Charleton tribunal has heard.

A murder accused told gardaí he feared his stepson would be killed by rival bikers, so he loaded a shotgun and went to a motorcycle clubhouse, where he shot a man dead.

Gardaí found two shotguns, pepper spray, iron bars, axe handles, knuckle dusters and knives when they searched a bikers’ clubhouse and cars where a man was shot dead.

A Kildare man who orally raped an 11-year-old girl during "blindfold games" when he was aged 15 has had his two-year jail term halved on appeal.

A man who as a 12-year-old consistently raped his sister has been jailed for a year because the law at the time states that a child under 14 years old cannot be guilty of rape.

A man who raped a woman in her apartment after she invited him in for drinks with friends, has had his eight-year jail term cut to five on appeal.

A psychiatrist who specialises in sleep disorders has told a rape trial that she believes the accused has a history of sleep walking, night terrors and “sexsomnia”.

A man who allegedly raped his female friend while he was asleep had been diagnosed by a sleep expert as having sexsomnia in the months before the incident and during it, the Central Criminal Court has been told.

The trial of a man who told gardaí he was sleepwalking at the time he allegedly raped a friend has heard the woman did not initially report it as she was hoping he would get help.

A Limerick man jailed for life for the murder of a father-of-six in a case of mistaken identity almost 10 years ago, has lost an appeal against conviction.

Serial killer Mark Nash claims the delay in charging him with the murders of two women in Grangegorman had “locked him out” from applying for parole as early as he could have, the Supreme Court has heard.

The arrest of a man who was accused of IRA membership was yesterday ruled unlawful by the Special Criminal Court.

A man jailed for life for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin has moved to have his conviction declared a miscarriage of justice.

The trial of a man charged with 50 counts of sexual offences against two young girls has been adjourned until Wednesday at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Convicted murderer Mark Nash has complained about being jeered at in prison and says he has become distressed and depressed because he has no access to work or study.

A former teacher charged with gross indecency — under the same 19th century law which writer Oscar Wilde was jailed for — claims he is being discriminated against because a woman cannot be charged with the same offence.

Convicted double murderer Mark Nash has been found guilty of the “cold case” murder of two women, whose mutilated bodies were found in their sheltered accommodation in Grangegorman in Dublin nearly 20 years ago.

A forensic scientist told a murder trial jury yesterday that a mark on lino in a house where two women were killed 18 years ago was likely to have been made by a Caterpillar brand boot.

A Garda chief superintendent told a murder trial yesterday that he retrieved clothing from the home of a man accused of murdering two women 18 years ago.

A former Assistant Garda Commissioner has told a jury how a man who was first charged with the 1997 murder of one woman, but later had the charge withdrawn, could not have "more accurately described" the carving knife blades found at the scene.

The jury foreman in the trial of a man accused of murdering two women 18 years ago, has been excused.

Garda outlines horrific scene at site of Grangegorman murders

The Planning Tribunal has agreed at the High Court to withdraw findings of corruption and all other adverse findings made against former assistant Dublin City and County Manager George Redmond in its Third Interim Report of 2004.

A former murder accused-turned State witness wanted to give his evidence from behind security glass and out of the public’s view, when testifying against his three former co-accused.

Cork financier Ted Cunningham confessed for the first time yesterday to laundering money from the Northern Bank robbery of 2004. He will be sentenced on February 27.

The 65-year-old Corkman who denies money-laundering some of the proceeds of the December 2004 Northern Bank robbery was described yesterday as carrying £175,000 in £20 sterling notes into a property developer’s office as security for a loan the following February.

A man who was jailed for life for raping four of his daughters has argued on appeal that victim support should not become the “dynamic factor” in the imposition of life sentences.

A car dealer who evaded paying €86,500 tax on high-end vehicles during the Celtic Tiger years has managed to avoid jail.

Evidence of garda interviews conducted with two men accused of the possession of an assault rifle and a handgun is not admissible at their trial, the Special Criminal Court has ruled.

The High Court has reserved its decision in Custom House Capital’s former chief executive Harry Cassidy’s challenge against orders freezing two accounts with the Bank of Ireland.

Two Vietnamese men have been jailed for three years after they were caught working in a cannabis growing factory which was housing over 500 plants valued at €428,000.

A car dealer who evaded paying €86,500 tax on high end vehicles has had his sentencing adjourned to allow for a psychological report.

A man has been given four concurrent life sentences for murdering two women and two children.

Retired consultant surgeon Michael Shine — who is accused of indecently assaulting young males over a 26-year period — has launched a High Court action to stop his trial going ahead.

A retired consultant surgeon accused of indecently assaulting young males over a 26-year period faces charges in relation to six new complainants.

A man has been jailed after he was caught with €1.7m, part of the proceeds of a bank heist following the tiger kidnapping of a bank employee.

A daughter of bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn withdrew almost €340,000 in cash from ATMs over a year from her Russian bank account, with most of it going to pay legal fees.

A daughter of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn has told the Commercial Court she received €379,170 under employment contracts with three Russian companies which she signed without reading, because they were in Russian.

The jury in a Limerick double-murder trial is to commence its deliberations tomorrow morning.