Sire De Grugy is on course to return to action at Newbury next month ahead of his bid to retain his Queen Mother Champion Chase crown.

A man has admitted his part in a major drugs operation in west Dublin.

A 35-year-old Mayo man has been acquitted of murdering his elderly father two years ago.

The rising Westmeath star caught at the centre of a racial storm last year insists he will never strike out in retaliation to abuse.

Fr Iggy O’Donovan has accused the Catholic Church hierarchy of “luring him into a trap” and behaving in a mean and deceitful way over a complaint made about a baptism at which he officiated.

Sentences must be seen to fit a crime, both for a victim’s family and society, writes John O’Keeffe

There were highly charged scenes at the Central Criminal Court today, where a Dublin man has been jailed for 6½ years for killing his friend and stabbing another man in the heart.

The mother of a Dublin man who was fatally stabbed in the heart has said that sitting through his killer's retrial was inhumane and cruel for her family.

A Dublin man who stabbed his friend in the heart has been cleared of murder today, but convicted of manslaughter.

The jury in the murder trial of a Dublin man accused of stabbing two friends to death is breaking from its deliberations overnight.

The barrister of a Dublin man who stabbed his friend to death has asked his trial jury to acquit him of murder on grounds of self-defence.

The prosecutor in a Dublin murder trial has told the jury that the accused was ‘spinning quite a web of a deceit’ when he said he acted in self defence.

A murder trial has heard that gardaí were unable to secure CCTV evidence, which the accused wanted to help defend his case.

An ill man on trial charged with murder told gardaí he could never explain the fear he felt when he stabbed his friend "in self defence".

The Central Criminal Court has heard that a Dublin man stabbed in the heart would not have survived, were it not for emergency surgery carried out in St James’ Hospital.

A Dublin man has testified today that a row, which led to his friend being killed, stemmed from a series of calls that the victim received, but not the dozens of prank calls he made to that friend.

The blood-stained clothing of a fatal stab victim has been shown to the jury in the trial of a Dublin man charged with murdering him.

A Central Criminal Court jury has heard a recording of a 999 call made by a Dublin man after he stabbed two friends in the heart.

A jury has been discharged ahead of the trial of a Dublin man charged with murdering another Dubliner in Ballyfermot almost five years ago.

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering another man in Ballyfermot almost five years ago.

THE Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the conviction and ordered a retrial of a Dublin man accused of murdering one of his friends and stabbing another in the heart.

A Dublin man has had his conviction for the murder of one of his best friends four years ago overturned.

AN investment advisory firm involved in a €90 million private hospital development in Cork city has petitioned the High Court to wind up the hospital’s backers, Sheehan Medical Ltd.

STAFF and creditors of a failed €90 million private hospital in Cork expressed disappointment and anger over its closure that has left them “high and dry”.

FIANNA Fáil leader Micheál Martin has failed to get a number of his preferred candidates elected to the Seanad.

CREDITORS owed money on foot of the closure of a private hospital in Cork are seeking advice from a Dublin businessman whose company secured a €526,000 judgement against the developers in the High Court.

AN investment advisory firm involved in a €90 million private hospital development in Cork city backed by Sheehan Medical Limited has successfully sued them for more than €500,000.

FIANNA FÁIL leader Micheál Martin has named former finance minister Brian Lenihan as his deputy in a move that could make it harder for the party to disassociate itself from previous failures.

CHARLIE SWAN, who won three Champion Hurdles on Istabraq for Aidan O’Brien, teamed up with the Ballydoyle trainer’s son, Joseph, to land the featured Guinness Handicap with Rajik at Galway last night.

A 30-year-old man who fatally stabbed his mother over 15 times at the family home was found not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court today.

GRA Geal Mo Chroi has a leading chance in the Mayo Advertiser Handicap at Ballinrobe tonight.

THE Town And District Chase at Tipperary last night was robbed of much of its interest due to the defection of Cuan Na Grai with a stone bruise.

THE Thomas O’Leary-trained Tawnies dug deep to land the Dromahane Chase at Cork last night.

THE attacking genius of Michael Murphy has caused suffering for plenty teams in recent seasons and Tipperary’s U21s became the latest victims of the Glenswilly man’s prowess in Saturday night’s All-Ireland U21FC semi-final in Parnell Park.

CADBURY'S ALL-IRELAND UNDER-21 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL:

There were highly-charged scenes in the Central Criminal Court today as a murder victim's family screamed and shouted at his killer as he was sentenced for stabbing another man.

A 34-year-old Dublin man who is serving a life sentence for murdering his friend is due to be sentenced today for stabbing another man through the heart.

A packed Central Criminal Court broke into applause and cheering this evening as an unemployed Dublin man was jailed for life for murdering one of his best friends, whom he stabbed through the heart after an argument about prank phone calls.

The jury in the trial of a man who denies murdering one of his best friends and says he was acting in self-defence at the time of the alleged attack, has been sent home for the night after failing to reach a verdict.

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering one of his closest friends and seriously injuring another, are expected to begin deliberations tomorrow following a lengthy charge from the trial judge yesterday.

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering his close friend and causing serious harm to a second man, will begin its deliberations tomorrow.

The jury in the trial of a man who denies murdering his close friend, has heard that the accused had health problems at the time of the incident and was on long-term medication.

A Dublin man who denies murdering one of his best friends during a row over phone calls, told gardaí that everything that happened on the night “was done in self-defence” and anything else was “pure lies.”