A man accused of taking part in an attempted armed robbery in which a raider was shot dead has been acquitted by direction of the trial judge.

The trial of two men accused of taking part in an attempted armed robbery has today heard evidence of garda surveillance of cars allegedly involved in the heist.

A garda witness has told a trial that he was armed and full of adrenaline when he approached two men accused of taking part in an attempted robbery of a cash van.

The jury in the trial of two men accused of the attempted robbery of a cash van during which their alleged accomplice was killed has been discharged.

Two men have gone on trial accused of the attempted robbery of a cash van during which their alleged accomplice was killed and shot.

Farmers and solicitors’ groups agree that separate legal advice is advisable for all parties in a farm transfer, but they disagree on the need for mandatory new rules obliging both sides to engage a solicitor.

HE may have five Seandun junior hurling medals in his pocket but divisional glory no longer sates Dan Lucey’s appetite for success.

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FAVOURITES Salthill/Knocknacarra qualified for the semi-finals after a four-goal blitz of Moycullen at Pearse Stadium yesterday.

THERE was a time in Louth football when history seemed to be something that happened to other counties.

A LEADING cystic fibrosis campaigner whose personal circumstances led to a public outcry over continuing delays to vital treatment facilities, has lost her fight for life.

FOUR men have appeared in court in connection with an attempted robbery of a cash-in-transit van last year, during which one man was fatally shot by gardaí.

Four men have appeared in court charged over a foiled armed robbery in which one man was shot dead by gardaí.

CORK CITY players yesterday increased the pressure on club owner Tom Coughlan to walk away from the League of Ireland outfit at a press conference in Leeside’s Maryborough House Hotel.

THE solicitor acting on behalf of Cork City players and staff yesterday described the standoff which has enveloped the League of Ireland club as the worst he has seen during his career in employment law.

DERRY GAA chiefs last night hit out at “unfounded rumours” that Paddy Bradley had left the county football panel – and said he will be back at training tonight.

ONE of the country’s best-known dairy farms is exiting the industry to make way for a new highway.

LEGAL experts have warned that the failure of the State to successfully criminally prosecute a Cork GP on 212 counts of alleged sexual assault has seriously weakened the dozens of civil cases being taken by former patients.

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