WHEN the sentence was finally read out, Eamonn Lillis seemed to be the calmest person in the room.

Two Kerry brothers have each been sentenced to 14 years in prison for the manslaughter of a 30-year-old man they found in bed with the younger brother’s teenaged ex-girlfriend.

CHILD-KILLER Ronnie Dunbar has begun a life sentence for the manslaughter of Melissa Mahon in what a judge described as an “appalling breach of trust” by the 44-year-old father of three.

HE was old enough to be her father, strong enough to be her protector and evil enough to masquerade as both before casually killing her and calmly dumping her body, confident that no one would find her or care enough to keep looking.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard from another Sligo man who denies that he had a relationship with the girl.

A woman, whose husband is on trial for her murder, was not wearing her wedding ring a week before her death, a witness has told a jury in the Central Criminal Court.

The jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a man accused on murdering his wife in south Dublin two years ago have been hearing from emergency service personnel who attended the scene of the death.

JOE O’REILLY cheated on Rachel with another woman before his affair with Nikki Pelley but the jury was not allowed to hear about her or her statement to gardaí.

A Lithuanian man who tried to kill a young student by slitting her throat as he mugged her to get money for heroin was jailed today for 15 years.