Deputy State Pathologist Dr Khalid Jabbar has resigned from his post, it has emerged.

The family of a man found dead with multiple injuries have been left with questions after the trial of the man accused of murdering him collapsed over doubts about evidence from a deputy State pathologist.

The trial of a Co Wexford man for murdering another man in the county collapsed today at the Central Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

A Wexford man on trial for the murder of his friend claims he would not have let the 37-year-old man die, even if the man wanted to, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

Detectives probing the murder of a convicted criminal whose body was chopped up and dumped in a stream have issued a fresh appeal for information.

Searches are continuing for more body parts following the discovery of chopped up remains in Co Meath.

The Department of Justice has refused to provide details on why two hospitals and a city mortuary will not work with one of Ireland’s most senior state pathologists.

What initially looked like a single vehicle accident on a sunlit afternoon turned into something far more tragic within minutes of gardaí arriving at the scene outside Westport, Co Mayo.

Two children have died in a car accident after they went missing with their father.

A Co Clare man who strangled a woman before dumping her body will be sentenced to life imprisonment tomorrow after being found guilty of her murder.

A Fás worker accused of murdering a woman in Clare two years ago broke down as he explained to a Central Criminal Court jury why he stabbed himself in the stomach when the woman’s body was discovered.

A deputy state pathologist has told the trial of a FÁS worker accused of murdering a woman in Co Clare two years ago that the cause of death was manual strangulation.

A man has been jailed for eight years for killing a father-of-three who was buried alive in a shallow grave in Co Wicklow four years ago.

Two hospitals and a leading city mortuary have refused to work with one of the country’s most senior State pathologists for over two years after unspecified complaints were made by staff.

By Conor Kane

A 54-year-old man found dead in his Limerick home died of multiple stab and incise wounds to his head, neck, body, and extremities, a murder trial has heard.

A former commander of the Real IRA was shot dead in a car park yesterday after “falling foul” of the leadership of a new alliance of terror groups.

Customers in a pub fled for safety as a gunman opened fire on a convicted criminal, gardaí said.

Gardaí have not yet ruled out foul play in the death of a woman whose body was found in the burnt-out remains of a car near Dundalk, Co Louth, on Thursday night.

The trial of a father-of-four accused of murdering his best friend of 16 years in his North Dublin apartment has reached its closing stages.

The Deputy State Pathologist has told a Dublin murder trial that the alleged victim had significant bleeding to his brain when he conducted an autopsy on him.

The latest murder victim in Dublin collapsed just metres from his home after receiving fatal stab wounds.

A Cavan pensioner found unconscious in his home after an assault was hospitalised with bleeding to his rectum, a scrotal tear and significant bruising to his penis, a murder trial has heard.

A 41-year-old woman has denied that her husband stabbed her cousin to death after finding her in bed with him.

An Assistant State Pathologist is en route to Waterford this morning, where he will carry out a post mortem on the body of a young man, found in the city yesterday.

A Co. Wicklow farmer suffering from Parkinson’s syndrome has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his older brother in a row over their mother’s burial wishes.

A 41-year-old man who killed a teenager in a bar on an island off the Donegal coast has been sentenced to six years in prison.

The 41-year-old man who killed a teenager in a bar on an island off the Donegal coast is at “minimal risk of reoffending”, his defence counsel told a court today.

A 20-year-old Dublin man will be sentenced to life in prison for murdering a "model worker" as the victim walked to work in Dublin.

A Co Wicklow bachelor who denies murdering his brother told gardaí that he shot him following a row over where their mother was buried, a court has heard.

A man who killed a teenager in a bar on a remote island off the Donegal coast has had his sentence hearing adjourned for over two weeks.

Gardaí last night officially launched a double murder investigation after autopsies on the remains of two men found in a burnt-out car in Louth on Wednesday night confirmed they had suffered gunshot wounds.

Post mortems will be carried out today on the bodies of two men found dead in a burned out car at a border forest.

Detectives were tonight investigating if two men were shot dead before their bodies were found in a burning car close to the border.

A Co. Wicklow farmer accused of murdering his older bother told a garda he shot him in a “row” over where their mother was to be buried, a court has heard.

Missing persons records were being examined tonight after two unidentified people were found burnt to death in a car close to the border.

One of two men murdered in a gangland shooting spree at a quiet suburban housing estate was trying to flee his killers when he died, investigators have said.

Gardaí have said they intend to examine two burnt out cars reported to them overnight to see if they are linked to the double murder of two men in Co. Kildare.

A man who admitted killing a teenager in a bar on Arranmore Island has been acquitted of his murder at the Central Criminal Court.

Gardaí believe human remains found in the Wicklow mountains are those of missing Romanian teenager Mariora Rostas.

Bones buried in a plastic bag in a Wicklow mountain forest are believed to be those of a Romanian teenager missing for four years.

A drug addict was being held tonight over the murder of his pensioner father with a sword in a retirement home.

A man has been arrested in relation to the murder of a pensioner found stabbed to death in a retirement home.

A murder inquiry is expected to be launched after an elderly man was found stabbed to death in a retirement flat.