A psychiatrist has told a jury she was not satisfied that a woman accused of murdering her boyfriend experienced "a dissociative reaction" at the time of the killing.

A murder accused has agreed that she knew that stabbing her boyfriend with a big chef’s knife would "do more than hurt him".

A woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death told gardaí that they were probably fighting about something stupid and that she "wasn’t letting him get the better" of her when she stabbed him.

Capacity concerns and Galway and Mayo’s refusal to toss a coin for home advantage meant their All-Ireland SFC Round 4 game was fixed for the LIT Gaelic Grounds this Saturday evening (7pm).

A woman serving life for murder has had her conviction quashed after the Court of Appeal found her jury should have been allowed consider whether she had been provoked by her late partner before killing him.

The Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman is appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was knocked down and killed following a night out.

Acting Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin must show the Policing Authority in three weeks what disciplinary proceedings are being taken against gardaí on the breath test scandal.

At one point, the latest exorcism of An Garda Síochána points to a “perfect storm” that resulted in the staggering falsification of breath tests, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

Acting Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin must show the Policing Authority in three weeks what disciplinary proceedings are being taken against gardaí on the breath test scandal.

Lee Keegan and Eoghan O’Gara could join Donie Vaughan on the sidelines for the first round of next year’s Allianz League.

Strange days. The RTÉ panel, not exactly a trio of giggly teenage girls at the best of times, are being sexist. Male-on-male sexist, that is.

Strange days. The RTÉ panel, not exactly a trio of giggly teenage girls at the best of times, are being sexist. Male-on-male sexist, that is.

Down look like a team who would love to play open and expansive football. Yet they know to do so would be folly.

Dave Connell's charges suffered defeat in their opening UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Elite Round fixture against Scotland, losing 2-1 courtesy of a ninety-fifth minute penalty.

Laois 1-16 Meath 2-13: A controversial late penalty saw Meath advance on Saturday night in Stradbally to the O’Byrne Cup semi-finals at the expense of hosts Laois.

Trust us when we write this: there is enough reason to believe the war waged against Lee Keegan by Dublin GAA figures since the drawn All-Ireland final is a campaign.

A man who lost his partner in a Luas accident never recovered after her death, an inquest has heard.

In the gathering gloom last Saturday night, small groups of Donegal and Monaghan players congregated in the car park outside Kingspan Breffni Park to shoot the breeze. If Cavan town wasn’t such a traffic logjam, they may have gone separate ways earlier. Yet they seemed pleased to have the chance to chat.

Michael McCann has confirmed he was bitten during Sunday’s Ulster Club SFC quarter-final defeat by Crossmaglen.

Mickey Harte is to have talks with the Tyrone County Board over his future as manager of the Tyrone senior team.

Two years ago, we reviewed the Dublin-Mayo All-Ireland final after Jim Gavin contended Joe McQuillan was a 16th man against them. The foul count read 33-12 against them at the end. Our study found five of the 33 fouls against Dublin were contentious but only one of those conceded by Mayo was dubious.

September dawns and the GAA’s disciplinary system finds itself occupied in a month in which it is usually dormant.

Aidan O’Shea has claimed he was headbutted in yesterday’s All-Ireland semi-final.

Croke Park will host 165,000 supporters inside 24 hours next weekend, an unexpected development that’s worth an additional €3m to the GAA.

Joe McQuillan may be as familiar with Dublin and Mayo as Aidan O’Shea with his local barber shop, but there is no love lost with either camp.

A woman has been handed down a life sentence after a jury found her guilty of murdering her partner last year.

The jury in the trial of a Louth woman accused of murdering her boyfriend in a drunken row on New Years Eve have been told that they have "ample scope for doubt" when considering their verdict.

A consultant forensic psychiatrist has told the jury in the trial of a 42-year-old Louth woman charged with murdering her partner last year that the accused had the capacity to form intent and was not impaired by her mental disorder on the night of the offence.

A woman accused of murdering her partner last year has given evidence in her trial that she was “scared for her life” when the deceased began “strangling” her “to death” before she got a knife and stabbed him.

A woman accused of murder told gardaí she got a knife and “stuck it in” her partner during a physical fight, a jury has heard.

A 42-year-old Louth woman accused of murder told gardaí that she got a knife and "stuck it in" her partner during a physical fight, a jury has heard.

A man was stabbed four times, with the fatal blow being an 18cm deep stab wound to his left shoulder which penetrated his lung, a murder trial has heard.

A Deputy State Pathologist has told a murder trial jury that a 30 year old man was stabbed four times, with the fatal blow being an 18cm deep stab wound to his left shoulder which penetrated his lung.

The Republic of Ireland bowed out of the UEFA Women’s U17 European Championships in Iceland following a 2-0 loss to Norway yesterday.

Republic of Ireland bowed out of the UEFA Women's U17 European Championships in Iceland following a 2-0 loss to Norway today.

Republic of Ireland 0 Switzerland 1

A jury has heard how a woman accused of murdering her partner in Co Louth last year allegedly stabbed the deceased four times with a large kitchen knife.

A jury has heard how a 42-year-old Louth woman accused of murdering her partner in Louth last year allegedly stabbed the deceased four times with a large kitchen knife.

Ireland 0 France 1: Ireland coach Dave Connell will rally his charges for Thursday’s make-or-break clash with Switzerland after a frustrating opening to the Uefa Women’s Under 17 European Championships yesterday.