A father-of-one died from a stab wound which penetrated the left side of his chest to a depth of over 25cm, a murder trial has heard.

Two eminent pathologists clashed on the most likely cause of Bobby Ryan's death with one saying he probably suffered blows from a blunt instrument and the other suggesting he was more likely struck by a vehicle.

A woman has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of murdering her boyfriend by stabbing him in the chest in her Co Tipperary home over two years ago.

A drug addict with "a capacity for violence and aggressive behaviour", who stabbed another man in the back during a row, has been jailed for seven years at the Central Criminal Court for manslaughter.

A woman whose body was found near a stream on Friday last may have died from effects associated with hypothermia, according to garda sources.

A group of school children came upon the woman’s body close to the edge of stream, along a walkway, a short distance from the Ardnacrusha electrical power station, a garda source said.

Mary Lowry visited a psychic to see if would help when her boyfriend Bobby "Mr Moonlight" Ryan disappeared, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The mother of a Clare man who was stabbed in the back during a row previously lost her daughter in a car crash and finds that life is now “a constant struggle with only memories to sustain” her, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Gardaí will review CCTV footage as part of their investigation into the fatal assault of a man in a suspected “one-punch” death in Bray, Co Wicklow.

A pathologist at a murder trial has detailed more than 40 injuries he found on the body of a man who was allegedly beaten to death after he fired shots at a house.

Gardaí were granted an extra 48 hours by the courts today to continue to designate the home of a murdered pensioner a crime scene, following her killing last Friday.

Relatives of a pensioner found dead in her Limerick home yesterday were said to be “distressed and shocked” after gardaí confirmed they were treating her death as suspicious.

A child cowered under the table with the family dog as a 46-year-old man was shot dead in his home.

A 74-year-old painter bludgeoned his wife to death with a two-foot metal bar and inflicted a serious head injury on his son before causing his own death by drinking weed-killer, an inquest has heard.

A mum who suffered from a personality disorder and stabbed her toddler son to death was sentenced to five years in prison at the Central Criminal Court this morning.

A mother who was suffering from a personality disorder described her two-year-old son as a "fake child" on the day she killed him by stabbing a pair of scissors into his neck, a court heard today

A girl who died 10 years after suffering injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome fought "an amazing fight", according to her mother.

Shooting victim Mark Desmond died of multiple gunshot wounds and was identified following his death by fingerprint technology, an inquest into his death heard.

A witness has told a Wicklow murder trial that he thought he saw brain when he checked on a man he had seen being beaten on the side of a road.

An eye witness told the trial that Mr Nevin came screaming out of the house he was in with an axe.

A 43-year-old homeless man whose body was found among rubbish in a waste management depot in Dublin died due to suffocation.

Society must stop attributing familicide to mental health factors alone and recognise it as unacceptable child murder, writes Paul Gilligan

A suspected murder-suicide note left by Alan Hawe “could contain nothing or could contain everything”, garda sources have said.

AN elderly man who died of hypothermia didn’t use a heater at home because he was afraid of fire, an inquest heard.

A mother of two sons murdered in gangland-style killings says she is a broken woman following her loss.

A mother of two sons murdered in gangland style killings said ‘she is a broken woman’ following her loss.

A 33-year-old man was stabbed to death at a Traveller halting site in Dublin in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Regency Hotel shooting victim David Byrne died of multiple gunshot wounds, an inquest into his death heard.

David Mahon’s counsel has told his trial jury that his client had no motive to kill his stepson, but every reason not to harm him, due to his love for Dean Fitzpatrick’s mother.

The stepfather of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick told gardaí that her brother had walked into the knife he was holding, his murder trial has heard.

Jurors in David Mahon’s murder trial have today heard he told gardai that his stepson had twice threatened to kill him and once pulled a gun on him.

The jury at an inquest into the death of a six-year-old boy who was fatally struck by a car outside his home has recommended the introduction of a mandatory 30km/h speed limit in all housing estates.

Gardaí believe a man whose body was found at a recycling centre in Co Tipperary yesterday morning may have climbed into a bin to escape the bad weather.

Gardaí continued to question a man last night as part of a murder investigation following the death of a 37-year-old father in north Kildare.

Gardaí investigating the violent death of Co Louth taxi driver Martin Mulligan, 53, have not ruled out the possibility he was attacked by more than one person.

The mother of a young man who stabbed his twin brothers more than 40 times before taking his own life has made an emotional plea to people experiencing mental health difficulties to seek help.