Update 4.54pm: A 17-year-old boy is planning to appeal the guilty verdicts handed down today for falsely imprisoning Joan Burton and her adviser in November 2014.

A judge has refused to issue a summons to force the Bahraini attorney general, who is in Ireland this week, to appear in a court in Dublin on charges of aiding and abetting torture.

Regarding references to the Special Criminal Court in your editorial (Irish Examiner, December 21), I would like to make a few points.

A Belfast man yesterday lost a High Court challenge to his 1970s Portlaoise Prison medical records being handed over to the Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland for use as evidence in an attempted murder charge which he currently faces.

Fine Gael Oireachtas party chairman Dan Neville TD, who has announced that he will not seek re-election to the next Dáil, can claim to be the greatest survivor in Irish politics.

A year ago, one of the worst storms on record wreaked havoc in tourist destinations. Twelve months on, our reporters returned to see how residents have coped and what measures, if any, have been taken to lessen future damage

A father and daughter appeared in court yesterday charged with resisting arrest and criminal damage during a protest at the Israeli embassy in Dublin.

An internal party row has broken out between two Fine Gael candidates in the upcoming European Parliament elections amid claims that canvassing is taking place outside agreed boundaries contrary to a voting pact.

The elderly mother of former Fine Gael TD Michael Finucane had to be rescued from her flooded home in Foynes, Co Limerick, yesterday morning.

A Dublin man charged with the murder of veteran criminal Eamon Kelly can appear at his next court hearing via video link, the Special Criminal Court has ruled.

A garda told an inquest yesterday that “reasonable” force was used to restrain a naked man who had a stress-related heart attack after being handcuffed.

The widow of Pat Finucane has denounced the de Silva report into his killing as “a sham... a whitewash... a confidence trick”, telling a London press conference: “This report is not the truth”.

A brother of murdered dissident republican Alan Ryan and another man have been charged with firearms offensives as part of a garda investigation in to the murder of Dublin man Michael Kelly in 2011.

THE shortlist for the fourth annual Irish Council for Civil Liberties Human Rights Film Awards has been announced in Dublin by a celebrity jury that includes Oscar winner Brenda Fricker, Oscar nominated director Kirsten Sheridan and Senator David Norris.

While the pen may be mightier than the sword, an Irish literary giant has for the second time this year proven his mettle against robust attack.

A judge has given the State a final chance to complete a book of evidence in the case of Dublin pub owner John Stokes who is accused of threatening another publican to stop trading.

A judge has lifted a bail condition restricting the movement of Dublin pub owner John Stokes who is accused of assault, possession of stun guns and threatening another publican to stop trading.

A PUB owner is to be served with a book of evidence in December on charges of assault, possession of stun guns and threatening another publican to stop trading.

A Dublin pub owner is to be served with a book of evidence in December on charges of assault, possession of stun guns and threatening another publican to stop trading.

The Government has hit out at British Prime Minister David Cameron after his refusal to order a public inquiry into the controversial murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

A Dublin pub owner accused of threatening another publican to stop trading within 24 hours is facing additional charges for assault, possession of cocaine and having two stun guns.

A County Clare resident was today charged with the murder of a security guard who died following a stabbing in Dublin, in 2009.

A judge has asked immigration authorities to do all in their power to ensure a 20-year-old mother receives daily visits in Mountjoy Prison over Christmas from her two-year-old child.

THE neglect of the State and an underfunded childcare system were major contributory factors in the death of murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie, mourners at his funeral mass heard yesterday.

A 23-year-old man appeared before the Special Criminal Court tonight, charged in connection with the discovery of explosive substances in Dundalk last weekend.

A Louth man appeared before the Special Criminal Court this morning charged in connection with the discovery of explosive substances in Dundalk over the weekend.

MURDERED teenager Daniel McAnaspie was stabbed at least six times in what gardaí have described as a “desperate act”.

A TYRONE man appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday on charges of IRA membership and related weapons offences.

A Tyrone man was today brought before the Special Criminal Court and charged with membership of the IRA and the possession of a firearm and ammunition.

A key garda witness in the retrial of building contractor Colm Murphy in connection with the 1998 Real IRA Omagh bombing has died, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

US presidential candidate Barack Obama has backed calls for an inquiry into the murder of Northern Ireland solicitor Pat Finucane, campaigners said today.

Colm Murphy was further remanded until next October by the Special Criminal Court today while he awaits the outcome of his legal challenge to a retrial on a conspiracy charge connected with the 1998 Real IRA bombing in Omagh in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died.

The family of a suspected killer who died in garda custody today branded as "unlawful" delays to a public hearing into the death.

Colm Murphy has launched a new legal challenge to his retrial on a conspiracy charge connected with the 1998 Real IRA bombing in Omagh in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died.

A MAN who died in Garda custody died of methadone intoxication, an inquest heard yesterday.

GameStop is to open its 50th store in Ireland at the Ballincollig Shopping Centre in Cork today.

Colm Murphy is to launch a new legal challenge to his retrial on a conspiracy charge connected to the 1998 Real IRA bombing in Omagh in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died.

THE owner of South’s bar in Limerick last night offered to act as peace broker between Defence Minister Willie O’Dea and Shannon lobbyists John Fahey and Geraldine Morrissey following a verbal clash last Saturday over the minister’s absence from the recent Dáil debate on Shannon.

Fianna Fáil has taken a second seat in Limerick West after the third count as John Cregan got past the quota of 10,108, finally polling 10,355.

A SOLICITOR representing the man believed to have murdered a young mother of a two-year-old boy hit out at the delay in proceeding with his inquest.

AN Oireachtas committee has told RTÉ it should stop imposing double licence fees on people who own holiday homes.

NEW hopes emerged yesterday for an improved redundancy package for 300 workers who recently lost their jobs in west Limerick.

HOPES of saving over 300 jobs at the Castlemahon poultry plant in West Limerick appeared doomed last night after local chicken growers abandoned a takeover bid.

A jury expressed concerns today after a father-of-10 was shot dead months after he contacted the Garda Complaints Board alleging officers had failed to act over threatening phone-calls.