A Dublin man who strangled his partner of seven years has failed in an attempt to have his conviction overturned on appeal.

A retired detective superintendent has told a murder trial that he did not comply with regulations when interviewing one of the suspects.

A drug dealer-turned State witness in a murder trial has denied being a Garda informer for several years before the Dublin killing.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today reserved judgement in the case of a Laois man appealing against his life sentence for the repeated rape and sexual assault of his daughter over a 10-year period.

A Garda’s son, who was jailed for six years for the manslaughter of a talented teenage boxer, has failed in a bid to take his appeal against his conviction to the Supreme Court.

LAWYERS acting for Senator Ivor Callely have rejected claims by a Seanad Committee that the courts do not have the jurisdiction to hear his action.

SENATOR Ivor Callely’s legal action aimed at quashing a finding that he misrepresented his normal place of residence in order to claim expenses will commence before the High Court on Tuesday.

A man who shot dead a Kilkenny postmaster failed to overturn his murder conviction today.

A drugs “delivery boy” who had his ankles and knees sledgehammered by his bosses after gardaí seized almost €3m worth of cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy has been given an eight-year sentence.

The neighbour of the alleged victim in a murder trial told the Central Criminal Court that she heard wailing coming from the woman’s house on the morning she died.

A Kildare man who was caught with €2m worth of heroin following a Garda surveillance operation after a suspicious pallet was intercepted by custom officers has been remanded in custody pending sentence.

The trial of prominent republican Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy, on charges connected with alleged revenue offences, looks set to begin in May, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin man has been convicted of running a Dublin city centre brothel which was targeted in a major An Garda Síochána investigation into organised criminal prostitution called "Quest" set up in 2005.

A man caught with heroin valued at almost €11 million - the then largest single seizure of the drug in the history of the State - has been remanded in custody pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A teenage mother-of-two, who was stabbed to death outside a supermarket, was seen arguing with the woman accused of her murder and repeatedly asked her why she had kicked her in the stomach when she was pregnant with her three-year-old son, a witness has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court today.

A Dublin man accused of murdering another man by shooting him at close range in the back of the head appeared normal when in custody following his arrest, a Garda sergeant has told the Central Criminal Court.

An 18-year-old alcoholic with learning difficulties was convicted today of the manslaughter of a 20-year-old after a drinking session in a field beside the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in September 2005.

The mother of the 18-year-old Kevin Walsh accused of murdering a 20-year-old because he was English told a jury in Central Criminal Court today that was withdrawn growing up and could not write.

The Dublin born former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations has told a jury that he holds the UN responsible for killing many thousands of people, including children, in Iraq through the imposition of sanctions.

The trial of the Bus Atha Cliath driver charged in connection with the deaths of five people has been fixed for April 24 next year at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THE only person to be convicted in connection with the Omagh bombing had his conviction quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA) yesterday.