A ruling that breathalyser test statements were not valid if printed in the English language only, which had held up 1,400 alleged drink driving prosecutions, has been overturned by the Court of Appeal.

David Drumm will face two trials, one in 2017 and one in 2018, over alleged offences committed during his time as CEO of Anglo Irish Bank.

Dublin District Court has been told that since former Anglo chief executive David Drumm went to America in 2009 he “engaged in a careful and considered and perfectly lawful attempt to ensure that this day never came”.

Lawyers for the State have told the Court of Appeal that 1,400 drink-driving prosecutions are being held up by a ruling that breathalyser test statments were not valid if printed in the English language only.

Two former Anglo Irish Bank executives have been sent forward for trial in connection with an alleged fraudulent €8m loan.

A husband and wife are to stand trial in connection with the alleged theft of €1.25m from Vodafone Ireland over a four-year period.

Former Anglo chairman Seán FitzPatrick has been granted legal aid for his upcoming trial on charges of failing to disclose loans from another bank.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean Fitzpatrick has been granted legal aid for his upcoming trial on charges of failing to disclose loans from another bank.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick may apply for free legal aid for his upcoming trial on charges of failing to disclose loans from another bank, a court has heard.

Soccer star Anthony Stokes has been warned his alleged assault on an Elvis impersonator was too serious to be dealt with in the Dublin District Court.

The case against a priest accused of indecently assaulting a student in a school toilet on an unknown date in the mid-1980s has been dismissed after a trial at Cork District Court.

After his acquittal on all counts Sean FitzPatrick issued a brief statement to the media thanking the jury for finding him not guilty and asking for privacy.

A 43-year-old man made no reply when he was charged with the murder of his partner Audrey Fitzpatrick’s son, Dean, who died following a stabbing incident last year, a court has heard.

Republic of Ireland and Celtic football star Anthony Stokes has appeared in court accused of attacking a man in a Dublin nightclub last year.

Celtic striker Anthony Stokes has been charged before a Dublin court with assault causing harm.

Fresh charges have been brought against two former Anglo Irish Bank senior executives who are awaiting trial for Revenue offences.

The case against a priest accused of indecently assaulting a student in a school toilet on an unknown date in the mid-1980s was put back for more evidence on the complaint to be supplied to the defence.

An Italian man accused of the murder of well-known pro-life campaigner and religious writer Tom O’Gorman at his north Dublin home could not come to court yesterday.

An Italian man accused of the murder of well known pro-life campaigner and religious writer Tom O'Gorman at his north Dublin home could not come to court today.

A former head of treasury at the former Anglo Irish Bank is to stand trial on revenue offences.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman and chief executive Sean FitzPatrick has been returned for trial accused of hiding from the bank’s auditors the true value of multimillion-euro loans.

Civilisation may not have ended yesterday, in accordance with Mayan prophecies, but Seán FitzPatrick’s world took on a decidedly darker shade after he made another appearance before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick is to face a cross-examination in the Bankruptcy Court in the new year about a high rise office block in London.

Two false pretence charges remain outstanding against Paschal Carmody after his acquittal yesterday of nine counts of obtaining monies by deception from two families of terminally-ill cancer patients.

Two teams of lawyers appeared for former Anglo Irish Bank boss Seán FitzPatrick in bankruptcy proceedings at the High Court today.

AMID all the usual defendants who appear in the dock during the normal daily business of the Dublin District Court, Seán FitzPatrick stood out like a sore banker.

Two newspapers who published an article which collapsed a criminal trial have disputed the level of costs they are liable for.

Garda Jim Herlihy details the extraordinary life and times of Patrick Joseph ‘PJ’ Kerrigan, an ex-RIC member, soldier in two armies, and bigamist, who became the first Civic Guard of the Irish Free State

It’s enough to make the toes of every serving garda curl. The first member of the force has been exposed as a bigamist, forger and debtor, and was sacked for beating a prisoner.

A man has been charged with the murder of Melanie McCarthy in west Dublin a fortnight ago.

WITH a little kiss on his son’s cheek he was a free man. Just before 2pm, Sean FitzPatrick strode out of Bray Garda station, showing little obvious signs of having been through the ringer.

HOLLYWOOD star Jonathan Rhys Meyers has escaped a criminal conviction after the DPP yesterday withdrew charges over an alcohol-related incident involving the actor at Dublin Airport last month.

Public order charges against troubled Hollywood star Jonathan Rhys-Meyers have been dropped before a court.

Criminal defence lawyers earned more than €28m from the free legal aid scheme last year, with two solicitors earning more than €1m each for the year’s work.

A New Age Traveller about to be sentenced for a killing on a campsite in Leitrim in 1998 has tried to change his plea to not guilty, claiming new evidence that shows Garda corruption.

A 70-year-old man was jailed for two days today for obstructing the work of the Criminal Assets Bureau.