The trial of a man accused of murdering a pregnant woman has heard that he admits killing the woman.

A Cork medical school dropout who sent threatening letters to 10 of his past supervisors and tutors at the Royal College of Surgeons has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

A witness told the Central Criminal Court yesterday the man accused of murdering Sandra Collins 14 years ago told him that she accidentally fell into the sea while he was with her at Killala Pier.

Suspected murder victim Sandra Collins would have paid a total of £295 sterling had she gone ahead with her plans to terminate her pregnancy in Britain, it emerged yesterday.

Wayne Dundon has failed in an application to adjourn his forthcoming Special Criminal Court trial on a charge of murdering Limerick businessman Roy Collins five years ago.

The mother of a Limerick man accused of murdering an elderly man with a sweeping brush said he was in tears as he admitted he did it.

A Limerick man accused of murdering an elderly neighbour with a sweeping brush said that the deceased was “like a granddad” to him, a murder trial has heard.

A court heard that the body of a pensioner covered in scratches was found by gardaí with what was believed to be the murder weapon lying nearby.

A court heard today that the lifeless body of an elderly Limerick man covered in scratches was found by gardaí with what was believed to be the murder weapon lying nearby.

An application brought by an Algerian-born Irish citizen for leave to seek judicial review of an attempt to extradite him to the United States, where he is wanted on international terrorism charges, has been adjourned until October.

The US alleges an Algerian-born Irish citizen conspired with others to devise and create a “violent jihad organisation” capable of targeting US and Western European citizens, the High Court has heard.

An Irish Muslim wanted in the US on terrorism charges is suing the State for allegedly breaching his constitutional rights to privacy, dignity, and the ability to practice his religion while held in Cork Prison.

The former wife of an Irish Muslim charged with threatening to kill a US lawyer said she was “afraid of him” when they separated.

A retired nurse who was over the alcohol limit when he knocked down and killed an 87-year-old male pedestrian has been jailed for two years.

A TAXI driver featured in a Prime Time Investigates on RTÉ intends to sue for defamation, following his successful legal challenge against a decision to suspend his PSV licences.

The trial of a man accused of murdering his friend has heard the deceased was “abusive” with everyone he came into contact with on the day he was killed.

A bid to extradite an international drug smuggler convicted of killing a British policeman should be dropped until at least 2025, it was claimed today in court.

An 18-year-old student died from swelling to the brain due to severe facial injuries he received after he was kicked in the head outside a well-known Dublin hotel, a court has heard.

Journalists have been banned from reporting certain proceedings in the case of Colm Murphy, the only man to be charged in connection with the Omagh bombing.