Lawyers fighting the extradition of an Irishman alleged to be the “largest facilitator of child porn in the world” have told the High Court they are seeking the DPP’s reasons for refusing to prosecute him.

The State’s case to surrender an Irishman alleged to be the “largest facilitator of child porn in the world” to US authorities has opened in the High Court.

A Garda sergeant has told the High Court he did not see any assaults by gardaí on three local men during a protest against the Shell Corrib gas refinery in north Mayo.

Four water charges protes-ters were yesterday freed from jail by the president of the High Court after he upheld their claims that they were unlawfully detained in Mountjoy Prison under a committal warrant that contained a number of errors.

A 20-year-old man was suffering from “an acute exacerbation” of schizophrenia when he brandished knives towards two passers-by and six gardaí, a court has heard.

A man with Irish citizenship who is wanted in the US on charges linked to the Jihad Jane international terror plot faces being held in one of the country’s top security prisons if extradited.

An Irishman wanted in the US and described as “the largest facilitator of child porn in the world”, may seek a judicial review of the DPP’s decision not to prosecute him in Ireland.

A Limerick man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a retired soldier with a sweeping brush.

A Limerick man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a retired soldier with a sweeping brush.

Brothers John and Desmond Dundon, both serving life sentences for murder, have mounted a legal challenge to being held in the segregation unit at the maximum security prison at Portlaoise.

THE Health Service Executive is seeking a High Court order requiring that certain drugs be administered from birth to the child of a heavily pregnant HIV positive woman with a view to reducing the risk of transmission of the virus.