Kathleen Whelan was one of about a dozen former Magdalene laundry survivors who travelled to Cork’s City Hall to meet the Lord Mayor as he signed a book of apologies for the women.

Ireland’s judges — who saw their pay slashed last year in an emphatically supported referendum — still earned a €35.68m salaries, pensions and other payments bonanza throughout 2011.

Additional firearms charges have been brought against a Limerick woman accused of murdering a father-of-two in west Dublin in November.

A woman accused of the murder of a man, who died following a stabbing in Galway, today consented to being remanded in custody for another two weeks pending completion of a book of evidence.

Customs officers have seized €8,000 in cash from a man at Dublin Airport.

A man who was extradited from the UK has appeared in court charged with the murder of Paul Ryan eight years ago.

A man was remanded in custody today after he was charged with possessing a revolver handgun in connection with a shooting during Dublin's Smithfield horse fair on Sunday last.

A 25-year-old man was remanded in custody today in connection to a fatal shooting last month.

A Co Kildare resident appeared in court today charged in connection with a seizure of guns and ecstasy tablets in Dublin on Wednesday last.

A 43-year-old homeless man arrested during an incident outside Government Buildings on Thursday has been remanded in custody for one week.

A 43-year-old man appeared in court this afternoon charged with the murder of a woman at a homeless shelter in Dublin on Wednesday last.

A TECHNOLOGY system to standardise the referral of children into the state care system is set to be announced in the new year, Minister for Children Barry Andrews said yesterday.

A youth has been detained for five months for stealing €200 from a man who was distracted while withdrawing money from an ATM on Dublin’s O’Connell St.

The State has been granted further time to prepare the book of evidence in the case of three youths charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man in north Dublin last year.

A Dublin teenager was today remanded in custody after a court was told he threatened to have his mother and Gardaí shot.

The State has been granted more time to prepare the book of evidence in the case of a 16-year-old boy arrested in connection with the shooting of a Garda sergeant in Dublin in September.

MURDER accused Joe O’Reilly passed up a chance to apply for bail, yesterday, at his second court appearance since being charged with the killing of his wife Rachel.

A young girl believed to be 13-years-old has been remanded in custody for her own safety to allow an investigation into her identity to be carried out following her arrest for a trespassing offence.

THE first female President of the District Court was sworn in yesterday.

The first ever female President of the District Court was sworn in today.

The Government tonight named a series of new judicial appointments, including a new judge to the Supreme Court.

A FORMER stockbroker was yesterday charged over the misappropriation of €5.8 million of shareholders' funds in the biggest securities fraud in the history of the State.

A COLLEGE lecturer charged with possessing child pornography was yesterday remanded on continuing bail.

A 35-year-old Egyptian national has appeared at Dublin District Court in connection with a major credit card fraud operation.