A mother accused of trafficking a Nigerian woman into the country and forcing her into prostitution has been acquitted after several inconsistencies emerged in the alleged victim's evidence.

A woman accused of trafficking a Nigerian woman into the country and forcing her into prostitution has gone on trial in Dublin.

The prosecutor in a Kildare murder trial has told the jury there is a series of facts that he believes proves the accused man's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

A sports top and gloves found near the home of a man accused of a fatal shooting had firearms residue on them, a trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A murder accused said gardaí would never be able to charge him and dismissed their evidence saying "they have nothing", a trial at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A pistol found buried in a woods 750 metres from a murder accused’s home was matched to the bullets used in the fatal shooting, a trial at the Central Criminal Court heard yesterday.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murder after an argument over a game of backgammon will begin their deliberations tomorrow at the Central Criminal Court.

A carer for an elderly lady will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after she stole over é30,000 from the retired school teacher.

Two New Zealand tourists have described how they saw a man’s fist go through a Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m in the National Gallery two years ago.

A man has gone on trial accused of damaging a €10m Monet painting in the National Gallery and damaging two paintings in the Shelbourne Hotel.

A man who sexually assaulted his neighbour while her eight-year-old son lay in bed beside her has had his two-year suspended sentence increased following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A star pathologist hired by Oscar Pistorius has said he will not testify at the athlete’s murder trial, another blow for the defence after a week of savage cross-examination.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of putting his fist through a €10m Claude Monet painting has retired to consider its verdict.

The trial has begun of a man accused of knocking a hole through a Claude Monet oil-painting at the National Gallery of Ireland, causing €7m worth of criminal damage.

The trial has begun of a man accused of knocking a hole through a Claude Monet oil-painting at the National Gallery of Ireland, causing €7m worth of criminal damage.

A man has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today for his alleged role in a €29m drug operation last year.

Businessman Anthony Lyons, who was convicted earlier in the year of sexual assault, may be released from prison before the hearing on the leniency of the sentence imposed has been heard.

A 65-year-old man has said he was falsely imprisoned, assaulted, and handcuffed to a radiator by his estranged wife and his son in the bathroom of a B&B.

A former estate agent who stole €1.6m after he used solicitor Gerald Keane’s name to encourage 25 investors to participate in a “Ponzi” scheme has been jailed for six years.

A Romanian man who stole cash from a Dublin ATM with cloned credit cards has been sentenced to three years in jail with the final 18 months suspended.

A man who anally raped and sexually abused his nephew “nearly every night” for two years has received a seven year sentence with the last two years suspended.

A former An Post worker will be sentenced later for stealing €25,000 from business client cash lodgments when he fell into financial difficulties after being out sick.

A man has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for sexually assaulting and raping his young stepdaughter in Leitrim and Mayo over a four-year period.

A man will be sentenced later this month for sexually assaulting and anally raping his young stepdaughter in Leitrim and Mayo over a four year period.

A Polish Meath resident who bit off part of a man’s ear in an assault in McDonald’s on O’Connell Street has been given a two-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A former Brown Thomas employee who stole over €20,000 from the store in a gift voucher scam has been ordered by Judge Desmond Hogan to carry out 240 hours community service.

A heroin addict who received a five year prison sentence in Naas Circuit Criminal Court on Thurday for robbery, has been jailed for a further six years for armed robbery in Dublin.

A 26-year-old man who raped a Waterford student while she walked home alone from a disco last November has been jailed for 10 years by Mr Justice Barry White at the Central Criminal Court.

A man who sexually assaulted a neighbour's four year old son told gardaí he was not a "normal person" and wanted to be caught so he would no longer be a danger to children.

Joe Quinn

Bob Geldof today hailed the deal struck at the G8 to help Africa out of poverty.