A Cavan truck driver who smuggled more than €1m worth of cocaine into the country has been jailed for four years.

Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days, a top-down shooter based on the classic Quentin Tarantino heist film, has been released for the PC.

"All we do is cry and talk about him. We feel alone, miserable and hurt."

DPP withdraws sexual exploitation charges against teacher as complainant admits allegations false

A Dublin man has been jailed for his role in the movement of €778,000 worth of cannabis imported from Spain and hidden under scented candles.

This week we visit some iconic tourist spots to see if they live up to their reputation. Ellie O’Byrne visits Blarney

An IT worker and father of three has received a non-custodial sentence for sexually assaulting his niece 24 years ago.

As 1916-related events hit their peak, Marjorie Brennan looks at the country’s rich tradition of songs about rebellion

Two brothers have each been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years imprisonment, with four years suspended, for “a brutal, vicious, and degrading” attack on their uncle which left him “at death’s door” but which had no apparent motive.

The absence of “really important” evidence from a witness was a massive piece of the jigsaw that was missing in an assault case, a court heard yesterday.

The fallout from a landmark court ruling is wider than thought with hundreds of cases involving the sale of certain drugs set to be dropped, the Irish Examiner understands.

A man stalked a woman and talked about raping her young son, a court has heard.

Take That have teamed up with ELO frontman Jeff Lynne for their new album - their first as a trio since Jason Orange quit.

Cool heads helped maintain calm in Northern Ireland during the peak of this year’s marching season, the North’s justice minister said.

Members of the Orange Order have staged a peaceful protest in north Belfast after restrictions were imposed on their parade.

Three people have been stabbed in Belfast as the city prepares for annual Twelfth of July celebrations.

A Waterford man accused of IRA membership and having three improvised mortar launch tubes at his home in 2011 has walked free from court after the collapse of his trial.

The trial of a Co Waterford man accused of having three improvised mortar launch tubes at his home in 2011 has been adjourned until tomorrow.

A Garda Chief Superintendent has told the Special Criminal Court it is his belief that a Dublin father-of-two on trial for IRA membership is a member of the IRA.

A Dublin man on trial for membership of the IRA was a passenger in a car being driven by a convicted IRA member before both men were stopped by gardai, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The trial of four men accused of having equipment for printing counterfeit currency has been adjourned until Tuesday after new information about a fifth suspect in the case was furnished to the defence.

A Luas driver has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for “impaling” his tram into a bus on O’Connell Street.

The Special Criminal Court trial of a Louth man accused of membership of the IRA has become the first trial to collapse following a recent Supreme Court ruling on a key piece of anti-terrorist legislation.

The trial of two Louth men accused of possessing explosive substances has heard evidence from detectives who placed the pair under surveillance as part of a garda operation on the suspected manufacture of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices by the IRA.

A young man accused of dangerous driving causing death has today denied in evidence that he colluded with his friends when giving a statement to gardaí.

A witness has today described to a jury how he saw his late friend dragged under a limousine and been pinned against the back wheel.

A 21-year-old has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in connection with the death of a man who was dragged under a limousine in the early hours of the morning.

Jason Orange and Catherine Tate had "real sparks" between them from the moment they met.

IF, ON first meeting him, you did not know his background, you could easily imagine Chris Thackaberry strolling down O’Connell Street in a Celtic jersey or coming home from Hill 16 on a summer Sunday having seen the Dubs lose from a winning lead for the umpteenth time.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgement in the trial of Dublin man charged with possessing a pipe bomb at a filling station in Co Waterford last year.

A young Dublin man who called in hoax bomb scares in Rathmines for “a laugh” has received a three-year sentence for these offences and a robbery.

The 40-year-old singer Jason Orange - who is joined in the band by Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Robbie Williams - admitted his time in the group constantly took from him, and he is now "on guard" about the five-some reuniting for the first time since Robbie quit Take That in 1995.

Take That are to play Croke Park next June as part of their first tour as a complete group for 16 years.

Take That were planning to ditch their band name and rechristen themselves The English for their comeback, they revealed today.

An alcoholic who forced a student out of her car and threatened to kill her if she did not hand over the keys has received a four-and-a-half-year sentence for this and a bookies robbery.

A court has heard how a Kildare man who pleaded not guilty to membership of an illegal organisation made a number of statements attesting to his membership of the IRA while in garda custody.

A Co Kildare man arrested during a garda investigation into the manufacture and movement of explosive devices by dissident republicans pleaded not guilty to membershi[p of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court today.

Jason Orange celebrated his 40th birthday last night with a curry feast on a hotel rooftop.

WHATEVER was said, whatever he did — take drugs, miss rehearsals, fight with Gary Barlow — it appears Robbie Williams didn’t mean it.

Robbie Williams and Take That ended months of speculation today by announcing that they had reunited for a new album.

A man who was so frustrated with juvenile delinquency in his neighbourhood that he tried to scare off some youths with a chainsaw has been ordered to carry out work in the community in lieu of a jail sentence.