Notorious armed robber Frank Ward, who received two life sentences for the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery, has succeeded in having his sentence reduced to one of 20 years on appeal.

A Wexford man accused of raping his son’s girlfriend has said everything he did with the woman in his car had been consensual.

Potential jurors in the trial of a man accused of shooting publican Charlie Chawke should have been excluded if they were supporters of Fianna Fáil, the Court of Criminal Appeal was told today.

A Wexford man accused of orally raping and sexually assaulting his former partner has told a court that the complainant was “high maintenance” and that he planned to leave her as he could not support her lifestyle any longer.

A Central Criminal Court jury has heard how a woman who alleges she was orally raped and sexually assaulted by her former partner cut her wrist when the accused man told her he wanted to end their relationship on a previous occasion.

The doctor who examined a woman at the centre of a rape allegation has told a Central Criminal Court jury that there was no forensic evidence of a rape having taken place.

A mother-of-four accused of murdering her husband in Co Laois two years ago told gardaí that he assaulted her on their wedding night, and the abuse continued throughout their 32-year marriage.

A Dublin man, who was the getaway driver for the gunman in a fatal shooting at a bookmakers over a year ago, has been jailed for life at the Central Criminal Court.

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man, who was the alleged getaway driver for a gunman in a fatal shooting, has heard that the accused's phone was used near the scene, just minutes before the killing.

A witness in the trial of a man who was the alleged getaway driver for a gunman in a fatal shooting, has told the jury that he saw a man wearing a motorbike helmet jump into a waiting van close to the scene.

The Central Criminal Court trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering of his wife has entered its closing stages, as the judge hears the defence’s application to withdraw the case from the jury.

A Waterford man accused of murdering his wife told a friend a different account of the night his wife went missing to the one he told gardaí.

Meg Walsh's husband told gardaí a 'pack of lies' when they interviewed him about the murder of his wife, a garda witness has told a Central Criminal Court jury.

A man accused of the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery has failed in his attempt to call his alleged accomplice to give evidence in his defence.

A 30 year-old woman was today found guilty but insane of the murder of her eight year-old son by a unanimous jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court