A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail for raping the woman he was dating at her home in Dublin.

The lawyer for a Traveller, charged with murdering a man he found inside his mobile home, has told his trial jury that Travellers could be victims of burglaries too and that the law provided latitude to homeowners in that situation.

A murder accused is alleged to have fatally stabbed a Dublin man with a garden shears outside his mobile home at a Finglas halting site, prosecutors have told a trial jury.

A jury has heard evidence that a woman, alleging she was raped after a Jason Derulo concert, texted her boyfriend to pick her up because she was “bruised” and had “no-one” after the incident.

A man accused of raping a woman after a Jason Derulo concert in Cork has said there were no closed doors on the tour bus where she alleges the incident happened.

Charges against one of two men accused of raping a woman after a Jason Derulo concert have been dropped after a judge in the Central Criminal Court ruled there was insufficient evidence against him.

Two men have gone on trial accused of the rape and false imprisonment of a teenage woman following a “VIP party” after a concert by American musician Jason Derulo.

A man charged with murdering a father-of-one in north Dublin told gardaí that he stabbed the deceased in the side three times with a knife, his trial has heard.

The trial of a man charged with murdering a father-of-one in north Dublin has heard that the deceased suffered 30 knife injuries, six of which were deep and fatal.

A Dublin man who falsely imprisoned and beat his ex-girlfriend while her children screamed outside her bedroom door has been jailed for two years.

Paddy Barnes is in for a shock tonight, according to former world-title challenger Silvio Olteanu ahead of their WBO European flyweight title clash in Belfast. The pair headline a Waterfront Hall fight bill that will be broadcast live on BoxNation, with two-time Olympic medallist Barnes challenging for his first professional belt, which ensures a world ranking for the winner, in just his third paid bout.

A Central Criminal Court jury has acquitted a man of raping a woman on a first date after they met on Tinder.

The fact that an alleged rape victim took a risk is of no relevance, a prosecutor has told a jury in the Central Criminal Court.

A woman who alleges she was raped by a man she met on the dating app Tinder said she was terrified he was going to beat her up.

In a victim impact statement the woman described how she was left "stunned" after the rapes.

A Wexford man who orally raped his partner's seven-year-old son after sending the boy's mother out on an errand has been jailed for five years.

A woman has been jailed for six years for killing her ex-boyfriend in Limerick.

A man who raped a 16-year-old girl and threatened to throw her in a river shortly after leaving his girlfriend’s house has been jailed for six years.

The 42-year-old’s trial was in its sixth day at the Central Criminal Court.

A murder trial has heard that a man, whose body was found in the River Bandon, died due to ligature strangulation.

The body of a man taken from the River Bandon in suspicious circumstances had black flex and lace around his neck, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

Donncha O’Brien finished strongly to advance at the expense of Denis O’Driscoll in the John-Joe Murphy Cup at Bauravilla.

The 33-year-old man had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court.

A man who falsely imprisoned and “ferociously” beat his ex-girlfriend because she found a new partner may get community service, a judge has indicated.

Accused: I didn’t tell anyone, I went to work every day

Astronomers have discovered 60 new planets orbiting stars near the Earth's solar system.

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

A 24-year-old who killed a drug dealer during an argument over a €100 debt was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison.

A young father has been jailed for four years for stabbing a drug dealer to death over a €100 debt outside an apartment complex in Dublin in 2014.

A Cork father of nine who brutally raped his teenage daughter on a weekly basis when she was aged between 16 and 17 has been jailed for nine years.

A Cork father-of-nine who brutally raped his teenage daughter on a weekly basis when she was aged between 16 and 17 has been jailed for nine years, writes Isabel Hayes.

A defence barrister asked for her client to be handed a sentence of no more than four years after he was convicted of stabbing a man to death during a row over a €100 debt.

A Limerick man accused of threatening to kill another man and damaging property more than two years ago has been refused bail by the Special Criminal Court.

There were angry and violent scenes yesterday when a man was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court.

A Laois man who raped and beat his wife in their marital bed after she declined to hold his hand has been jailed for five years.

A Laois man who raped and brutally beat his wife in their marital bed after she declined to hold his hand has been jailed for five years.

A young woman whose father raped her repeatedly as a teenager says her family has been torn apart in the wake of the abuse and she will never forgive her mother for taking his side.

A man who raped a woman in her apartment after she invited him in for drinks with friends, has had his eight-year jail term cut to five on appeal.

A man who fatally stabbed his housemate in the heart when they rowed about food during a drinking binge was jailed for five years.