A 34-year-old man accused of conspiring to murder Dubliner Gary Hanley is unhappy at being sent forward for trial in October after claiming his solicitor was not present in court.

It was the prosecution's case that DNA evidence linked Darren Weldon to a number plate found in the debris of a car bomb which exploded outside Newry courthouse on February 22, 2010.

A man jailed for raping his wife, after she asked a judge not to send him to jail, must wait to hear whether his sentence will be increased on foot of an appeal by prosecutors.

Michael Brady, 54, with an address in south Dublin, was found guilty in June of possessing the drugs at an apartment at Sallins Bridge, in Sallins, Naas, Co Kildare on January 24, 2017.

A Kildare man tasked by senior criminal figures abroad to mind an “arsenal” of firearms and ammunition in the loft of a “fake” Dublin business premises has been sentenced to 11-and-a-half years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court.

A Louth man has been acquitted of IRA membership after the Special Criminal Court found it could not rely on the belief evidence of a Garda Assistant Commissioner as being independent from the investigation.

A man has been found guilty of possessing €1.35m in heroin that gardaí failed to find during a raid on a Kildare house but that was later found stashed, along with cocaine and an assault rifle, in the base of a bed.

The pharmaceutical company is to invest €65m in its operations in Ireland.

A Mayo man given life for the murder of two elderly brothers with special needs has been given a date in June for an appeal against his conviction.

Two men who played roles in the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly have been jailed by the Special Criminal Court this morning.

A Cavan man has pleaded guilty before the non-jury Special Criminal Court this morning to helping an unlawful organisation murder dissident republican Peter Butterly.

Paul Bradley (54) and his sons Jason (20), Dean (24), and Ryan (18), of Liscarne Gardens, Dublin 22, have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Neil Reilly (36) at Esker Glebe in Lucan, Dublin on January 18, 2017.

A pathologist at a murder trial has detailed more than 40 injuries he found on the body of a man who was allegedly beaten to death after he fired shots at a house.

A man has been awarded €47,500 by a High Court jury after he suffered a broken arm while handcuffed and being arrested during a public order incident.

A teenager who raped one 13-year-old boy and sexually assaulted another has received a suspended sentence.

Survivors of the Stardust fire and families of the dead have vowed to continue their fight for a fresh inquiry despite a Government-commissioned review concluding there was no new evidence to support another investigation.

A Tipperary man who raped a 12-year-old boy after luring him down a lane will be sentenced next week.

A Limerick man who called gardaí and told them he had just tried to kill his elderly neighbour will be sentenced next week for attacking and sexually assaulting the woman.

The trial of a man charged with impeding a homicide investigation has heard that the killer’s partner and children spent the night in a neighbour’s house shortly before the killing as they were in fear of the killer.

“I remember thinking I was free,” she said. “That he couldn't hurt (me) anymore. How wrong I was.”

The grief-stricken sister of a young mother who was savagely stabbed to death by her violent ex-partner has called for greater legal protection for women in abusive relationships.

A judge has told a trial jury that they must put "out of their minds" the fact a murder accused punched the prosecuting barrister in the face when considering their verdict.

A man accused of murdering his former partner and mother of their two children has punched a prosecuting barrister in the face at the Central Criminal Court.

The girls' mother stood by her partner and destroyed evidence after one daughter confided that she had been raped by the man.

A fingermark made by a man on trial accused of murdering his former partner was found on the same bloodstained knife that also yielded the deceased's DNA, a jury has heard.

A judge has told a man representing himself at his own trial, where he is accused of murdering his former partner, that he is “throwing out allegations” at witnesses “like confetti”.

A Meath mother destroyed evidence after her daughter told her she had been raped by the woman's fiancé, a court has heard.

A murder accused denied he told his former partner that he would "get her" during a phone call just hours before she died, his trial has heard.

Families of the Stardust fire victims have decided they will not engage with the latest review of evidence from the disaster, claiming they were misled as to what the review would entail.

A 18-year-old convicted rapist has been publicly vilified in a midlands town by local residents.

A Cork man has been found guilty of raping his former partner two months after he sexually assaulted her and then beat her up in front of their crying toddler.

A Cork man has been found guilty of raping his former partner two months after he sexually assaulted her and then beat her up in front of their crying toddler.

The Department of Justice has insisted it did not block a fresh inquiry into the Stardust tragedy as far back as 2009.

Six weeks ago the team behind One Arena set Ciara McDonnell a fitness challenge. At the end of it all, she’s a whole stone and 12.5 inches lighter.

It’s week five of Ciara McDonnell’s weight loss programme – and a wedding threatens to destroy her hard work over the past month.

Eating properly before exercise is half the battle, a lesson Ciara McDonnell learned the hard way on week four of her six-week weight loss plan.

It’s week three of Ciara McDonnell’s weight loss plan. She dropped two dress sizes – and she’s loving it.

Ciara McDonnell puts the One Arena plan to the test for six weeks - just in time for summer.

A woman has told a jury that she was 18 years celibate and had no interest in either men or sex the night she was allegedly raped in the office of a Limerick pub.

A row has broken out between the Department of Justice and relatives of the Stardust victims over research costs incurred in the families’ campaign for a fresh inquiry.

The WAKO (World Association of Kickboxing Organisations) European Championships 2014 have been taking place in Slovenia this week.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his best friend in Co Kildare last year.

The jury is due to begin its deliberations in the trial of a man accused of murdering his best friend in Co Kildare last year.