A Dutch truck driver who received a 10-year sentence for aiding in the importation of €5.6m worth of heroin hidden in a consignment of flowers must wait to learn if his appeal against his conviction has been successful.

The son of a man who was convicted but later cleared of the 1998 Omagh bombing has today been granted bail pending an appeal against his conviction for explosives offences.

A drunk Cavan man who drove 7kms in the wrong direction down a dual carriage and killed a man returning from his fiancée’s birthday party has avoided jail.

A Galway man has been jailed for five years at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for possessing explosives and a gun.

Two Louth men charged with the possession of explosive substances have pleaded not guilty to the offence on the eve of their trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

Crucial garda interviews with a Dublin man accused of IRA membership cannot be used as evidence against him, the Special Criminal Court has determined.

A 24-year-old Meath woman will be sentenced next week for helping a killer dispose of the body of a man he had just killed in her home and for cleaning up the crime scene.

A drug addict who burgled 11 neighbouring Portmarnock apartments over three days has been given a 10-year sentence for these and other offences.

A father-of-three with no previous convictions has been jailed for 10 years today for possession of €658,000 worth of cannabis.

A father-of-three with no previous convictions will be sentenced next month for possession of €658,000 worth of cannabis.

Two men have been jailed for nine years by the Special Criminal Court today for having bomb-making equipment at a Clondalkin apartment two years ago.