A 48-year-old woman has been cleared of murdering her boyfriend but found guilty of his manslaughter by stabbing him in their home.

The barrister for a woman charged with murdering her boyfriend says the jury must acquit her if it’s reasonably possible that ‘him coming towards the knife’ had caused the fatal wound.

A witness has told the trial of a woman charged with murdering her boyfriend that she noticed that the woman’s neck was blue on one occasion while the accused was in a relationship with the deceased.

A neighbour has told the trial of a woman charged with murdering her boyfriend that the man was "always" the aggressor in the couple’s arguments.

A woman on trial, charged with murdering her boyfriend, told gardaí that she was acting in self-defence when the knife in her hand killed him.

A father-of-one died from a stab wound which penetrated the left side of his chest to a depth of over 25cm, a murder trial has heard.

The trial of a woman accused of murdering her boyfriend by stabbing him in the chest has heard that a garda found the deceased lying on his back with blood around his left armpit when he arrived at the scene.

A woman has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of murdering her boyfriend by stabbing him in the chest in her Co Tipperary home over two years ago.

A banjo player described as a "gentleman who wouldn't hurt a fly" was found dead at his ransacked home with a knife on his chest and stab wounds to his neck, a murder trial heard today.

The tee shots may not have travelled as far as they once did and the swings were not quite as well grooved but the former South of Ireland champions who assembled at Lahinch yesterday demonstrated they could still teach the modern tigers a thing or two when it came to manoeuvring a golf ball around a links in demanding conditions.

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Stephen O’Keeffe saved a last minute penalty from Shane Ryan to salvage a draw for holders Ballygunner against 14-man De La Salle at Walsh Park on Saturday evening.

Five Dublin drinking pals dramatically withdrew personal injury claims relating to a rear-ending accident that a judge described as “a clear set-up”.

A man who took part in the assault of a bouncer at Copper Face Jacks nightclub has been jailed for two years.

A Cork man jailed for a headbutt assault, which lead to doctors telling the victim’s wife to “prepare for the worst”, has had his sentence cut on appeal.

Kevin Downes was listed as number 24 in the match programme for Sunday’s Limerick senior hurling championship final. He has been in and out of the action all year due to injury. And the county player admitted afterwards it was touch and go right up to the throw-in whether he would be fit to play with Na Piarsaigh in the decider against Patrickswell.

Publisher turned author Thomas Morris talks to Tony Clayton-Lea about the joy and challenges of becoming a writer — and sibling rivalry as a wonderful motivating force.

The multi-award-winning production company behind the Love/ Hate phenomenon, Octagon Films was sitting on accumulated profits of €242,365 at the end of last year.

READERS may well have found the novel that captures the spirit of Ireland’s post-Celtic Tiger recession in Paul Murray’s The Mark and the Void, set in Dublin two years after “the collapse of Lehman Brothers finally ignited the bonfire that was the Irish economy”.

A last-gasp Paul Murray point pinched victory for Cappoquin over local rivals Lismore at Ballyduff last night (2-16 to 2-15). It represented an amazing turnaround for Ger Manley’s men after their 23-point defeat to Mount Sion last weekend.

A retired garda is likely to have “removed and disturbed human remains” when he damaged a Bronze Age burial mound in County Wicklow, a court has heard.

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Cappoquin-Affane claimed Munster Club IHC glory at Mallow on Saturday as Killian O’Sullivan’s late point gave them victory.

The Arts Council has published the full list of nominees for the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction.

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Bandon’s incredible recovery at Belfast Harlequins in the women’s Irish Junior Cup highlighted a busy weekend of cup shocks.

Catholic Institute roared back into Munster title contention as two stunning goals helped them see off UCC 2-0 at Rosbrien on Saturday.

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ON Jul 26, Paul Murray and Catherine McGeehan married in Harvey’s Point Hotel in Donegal. Catherine walked up the pier to the shores of Lough Eske, while the guests sat on either side.

Craig Mather has stepped down as chief executive of Rangers as the boardroom upheaval continues at Ibrox.

The new series of Love/Hate will match the standards set by last year’s hit series.

Walter Smith has resigned as Rangers chairman and left the board amid a bitter struggle for power at Ibrox.

A construction company has located its site office on a sea-view balcony 25 metres above rocks, despite the location being closed to the public over fears of collapse.

The reduction in the sentence for Paul Begley was welcomed far and wide.

The country’s dole offices will next month begin rolling out a controversial computer technology that has landed Facebook in trouble with privacy chiefs here.

Former Miss Ireland Nuala Holloway, who injured her left ankle in a trip and fall at Superquinn Shopping Centre, Blackrock, five years ago, has been awar-ded €12,000 damages.

Condensed essays on individual novels are too short for academics and too analytical for the public, but will appeal to students, says Val Nolan

Employee numbers at one of Ireland’s best-known TV and movie production companies, Octagon Films, have increased to 850 as a result of new series of The Borgias and Vikings currently in production.

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The Office of Public Works has rejected pleas to repair a collapsed sea wall.

The new-look Liss Ard Festival was launched yesterday outside Skibbereen in West Cork.