A judge has refused to throw out a criminal prosecution against businesswoman Deirdre Foley who is facing trial over collective redundancies at Clerys department store.

The Central Bank has rejected as “nonsense” claims by former Irish Nationwide Building Society chief executive Michael Fingleton he cannot lawfully be subject to an inquiry into alleged regulatory breaches at the Society.

Notorious Limerick criminal Wayne Dundon has opened an appeal against his conviction for the murder of innocent businessman Roy Collins in Limerick eight years ago.

A challenge brought by a man with alleged links to Islamic terrorism against the State’s bid to deport him has opened at the High Court.

The lawyers involved in the long-running trial of killer Graham Dwyer shared almost €900,000 in criminal legal aid payments last year.

A Dublin man has been granted an adjournment until next year for a "breathtaking" application to withdraw his guilty plea for murdering a "mentally challenged" 63-year-old man.

A woman has been found guilty of murdering a 63-year-old man who was subjected to a “protracted torturing and killing”.

The Central Bank’s inquiry into alleged regulatory breaches at Irish Nationwide Building Society is a breach of a former director’s constitutional right to a trial by an independent judge, the High Court has heard.

Expert tells childminder’s trial brain injury could not reasonably have occurred before day of minding

The lawyer who helped put sadistic murderer Graham Dwyer behind bars for life for the murder of Elaine O’Hara received more than €100,000 for his work on the case.

The trial of a woman accused of assisting her friend’s suicide has heard the deceased’s nephew had “no problem” helping her travel to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland.

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of assisting the suicide of her friend has heard the recorded last words of the deceased.

The jury in the Graham Dwyer murder case yesterday heard from his sister.

The jury in the Graham Dwyer trial yesterday heard from a therapist and doctor who cared for the deceased.

The Graham Dwyer trial yesterday heard from two men who met Elaine O’Hara through a website catering for alternative sexual tastes. The murder trial jury also saw Ms O’Hara’s profile page from that website, in which she said she hoped to meet someone caring.

The Graham Dwyer trial has heard from two men, who met Elaine O’Hara through a website that caters for alternative sexual tastes.

Murder accused’s son also asked to identify people in stills of CCTV footage, jury hears

The partner of Elaine O’Hara’s father has testified that she ‘recoiled’ when she came across oily latex in Ms O’Hara’s apartment two days after she disappeared.

The case against a Limerick man charged with the murder businessman Roy Collins boils down to the proposition that he “made a run for it” when spotted by gardaí walking with a man against whom there was evidence had carried out the shooting, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A convicted murderer who produced what he claimed to be a mobile phone while giving evidence at the trial of two Limerick men charged with the murder of Roy Collins was instead in possession of a television remote control, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The cross-examination of a convicted Limerick criminal who said he was offered €20,000 to take part in the killing of publican Steve Collins finished yesterday at the trial of two men charged with the murder of businessman Roy Collins.

A father of one has been jailed for 15 years for trying to kill his wife by hitting her over her head with a hammer on her birthday while she slept.

A former solicitor will be sentenced in July on mulitple charges of theft of more than €2.8m from client accounts.

Lawyers for Wayne Dundon have asked the Special Criminal Court to adjourn his forthcoming trial on a charge of murdering local businessman Roy Collins five years ago.

Former solicitor Thomas Byrne said he engaged in several “unorthodox” deals with clients to transfer their houses into his name, but denies engaging in fraud.

The theft and fraud trial of Thomas Byrne has heard of the day “everything went horribly wrong” for the former solicitor when one of his employees reported him to the authorities.

Bank of Scotland Ireland viewed Thomas Byrne as “an astute and prudent operator” when lending him more than €13m, the former solicitor’s trial has heard.

The trial of former solicitor Thomas Byrne has heard evidence that he stole over €10m from EBS Building Society by fraudulently applying for property loans.

The €52m theft and fraud trial of ex-solicitor Thomas Byrne has been shown files showing he paid stamp duty on multiple properties he allegedly fraudulently took possession of.

The second week of the trial of former solicitor Thomas Byrne has heard further allegations of him defrauding clients, including an 91-year-old woman, out of their homes.

A former solicitor who is now working as a waiter fraudulently transferred clients’ homes into his own name so he could secure millions of euro in mortgages against them, it has been alleged.

A man who took a personal injury action claiming he suffered a debilitating back injury in a car crash now faces up to 10 years in prison after DVDs emerged of him taking part in cage fighting competitions.

The trial is expected to begin tomorrow of a former solicitor charged with a large scale theft and fraud.

The High Court will rule tomorrow on whether a 28-year-old Irishman, described by an FBI special agent as "the largest facilitator of child porn on the planet," can bring a second application for bail.

An Algerian-born Irish citizen, wanted in the US on terrorism charges, planned for a group to train in explosives with al Qaeda to support terrorist attacks in the US and Europe, the High Court has heard.

The former head of the country’s biggest fruit and vegetable company must wait to learn if his appeal against his six-year sentence for failing to pay import tax on garlic has been successful after the Court of Criminal Appeal reserved judgment.

A man has been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old boy in the child’s Kildare home ten years ago.

A Cork financier charged with alleged offences linked to the 2004 Northern Bank robbery has been allowed hold a passport but must notify gardaí of his travel plans.

A Cork financier charged with alleged offences linked to the 2004 Northern Bank robbery, has been allowed hold a passport but must notify gardaí of his travel plans.

A convicted child abuser who viewed computer generated child pornography has received a suspended jail sentence after a judge said the images did not harm or exploit children.

A man has gone on trial charged with a false imprisonment and robbery of a Brinks Allied worker which the prosecution claim has the accused’s “fingerprints both literally and figuratively all over it”.

A Trinity College lecturer has been given a suspended sentence for throwing a man down a 15ft drop causing him severe head injuries.

A Monaghan truck driver has today been jailed for five years for importing more than €600,000 worth of cannabis into the State.