Aidan 'The Beast' O'Driscoll was "executed" on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit that was part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A man jailed for the robbery of a 71-year-old he attacked with a hammer has had his prison sentence increased following an appeal by prosecutors.

Prosecutors have dropped the most serious charge brought against businesswoman Deirdre Foley over redundancies at Clerys.

The Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission must apply to the High Court for transcripts relating to appearances before the Special Criminal Court of Adrian Crevan Mackin, who shot dead Garda Anthony Golden in 2015 before killing himself.

The Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission has applied to the Special Criminal Court for transcripts relating to appearances before the court of Adrian Crevan Mackin.

A Dutch man who was arrested in Dublin during a garda swoop on an alleged Kinahan gang property should be sent back to Holland to face prosecution for assault, attempted murder and money laundering, the High Court has heard.

Two Cork men accused of IRA membership have been refused bail at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A Carlow solicitor, who took out a fraudulent mortgage after his father's law firm got into trouble with the Law Society, has avoided a prison sentence today.

The former director of a hepatitis C support group, who stole €116,000 from the organisation, has been given a chance to raise compensation.

A "notorious" murderer will not spend any extra time in prison for threatening to rip the head off a prison officer due to a legal anomaly.

Discount landline operator Yourtel has been fined €5,000 for unwanted marketing calls targeting Eir customers to tempt them to switch. It is the latest firm to be successfully prosecuted at Dublin District Court by the office of the Data Protection Commissioner. The case was brought after the watchdog received complaints from people about Yourtel repeatedly cold calling them against their wishes.

A man has been given a suspended sentence for sexually assaulting a woman as she slept at a party.

A homeless, deaf man has been jailed for seven years for killing an acquaintance by knocking him under a bus in Dublin.

The Graham Dwyer trial heard that on the night before he is alleged to have murdered her, a nurse suggested that Elaine O’Hara go to gardaí about a man who was constantly coming to her apartment.

The Graham Dwyer trial has heard that on the night before he’s alleged to have murdered her, a nurse suggested that Elaine O’Hara go to gardaí about a man who was constantly coming to her apartment.

A man who struck another man’s face with a glass leaving him permanently scarred has been sentenced to four years in prison.

A young bank worker who stole €100,000 from a Kildare branch of AIB has been spared a jail term.

A judge has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a garda charged with harassing a woman after the accused failed to appear for a court date.

A man described as the “black sheep” of his family has been given a suspended sentenced for storing more than 4,000 ecstasy tablets in the house he shared with his grandmother.

A former chief executive of a suicide awareness charity will be sentenced next month for stealing over €36,000 from the organisation.

A 50-year-old man has been extradited to France, where he has been convicted of a Halloween night murder in his absence.

The United States has 10 days to formally request the extradition of a man from Ireland who has been accused of being “the largest facilitator of child porn on the planet”.

A chronic heroin addict who was previously sentenced for repeatedly striking her nine-month-old niece as she was coming down from the drug has had part of her sentence reactivated.

A Ulster Bank worker has been jailed for two years for stealing almost €330,000 from her employer after she failed to secure a mortgage.

A motorcyclist has been given a suspended sentence for leaving a pedestrian severely brain damaged after a judge noted “we all make mistakes.”

A youth who was part of a gang that attacked an army sergeant in order to hijack a military jeep has been given a suspended jail sentence.

A ‘trusted lieutenant’ of a south Dublin criminal gang has been sentenced to 10 years for transporting a machine gun, a rocket launcher and cocaine.

A man who set the "wrong" neighbour's house on fire with a petrol bomb while young children were sleeping inside has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

A Chinese man who stole over €50,000 from his employer over a three-year period has been jailed for three years.

A Limerick born “sophisticated fraudster” who posed as a senior garda has been jailed for 15 months.

A DUBLIN man is to be extradited to Spain immediately after telling a judge he wanted to be sent there “straight away”.

A man who was one of a gang that hi-jacked a military vehicle from a quartermaster sergeant near an army camp has been sentenced to three years in prison with the final two suspended.

A Tallaght man who “snapped” when he found his mother having sex with a man and stabbed him has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An addict repeatedly hit a nine-month-old baby because it started crying while she was coming down from heroin in the bathrooms of a chipper, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A Tallaght man who “snapped” when he found his mother having sex with a man and stabbed him is to be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 22-year-old who glassed a Scottish medical student has been remanded in custody to begin his three-year sentence after having the commencement of the term deferred for a month to allow him complete his college exams.

A former soldier and father-of-two who tried to force a disoriented woman to have oral sex with him has been jailed for 12 months.

A former soldier who tried to force a disorientated woman to give him oral sex should receive a long prison sentence when he is sentenced in two weeks, according to his victim.

A man found with a Glock pistol in his sock and a shotgun hidden behind a toilet in his home has been sentenced to nine years by Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A former military bodyguard has been jailed for six years for importing cocaine into the country hidden in a car’s battery.

A Bank of Ireland computer specialist who defrauded his employers out of over €40,000 by increasing the overdraft on his girlfriend’s account has received a three-year suspended sentence and 240 hours community service.

A father of four lost more than €16,000 worth of heroin while at work because he was high, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A former Galway hurling star who is wanted in Britain in connection with an alleged egg fraud has consented to his extradition to the United Kingdom.