A Dublin protester’s trial for obstructing Irish Water is a test case and one of the first of its kind, a court heard.

A Dublin protester's trial for obstructing Irish Water is a test case and one of the first of its kind, a court heard.

A political activist arrested for trespassing at the grounds of RTÉ studios has avoided a jail sentence but was fined €300 yesterday.

Three people have appeared in court charged in connection with anti-austerity protests outside the European People's Party congress.

Both the opposition and elderly groups have accused the Government of “savagely targeting” pensioners and putting them at risk in their homes as they won’t be able to use life-saving pendant security alarms — now the telephone allowance is to be cut.

We know that goals can change games.

KENNY DALGLISH was in Ireland yesterday to launch an initiative designed to help forge fresh links between young footballers here and Liverpool FC.

HISTORY will be made on Friday night when Garda and PSNI students are included in the Irish Colleges squad to face their English counterparts at Derry RFC (7.30pm).

An accomplished Wicklow graffiti artist who vandalised 28 walls, shop shutters, wastebins, lampposts and power boxes causing €13,500 worth of damage, has escaped with a suspended sentence.

A pair of drug addicts who robbed two friends at knife point while posing as undercover gardai have been jailed by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

DAN KENNY was deservedly awarded the man of the match for his outstanding display in an entertaining game played at the University of Ulster Jordonstown last night.

A 17-year-old drug dealer had €2,000 worth of cocaine stashed in a locked safe in his bedroom along with a set of accounts detailing how much he was earning, the Dublin Children’s Court heard today.

IT’S not often that an Oscar-nominated movie director helps out with your school project.

PICKETS may continue to be placed at building sites operated by Collen Construction Ltd, campaign leader Richard Boyd Barrett warned last night.

Angry scenes continued at University College Dublin today as gardaí protected construction workers entering a building site.

A Garda was injured today when a protest in support of the Ballybrack Three turned to violence.

Three out of work bricklayers were today jailed for their part in a protest against a Dublin building firm which they claim refuses to employ local workers.

CORK City Council admitted last night that it may be open to a High Court challenge from tenants trying to buy their homes at bargain 1990s prices.

ALLTRACEL pharmaceuticals has announced plans to splash out up to €8 million for a London-based specialist dental care company.

A teenager is being questioned by gardaí this morning in connection with the murder of a man in Dublin.

Gardaí in Dun Laoghaire have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a man’s body at Pearse Gardens, Sallynoggin this morning.

Gardai are looking for the public's help to find a missing man in Dublin.