Irish wedding planners are getting calls from gay couples in the States, Slovenia, Germany and England, says Caomhan Keane as they want to get married in the first country to vote for

Once described as the "poster boy for the worst excesses of the Celtic Tiger", fraudster businessman Breifne O’Brien has been jailed for seven years for running a Ponzi scheme that cost his victims millions of euro.

Fraudster businessman Breifne O’Brien has been jailed for seven years for running a Ponzi scheme which costs his victims millions.

A spray painter who evaded paying an estimated €1.4m in tax has been re-admitted to bail for sentencing next April.

A bus painter accused of tax evasion to the tune of over €1.4m says he “just never bothered” to file his returns.

Champions Monaleen needed four late frees from Muris Gavin to share the spoils with Ballysteen (2-11 apiece) in the second round of the Limerick senior football championship.

An “almost suicidal” man who held an imitation handgun under a man’s chin wanted gardai to shoot him, a court has heard.

A man who stabbed a schoolboy in an unprovoked attack and lacerated his liver has been sentenced to three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A hotel in Limerick was the only place to be in Ireland yesterday for same-sex couples looking for information on how to plan their nuptials.

A father-of-two who had a loaded gun under his mattress for his “own protection” has been sentenced to eight years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he was with a married woman on the night of the alleged murder the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A young alcoholic has been jailed for five years for breaking into a Dublin house party and assaulting two men with an iron bar on October 30, 2005.

A Cavan man described as "simple, naive and non-confrontational" has been given a three year suspended sentence by Judge Patricia Ryan for possession of cannabis resin valued over €1m.

A Cavan cocaine addict who was found in possession of cannabis valued at over €1 million will be sentenced later by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 51-year-old Cork man who shot-dead a boxing coach outside his home told gardaí he had intended to kill himself but killed his victim instead because of a "fit of madness," a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The sister of a man shot dead outside her home broke-down in the witness box today as she gave evidence of realising the shouting and gunfire she had heard while trying to sleep, was that of her brother’s killer.

An African man who raped a teenage Zambian girl he claimed he had married has been given a 15 years prison sentence by Mr Justice Barry White at the Central Criminal Court.

An African man who faces sentence for raping a teenage Zambian girl he claimed he had married has told the Central Criminal Court he wishes to fire his third legal team.