A garda sergeant had a rock thrown at his head and told his colleague he was “a goner” as they came under fire from a violent group. He fell to the ground and the other officer, who was also injured, shielded the fallen sergeant from further harm.

A 22-year-old father of seven and his 46-year-old father of 16 were among five people charged in district court yesterday in relation to an incident that saw a garda hospitalised with a serious head wound and another injured.

Bail has been set at €75,000 for a man accused of almost hacking another man's arm off with a slash hook during the Smithfield horse fair in Dublin in 2011.

The High Court is due to hear a bail application for a man accused of taking part in a violent brawl at the Smithfield horse fair in Dublin over three years ago.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed trial by judge and jury for a man accused of almost severing another man's arm off during Dublin's Smithfield horse fair in 2011.

FOR generations, they used their bare hands to unload massive ships berthed at a city’s bustling quays.

ONE of the country’s best-known Travellers, Adare antique dealer Simon Quilligan, has made a €595,000 tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners.