Addicts sharing a bag of heroin became embroiled in a fatal argument when one failed to find a vein to inject the drug into the other, the Central Criminal Court heard yesterday.

A report drafted by a senior detective concluded that a Donegal man on trial for IRA membership had no association with any republican or dissident group for as long as ten years, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Two men were jailed today for five years in the first Limerick gangland cases to come before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A former Garda National Immigration Bureau employee has been acquitted of accepting bribes for issuing false visas to Chinese students.

A third Chinese immigrant has given evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he helped students receive fraudulent visas from a former Garda National Immigration Bureau employee in 2002.

A Chinese immigrant has claimed he put two envelopes with "gifts" of €500 into the coat pocket of a former Garda National Immigration Bureau employee without him noticing.

A Chinese immigrant has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he paid €500 to a former Garda National Immigration Bureau employee "to thank him" for issuing a fraudulent visa to his girlfriend.

A man who claims a garda him assaulted at the 2002 ‘Reclaim the Streets’ march in Dublin has identified himself on video footage of the event being struck three times by a garda with a baton.

A garda hit a May 2002 "Reclaim the Streets" demonstrator over the head with a baton after dragging him back by the hold of his sweatshirt, a jury in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, has been told.

A community garda hit a May 2002 "Reclaim the Streets" demonstrator over the head with a baton after dragging him back by the hood of his sweatshirt, a jury has been told.

A Garda accused of assaulting a protester at the 2002 "Reclaim the Streets" march in Dublin has claimed he was justified in striking a protester three times in the "upper body" but denies he ever hit a protester in the head.

A garda accused of assaulting a protester at the 2002 ‘Reclaim the Streets’ protest in Dublin has been identified in video footage of the event by two senior gardaí.

A man who claims he was assaulted by a garda when he attended the 2002 "Reclaim the Streets" march in Dublin has identified himself on camera footage of the event.

A member of An Garda Síochana has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with assault causing harm to a protestor at the 2002 ‘Reclaim the Streets’ march on Dame Street.