A retired garda chief superintendent yesterday told the High Court he asked the State Solicitor for West Cork in 1998 to raise the Garda case against Ian Bailey directly with the DPP, rather than any of his officials.

A retired garda said he had regarded Ian Bailey as a suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation, and did not recall suspecting anyone else.

Call showed ‘close’ relationship between garda and Bailey witness

A former detective garda in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation has said he does not believe the reason a superior officer wanted a Garda statement “chopped up” was because it might have been seen as favourable to Ian Bailey.

An important witness in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation was never assured by gardai she would not have to go to court: that would be “ridiculous”, a retired garda detective superintendent told the High Court.

Retired garda John Wilson yesterday told the High Court Ian Bailey and Jules Thomas had remained under garda surveillance up until recent years at a level usually reserved for active criminal offenders.

A 29-year-old garda has been remanded on bail after pleading guilty to two counts of engaging in sex acts with a teenage boy two years ago.

A Cork teenager who appealed against the severity of his six-year sentence for stabbing his uncle to death on the basis that there had been a breach of the separation of powers has seen his bid dismissed at the Court of Criminal Appeal.

A convicted criminal and "social deviant" who raped his aunt in her Cork home after threatening to kill her has been jailed for 15 years at the Central Criminal Court.

A convicted criminal and "social deviant" who raped his aunt in her Cork home after threatening to kill her will be sentenced at the Central Criminal court on Friday.

A 63-year-old Cork man who pleaded guilty to money laundering £66,000 sterling stolen as part of the £26m stolen from the Northern Bank in Belfast in December 2004 was given a six-year suspended prison sentence by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A man was stabbed 10 times in the neck as he sat on a sofa in his flat, it was claimed yesterday as the victim’s friend was put on trial for murder.

An Offaly farmer charged with raping a teenage girl denied the allegation when interviewed by gardaí.

A CLASSIC cartel designed to corrupt the market and squeeze consumers of cars was operated by the Irish Ford Dealers’ Association, a Circuit Criminal Court judge said yesterday.

The alleged victim of a Kerry man charged with attempting to rape a then-17-year old girl denied that she had discussed having sex with him and asking him if he had a condom earlier in the night.

A key witness at the Morris tribunal said today he was willing to go to jail for his constant interruptions.

A GARDA who was supposed to be on duty on the night of cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death was drinking in a pub eight miles away, the Morris Tribunal heard yesterday.