Three children were inside the apartment with their mother, who said her youngest told her he was going to heaven and would come back and help them escape the fire.

A Dublin man accused of possessing almost €3m worth of drugs and an assault rifle told Gardaí that he and his brother, who was caught with 15 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition, lived "separate lives" and were like "chalk and cheese".

A Waterford murder trial has heard that emergency services found a blood-soaked man on the ground outside the accused man’s house, which was also covered in blood and littered with alcohol cans.

A Dublin man who threw a burning pint glass of petrol into a neighbour's garden after taking offence about his treatment at a barbecue has been jailed for 16 months.

A man whom Gardaí believe to be a senior member of the IRA has been denied bail amid concerns for the safety of a prosecution witness.

Three former directors of the collapsed Custom House Capital investment firm are jointly and severally liable to pay €214,457 to a liquidator for the cost of his investigation, collection of evidence and for the legal fees, the High Court has ruled.

The High Court has cleared the way for the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) to sell assets worth €500,000, including several cars, which it believes are linked to the Kinahan organised crime gang.

A son of billionaire businessman Jim Mansfield will go on trial in June on ammunition charges.

A detective inspector has told the Jobstown trial that he did not mention the teenage accused in his original statement as there were hundreds of people around.

Former tánaiste Joan Burton has told a court she was frightened and did not think she had the alternative of being able to get out of a garda car surrounded by people shouting abuse during the Jobstown water protest.

A taxi driver whose car was hit head-on by a drunk driver in Kildare was pulled from his vehicle 30 seconds before it went up in flames, a court has head.

Prominent republican Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy will move to appeal his conviction for tax evasion later this year.

A trial date has yet to be set for Anti Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy on charges of falsely imprisoning acting Tánaiste Joan Burton during a water charges protest in Jobstown almost 18 months ago.

A trial date will most likely be set next month for Anti Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy on charges of falsely imprisoning Tánaiste Joan Burton during a water charges protest in Jobstown almost 18 months ago.

The State has dropped a charge of possession of €2.5m worth of ecstasy against a man in light of last week’s Court of Appeal ruling.

A Dublin van driver has been fined €500 for running over and killing a 70-year-old nun.

A Dublin van driver has been fined €500 for running over and killing a 70-year-old nun.

A father-of-four who used false IDs to fraudulently claim €478,000 in social welfare payments was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison.

A father-of-four who used false IDs to fraudulently claim almost half a million euro in social welfare payments over 12 years has been sentenced to five years in prison.

A father-of-four who used false IDs to fraudulently claim over €470,000 in social welfare payments over 12 years is to be sentenced today.

A Dublin man who engaged armed gardaí in a stand-off in the hope that the officers would shoot him dead has been jailed for three years.

Two teenagers were yesterday arrested in connection with an assault on Aston Quay, Dublin, During Monday’s St Patrick’s Day parade.

The trial of four Councillors accused of accepting bribes to rezone over 100 acres of land has heard that the rezoning went against the advice of the then county manager.

A MAN who blackmailed a former Fianna Fáil councillor using pictures of him allegedly taking cocaine has entered a guilty plea in the middle of his trial.

A man who blackmailed a former Fianna Fáil Councillor using pictures of him allegedly taking cocaine has today entered a guilty plea in the middle stage of his trial.

A man has gone on trial accused of trying to blackmail a former Fianna Fáil councillor using pictures of him allegedly taking cocaine.

A 52-year-old HSE care worker was found storing more than 50,000 head shop tablets in a vegetable garden, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A Meath horticultural expert who assisted a sophisticated cannabis growing operation has been sentenced to six years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who defrauded the State out of €70,000 in social welfare payments while he was fully employed has been jailed for 18 months.

A young man from a family of gardaí faces possible life imprisonment when he is sentenced next year for operating a cocaine factory from his garage.

A prominent republican facing tax evasion charges had his case moved back until December today as he continues a long-running battle to stop his trial.

Two friends who were caught transferring €1.8m of cannabis resin from tile boxes into sportsbags in a Dublin apartment have been given sentences of 14 and 10 years.

An unemployed Swords mechanic who was caught moving drugs twice within two weeks in order to clear his drug debt has been sentenced to eight years with the last two years suspended.

Two friends who were caught transferring €1.8m of cannabis resin from tile boxes into sportsbags in a Dublin apartment will be sentenced later.

Two Romanian men have been jailed for 16 months for their roles in duplicating credit cards as part of an international fraud operation.

A south Dublin man has been given a three-year sentence for a “savage” assault during which he bit off part of another man’s nose.

A Mongolian mature student has escaped deportation and has received a two-year suspended sentence for smuggling €12,400 of cigarettes into Ireland.

A Louth resident with no previous convictions has been jailed for one year for stealing over €20,000 cash in transit from a Brinks Allied Irish van.

A Tipperary man who was caught transporting almost €2.85m worth of drugs and 27 working pistols, ammunition and silencers has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by Judge Patrick McCartan.

A young married father who attacked his relative with a hatchet outside a church before a family baptism will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.