A missing witness has delayed the trial of Hardy Bucks actor Martin Maloney who denies attacking two bouncers while he was making an appearance at a popular Dublin pub.

A youth has pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty and torture charge after a homeless man’s pet rabbit was thrown into Dublin’s River Liffey last year.

There have been mixed results for Irish athletes so far on the eighth day of the Paralympic games with Boccia hopeful Johnny Cronin unsuccessful in his bid, and cyclist Colin Lynch marked as DNF (Did Not Finish).

A brother of model and TV presenter Glenda Gilson was today given a six-year road ban and a €3,000 fine following a dangerous drug driving incident.

A brother of model and TV presenter Glenda Gilson could have killed someone because of his dangerous drug driving, a judge said yesterday.

A brother of model and TV presenter Glenda Gilson has pleaded not guilty to possessing cannabis and driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

A top marketing executive, who attacked a judge at an awards ceremony at the Mansion House in Dublin, has been spared a criminal record and jail sentence after paying €20,000 to charity.

A top marketing executive, who attacked a judge at an awards ceremony at the Mansion House in Dublin, has agreed to pay E20,000 to charity to escape a criminal conviction.

A property developer was found not guilty today of criminal damage and dangerous driving charges in connection with an incident in which a concrete mixer truck was driven at the gates of Leinster House last September.

A DUBLIN city councillor showed no remorse yesterday when she was found guilty of assaulting former health minister Mary Harney who was splattered with red paint at a hospital last November.

A Dublin city councillor showed no remorse today when she was found guilty of assaulting former Health Minister Mary Harney who was splattered with red paint at a hospital last November.

IT’S comforting to know that the infallible Terry Prone can also be guilty of some journalistic howlers.

Three of the seven people detained as part the Garda investigation into last weekend's robbery of more than €7m from the Bank of Ireland have lost their High Court bid to be released on the grounds that their detention is unlawful.

SIX men charged with conspiring to steal almost €1 million from a cash-in-transit vehicle last Friday were remanded in custody yesterday.

A 28-year-old man arrested last Friday during a raid on a house in Clondalkin has been remanded in custody with consent to bail at the Dublin District Court sitting in Cloverhill.

A teenager, who stabbed one of his friends after a row over a game of hurling, has been warned he is facing detention.

A schoolboy who skipped class so he could burgle a house has been ordered by a judge to compensate his victim.

Dangerous driving charges against Fine Gael MEP Avril Doyle were today thrown out of court.

A teenage boy convicted of attacking his ill mother and damaging her medication has been remanded on bail and ordered to stay away from her.

Five men appeared in a Northern Ireland court today charged with membership of the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force, possession of equipment for carrying out acts of terrorism, and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.