A man is facing trial after a six-year-old with Down syndrome became separated from his family in the heart of a Dublin shopping district.

A court has ruled against surveillance gardaí who claimed that revealing the number of officers who observe suspects from cars would allow other suspects to know which cars “to look for”.

Three companies have been left with court convictions for making unsolicited marketing phone calls and sending spam emails.

A Lithuanian man charged with the possession of a handgun has been granted a bail variation to allow him take up work as a security guard.

Evidence of garda interviews conducted with two men accused of the possession of an assault rifle and a handgun is not admissible at their trial, the Special Criminal Court has ruled.

A book of evidence has been served on the first Lithuanian to be charged before the Special Criminal Court and another man who are both accused of the possession of a .32 calibre handgun.

A mother of five who said she was forced to steal food and clothes for her children has escaped a conviction at the end of a case that saw the HSE and the Department of Social Welfare appearing before a district judge.

A Kildare man has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to the possession of explosive substances.

Eight Dublin men charged with membership of the IRA have been served with a book of evidence at the Special Criminal Court.

Two Limerick men charged with the murder of local businessman Roy Collins four years ago have been served with a book of evidence at the Special Criminal Court.

Eight men accused of membership of the IRA have been granted legal aid at the Special Criminal Court.

A Libyan-born man who once featured on the UN’s al Qaeda “terror list” has avoided jail after a court heard he confronted a Garda Special Detective Unit officer and goaded her to shoot him.

Lawyers for a man charged in connection with an alleged surveillance operation on the Dublin headquarters of a number of specialist garda units are seeking the disclosure of more evidence before a date for trial can be set, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The Government should consider adding unpaid road traffic fines to motor tax bills to ease the burden on the courts and the gardaí in dealing with such cases.

Lawyers for a Dublin man charged with IRA membership and firearms offences have told the Special Criminal Court that the accused man believes his detention is unlawful and that the charges against him should be withdrawn.

The case against prominent republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy, who is being prosecuted on tax charges, has been put back until March next year.

A Dublin man accused of membership of the IRA was not unlawfully detained by gardai who searched his vehicle, the Special Criminal Court has ruled.

A Dublin father-of-two has been found guilty of IRA membership at the Special Criminal Court.

A Garda Chief Superintendent has told the Special Criminal Court it is his belief that a Dublin father-of-two on trial for IRA membership is a member of the IRA.

A Dublin man charged with membership of the IRA will stand trial at the Special Criminal Court in May next year.

Limerick man John Dundon will go on trial in June next year for the murder of Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

A Co Monaghan man charged with IRA membership and firearms offensives has been further charged with the possession of shotgun cartridges.

A man charged in connection with an alleged surveillance operation on the Dublin headquarters of a number of specialist garda units has been granted bail at the Special Criminal Court.

A Dublin man charged with membership of the IRA after a garda investigation in to paramilitary activity at the funeral of Alan Ryan in early September has been released on bail at the Special Criminal Court today.

A book of evidence has been served on Limerick man John Dundon, who is charged with the murder of Shane Geoghegan four years ago.

A Limerick man yesterday appeared before the Special Criminal Court charged with the murder of Shane Geoghegan four years ago.

A mother of five is claiming she had been forced to shoplift to feed and clothe her family because she received no financial help from the State.

A man and woman accused of running a brothel in Dublin have been given two weeks to consider how they are going to plead.

A former senior executive at Tesco Ireland has been accused of conning over €116,000 from the supermarket chain.

A former senior Tesco Ireland executive has been accused of conning €116,470 out of the supermarket chain.

A Co Limerick woman has been charged with the murder of a man who was shot dead outside his west Dublin home last month.

A MAN appeared in court in relation to an alleged assault in the early hours of Sunday morning which left a young French doctor fighting for his life in hospital.

One of four men arrested in connection with the discovery of a mortar in Co Louth has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

Two Limerick brothers who are charged with threatening to kill three members of the same family have been granted legal aid at the Special Criminal Court.

A Dublin man charged with firearms offences has been granted bail at the Special Criminal Court.

A Dublin man arrested following a garda investigation in to the activities of dissident republicans has appeared before the Special Criminal Court charged with membership of the IRA.

Two Dublin men appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court this evening charged with IRA membership and firearms offences.

Two Limerick brothers who are charged with threatening to kill a mother, and her daughter and son, applied for legal aid and the imposiition of a "media blackout" during their first appearance before the Special Criminal Court this morning.

Two Dublin brothers charged with firearms offences have been served with a book of evidence at the Special Criminal Court this morning.

A 68-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to three years in prison for IRA membership.

A man was remanded in custody today accused of killing a popular publican.

A 25-year-old Monaghan man charged with possessing explosives has been released on bail after his father lodged €20,000 in an independent surety.

A 25-year-old Monaghan man has been brought before the Special Criminal Court charged with possession of an explosive substance.