Seven personal injury actions worth up to a total of €420,000 from a 'rear-ending' road traffic accident have been dismissed or withdrawn after a motor assessor told a court that the two cars involved never collided.

Aidan 'The Beast' O'Driscoll was "executed" on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit that was part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A battle among a new generation of Real IRA members to control its drugs trade, racketeering, and money-laundering operations may have lead to the killing of dissident republican Aidan O’Driscoll, garda sources believe.

A teenager who became involved in a multi million-euro heroin operation after deciding to “go for a spin” in his cousin’s car has received a six-year sentence, with three years suspended, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today.

Three men who acted as “mules” for €3.3m worth of heroin have been jailed for 10 years each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court