Cars will be banned from key streets in Dublin City centre in a radical transport plan to make the capital more cycle and pedestrian friendly.

A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of her 11-year-old daughter in 2012.

Gardaí in Tullamore have arrested a woman as part of their investigation into the murder of an 11-year-old girl more than two years ago.

Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for the public’s help in the 17-year long search for a missing teenager after two potential witnesses recently came forward.

More than 90 separate demonstrations will take place across the country today - as over 100,000 people take to the streets in protest against water charges.

Gardaí have released a woman they were questioning about the murder of an 11-year-old girl in County Offaly.

Gardaí in Tullamore have arrested a woman as part of their investigation into the murder of an 11-year-old girl a year and a half ago.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a child in Co. Offaly.

Developer Tom Gilmartin was a chief tribunal witness who was granted immunity from prosecution and revealed demands of corrupt payments from senior Fianna Fáil figures to facilitate the building of his retail park in Dublin.

A student dressed as Santa Claus made an early Christmas dash to save a homeless man from a blaze.

A Polish man who orally raped a woman working as an escort in Dublin city centre has received a 10-year sentence with the final three years suspended.

A Co Down man who admitted running a network of brothels in Dublin has been sentenced to two and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Co Down man who admitted running a network of brothels in Dublin has had his sentencing adjourned until Friday.

The Court of Criminal Appeal reserved its decision today on a bid by a Dublin man to overturn his conviction for prostitution offences.

A stage hand has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for collecting takings from prostitutes working in a city centre brothel two years ago.

Stephen Rogers details how one half of one of the most successful pimping duos in 1990s Ireland was caught red-handed in the luxury apartment which housed his operation.

The trial of a man charged with organising and running a brothel near the city centre has continued at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court with legal argument in the absence of the jury.

WITH a turnover of €4 million, at least 62 men on a daily basis visited the Dublin brothel whose manager was jailed on Wednesday.

The sentencing of a barman who assaulted two people on a violent rampage through Dublin city centre, during which his friend killed a Vietnamese man, has been put back for a third time.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a 56-year-old man who was struck by a truck in Dublin this afternoon.

GARDAÍ say they are still actively probing the disappearance of a 22 year-old woman who was last seen 12 years ago today.

An English man was jailed for five years at the Central Criminal Court today for killing a Vietnamese man in Temple Bar in August 2002.

A 17-year-old boy who threatened to stab a Polish man in the eye with a pen during a violent mugging, has been detained for 10 months.

A murder jury found two men accused of murdering a Chinese man not guilty of murder, but one man was found guilty of manslaughter, at the Central Criminal Court today.

A man accused of murder said he was "very sorry" to the family of the deceased for "the fight that unfortunately led to their father's death", the trial of two men accused of murdering a Chinese man heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

One of two men accused of murdering a Chinese man told the court he "never made any racist remark" and "fundamentally disagreed" with accounts given by his co-accused about how the fatal incident started, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A man who survived an assault which killed his friend said the two accused called them "f***ing Chinese" and beat him so his eyes "were covered in blood", the trial of two Dublin men accused of murder and of causing harm heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

TOM GILMARTIN claims he was secretly warned by a Fianna Fáil TD that he was being “shafted” in his plans for retail centres at Bachelors Walk and Quarryvale.

GEORGE REDMOND pretended to be on the phone while Liam Lawlor demanded £100,000 from developer Tom Gilmartin during a meeting in Dublin County Council head office, the Mahon Tribunal has heard.

THE theory of six degrees of separation states that any two people in the world can be linked through only six moves of mutual connection.

NEWSPAPER reports revealing plans for the £100 million redevelopment of inner city Dublin destroyed the project’s chances of success, developer Tom Gilmartin complained to the Mahon Tribunal.

DEVELOPER Tom Gilmartin yesterday accused former Dublin West TD Liam Lawlor of attempting to blackmail a British property company into taking him on as a consultant.

BUSINESSMAN Tom Gilmartin yesterday insisted he met the former Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance Ray MacSharry in his offices in December 1987.

LAND developer Tom Gilmartin has accused Liam Lawlor of seeking at least £150,000 to assist with planning matters relating to major developments planned for Dublin city in the late 1980s.

YESTERDAY’S long-awaited appearance of property developer Tom Gilmartin at the Mahon Tribunal has rekindled popular interest in this murky saga of bribery and corruption in Irish politics.

Caroline O’Dohertyon the ongoing development controversy.

Former FF ministers bar one dispute Gilmartin meeting, Harry McGee reports.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern and his predecessor Albert Reynolds will appear as witnesses before the Planning Tribunal in March after it begins to hear the allegations of property developer Tom Gilmartin.

THE number of pedestrians killed in road traffic accidents this year rose to 54 after separate weekend tragedies.

Gardaí in Store Street are appealing for witnesses to a fatal accident, which happened yesterday.

A couple were brought to St James’ Hospital in Dublin early this morning after they were rescued from the river Liffey.