A former solicitor pleaded guilty yesterday to theft, fraud and forgery charges amounting to more than €300,000.

The DPP has been given four weeks to consider the prosecution of a 27-year-old Brazilian man accused of stalking and attacking his former partner in Dublin.

The Irish Examiner and Evening Echo have swept the boards at the Law Society of Ireland’s Justice Media Awards.

The terms of reference for the new investigation into mother and baby homes received a broad welcome — but also criticism over its exclusion of Magdalene Laundries and adoptions involving state hospitals.

Thousands of students from every corner of the country are beginning their first year at college. Arlene Harris talks to four people at the top of their field to find out how they got to where they are today, and what advice they would give to first year students.

The Government has been advised that at least nine institutions should be included in the mother-and-baby home investigation and that death rates there were "undesirably high".

A former general manager of business banking with AIB has consented before the Commercial Court to entry of €37.2m judgment against him in favour of Nama over unpaid loans mostly issued for property investments.

A former general manager of business banking with AIB is being pursued by a Nama company for judgments for more than €50m arising from unpaid loans, mostly issued for property development.

The lives of 222 children whose deaths at a Protestant mother and baby home were hidden for decades have been recognised with a special memorial.

The theft and fraud trial of Thomas Byrne has heard of the day “everything went horribly wrong” for the former solicitor when one of his employees reported him to the authorities.

A man has pleaded not guilty to the false imprisonment and attempted rape of a woman in Dublin city centre over three years ago.

GARDAÍ made special arrangements yesterday to ensure a beautiful bride got to the church on time.

The Luas Red Line in Dublin has fully reopened in both directions after a road crash at the Blackhall Place stop.

In Dublin, a section of the Luas Red Line has been closed.

Three people have been brought to hospital as a precaution following a crash between a Luas tram and a car at Blackhall Place in Dublin.

Drivers jumping red lights in Dublin face being photographed and slapped with a fine under a new scheme cracking down on dangerous driving, it was revealed today.

EVENTING Ireland Chairman John Wright hopes a root and branch analysis of the organisation will lead to a “slicker” operation.

DANNY CIPRIANI is one of six capped players named in the England Saxons side to face Ireland A at Donnybrook. The Wasps fly-half was sent down to the Saxons by Martin Johnson earlier this week in the hope of him rediscovering some of his form, away from the pressures of the 6 Nations.

Sentence on a former Garda sergeant for child trafficking has been adjourned due to his hospitalisation following a suicide attempt last Friday.

A teenage repeat offender, who repeatedly broke into cars, has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

Tánaiste Michael McDowell is to address a ceremony in Dublin this evening marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

A Nigerian woman who was discovered in her burnt-out car in Dublin had to be identified by dental records, an inquest heard tonight.

THEY may occasionally have a reputation to match traffic wardens and tax inspectors, but a little public cynicism isn’t enough to cap an explosion in the number of wannabe lawyers.

A taxi driver has been fined €1200 after being convicted of careless driving and breaking a red light.

TRAFFIC chaos was caused in city centre Dublin yesterday afternoon after a crash on the Luas line at Queen Street.

THE country’s future solicitors will be able to undergo their training outside Dublin for the first time from the end of this year.

A WOMAN who survived leukaemia before becoming one of the country’s youngest heart transplant patients has died.

Progressive Democrats Senator Tom Morrissey has called on the Rail Procurement Agency to increase the number of warning signs along the routes of the LUAS tram lines in Dublin.

A man has been hospitalised following a collision between a car and a Luas tram in Dublin city centre this morning.

Four people were taken to hospital today after a car crashed into a Luas tram in Dublin.

GARDAÍ believe there is no connection between two suspected backstreet abortions on non-national women, both of which reportedly took place in Dublin last March.

A CONTROVERSIAL road signage scheme in Dublin is finally due to be re-erected next month, it has been confirmed.

A Garda sergeant who paid a prostitute Ir£100 to find him a seven to 10-year old girl for sex has been jailed for three years by Judge Frank O'Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Garda Sergeant who paid a prostitute £100 to find him a girl aged between seven and 10 years to have sex with has been remanded in custody for sentence for soliciting and child internet pornographic offences.

Gardai say they have positively identified the man found dead in car in Dublin's north inner city yesterday evening - but his name will not be released for the time being.

Gardai are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a burnt out car in Dublin yesterday evening.

A post mortem is to be carried out on the body of a person found in a burnt-out car in Dublin city centre.

A post mortem on the bodies of the Chinese couple whose bodies were found in their burnt-out bedroom has revealed that they were strangled to death.