A 42-year-old woman is to stand trial charged with assisting in the suicide of a multiple sclerosis sufferer in Dublin two years ago in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.

A 42-year-old woman is to stand trial charged with assisting the suicide of a woman in Dublin two years ago.

THE year was 1987, the final week of the broadcasting season, and a sexed-up book review was about to rock the nation.

IN SOME strange way, the former wife of fugitive doctor Rory Doyle, the mother of his two children, wishes he had disappeared forever.

A retired consultant surgeon has been sent forward for trial on charges of indecently assaulting 16 male patients.

GARDAÍ are investigating why a businessman was targeted with a pipebomb in affluent Dublin 4.

Businessman Jim Kennedy, who is accused of numerous counts of corrupt payments to politicians, was served with a book of evidence today and sent forward for trial before a judge and jury.

BUSINESSMAN Jim Kennedy, who was last week charged with numerous counts of corrupt payments to politicians, was remanded on continuing bail when he appeared at Cloverhill District Court.

FOUR former Fianna Fáil councillors and businessman Jim Kennedy are to face a criminal trial on charges of planning corruption related to the rezoning of lands in Carrickmines, Co Dublin, during the 1990s.

The judge in the trial of a drug addict accused of murdering Dubliner Rebecca Hoban has told the jury to think “long and hard” about his alleged confession to her murder.

A man on trial for murdering a young Dublin woman confessed that he “did her” because she was planning to kill him and take his money, a garda witness told the Central Criminal Court.

A female garda who made a false complaint to colleagues that she had been attacked in a taxi by the driver and two other men has been ordered to perform 240 hours community service in lieu of an prison sentence.

A female garda who made a false complaint to colleagues that she had been attacked in a taxi by the driver and two other men has had her sentencing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court adjourned until next month.

AN Irish-born doctor, wanted in the United States for fleeing the state of Florida in 2001 before his trial on child sex offences started, has been remanded on continuing bail by the High Court.

An Irish-born Doctor wanted in the United State for fleeing the State of Florida in 2001 before his trial on child sex offences started has been remanded on continuing bail by the High Court.

Gardaí have released two men they were questioning in connection with firearms offences in Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested two men this afternoon in connection with an ongoing investigation into dissident republican activity.

Gardaí were today quizzing a 43-year-old UK national after a woman was found stabbed to death in a flat.

A YOUNG Dublin man has been found guilty of killing his friend during an argument in Irishtown last year.

A young Dublin man has been found guilty of killing his friend during an argument in Irishtown last year.

A young Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí that he “never thought” he would be capable of “sticking a blade into someone”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A man killed in a road crash in Co Tipperary on Friday has been named.

Two separate investigations were launched tonight into the death of an off-duty garda officer in a road accident.

A gunman on a bicycle opened fire on a flat in central Dublin, gardai said today.

A schoolboy was today charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Leaving Certificate student last May.

A man has been arrested today in connection with a fatal knife attack in south Dublin.

Detectives are tonight searching for two men who tried to aid a teenager stabbed to death in the early hours of Saturday.

A 17-year-old youth is in garda custody following the fatal stabbing of another teenager in south Dublin early this morning.

A 17-year-old youth is in garda custody following the fatal stabbing of another teenager in south Dublin early this morning.

A 19-YEAR-OLD man is due to appear in court this morning over the fatal stabbing of his friend.

A 19-year-old man is due to appear in court tomorrow in connection with today’s fatal stabbing in south Dublin.

Gardaí have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teenager in south Dublin.

Attempts to extradite an American right-to-die activist over the alleged assisted suicide of a woman in Dublin over five years ago has hit a legal quagmire, an inquest heard today.

A man in his 50's is to appear in court in Dublin tomorrow following an incident at RTÉ studios last night.

An audience member who disrupted last night’s Late Late Show on RTÉ has been released after questioning, gardaí said today.

The DPP will not bring a criminal prosecution over a traffic accident in which a pensioner was knocked down by a garda patrol car, an inquest heard tonight.

GARDAÍ have launched a full-scale murder investigation into the death of a Croatian national in Dublin after postmortem results indicated the victim had died from stab wounds.

Gardai have begun an investigation following the discovery of a man’s body in an apartment on Dublin’s southside.

The 19-year-old man questioned by gardaí over the shooting of a young woman at an unauthorised halting site in Dublin last Saturday morning has been released.

A 19-year-old man was arrested this afternoon in connection with the shooting of a young woman, gardai said.

CELEBRITY chef Conrad Gallagher has spoken of how he feared for his life in a New York jail while awaiting extradition to Ireland.

CELEBRITY chef Conrad Gallagher is due to be released from Cloverhill Prison today as he awaits trial on criminal charges of stealing valuable paintings from his own restaurant.

The funeral is taking place in Dublin of garda Anthony Tighe. Mary McAleese is among the mourners.

The funeral of garda Anthony Tighe, who was one of two gardaí killed by a speeding stolen car on Sunday morning, takes place this morning.