A man who repeatedly rammed a garda patrol car at the conclusion of a high-speed chase has been jailed for four years.

A jury has found a man whose attempt to kill himself caused a “devastating” gas explosion not guilty of reckless endangerment.

Elizabeth O'Neill talks to two families about multigenerational living.

The cost of an average home in Dublin is now €440,000 — double the Central Bank’s mortgage threshold that requires many buyers to provide a 20% deposit for amounts exceeding €220,000.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has frozen more than $500,000 (€406,000) in two bank accounts linked to an international tech company that allegedly created encrypted smartphones used by some of the world’s top crime bosses.

I read with interest an article on Government stats showing that more children are attending multi-denominational schools this year ‘Non-Catholic enrolments up’, (Irish Examiner, February 27).

The ultimate cost of every product includes the financial and environmental cost of disposal, writes Gerard Howlin

The real battleground for the next election is rural Ireland, and that’s power, writes Gerard Howlin.

A "trusted" IRA member who purchased in a "surreptitious manner" the car used in the murder in Northern Ireland of prison officer, David Black, has been jailed for five years.

A number of facilities for people with disabilities, run by the Daughters of Charity, have been criticised by the health watchdog, with a report into one centre stating that some residents remained at risk of experiencing abusive situations in their home, particularly of a psychological and emotional nature.

A father and his three year old son drowned after becoming trapped in a ditch while using a short-cut into an estate, an inquest heard.

Illegal tobacco worth €210,000 has been seized in Dublin last night.

A Dublin man who bought the car that was later used in the fatal shooting of Northern Ireland prison officer David Black has been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court of IRA membership.

The fingerprint of a man accused of IRA membership was found on the registration certificate of the car used in the fatal shooting of Northern Irish prison officer David Black, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

The national average list house price in June was 8.8% higher than in December, according to the latest Daft.ie Sales Report.

Latest: A suspected pipe bomb found in Cabra, Dublin this morning has been removed for examination.

A former Sinn Féin councillor who physically and mentally tortured a man he believed was trying to defraud him has been jailed for 12 years by the Special Criminal Court.

Two student accommodation schemes given planning permission in Dublin could free up rental space for almost 500 people in the capital.

Gardaí in Dublin are seeking the public's help in finding a missing teenager.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a stabbing in Dublin last week.

The arrival of new people disturbing existing patterns of community is as old as humanity, writes Gerard Howlin

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) issued 12 Closure Orders and one Prohibition Order on food businesses in July.

The Government have no idea what to do about the homeless crisis which is out of control, according to Fr Peter McVerry.

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the bodies of a man and a young boy in a stream near Dublin’s Royal Canal.

Period drama Ripper Street is already filming its fourth season with night shoots taking place around Dublin city centre

An ex-partner of a man on trial for a double murder has testified that he was a fantasist and “told a lot of lies”.

A group of water protesters may be jailed or fined today if the High Court finds they have obstructed water meter installation works in North Dublin.

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.

A teenage boy was found dead from drugs at a residential unit three weeks after his mother signed him into HSE care, an inquest heard. 

Dublin GAA star Jonny Cooper was asleep and defenceless as he was repeatedly stabbed in the face and neck in a frenzied knife attack, a court has heard.

New plans have been lodged for a motorway service area off the M8 motorway near Fermoy in north Cork.

Like anyone who represents a party or parties before our courts, I read with concern the comments by the President of the High Court about a shortage of judges.

A Romanian man who admitted accessing child pornography at a Dublin hostel has avoided going to jail on condition that he continues to attend counselling.

A 17-year-old boy has gone missing from his home in Dublin.

Cork City Council has approved the use of a former hospital as a third-level college.

Gardaí were last night questioning a teenager in relation to the latest carjacking incident to take place in Dublin.

Gardaí have arrested a teenager after a taxi was hijacked in Dublin this morning and the driver threatened with a knife.

A man has been cleared of withholding information relating to the murder of Northern Ireland prison officer David Black.

A Dublin man has been cleared by the Special Criminal Court of withholding information relating to the murder of Northern Ireland prison officer David Black in November 2012.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled that the arrest on suspicion of IRA membership of a man charged in connection with the murder of Northern Ireland prison officer David Black was unlawful.

Seanad reform might not be the sexiest topic, but Seanad abolition would be short-sighted.

Conor Ryan’s article (Irish Examiner, Jan 4) on ‘Repeat Offenders’, “why criminals reoffend, and what can be done... to buck the trend” explores an important phenomenon across the world — why some people reoffend, having already been sanctioned by the courts.