A judge has ordered that a garda be found not guilty of assaulting a suspect despite comparing the incident to the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles.

A 43-year-old Dublin man was sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to murdering his wife in the Central Criminal Court today.

THE financial woes of developer Liam Carroll have hit the share values of two publicly quoted Irish firms whose shares he may have to offload to meet his debts.

A convicted Louth heroin importer is to stand trial on new charges of possession of heroin and cocaine valued €1.6M for sale or supply two years ago.

The driver of a container with stolen cigarettes valued almost €2.5m is to carry out 120 hours community service in lieu of an 18-month prison sentence.