The mummified body of a man who had been missing for more than four years was found in a derelict house by a scrap metal hunter, an inquest heard.

“THEY are endangering people’s lives for the sake of a few euro.”

Detectives have described the gangland-style execution today of a father-of-two on his way to work as highly unusual.

THE inquest into the double murder of two cousins, gunned down outside Tesco late last year, has been adjourned to allow gardaí more time to investigate.

A CARE service for children with intellectual disabilities has been axed without warning after the Health Service Executive cut funding by €4 million.

GARDAÍ seized a total of 300,000 BZP tablets in 2009, at a time when the overall illegal drug market contracted sharply.

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern has denied there is a crisis looming in the Garda Síochána due to a mounting exodus of experienced gardaí from the force.

A man was remanded in custody today charged with the murder of a man found dead in the boot of a crashed car.

An autistic Galway man who said he was bullied by his "serious criminal uncle" into stealing €17,000 cash from employers has been given a suspended sentence by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 14-year-old boy, who stole €300 from a shop and then bit two security guards who tried to stop him, has been detained for one year by Judge Bryan Smyth at the Dublin Children’s Court.

Two Dublin men accused of the drive-by shooting of a 25-year-old father-of-one outside Cloverhill prison have each been sentenced to life imprisonment today at the Central Criminal Court.

A jury in the trial of two Dublin men accused of murder have found one of the accused guilty of two charges; possession of a fire-arm and possession of ammunition at the Central Criminal Court.

A jury in the trial of two Dublin men accused of murder have been sent away until Monday next and will then commence their deliberations at the Central Criminal Court.

A jury in a Dublin murder trial has heard that when one of the accused was questioned by gardaí about the fatal shooting he allegedly said: "I’m fitted up, someone must have handed my name up. I can’t believe it."

The State’s main witness in a Dublin murder trial has denied he was giving information to a Garda in the drugs squad, the Central Criminal Court heard.

A jury in a Dublin murder trial has heard a .38 calibre colt revolver recovered by gardaí contained no fingerprints, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A 29-year-old man is in garda custody this afternoon in connection with a

The Irish bakery and restaurant chain Kylemore Foods Group announced today it is laying off more than 300 workers at the end of August.