The Special Criminal Court has ruled that members of the public should be excluded from the court when six members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit give evidence in the trial of eight Dublin men accused of IRA membership.

A man charged with IRA membership and the possession of a handgun has protested the use of video link to facilitate his appearance in court.

Two men have appeared before the non-jury Special Criminal Court this evening charged with IRA membership and the possession of a semi-automatic pistol in south Dublin.

A former girlfriend of the man who shot 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara has been found in contempt of court after she failed to turn up as a witness at his trial.

Eight Dublin men charged with membership of the IRA have been served with a book of evidence at the Special Criminal Court.

A Dublin man charged with membership of the IRA has had his bail conditions varied to allow him attend a wedding where his co-accused is to be the best man.

Eight men accused of membership of the IRA have been granted legal aid at the Special Criminal Court.

Eight Dublin men have appeared before an Easter Sunday sitting of the Special Criminal Court charged with membership of the IRA.

A Dublin man was sentenced to five years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin today for the manslaughter of an armed supermarket raider in 2008.

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man charged with the murder of an armed supermarket raider has been sent home for a second night having failed to reach a verdict in the Central Criminal Court today.

A jury in the trial of a 22-year-old Dublin man accused of murdering a supermarket raider has been sent home for the night having been deliberating for three hours and nine minutes in the Central Criminal Court today.

A jury at the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder heard he stabbed the raider of a supermarket seven times as he was attempting to make his getaway after a robbery two years ago.

One of the four men involved in an attempted bank robbery in Abbyleix in 2001 in which a garda was accidentally killed has been jailed for eight years by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Four men have been remanded in custody after they appeared in court last night, charged with conspiracy to rob the AIB bank in Abbeyleix on Friday.